(CHAD PILSTER, PILSTERPHOTOGRAPHY.NET /
November 11, 2008)
Santaluces Christel Wurster , bowls during the individual round
on Tuesday, November 10, 2008, during the FHSAA Bowling Finals at Boardwalk
Bowl in Orlando.
ORLANDO - Palm
Beach County's District 11 champions are going in opposite directions at
the FHSAA Bowling Finals.
The Santaluces girls, who didn't lose a match all season, continued that run
by outscoring 27 other teams in total pinfall Tuesday to qualify in first
place for the match-play finals at Boardwalk Bowl.
However, the Chiefs didn't fare as well in the Baker format for match play,
splitting their first two matches with scores averaging 15 pins lower than
they had posted in the preliminary round.
The Boca
Raton boys, on the other hand, qualified in sixth place, but moved into
the top four teams by capturing their first two Baker finals matches.
In the preliminary format, each competitor bowled four
games. In Baker play, each bowled two frames in each match-play game.
"We have a good core of players, but the Baker game is not our
strength," Santaluces coach Kathryn Sanders said.
The Chiefs' top bowler, Christel Wurster, qualified ninth in the girls'
individual singles and did even better in the Baker games, several times
throwing two or three strikes in the 10th frame. Twice, in the first-round
victory over Mandarin, Wurster enabled the Chiefs to overcome deficits in the
final frame of games with her ability to strike under pressure.
The Boca
Raton boys fared better in Baker play than in the preliminaries. The
Bobcats defeated Palm Beach Central 3-2 and Coral Reef 3-0 to become one of
four undefeated teams going into today's final matches.
Boca
Raton got good efforts from junior Jason Booke, senior Jake Speedy and
junior Connor Martin. Like Wurster, Booke showed an uncanny ability to string
strikes as the Bobcats' anchor bowler.
Booke led the conference in scoring average during the regular season and
qualified in 10th place for the individual finals with an 861 total for four
games.
Boys
Team results
Round 1
Martin County d. Suncoast 3-0; Oviedo d. Gulliver Prep 3-1; South Fork d.
Jupiter 3-2; Leesburg d. Cypress Creek 3-1; Coral Reef d. Deland 3-0;
Boca
Raton d. Palm Beach Central 3-2; Spanish River d. Seabreeze 3-2; Timber
Creek d. Indian Rocks 3-2
Round 2
Oviedo d. Martin County 3-2; Leesburg d. South Fork 3-1;
Boca
Raton d. Coral Reef 3-0; Timber Creek d. Spanish River 3-1
Round 3 (Pairings)
Oviedo vs. Leesburg;
Boca
Raton vs. Timber Creek
Consolation bracket
Round 2
Gulliver Prep d. Suncoast 3-0; Jupiter vs. Cypress Creek 3-0; Deland d. Palm
Beach Central 3-1; Seabreeze d. Indian Rocks 3-0;
Boca Raton's Chad Coon bowls during qualifying on Tuesday, November 10, 2008,
during the FHSAA Bowling Finals at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando.
Boca Raton's Connor Martin bowls on Tuesday, November 10, 2008, during the
FHSAA Bowling Finals at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando.
(CHAD PILSTER, PILSTERPHOTOGRAPHY.NET /
November 11, 2008)
Boca Raton's Ryan Amditis bowls during the qualifying round on Tuesday,
November 10, 2008, during the FHSAA Bowling Finals at Boardwalk Bowl in
Orlando.
(CHAD PILSTER, PILSTERPHOTOGRAPHY.NET /
November 11, 2008)
Boca Raton's Connor Martin, bowls during the qualifying rounds on Tuesday,
November 10, 2008, during the FHSAA Bowling Finals at Boardwalk Bowl in
Orlando.
