The Junction City High School Boy’s Varsity Bowling team took 3rd Friday at the Centennial League Bowling Championship tournament at Junction City Bowl.

The team finished with a 2410 pins, just 53 pins out of 1st place.

“We could have done a lot better,” Brad Adams, JCHS Bowling Coach, said.”It is what it is today.”

 

The team was led by Will Wriston who shot 208, 218,199 for a 625 series.

“That’s one of Will’s better showings this year and you can’t blame a kid for shooting over 600, averaging over 200 a game,” Adams said.

Jayson Quicksall also had a good day on the lanes bowling a 260, 222, 235 for a 617 series.

Emporia walked away with first with 2463 pins, followed by Manhattan with 2456 pins and Junction City with 2410 pins.

Individually, Wriston’s 625 was good enough for a 4th place finish and Quicksall’s 617 placed him in 6th out of 54 bowlers.

On the girls side the Lady Jay’s Varsity team placed 7th overall with 2079 pins.

Leading the way for the Lady Jay’s was Kaylee Stutz who shot a 196, 169, 160 for a 525 series. Also shooting well was Ryan Coffman who bowled a 186, 140, 187 for a 513 series, and Samantha Goudey who bowled a 140, 166, 196 for a 502 series.

Stutz, Coffman and Goudey all placed in the top 20 individually with Goudey placing 14th, Coffman placing 13th and Stutz placing 11th.

Junior Varsity will bowl Monday at Junction City Bowl for there half of the Centennial League Bowling Championship.

Varsity will next travel to Topeka for regional’s on Friday at Westridge Lanes.