MATTYDALE – Nehemiah Bachman got close to perfection – and nearly to the top of the individual standings – leading the Cicero-North Syracuse boys bowling team to a third-place finish in Sunday’s Section III Class A tournament at Strike-N-Spare Lanes.
During the fifth game of the six-game event, Bachman recorded 10 strikes and finished with a 278, matched only by Camden’s Koen Turner in his final game of the afternoon.
And it nearly took Bachman to the individual title, as his other games of 224, 246, 195, 192 and 207 produced an aggregate of 1,342. That was only bettered by New Hartford’s Trevor Cyr, who had 1,354 with every game between 199 and 248.
As a team, C-NS would finish third in Class A behind Central Square and East Syracuse Minoa, fourth overall in Division I (large schools) as New Hartford’s 6,169 edged the Redhawks’ 6,124 to earn a return trip to Strike-N-Spare for March’s state team tournament..
Jacob Calabria would make his way to fifth place among individuals, closing with a 268, the fifth-best game of the entire tournament. His 1,274 also included a fourth-game 246 and a 213.
Liverpool finished eighth in Class A but saw Zach Doing put up a 269, third only to the scores by Bachman and Turner, in his third game. Along with games of 207, 221 and 206, plus a 186 and 177, Doing took seventh place at 1,266.
No one else on C-NS or Liverpool went the full six games. The Northstars’ Garrett Arnold bowled 938 for five games including a 213 and 203, while Jonathan Artz had a five-game total of 938 with a 213 high game. The Warriors’ Wes Lell had a 212 in his five-game 862.
C-NS moved to the top of the boys SCAC Metro division standings last Monday with a hard-fought 5-2 win over first-place Fayetteville-Manlius.
Both teams bowled well, Northstars’ totals of 1,136, 1,092 and 1,096 in those three games just beating out the Hornets getting 1,015, 1,049 and 1,017.
Terry Miller led C-NS with a 600 series that had a 223 high game. Close behind him, Calabria’s steady 574 included a 204 high game as Tom O’Connell had a 561 series with games of 183, 188 and 190. Bachman put up 178, 186 and 196 in his 560 set.
The C-NS girls beat F-M by that same 5-2 margin, led by Trinity Short’s 494 series (172 high game) as Marissa Leone got a three-game total of 438. Taylor Rutter added a 410 set and Melody Schwartz got a 391 series.
Liverpool’s girls lost last Tuesday to Fulton 7-0, a match that served as a possible preview of the sectional tournament since it matches leaders of both Salt City Athletic Conference divisions, highlighted by the Red Raiders’ Hailey Pavement getting a 266 opening game in her 587 series.
Kenzi Orsmby’s 222 closed out a 597 series as Yilena Russell stepped up with games of 215 and 204 in her 577 set. They were both behind Fulton’s Miranda Laws, who shot 202, 214 and 206 in her 622 set as Addison Nichols (598 series, 234 high game)
Meanwhile, the boys Warriors won over Fulton in another 7-0 decision, Doing shooting games of 192, 205 and 211 in a 608 series as Jackson Allen shot a 198 and Lell, in his lone game, posted 205.
