By Susan Jenior

Staff Writer

The Rootstown Rovers hosted the 18th annual Rover Sectional Preview Tournament at Spins Bowl this past weekend, with Division-I teams competing on Saturday and Division-II teams on Sunday.

Although some teams were unable to make it to the tournament this season due to the unfriendly weather that hit Northeast Ohio, the tournament still featured a slate of strong teams, many that may be state bound in the OHSAA postseason tournaments.

In the Division-II tournament on Sunday, the Rootstown Rovers were rude hosts as they swept the tournament titles for both the boys teams and the girls teams.

ROOTSTOWN ROVER TOURNEY

DIVISION II GIRLS

The Rovers’ girls edged ahead of Fairport Harbor Harding by only 15 pins to take the championship after three regular games and six Baker games, the same format as the upcoming OHSAA Sectional Tournaments.

Leading the charge for the Andy Day-coached Rovers was Maggie Frick, who earned both high game and series honors for the tournament, shooting a 204-592.

The Rootstown B team also performed well on Sunday as the junior varsity girls earned a third-place finish behind the solid bowling of Mal Butcher, who tied Frick for high game with her own 204.

For the champions, Elli Campbell and Payton Curall both earned top-five series medals, with Campbell tossing a 531 and Curall a 519.

The Ravenna Ravens, Southeast Pirates and Crestwood Red Devils also competed in the tournament earning fifth, sixth and seventh place, respectively.

Ravenna’s Zoey Lemasters was the best on the lanes for the Ravens tossing a 169-449. Southeast was led by Lily Seen (146-396) and Crestwood’s best was bowled by Mackenzie Thompson (156-412).

DIVISION II BOYS

The Rovers distanced themselves from the field in the D-II Boys Division, firing a team total 3,953 to top the Woodridge Bulldogs (3,766).

The Ravenna Raens finished third (3,598), with the Rootstown B team grabbing fifth (2,878) and Crestwood was sixth (2,662).

Fairport Harbor Harding’s Eddie Krafchak earned high game and series honors rolling 268-693, but Rootstown’s Justin Miller earned second-high series (672). Rounding out the top five were Jeria Miller of Ravenna (649), Cameron Kilgore of Tuslaw (645) and Sala Moussa of Woodridge (620).

The Rootstown B team was led by Jonathan Mays (202-498) and the Red Devils’ Kaleb Martin rolled a 192-468.

DIVISION I TOURNEY

The 18th Rootstown Rover Sectional Preview Tournament weekend kickekd off on Saturday with teams the Kent Roosevelt boys and girls teams competing against a host of teams from Summit and Mahoning County.

Boardman won the girls division, with Kaitlyn Greenway rolling a 705 high series, which proved to be the best in the entire tournament — boys and girls.

Kent Roosevelt’s Ryleigh Balan tied for fifth-high series, a solid 557.

For the boys, Nordonia was the champion and the winning team’s Josh Ware earned high series, a 670.

Kent, in ninth place, saw Aidan Broyles as the best on the team, bowling a 211-567.

SCOREBOARD

GIRLS BOWLING

18TH ROOTSTOWN ROVER SECTIONAL PREVIEW

(At Spins Bowl, Kent)

FINAL RESULTS

DIVISION I

Team Champion: Boardman 3,746

Runner-up: Tallmadge 3,527

HIGH SERIES : Kaitlyn Greenway, Boardman 705; Alex Pavlik, Tallmadge 603;

Marissa Funk, Boardman 577; Maria Mara, Tallmadge 573;

Abby Toronski, Nordonia 557; Ryleigh Balan, Kent 557.

HIGH GAME: Kaitlyn Greenaway, Boardman 243

TEAM STANDINGS

Boardman 3,746; Tallmadge 3,527; Nordonia 3,516; Hoban 3,271; Kent Roosevelt 3,111; Hudson 2,748; Cuyahoga Falls 2,736; Austintown 2,623; Woodridge 2,135.

KENT ROOSEVELT (3,111): Hannah Robinson 143-126-157 426, Ryleigh Balan 172-177 208 557, Jillian Eden 165-153-145 483, Maisy Montgomery 147-136-119 402, Kierra Naseer 135, Sub games _ 98-111. GAMES: 738-690-764; BAKER: 170-173-139-150-136-161.

DIVISION II

TEAM CHAMPION: Rootstown 3,521

HIGH GAME: Maggie Frick, Rootstown 204; Mal Butcher, Rootstown 204

HIGH SERIES: Maggie Frick, Rootstown 592; Mackenzie Pilny, Fairport 575;

Jillian Justinger, Fairport 568; Elli Campbell, Rootstown 531;

Payton Curall, Rootstown 519.

TEAM STANDINGS: Rootstown 3,521; Fairport 3,506; Rootstown B 3,125; Coventry 2,714; Ravenna 2,561; Southeast 2,422; Crestwood 1,882.

