ONONDAGA COUNTY – Consistent performances and lots of depth on its roster has helped the Cicero-North Syracuse boys bowling team move up the Salt City Athletic Conference Metro division standings.
The Northstars, whose lone blemish was a narrow 4-3 defeat to Baldwinsville Dec. 8, continued to pile up wins, including Monday’s 7-0 shutout of West Genesee at Strike-N-Spare Lanes.
Jacob Calabria opened with a 257 and then had 10 strikes in his final game, a season-best 278 that climbed him to a 717 series, edging out Garrett Arnold, who had a first-game 258, followed with a 236 and then, with a 222, concluded with a 716 set.
Tom O’Connell’s second-game 243 followed a 213 during a 633 series, while Nehemiag Bachmann was consistent, going 211, 196 and 202 in his 609 series as Jason Krausnick’s 582 featured games of 215 and 214.
Then, meeting Fayetteville-Manlius two days later at Strike-N-Spare, C-NS got another 7-0 shutout with more steady production from its top bowlers.
O’Connell led the way, his 205, 226 and 202 leading to a 633 series. Calabria’s 632 included games of 204, 215 and 213, while Arnold opened with 224 and 225 in his 621 set and Krausnick shot a 585 series with no game better than 203.
The C-NS girls also faced F-M, but took a 7-0 defeat, the best series a 456 from Trinity Short that had an opening-game 172. Jennifer Draper (436 series) and Melody Schwartz (431 series) were close behind, the Hornets led by Andrea Aguilar-Miranda and her three-game total of 507.\
Liverpool gained a big victory in boys bowling Wednesday when it went to Baldwinsville and, with four strong individual performances, knocked off the Bees 5-2.
B’ville actually had a total pinfall of 3,270 to Liverpool’s 3,259, but the Warriors got the points, starting with Ray Rucker, whose 233 and 235 games closed out a 634 series at B’ville Sports Bowl.
Tanner Gist opened with a 224, followed with 193 and 197 and got a 614 series, while Austin Burch was steady with 206, 180 and 209 in his 595 series and Xavier Theetge opened with a 234 on his way to a 585 set. All of this overcame B’ville getting a 644 series from Wes Lell and 597 series from Jordan Sevigny.
On the girls side, Liverpool lost 7-0 to the reigning state Division I champion Bees, though Sara Conover did shoot a 517 series and high game of 187. Alianna Deyneka added a 438 series as Samantha Hass (591 series) and Lizzy Hildreth (564 series) led B’ville.
A day earlier, Liverpool met Auburn at Flamingo Lanes, and the boys Warriors were close to finding success before taking a 4-3 defeat to the Maroons.
Gist opened with a 235 and had a 599 series to lead Liverpool as Kyle Lake closed with a 209 in his 549 series and most of Rucker’s 542 series stemmed from a second-game 241. Theetge added a 535 series.
Despite a pinfall of 3,214 to Liverpool’s 3,270, Auburn scratched out enough points to win led by Eric Barsk’s 607 series and high game of 245, with Lucas McConnell (559 series) and Aiden Starratt (550 series) close behind, Starratt opening with a 225.
In the girls match, Liverpool lost, 7-0, to Auburn, with Conover’s 468 series the best total. Deyneka added a 406 series, though both trailed the 520 series from the Maroons’ Grace Ryan, who had games of 182 and 180.
