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A big performance in the final baker game of the day helped Celina win an outright Western Buckeye League girls bowling championship on Thursday as the league tournament was held at Westgate Lanes in Lima.
On the boys side, St. Marys settled for a co-championship as Ottawa-Glandorf won the tournament with regular season champion St. Marys taking second to secure the share.
The Celina and St. Marys girls, whose only league loss came via Celina dueled for the tournament title all day. After the round of three regulation games, the Roughriders had 2,642 pins with Celina at 2,598 heading into the round of six baker games.
The Bulldogs caught the spark early with games of 193-172-225 as St. Marys bowled 179-182-193 to stay head. The Roughriders built the lead with a 183-159 fourth baker game, but Celina roared back with a 197 fifth game while St. Marys bowled a 158 to give the Bulldogs a seven-pin lead heading into the final game. St. Marys bowled a 182, but Celina had its second 200-plus baker game with a 216 to edge the Roughriders by 44 pins with a 3,760-3,719 decision to claim the outright title.
Defiance's Mabel Adams was tournament medalist with a 682 series. Reagan Horine of Van Wert was runner-up with a 597 with St. Marys' Ali Kable taking bronze with a 575.
Celina's Chloe Bruce and Marissa Hole finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with 573 and 562. St. Marys' Kalleigh Caywood was seventh with a 543 with teammate Kallie McKinley.
The boys' tournament was also a two-horse race as St. Marys, 9-0 in league matches, and Ottawa-Glandorf, 8-1 with the only loss coming to the Roughriders, battled. The Titans led 3,061-2,933 after regulation games, then the two teams battled through the bakers. After the final pin dropped, O-G won with a final tally of 4,181. St. Marys was second at 4,010, securing the co-championship with the Titans.
Celina, tied for third in the regular season, finished third in the tournament with a final score of 3,939.
The Titans swept the top two spots in the individual standings as Aiden Ruhe bowled a 692 series with Dawson Boninsenga adding a 629. Kenton's Eban Albert was third with a 627. St. Marys' Cadyn Neargardner was fifth with a 624 series. Celina's Austin Novitzke rolled a 609 to finish ninth with Bulldog Mason Posada just missing the top 10 with a 604 to place 11th.
Due to outstanding league matches to be played, the All-WBL honors, based on regular season and tournament performances, will be released at a later date.
Coldwater won its sixth straight MAC title, and fifth outright in six seasons, pairing its regular season title with a tournament title at Speedway Lanes in New Bremen.
The Cavaliers defeated Marion Local in the opening round, consisting of the final total two regulation games and two bakers, then reached the finals with a 3-1 win over Versailles in the best of five baker game series to advance to face St. Henry in the final. St. Henry reached the finals with a win over Parkway in the opening round before defeating Fort Recovery in the semifinals.
The Cavaliers won over the Redskins to secure the title. No scores were submitted by the conference.
Fort Recovery went five games to defeat Versailles to claim third place in the tournament and overall. New Bremen beat Minster to take fifth place with Parkway winning over Marion for seventh place.
The girls' tournament takes place Saturday morning at Speedway Lanes.
Celina 46, Bath 34
The Bulldogs jumped into the lead in the second quarter and never looked back in beating the Wildcats at the Tub in Bath Township.
Celina trailed 6-5 after the first quarter before a 12-6 second quarter put the Bulldogs in front 17-12 at the half. Celina used an 11-6 third quarter to make it a 10-point lead.
Brenna Korte led Celina with 13 points.
BOX SCORE
CELINA (14-7, 6-2 WBL)
R. Rammel 2-3-7, M. Rammel 2-1-5, Pearson 1-1-3, Vehorn 2-0-5, Bre. Kote 4-3-13, Bri. Korte 2-2-6, Werntz 1-1-3. Shreffler 2-0-4. Totals 16-11-46.
