Henninger High School bowler Bobby Moro nearly had the top individual performance at Sunday’s New York State Public High School Athletic Association tournament at Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Mattydale.
Moro, a member of the Section III All-Star team, finished second in the 60-bowler field with a six-game pinfall of 1,346, a total beaten only by Sachem East’s Jeremy Miltio, as the Long Island native finished at 1,377, 31 pins ahead of Moro.
As the day wore on, Moro only seemed to get better. He went from 198 to 204 and 218 in the morning session, then took off in the afternoon with a 237 and peaked with 265, just one pin off the best individual game total, a 266 by Victor’s Jordan Benzing. Moro finished with a 224.
In the team competition, the Section III group of Moro, Dan Wahl (Fulton), Rich Viti (Utica-Notre Dame), Bob Jones (Whitesboro), Brett Risi (Ilion) and Ben Derrane (New Hartford) to post 6,024, a close second to Section XI (Suffolk County, Long Island), who built a big early lead, then held on to win with 6,099.
Two other state tournaments took place last weekend, with Nottingham athletes each standing out in their own way.
In the state boys swimming championships at Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island, Kalonji Cole represented the Bulldogs and worked his way to 10th place in the diving competition with 434.10 points. Of Section III divers, only Mexico’s Nick Rodriguez (ninth, 456.35 points) fared better.
Down at Cornell University’s Barton Hall, Nottingham’s Robert Howard had a best throw of 49 feet 1/2 inch in the shot put, settling into 10th place in a 28-man field. Chukwuebuk Enekwechi (Francis Lewis) won with a toss of 62 feet 4 1/2 inches.
