Reeths-Puffer's boys team brought home its first regional
championship since 2012 Wednesday at the Division 2 regional meet in
Comstock Park.
The Rockets posted an impressive score of 3,491
over the competition, which included eight Baker games and two regular
games. Their winning margin of 168 points over runner-up Cedar Springs
was more than the gap between second and fifth place.
R-P was
the highest-scoring team out of the 13 competing in three of the eight
Baker games and one of the two regular games. The Rockets had a score of
1,015 in the first regular games and a high score of 232 in the Baker
games.
In the individual meet, the Rockets' Carter Hekkema
earned a spot at the state meet by finishing sixth (the top seven
qualify). Hekkema's six-game score was 1,220, and his high game was a
236.
Liam Copenhaver narrowly missed state as an individual,
finishing eighth with a score of 1,203 - just 12 away from qualifying.
His high game for the day was a 237 and like Hekkema, he was over 200 in
four of his six games.
Ryleigh Beebe and Knox Estepp also
finished in the top 20 for the Rockets. Beebe was 16th with a score of
1,156; he bowled a spectacular 290 in his final game of the day. Estepp
finished 19th with a score of 1,132, bowling a high score of 225.
In
the girls' meet, the Rockets finished 11th, with a total score of
1,722. Their top individual finisher was Kaila Uhlig, who placed 18th
with a six-game score of 874. Her top game score was a 168.
