By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
With regional competition looming next week, Seaman's bowling teams tuned up with a sweep of all four championships in Monday's United Kansas Conference meet at Crown Lanes in Leavenworth.
Seaman's boys bowling team won the UKC team title Monday while sweeping the top four individual places. [Seaman Athletics]
Seaman's girls bowling team won the UKC title on Monday, led by individual champion Paige Snyder (left). [Seaman Athletics]
Seaman won the boys team championship by a 3,580-3,358 margin over Piper as individual champion Alex Prescott led a sweep of the top four places while the Viking girls took the team title by 3,004-2,824 margin over Basehor-Linwood as individual champ Paige Snyder led the way.
Prescott won the boys individual title with a 722 three-game series while Riley Parkhurst was second with a 694, Dylan Hunt third with a 673 and Landon Huxman fourth with a 670 series.
Snyder shot a 643 series to win the girls individual championship by 40 pins while Cheyenne Turkin finished third with a 594 and Kayla Mize finsihed eighth for the Vikings with a 547 series.
Shawnee Heights finished third as a team in both the boys and girls divisions.
T-Bird Evan Jones finished fifth in the boys standings with a 666 series while Addison VanMetre was fourth in the girls standings with a 580 series.
Topeka West's boys and girls both placed fourth in the team race, with Dason Tidwell (662) and Alex Rutschmann (661) finishing seventh and eighth in the boys division while Megan Wood (567) took fifth and Brenna Rutschmann (533) 10th in the girls standings.
Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West will all compete in regional tournaments on Thursday, Feb. 22, in Hutchinson, vying for state berths at Wichita the following week.
UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Crown Lanes
BOYS
Team scores
Seaman 3,580, Piper 3,358, Shawnee Heights 3,334, Topeka West 3,332, KC-Turner 3,289, Lansing 3,047, Leavenworth 2,971, De Soto 2,955, Basehor-Linwood 2,921.
Individual results
1. Alex Prescott, Seaman, 722; 2. Riley Parkhurst, Seaman, 694; 3. Dylan Hunt, Seaman, 673; 4. Landon Huxman, Seaman, 670; 5. Evan Jones, Shawnee Heights, 666; 6. Peyton Yurisich, Leavenworth, 664; 7. Dason Tidwell, Topeka West, 662; 8. Alex Rutschmann, Topeka West, 661; 9.Terick Coleman, Lansing, 653; 10. Jackson Dissmeyer, Piper, 645.
Other Seaman -- Dominic Figueroa 597, Carson Wood 544.
Other Shawnee Heights -- Trey Donath 617, Caden Cochrane 605, Donavan Davis 589, Kaden Evans 587, Henry Schattilly 521.
Other Topeka West -- Gage Kindred-Noragon 581, Casey Ard 511, Noah Rager 497, Andrew Bazaldva 483.
GIRLS
Team scores
Seaman 3,004, Basehor-Linwood 2,824, Shawnee Heights 2,763, Topeka West 2,667, De Soto 2,537, Piper 2,340, Leavenworth 2,286, KC-Turner 1,741, Lansing 884 (two bowlers).
Individual results
1. Paige Snyder, Seaman, 643; 2. Kira Lynch, DeSoto, 603; 3. Cheyenne Turkin, Seaman, 594; 4. Addison VanMetre, Shawnee Heights, 580; 5. Megan Wood, Topeka West, 567; 6. Taylor Schick, Lansing, 567; 7. Kirstin Ussery, Basehor-Linwood, 552; 8. Kayla Mize, Seaman, 547; 9. Cambria Anderson, Piper, 540; 10. Brenna Rutschmann, Topeka West, 533.
Other Seaman -- Ava Carlson 475, Claire LaDuke 447, Paige Glasgow 413.
Other Shawnee Heights -- Reese Bell 512, Jasmine Villalobos 498, Tatum Simpson 485, Bailey Liby 412, Lauren Valdivia 388.
Other Topeka West -- Karlee Galbreath 460, Hannah Allen 438, Madison Patterson 400, Jordan Felsburg 358.
