By Susan Jenior

Staff Writer

It’s conference tournament time.

Metro teams competed in the Metro Athletic Conference end-of-season bowling tournament on Saturday at Spins Bowl in Akron and Chagrin Valley Conference teams took the lanes for their final event on Sunday at Sky Lanes in Garrettsville.

In both events, it was Portage County girls teams rising to the top as the Streetsboro Rockets girls earned the victory in the MAC and the Rootstown Rovers girls took home the championship in the CVC.

Kent Roosevelt’s boys and girls teams also competed in the Suburban League postseason championships

THE CVC GIRLS

The Rootstown Rovers have been a strong competitor no matter what conference they are competing. After winning four straight conference championships in the Portage Trail Conference, the girls again rose to the top of the Chagrin Valley Conference tournament this season.

New to the conference this season, Rootstown fired a 3,067 team total to top both Wickliffe (2nd place, 2,810) and Lakeside (3rd place, 2,727).

Rootstown’s Kaitlyn Hammerschmidt earned the high series of the event, totaling a 504 high series with a 196 high game. The Rovers’ Olivia Davies finished fourth, 177-477 and teammate Valerie Derteen rolled a 159-427 to finish in the top 12.

“After winning four straight conference championships in the Portage Trail Conference, the girls, coached by Andy Day, rose to the top of the Chagrin Valley Conference tournament this season.”

THE MAC GIRLS

The Streetsboro Rockets bested all competitors to earn the tournament championship with 3,221 pins, 995 pins over runner-up Norton.

Streetsboro Rockets girls bowling team.

The girls of Streetsboro rolled the high two team games of the tournament, 818-834 and, added with their 696 game, the team was in the lead following the first three regular games.

The girls were consistent competing in the six Baker games and combined for a 214 Baker that was the highest of the team Bakers in the event.

Five Streetsboro girls were in the top 15 of the tournament, including sophomore Natalie Southerland’s 182-507 and Ava Clark’s 180-501, second and third respectively.

Amy Rein grabbed sixth place individual, bowling a 459 series and tied with Jorden Brigham 459.

Rounding out the scoring for the Rockets was Kendall Clark’s 422.

The team is filled with underclassmen as Brigham is the only senior on the team.

“I am incredibly proud of this team and how far they’ve come,” said Matt Stump, coach of the Rockets. “A wonderful group of girls.”

“What I am most proud of is that throughout the season I’ve had opposing teams’ parents and coaches share that they admire the chemistry this team exhibits,” continued Stump.

“Led by senior Kendall Clark, they bowled well throughout the season, learning from mistakes and growing each day. The future of the Ladies Rolling Rockets is bright,” concluded Stump enthusiastically.

In addition, the Ravenna girls earned fifth place and Field sixth place among the eight team field.

Future Greater Portage County League member, Akron Springfield, earned fourth place.

Ravenna’s Jocelynn Smallworth earned 11^th and Field’s Makayla Doak finished in 12^th individually. The Lady Spartan’s Madison Knox earned best top high series, 509.

THE CVC BOYS

Both the Rootstown Rovers and the Crestwood Red Devils competed in the CVC conference tournament at Sky Lanes in Garrettsville.

The Rovers earned third place (3,610) behind champion Brooklyn (3,803) and runner-up Lutheran West (3,880).

The Crestwood Red Devils (3,159) earned ninth place among the eleven-team tournament.

Rootstown’s Isaac Simkanin (8^th – 583) and Tycho Smolk (10^th – 566) finished among the top 15 individuals.

The Red Devil’s best was tossed by Chase Thompson (23^rd – 508).

THE MAC BOYS

The Woodridge Bulldogs (3,802) topped both Springfield (3,733) and Field (3,627) to win the MAC Championship Bowling Tournament.

The Ravenna Ravens earned fifth place and the Streetsboro Rockets eighth place to finish the MAC season for the high school bowlers.

Jeriah Miller, a senior bowling for Ravenna, took home the high series for the event, rolling a 660 including a high game of 256.

He was joined in the top 15 by teammate Pete Jennings, in sixth place rolling a 243 on his way to a 569 series.

Field’s bowlers finished eighth and ninth as Peyton Hover rolled 225-560 and Kalen Holmes finished with a high game of 211 and a 542 series.

Ravenna’s Matt Fuller (10^th-538), Springfield’s Brandon Woodward (11^th-529) and the Rockets Cameron Cromlish (12^th-529) rounded out the Portage County area scoring.

Next up for the MAC teams is the OHSAA Sectional Tournaments.

HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING SCOREBOARD

METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

(At Spins Bowl, Akron)

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS: Woodridge 3,802; Springfield 3,733; Field 3,627; Coventry 3,615; Ravenna 3,595; Norton 3,116; Cloverleaf 2,987; Streetsboro 2,831.