BATH (11-9, 5-3 WBL)
Davis 2-0-6, Stumbaugh 2-1-6, Mason 1-0-2, Rex 2-1-6, McDermott 5-0-14. Totals 12-2-34.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Celina 5 12 11 18 - 46
Bath 6 6 6 16 - 34
3-pointers - C: Bre. Korte (2), Vehorn. B: McDermott (4), Davis (2), Stumbaugh, Rex.
Versailles 62, Fort Recovery 25
Katey Litten joined the 1,000-career point club with a 24-point performance as the Tigers moved into a tie for first place in the MAC after St. Henry's loss.
Versailles led 16-5 after the first quarter and was up 32-14 at the half.
Madie Schoenlein led Fort Recovery with eight points.
BOX SCORE
FORT RECOVERY (6-14, 2-6 MAC)
Muhlenkamp 3-0-6, Evers 0-1-1, Schoenlein 2-2-8, Wendel 1-0-2, Tobe 0-1-1, Huelskamp 2-3-7. Totals 8-7-25.
VERSAILLES (14-5, 7-1 MAC)
Borchers 2-0-4, I. Barga 2-2-6, R. Hager 0-1-1, E. Stammen 1-0-2, Schmitmeyer 1-0-2, Litten 9-2-24, Yagle 1-1-3, Weitholter 1-2-4, K. Hager 3-2-8, Heitkamp 2-0-4. Totals 24-10-62.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Fort Recovery 5 9 7 4 - 25
Versailles 16 16 17 13 - 62
3-pointers - FR: Schoenlein (2). V: Litten (4).
Minster 48, New Knoxville 23
The Wildcats outscored the Rangers 32-9 in the second half to pull away for the win at the Barn.
Minster led 16-14 at the half before extending the margin to 28-17 after three quarters and then used a 20-6 fourth quarter to pull away.
Reece Albers and Kali Schmiesing each scored 14 for Minster.
Avery Albers led New Knoxville with nine.
BOX SCORE
MINSTER (17-4, 6-2 MAC)
R. Albers 6-2-14, Belcher 3-0-6, Jo. Hoying 2-0-5, Dirksen 3-0-7, Schmiesing 6-1-14, E. Albers 1-0-2. Totals 21-3-48.
NEW KNOXVILLE (4-17, 1-7 MAC)
Bambauer 1-0-2, Webb 1-1-4, Av. Albers 3-3-9, Ad. Albers 3-0-7, Brown 0-1-1. Totals 8-5-23.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Minster 10 6 12 20 - 48
New Knoxville 6 8 3 6 - 23
3-pointers - M: Jo. Hoying, Dirksen, Schmiesing. NK: Webb, Ad. Albers.
St. Marys 44, Shawnee 35
The Roughriders outscored the Indians 14-9 in the third quarter to take the lead and never looked back to move to 5-3 in the WBL with the win at Grand Lake Health System Court.
Shawnee led 9-8 after the first quarter and 18-17 at the half before St. Marys made its move.
Audrey Reineke had six points in the third quarter and eight in the fourth quarter en route to a 16-point night for the Roughriders. Sophia Menker added 11 points.
BOX SCORE
SHAWNEE (11-7, 4-4 WBL)
Betts 2-1-6, Menke 1-0-3, Whetstone 2-0-6, Gadson 3-3-9, Jackson 1-1-3, Wilson 4-0-8. Totals 13-5-35.
ST. MARYS (12-9, 5-3 WBL)
Davis 1-0-2, Menker 1-9-11, L. Jacobs 0-2-2, Bond-Awls 1-0-2, Reineke 6-2-16, Fulmer 1-2-4, Turner 2-3-7. Totals 12-18-44.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Shawnee 9 9 9 8 - 35
St. Marys 8 9 14 13 - 44
3-pointers - S: Whetstone (2), Betts. SM: Reineke (2).
St. John's 41, New Bremen 39 (OT)
The Blue Jays picked up their first MAC win of the season in beating the Cardinals in overtime at Arnzen Gymnasium.
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