WESTLAND — Farmington Hills Mercy girls won their second in a row and 11th Catholic High School League bowling championship while Ann Arbor Fr. Gabriel Richard boys took home the school’s first trophy.
In between, Madison Heights Bishop Foley girls won their fourth and Warren De La Salle Collegiate boys their third in competition staged Feb. 15 at Oak Lanes.
Some 13 boys squads and nine girls teams were in contention.
Mercy won the girls Bishop Division championship by 86 pins against Dearborn Divine Child. Bishop Foley won its fourth Cardinal Division title in the last six years by 91 pins over Allen Park Cabrini.
On the boys side, De La Salle was 54 pins better than University of Detroit Jesuit for the Bishop Division trophy. Fr. Gabriel Richard bested Jackson Lumen Christi by 74 pins for the Cardinal Division title.
Top individual honors went to seniors Jacey Thibodeau of Bishop Foley and Cody Champion of Detroit Loyola.
Thibodeau, who recently committed to Duquesne University, had a 739 series on games of 252 275 212.
Champion’s 678 series was put together on games of 258 188 232. Two weeks ago, he rolled a 300 game, the first in his career and only the fourth in state high schools this year.
The Top 10 series: BOYS — Champion (Loyola) 678, Jack Kowalkowski (De La Salle) 640, Sam Keuten (University of Detroit Jesuit) 617, Emory Stone (University of Detroit Jesuit) 606, James Spicuzzi (De La Salle) 564, Luke Jasinski (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) 559, Mark O’Connell (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 551, Nathan Beaudoin (Divine Child) 545, Jake Zajdel (Catholic Central) 544, Paul Thacker (De La Salle) 535.
The Top 10 series: GIRLS — Thibodeau (Bishop Foley) 739, Kourtney Downham (Cabrini) 533, Teresa Schudt (Bishop Foley) 494, Elayna Losey (Lumen Christi) 452, Ava Cooper (Divine Child) 446, Regan Weir (Bishop Foley) 444, Natalie Zorn (Cabrini) 436, Kaylee Morton (St. Mary’s) 432, Liliana Sturgis (Mercy) 427, Julia Sovinski (Divine Child) 427.
The Top 10 games: BOYS — Thomas Graher (Divine Child) 276, Champion (Loyola) 258, Jack Kowalkowski (De La Salle) 236, Matt Dubois (Lumen Christi) 233, Champion 232, Emory Stone (University of Detroit Jesuit) 228, 226, Anthony Wetzal (Lumen Christi) 224, Luke Jasinski (St. Mary’s) 223, Sam Keuten (University of Detroit Jesuit) 223.
The Top 10 games: GIRLS — Thibodeau (Bishop Foley) 275, 252, 212, Kourtney Downham (Cabrini) 199, Teresa Schudt (Bishop Foley) 182, 180, Julia Sovinski (Divine Child) 179, Nicole Otremba (Chesterfield Austin Catholic) 179, Ella Leleniewski (Divine Child) 178, Downham 173.
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