ONONDAGA COUNTY – Many of the area’s top high school girls bowlers were in the same house Tuesday as Liverpool took on undefeated Baldwinsville at B’ville Sports Bowl – and the girls emerged with a big 5-2 win over the Bees.
On the Warriors’ side, Kenzie Gill led the way, starting with a game of 200 and improving as the day went along with a 213 in the second game and 226 in the third game for a 639 series.
Sara Conover provided support, shooting a 220 opening game before games of 180 and 170 produced a 576 series. Kenzi Ormsby had a 161, 181 and 171 in her 513 series as Yilema Russell closed with a 183 in her 473 set.
Meanwhile, the Bees got a 613 series from Jenna Speich (high game 216) and a 594 series from Julia Speich that finished with a 213.
A close boys match came down to the final frame of the final frame, but Liverpool was able to edge B’ville 4-3, led by Wes Lell, who shot a 202, 212 and 169 in his 583 series.
Close behind, Zach Doing’s 227 was in the middle of a 573 series as Tanner Gist had a three-game total of 541. Jordan Sevigny led the Bees with a 585 series as Zenon Gasiorowski shot a three-game total of 575 and Charles Richards had a second-game 225 in his 556 series
Back on Dec. 22, Liverpool’s girls had a showdown with Auburn and won 7-0 over the Maroons, with Kenzie Gill shooting a 558 series and Sara Conover a 494 series to edge the 493 set from Kenzi Orsmby.
Conversely, the boys Warriors did not get a point from Auburn in a 7-0 defeat even though Doing threw 10 strikes in a third-game 268 that capped off a 660 series.
Jackson Allen, with a 547 series (high game 197), and Kyle Lake, who shot a 532 set, were next line in Lell picked up a 418 series. For Auburn, Eric Barski had a 642 serise (games of 245 and 224) as Jack Sliwka had a second-game 240 on his way to a 637 series.
That same day, Cicero-North Syracuse engaged in two close matches against Fayetteville-Manlius at Strike-N-Spare Lanes, with the girls edging the Hornets 4-3 and, by that same score, the boys Northstars lost to the Hornets.
Trinity Short led the C-NS girls shooting a 407 series. Jennifer Draper’s 160 opened a 398 series as Melody Schwartz had a 373 set and Marissa Leone earned a 361 total.
Nehemiah Bachman’s 599 series and 222 paced the C-NS boys. Jonathan Artz shot a 198 in his 543 series, while Tom O’Connell’s 192 was part of a 521 series and Jacob Calabria had a 5230 set, all behind F-M’s Adam Koss, whose second-game 258 and third-game 235 were part of a 664 set.
