Junior Diva Marsh, competing for the combined Bellingham team, placed second to lead all local bowlers, and two others finished top 10 in three different state tournaments happening from Feb. 6–8 at Bowlero South Seattle in Tukwila, King County.
The Class 3A teams kicked off on Feb. 5–6 and the 4A 1A/2A teams followed on Feb. 7–8. Each team that qualified had their bowlers compete in six games and 14 baker games. A baker game is when each bowler on a team takes turns and bowls two frames until they complete the game. Bowlers who went as individuals did not compete in the baker games.
4A state
Since Bellingham’s bowling team has all three high schools (Bellingham, Squalicum and Sehome) combined, they competed in the largest classification.
Marsh, a Squalicum High student, finished second place out of 114 bowlers with 1,209 pins in six games. She was 23 pins behind winner Jayden Thayer of Bonney Lake. Bellingham’s Cassandra Berwick finished 48th with 922.
1A/2A state
Burlington-Edison’s Kelisa Beck placed third out of 114 bowlers with 1,069 pins in six games. She finished 76 pins behind Hudson Bay’s Sanaa Tyler. Anacortes’ Trinity Erickson placed 11th with 988 and Morgan Gudmundson was 37th with 853.
Blaine placed 11th out of 12 teams, scoring 5,241 pins in the six individual games combined and 14 baker games.
Borderites’ Ainslee Ellis placed 35th with 862 pins, Shaylie Daniels finished 68th with 695, Madison Miller was 72nd with 672, Nevaeh Zaddack came in 78th with 634, and Mackenzie Schreiner placed 92nd with 355.
3A state
Mount Vernon finished the 3A state tournament in ninth out of 12 teams after scoring 5,991 pins in 20 games. After the first day, the Bulldogs sat near the middle of the standings with a score of 4,106 in the first six individual games combined. The Bulldogs then fell in the rankings after bowling 14 baker games.
Kai Ostrum was Mount Vernon’s leading bowler, placing seventh out of 114 bowlers in the individual rankings, scoring 1,059 pins in six games. Ashlyn Huss was 33rd with 900, Jordyn Marker came in 54th with 805, Abigail Adams finished 77th with 639, Madelyn Justice wound up 89th with 385 and Ekko Maclachlan placed 92nd with 318.
Ferndale’s Madison McFadden placed 30th with 915 pins.
Nick Zeller-Singh is CDN's sports reporter; reach him at nickzellersingh@cascadiadaily.com; 360-922-3090 ext. 104.
