Versailles Bowling Teams Open Season with Wins

Versailles Boys Varsity Bowlers Start Season with Win and Set 2 Records

The Defending WOHSBC Champion Versailles Boys Varsity Bowling team rolled into the 2011-2012 bowling season taking on the Flyers from Marion Local in conference action on Saturday, November 19th at Plaza Lanes in Celina. "I reminded the boys this week when the season started that we surprised a lot of teams last year. This year, teams will not take us lightly so we need to be prepared even more for every match."

Versailles won the first game 1080 pins to 793 pins. The Tigers beat the Flyers in game two 999 pins to 930 pins, giving Versailles a 356 pin lead heading into the baker games. Versailles won the first baker game 199 pins to 162 pins. The Tigers won the second baker game 196 pins to 171 pins. Versailles won the 3rd baker game 228 to 199. This put the Tiger lead at 447 pins heading into the 4th baker game. Marion Local won the 4th baker game 192 to 160. This left the Tiger lead at 415 pins. Versailles won the 5th and final baker game 230 pins to 158 pins for Marion Local. The Tigers won the match with 3092 total pins to 2605 total pins for Flyers.

Versailles was led by Nathan Peters with high games of 244 and 236, Michael Davidson with a 236, Ben Didier with games of 230 and 214 and Aaron Niekamp with a 202. The victory over Marion Local brings the Tigers record to 1 – 0 on the season. The team also set 2 new school records during the match. The game 1 team score of 1080 broke the old record of 1063 set during the 2008-2009 season. The Tigers also set the record team series record by rolling a series of 3092. The old record of 3074 set during the 2010-2011 season. This year’s Versailles Boys Varsity Bowlers are Kyle Bohman, Michael Davidson, Ben Didier, Brandon Groff, Jordan Groff, Aaron Niekamp, and Nathan Peters. The Tigers take on New Bremen at 1:00 pm at Community Lanes in Minster on Saturday, November 26th. Please visit www.wohsbc.com for in depth stats and conference standings. Two Tiger bowlers were also featured on WOSN highlights. Go to this link to view the video clip http:/video.wosn.tv/media/highlight-wohsbc-week-1

Lady Tiger Bowlers Beat LCC

The Versailles Girls Varsity Bowling Team opened WOHSBC Conference action on Saturday, November 19 at Plaza Lanes in Celina against the Lima Central Catholic T-Birds. The Lady Tigers won their first game by rolling an 803 to 634. Leading the Tigers were sophomore Kelsey Berning with a 178, sophomore Brooke Wehrkamp with a 176, and sophomore Paige Holsapple with a 171. The second game also belonged to the Lady Tigers as they rolled a 715 to 654. Kelsey Berning led the Lady Tigers the second game with a 182.



Versailles went into their baker games with a 230 pin lead. They defeated the Lady T-Birds 4 out of 5 bakers to end the match with a total pin count of 2,330 to LCC’s 1,848. The Lady Tigers are 1-0 on the season. This year’s Versailles Girls Varsity Bowlers are Kelsey Berning, Paige Holsapple, Megan Monnin, Haylie Schlater, Danielle Cochran, Megan Ward and Brooke Wehrkamp.

"The girls have a great opportunity to make some waves this year in the WOHSBC. All of the girls have been working hard and have been making major changes to their physical game so they can get to that next level. I have seen tremendous improvements so far and am looking forward to seeing all the hard work payoff for them."

The girls travel to Community Lanes in Minster to take on the Lady Wildcats of Minster on Saturday, November 26. Please visit www.wohsbc.com for in depth stats and conference standings. Two Tiger bowlers were also featured on WOSN highlights. Go to this link to view the video clip http:/video.wosn.tv/media/highlight-wohsbc-week-1

JV Boys and Girls Bowling Teams Win 1st Match

The Versailles Girls & Boys JV Teams won their first match of the season in Coldwater at PlaMor Lanes. The girls faced the Minster Wildcats and the boys were slated to bowl the Van Wert Cougars.

The girls won by the slim margin of 1,822 to 1,774. Leading the JV girls were Joanna Cruz and Tori Monnich rolling a 148 and Brooke leach with a 147.

The boys won with no problem due to Van Wert being disqualified for the 1st match. The boys rolled a respectable 2,265. Zach Marshal led the JV boys with a 192 followed by Ryan Watren with a 165 and Joel Hemmelgarn with a 156.

JV Girls Roster: Brooke Leach, Tori Minnich, Joanna Cruz, Breanna Davis, Maggie Jenkins, Gretchen Keihl and Mandy Keiser

JV Boys Roster: Zach Marshal, Ben Ahrens, Dustin Ruhe, Joel Hemmelgarn, Matt Grilliot, Ryan Watren, Drew Martin, Grant Toops, John Poeppleman, Josh Davis, Tony Bey and Kenny Nagel