CENTRAL NEW YORK – When the East Syracuse Minoa boys bowling team met up with unefeated Auburn last Monday afternoon at Falcon Bowl, it promised some high scores.
And the Spartans delivered on them, several bowlers making outstanding contributions during a 5-2 victory over the Maroons that shot ESM to the top of the SCAC Empire division standings.
Zach Kassel led the way. Having shot 213 in his opening game, Kassel got 10 strikes in a 279 second game and was nearly as good in the third, adding a 264 for a career-best 756 series.
Mike Saunders was quite consistent, his games of 249, 246 and 230 part of a season-best 725 set as Luke Liedka’s 690 series had games of 237, 225 and 230.
Ryan Buffum had a 225 and 244 in his 650 set as Alex Locke’s 560 series included a 203 game. All of this overcame a 703 series from Auburn’s Ryan McConnell (high game of 264) and a 651 series from Eric Barski as Jack Sliwka (599 series), Dominic Capone (586 series) and Caleb Pildypchak (559 series) followed.
In the girls match, ESM edged Auburn 4-3, with Alana Tubreville improving from a 136 to games of 171 and 187 in her 494 series as Jewelianna Hallock opened with a 194 in her 464 set, each of them overcoming a 498 series from the Maroons’ Marissa Capone.
Later in the week, the boys Spartans beat Fulton 7-0 with Kassel again the top individual, his games of 223 and 204 part of a 625 series as Liedka had a 213 game and Locke a 202 game.
ESM’s girls lost 7-0 to Fulton, who had a 262 game and 638 series from Addison Nichols and a 585 series from Linda Hartmann as Hallock shot 173 and 159 in a 447 series for the Spartans.
Christian Brothers Academy and Bishop Grimes clashed last Tuesday, with the CBA girls prevailing 7-0.
Eliana Occhino started with games of 186 and 167, but closed strong with a 230 in her 583 series as Jane Walsh addeda 352 set. On Grimes’ side, Tori Coppola’s 366 series edged out the 356 set from Stephanie Michlovitch.
However, the boys match went 5-2 in Grimes’ favor, the Cobras getting a 509 series from Tom Koldzie that concluded with a 200 game as Bruno Kinsey’s 204 closed a 494 set.
Alex Kinne (458 series), Greg Docos (431 series) and Casey Mierek (415 series) all helped out as CBA was led by Tom Dearnaley’s 199 game and 527 series ahead of Zach Mulhern (493 series), Jake Mason (477 series) and Ryan Mulhern, who had a 469 set.
Then both teams bowled again on Wednesday, CBA sweeping Altmar-Parish-Williamstown as Occhino shot games of 249 and 245 while, in the boys match, Dearnaley’s 211 game led to a 540 series and Mason closed with a 199 in his 498 set, edging Mulhern’s 491 series.
Both of the Bishop Grimes teams took 7-0 losses to Homer, though Dom Beitz did shoot a 210 game in his 529 series for the boys Cobras. Michlovitch shot a 382 for the girls Cobras.
On Thursday, Grimes beat Altmar-Parish-Williamstown 7-0 on the boys side, led by Kinsey, who was steady in a 559 series with games of 185, 189 and 185.
