The Versailles Varsity Girls Bowling team competed in the 2012 OHSAA Sectional Bowling Tournament at Marian Lanes in Huber Heights on Friday, February 17th. The team format for the Sectional Championships consists of 3 games of regular bowling followed by 6 baker games. The 4 teams with the highest total pin count advance to the District tournament. Schools competing in this Sectional were: Ansonia, Bellefontaine, Benjamin Logan, Catholic Central, Chaminade-Julienne, Graham, Greeneview, Greenon, Indian Lake, Kenton Ridge, Mechanicsburg, Mississinawa Valley, Northeastern, Northwestern, Sidney, Shawnee, Southeastern, Springfield, Urbana, Versailles, and West-Liberty Salem.
"You girls had a great season this year and your hard work has really shown in your scores the last 5 weeks of the conference season. Let's go out today and show everyone what the Lady Tigers can do." The Lady Tigers got off to a great start by rolling a solid 932 in their first game and putting them in 2nd place behind Sidney. The second game was absolutely crazy. The Lady Tigers started off on fire after making a couple adjustments after the change of lanes for the second game. They obliterated their own school record they set a few weeks ago of 996 by rolling an outstanding 1,078 game. (Tori Minnich 257, Megan Monnin 229, Brooke Wehrkamp 210, Paige Holsapple 205, and Joanna Cruz 177) Needless to say after the second game, the competing schools and their fans took notice of the Versailles Lady Tiger Bowlers! The girls finished by rolling another fine game of 960 to roll a tournament leading 2,970. The ladies also blew away the old school record of 2,681 set in the 2008-09 Season. What a great time to do that!
The top 6 teams going into the (6) Baker Games were: Versailles 2970, Sidney 2858, Graham 2799, Mechanicsburg 2622, Urbana 2605 and Greenon 2564. "At this point in the tournament, the girls were sitting in a very good position to make it to Districts. The bottom would have to drop out for them to not make it. I knew these kids had it in them, but to roll these scores under this type of stress and pressure was incredible, especially for a young team. It was extremely fun to coach and watch."
"Sidney is only 59 pins behind us and we will be bowling with them during the Bakers. They will be loud and distracting, so just focus on what you need to do and let's take home the Sectional Championship!" The Lady Tigers rolled a 170 to Sidney's 153. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th games belonged to the Yellow Jackets 220-198, 212-181 and 168 to 136. The Tiger's lead was now down to 44 pins with 2 Baker Games to go. The momentum was on Sidney's side. "The good news here is we are going to Districts and we are still in the lead by 44 pins. Let's finish these last 2 games strong and take home the Championship!" The Lady Tigers won the last 2 Baker Games 155-139 and 206-203. This was the 1st ever Sectional title for the Lady Tiger Bowlers. "This was a total team effort from all 8 girls. One of the girls was struggling the 1st game and in the 4th frame I made a change and Tori was able to put together a string of 6 strikes. The Baker Games were no different. When 1 or 2 of the girls started to struggle, the other girls came in and kept it going. I am so proud of these girls. All of their physical games have improved, but competing as a team is the key for them this year."
Final Standings for our Sectional: Versailles 4016, Sidney 3953, Graham 3825, Mechanicsburg 3764, Urbana 3593 and Greenon 3576. Teams competing in the Districts Saturday, February 25th are the teams above and the following: McAuley, Fairfield, Colerain, Mason, Northwest, Franklin, Oak Hills, Beavercreek, Fairmont, Troy, Wayne, Stebbins, Xenia, Mercy, Middletown, Loveland, Glen Este and Lebanon. 5 Teams and 5 Individuals will be advancing to the State Competition in Columbus.
The Lady Tigers were led by Sophomore Brooke Wehrkamp with a 626, Sophomore Megan Monnin with a 604, Sophomore Paige Holspapple with a 568, Sophomore Tori Minnich with games of 257 and 222 and Senior Joanna Cruz with a 205.
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