ROOTSTOWN (3,521): Natlie Hammerschmidt 185-166, Elli Campbell 200-179-152 531, Emma Day 139-181, Magie Frick 201-204 187 592, Payton Curall 146-185-188 519, Sub games _ 132-107. GAMES: 871-866-815; BAKER: 137-154-182-200-145-151.

ROOTSTOWN B (3,125): Kaitlyn Hammerschmidt 151-182-178 511, Halie Furry 115-122, Olivia Davies 134-125-143 402, Mal Butcher 132-204-173 509, Callie Egli 121-135-134 390, Nina Gill 108. GAMES: 653-754-750; BAKER: 187-135-183-165-187-111.

SOUTHEAST (2,422): Abbey Smith 139-128-127 394, Rebekah Wood 115-123-144 382, Lily Seen 121-129-146 396, Odyssey Cadle 93-104-96 293, Mariah Phy 86-120-77 283. GAMES: 554-604-590; BAKER: 141-81-120-91-114-127.

RAVENNA (2,561): Kristin Flynn 85-47-62 174, Julia Stratton 103-134-141 378, Zyrie Bush 108-122-115 345, Zoey LeMasters 129-169-151 449, Hannah Raffin 151-149-177 477. GAMES: 556-621-646 1,823. BAKER: 121-146-150-99-117-105.

CRESTWOOD (1,882): Mitzi Hauchen 112-148-120 380, Cayden Thiel 67-101-92 260, Mackenzie Thompson 143-103-156 412, Hailey Desatnik 150-122-162 384. GAMES: 472-474-480; BAKER: 69-56-75-93-81-82.

BOYS BOWLING

18TH ROOTSTOWN ROVER SECTIONAL PREVIEFW

(At Spins Bowl, Kent)

FINAL RESULTS

DIVISION I

TEAM CHAMPION: Nordonia 4,300

HIGH SERIES: Josh Ware, Nordonia 670; Caden Wilcox, Boardman 663; Lucas Tinter, Twinsburg 662; Joe Banister, Hoban 653; Justin Roberts, Nordonia 647.

HIGH GAME: Joe Banister, Hoban 252

TEAM STANDINGS:  Nordonia 4,300; Boardman 4,116; Twinsburg 3,974; Cuyahoga Falls 3,844; Austintown Fitch 3,654; Hoban 3,568; Tallmadge 3,510; Hudson 3,476; Kent Roosevelt 3,338.

KENT ROOSEVELT (3,338): Aidan Broyles 211-191-165 567; Brayden Darron 161-193-189 532, Braden Latacki 162-171-174 507, Nikita Smith 126-134, Eli Logsdon 111, David Hamilton 113-143, Benny Levandanski 102. GAMES: 771-770-794. BAKER: 157-148-153-204-167-174.

DIVISION II

TEAM CHAMPION: Rootstown 3,953

HIGH GAME: Eddie Krafchak, Fairport 268

HIGH SERIES: Eddie Krafchak, Fairport 693; Justin Miller, Rootstown 672; Jeriah Miller, Ravenna 649; Cameron Kilgore, Tuslaw 645; Sala Moussa, Woodridge 620.

TEAM STANDINGS: Rootstown 3,953; Woodridge 3,766; Ravenna 3,598; Fairport 3,520; Coventry 3,425; Rootstown B 2,878; Crestwood 2,662.

ROOTSTOWN (3,953): Sean Boveington 200-184-123 557, Justin Miller 176-256-240 672, Anthony Cambareri 155-159, Caleb Stevens 185-149 334, Nick Moorehead 162-222-197 584, Elijah Birch 149, Ben Kline 119. GAMES: 878-960-888; BAKER: 189-231-182-191-202-232.

RAVENNA (3,598): Jacob Stefansic 162-138, Matt Fuller 184-148, Mark Jones 195-196-183 574, Jeriah Miller 183-234-232 649, Carson Shueller 127-167, Joey Smith 180-169, Alex Tucker 126. GAMES: 851-896-877; BAKER: 202-153-194-113-144-168.

ROOTSTOWN B (2,878): Camden Morris 99-130, Tycho Smolk 145-157-136 438, Isaac Simkanin 156-150, Jonathan Mays 166-202-130 498, Corey Galloway 92-123, Xavier Miller 137-134-155 426. GAMES: 639-772-701; BAKER: 89-133-143-146-128-127.

CRESTWOOD (2,662): Kaleb Martin 144-132-192 468, Chase Thompson 90-79, Jakob Taylor 174-141-121 436, Aaron Franek 123-107-137 367, Carter Desatnik 131-142-150 423, Matt Wright 81. GAMES: 662-601-684. BAKER: 117-105-87-160-160.