BOYS TOP FIVE SERIES: Jeriah Miller, Ravenna 660; Xavier Moore, Woodridge 655; Brandon Rathbun, Woodridge 655; Jensen Aiden, Coventry 632; Rylan Slusser, Springfield 617.

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS: Streetsboro 3,221; Norton 2,926; Cloverleaf 2,740; Springfield 2,733; Ravenna 2,698; Field 2,539; Coventry 2,423; Woodridge 2,094.

GIRLS TOP FIVE SERIES: Madison Knox, Springfield 509; Natalie Southerland, Streetsboro 507; Ava Clark, Streetsboro 501; Audriana Massie, Norton 487; Izzy Messmore, Cloverleaf 466.

CUYAHOGA VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

(At Sky Lanes, Garrettsville)

GIRLS TEAMS: Rootstown 3,067; Wickliffe 2,810; Lakeside 2,727; Jefferson 2,565; Edgewood 2,457; Berkshire 2,202.

GIRLS TOP FIVE SERIES: Kaitlyn Hammerschmidt, Rootstown 504; Abby Sulyok, Wickliffe 500; Bethany Stokes, Edgewood 497; Olivia Davies, Rootstown 477; Cadence Crowder, Wickliffe 461.

BOYS TEAMS: Brooklyn 3,893; Lutheran West 3,880; Rootstown 3,610; Jefferson 3,516; Edgewood 3,475; Wickliffe 3,445; Perry 3,362; Crestwood 3,159; Lakeside 3,027; Berkshire 2,813.

BOYS TOP FIVE SERIES: Alex Cowper, Brooklyn 649; Ada Cowper, Brooklyn 648; Nathan Smeal, Lutheran West 621; Zachery Smeal, Lutheran West 608; Braylon Harris, Lakeside 598.

SUBURBAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

(At Yorktown Lanes, Parma)

BOYS TEAMS: Wadsworth 4,311; North Royalton 4,279; Twinsburg 4,170; Stow 4,092; Tallmadge 3,885; Brecksville 3,865; Kent Roosevelt 3,725; Solon 3,678; Nordonia 3,635; Highland 3,591; Hudson 3,450; Cuyahoga Falls 2,748; Barberton 2,343; Copley 2,105.

BOYS TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS: Jeremy Stapleton, Twinsburg 765; Chase Jonke, Tallmadge 731; Nate Weyand, Wadsworth 725; Hayden Egan Mohlmaster, Wadsworth  705; Lucca Labella, Twinsburg 705.

KENT ROOSEVELT (3,725): Tayden Bailey 164-188, Colden Prater 594, Bernie Rosenberg 171, Braden Latacki 574, Eli Logsdon 515, Joey Impiccini 584

GIRLS TEAMS: Wadsworth 3,599; Hudson 3,480; Nordonia 2,992; Stow 2,885; Twinsburg 3,153; Brecksville 2,855; Solon 2,796; North Royalton 2,908, Tallmadge 2,466; Kent 2,663; Copley 2,658; Cuyahoga Falls 2,335; Barberton 2,324.

GIRLS TOP FIVE SERIES: Aubree Masuda, Wadsworth 685; Isabella Yocum, Brecksville 640, Sydney Gallegos, Hudson 629; Aleigha Crumley, Stow 604.

KENT ROOSEVELT (2,663): Natalie Schifano 397, Elissa McAllister 343, Callie Adams 450, Desiree Holliday 462, Mahaylah Proctor 354.

KENT SNAPS THREE MATCH LOSING STREAK

Kent Roosevelt beat a touch Brecksville varsity bowling team 2,438 to 2,156 at Kent Lanes to pick-up their sixth win of the season and stop a three-game loss pushing the Rough Riders to 6-5.

“That’s a big upset tonight,” said Al Petrosino, Kent’s coach.

The Kent boys shot a 1,071 first team game including Colden Prater’s 278 and Bernie Rosenberg’s 246 with Tayden Bailey adding a 188, Braden Latacki a 167 and Eli Logsdon a 192.

In the second game, Logsdon rolled a nice 225 on his way to a 417 series but it was Colden Prater finishing with a 441 and Bernie Rosenberg rolling a 432 that helped push the Rough Riders to the victory over Brecksville now 9-3.

OHSAA SECTIONAL TOURNAMENTS

DIVISION II: Crestwood, Field, Garfield, Ravenna, Rootstown, Southeast, Akron Springfield @ Spins Bowl, Kent. Feb. 6—Boys; Feb. 9—Girls. 10 a.m. start both dates.(Four boys teams and four girls teams advance to Rebman Lanes in Lorain.)

DIVISION I: Ravenna, Kent Roosevelt and Streetsboro boys and girls teams travel to Roseland Lanes in Oakwood to compete on Feb. 15. Boys @ 9 a.m.; Girls @ 1:30 p.m. (Five boys teams and four girls teams advance to District at Rebman Lanes, Lorain.)

Ticket information will be available on the link for OHSAA Tournament Tickets prior to the tournament.