Fairfield bowling splits boy/girl doubleheader

The Fairfield bowling teams hosted Mt. Pleasant in a Southeast Conference showdown at Flamingo Lanes Dec. 15 with the boys defeating their Panther counterparts 2654-2454, while the girls fell short of a comeback in a 1910-1856.

Guys

Fairfield outscored Mt. Pleasant 1739-1621 in the first round, led by senior Shane Morrissey who threw a 206 in game one, followed by a 187 for a 393 series for the Trojans. Fairfield then compiled another 915 pins in the Baker round with highs of 193 in the first and fifth games.

Round 1

Dalton Rippey, Sr. 340 (171,169)

Ben Johnston, Jr. 322 (156,166)

Anthony Osborn, Jr. 325 (160,165)

Chance Swan, So. 348 (199,149)

Shane Morrissey, Sr. 393 (206,187)

Drake Rippey, Sr. 333 (166,167)

Total 2061

minus low series 322

Round 1 1739

Round 2 Baker

Game 1 193

Game 2 177

Game 3 167

Game 4 185

Game 5 193

Total 915

Match 2654

Ladies

Fairfield trailed by just 28 pins after round one, but couldn't quite pull off a comeback with Mt. Pleasant extending their lead by 26 pins during the round two Baker games.

'Even though the varsity girls lost their match, they had an impressive score including 10 of 12 games in round one at or above practice average,” explained head coach Lisa Greenig. 'This was their highest round one score and highest match total this year, and the girls continue to show improvement.”

McKayla Taylor, So. 238 (125,113)

Cassie Bringmon, So. 253 (119,134)

Willow Elliott, So. 238 (112,126)

Sophia Mineart, Jr. 264 (129,135)

Nellie Higdon, So. 268 (128,140)

Jenna Wickenkamp, Sr. 275 (146,129)

Total 1536

Minus low series 238

Round 1 1298

Round 2 Baker

Game 1 111

Game 2 127

Game 3 99

Game 4 102

Game 5 119

Total 558

Match 1856

Splits converted: Nellie Higdon 5-6-10

JV competition

Lilly Huff had a personal best score of 161, 68 pins above her average. Jacob Scotton rolled a 226 game. That is 88 pins above his practice average and his 226 game and two-game series of 407 was the high score for the match.

Next

Saturday Jan. 5 versus Centerville at Flamingo Lanes at 1:30 p.m.