Recap: Bowling

Bowling

West wins in Waterloo, tight 2A meet, Camanche sweeps

WATERLOO, Iowa – A thrilling three days at Cadillac XBC capped off the 2019-20 Iowa high school bowling season, as co-ed competitors packed the lanes for tense team and individual competition.

Host squad Waterloo, West won its first team title on the final day of the event, clinching Class 3A with a 3,265 team score and placing three bowlers in the top 15 individually. Marshalltown's headband-wearing senior leader Lucas Kramer won the individual title in 3A by bowling a 267-265—532 on Feb. 26. Spencer Kirk, a senior from Prairie, Cedar Rapids, earned a standing ovation from the Cadillac crowd by bowling a 300 in his second individual game, making him just the fourth boys' bowler to roll a perfect game at the state meet.

Class 2A provided the closest results of the week, with just one pin separating the top two individuals and just 14 pins separating the top three teams. Fort Dodge ultimately swept the top honors, getting an individual victory from Kaleb Anderson and holding on in the crowded team chase over Urbandale and Ottumwa.

Anderson bowled a 267-279—546, just enough to edge Xavier, Cedar Rapids senior Dale Weaver's 289-256—545. Weaver was agonizingly close to a 300 for the second year in a row at Cadillac XBC, but unlike in 2019, his great first game was not enough to hold on to the title. Fort Dodge rolled a 3,303 as a team, narrowly escaping Urbandale (3,299) and Ottumwa (3,289) for the top team trophy. The four pins separating the Dodgers and J-Hawks marked the closest team finish between champion and runner-up in the 11-year sanctioned history of IHSAA bowling.

Camanche won its second team title to start the week off for Class 1A, clearing runner-up Louisa-Muscatine by 204 pins to win with a 3,279 total. The Indians also won top individual honors with junior Troy Edmunds posting the highest two-game score in state meet history with his 288-278—566. Edmunds was part of a young medalist group, as the junior topped sophomore runner-up Cael Bohlen of Charles City and fourth-place freshman Keaton Bieri of Louisa-Muscatine.

Dustin Beaham (above), a Louisa-Muscatine senior, fell just short of becoming the first boy to win three individual state championships, following titles in 2018 and 2019 with a 446 and sixth-place finish on Feb. 24.

For complete results from the 2020 State Bowling Championships visit: iahsaa.org/bowling/state-central

Class 3A Team Scoring

1. Waterloo, West 2. Marshalltown 3. Cedar Falls 4. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 5. Ankeny 6. Dubuque, Hempstead 7. Des Moines, Lincoln 8. Davenport, Central

Top Individual Scoring

1. Lucas Kramer, Marshalltown 2. William Putney, Des Moines, Lincoln 3. Jacob Hunt, Davenport, Central 4. Spencer Kirk, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 5. Matthew Swanson, Cedar Falls 6. Logan Proffitt, Marshalltown 7. Ryan Venem, Cedar Falls 8. Tristin Corcoran, Waterloo, West 9. Christian Bies, Dubuque, Hempstead 10. Cameron Borst, Waukee 3,265 3,226 3,197 3,090 3,067 3,063 3,044 3,032

532 492 486 479 474 464 461 459 454 450

2020 State Bowling Scoring

Class 2A Team Scoring

1. Fort Dodge 3,303 2. Urbandale 3,299 3. Ottumwa 3,289 4. Epworth, Western Dubuque 3,197 5. Keokuk 3,185 6. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 3,146 7. LeMars 3,054 8. Cedar Rapids, Washington 2,580 Top Individual Scoring 1. Kaleb Anderson, Fort Dodge 546 2. Dale Weaver, Xavier, Cedar Rapids 545 3. Nathan Vaske, Epworth, Western Dubuque 493 4. Dawson Greene, Ottumwa 481 5. Devon Moore, Urbandale 475 6. Garraty Richmond, Ottumwa 474 7. Casey Christensen, Cedar Rapids, Washington 473 8. Trevor James, Urbandale 470 9. Reese Krebill, Keokuk 461 10. Cameron Brundage, Urbandale 460

Class 1A Team Scoring

1. Camanche 2. Louisa-Muscatine 3. Charles City 4. Durant 5. Shenandoah 6. Forest City 7. Monticello 8. Centerville

Top Individual Scoring

1. Troy Edmunds, Camanche 2. Cael Bohlen, Charles City 3. Drew Henderson, Durant 4. Keaten Bieri, Louisa-Muscatine 5. Connor Thompson, Forest City 6t. Dustin Beaham, Louisa-Muscatine 6t. Austin Dau, Camanche 8. Levi Temple, Monticello 9t. Cade Schmidt, Charles City 9t. Caden Hall, Red Oak