Michigan high school bowling: Thrilling finish in Division 2 boys; Macomb Dakota girls win
The stakes could get no higher in the Division 2 boys bowling individual championship at Super Bowl in Canton.
Defending champion Kyle Pranger of Grand Rapids Northview met Gibraltar Carlson's Zack Sisk in the final. Both scored a 409 in their two-game final.
In the extra frames, Sisk won by one pin, 60-59, to become a state champion.
Several other Michigan high school bowlers became new state champions across the state on Saturday.
Also at Super Bowl, Whitehall's Karli Vandunen defeated Wayland's Bella Harnish, 480-381. The senior saved her best for the final after scoring 409, 357 and 441 in the previous three rounds on Saturday.
In Division 1 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Livonia Franklin's Ian Wright pulled off a comeback. Trailing after the first game, 199-195 to Davison's Jared Musser, Wright rolled a 205 to win the state title by nine pins. He scored a 469, 469 and 419 in the three rounds Saturday before the final.
Davison's Emma Siekierski won the Division 1 girls title, topping Zeeland's Alyssa Fortney, 430-374. Siekierski's highest score of the day was a 527 in the semifinals.
Division 3's championships were held at JAX 60 in Jackson, where Cheboygan's Cole Swanberg and Croswell-Lexington's Brooklyn Butler won states. Swanberg outlasted Ogenaw Heights' Tyler Downs in the boys final, 471-337, and Butler beat defending champion Elizabeth Teuber of Flint Powers, 481-408.
Gobles' Morgan Brunner repeated as the Division 4 girls champion, beating Idalia Hernandez of Bronson, 408-380, at M-66 Bowl in Battle Creek. For the boys, Jackson Lumen Christi's Jackson Kremer won by beating Grass Lakes' Clayton Weir, 441-398.
On Friday, the team championships were decided at each of the four sites. In Division 1, the Franklin boys topped Utica Eisenhower in the final for its first state title. For the girls, Macomb Dakota won its second state title, out-rolling Davison in the final as they did in 2015.
Division 2's state champions are the Grand Rapids Northview boys (outlasting Tecumseh in the final) and the Flint Kearsley girls, which continued its dominance, claiming its ninth state crown in the last 11 years. Kearsley, led by first-year coach Kailee Tubbs, beat Mason in the final for the second straight year.
The Gladwin boys topped Midland Bullock Creek and the Shepherd girls topped Cheboygan in Division 3. It's the second state title for Gladwin and first for Shepherd.
In Division 4, Grass Lake boys (Division 3 champions last year) and girls each made the final, but Plymouth Christian boys and Bronson girls came away with the top trophies. It was first title for Christian and the third in the last four years for Bronson.
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