Photo by Mike Hughes John Marshall senior Shelby Crow, pictured, took top honors in the OVAC 4A/5A girls bowling competition. Crow battled back after trailing after the first game to roll a 224 and 178 in her final two, finishing with a 595 series.

WOODSFIELD — While University boys and Parkersburg South girls captured the team championships Saturday at the OVAC Class 4A/5A Bowling Championships at Ten Pin Lanes in Woodsfield, a pair of locals claimed individual victories for their respective schools.

On the boys side, Wheeling Park senior Kaden Miller came out firing, setting the tone early with a 226 in game one.

He didn’t let off the gas afterward, rolling a 221 and 214 in succession to finish with a 661 series, the best mark during either session Saturday.

In fact, Miller was the lone bowler to eclipse the 200 mark in all three games.

Hawks’ freshman Gavin Demoss rallied in his third game, posting an individual-game high of 233, but it still left the ninth grader 37 pins shy of Miller’s mark. Demoss came in short in game two, firing a still respectable 189, but given Miller’s consistency, making up the pin differential proved difficult.

Parkersburg South’s Brody Allman (609), Weir’s Jayden Davis (595) and Harrison Central’s Kobie Hennis (577) rounded out the top five.

In the team standings, University took top honors with 3,416, followed by Parkersburg South (3,308), and Wheeling Park (3,305).

The Bruins vaulted themselves into contention after the team combined for 1,106 pins during the third game, the best combined individual round mark of the afternoon.

ON THE GIRLS’ side, John Marshall senior Shelby Crow battled back after trailing after the first game to roll a 224 and 178 in her final two, finishing with a 595 series to edge South’s Addison Giffin (582) for individual honors.

East Liverpool’s Addison Rudibaugh was third at 543, followed by Buckeye Local’s Melissa Smith at 542 and Liverpool’s Lani Rudibaugh at 510.

St. Clairsville sophomore Ashlan Sikora came out strong with a girls’ individual best 229 in the first game, but a tough road in the final game kept Sikora out of the top five.

South utilized strong Bakers play to come back and overtake East Liverpool in the team standings. The Potters led after the first Baker round, but the Patriots closed with scores of 146, 184, and 176 while East Liverpool came up short, rolling a 128, 162, and 147.

The final pin tally stood 3,059 to 3,011 in favor of South.

Buckeye Local, John Marshall and St. Clairsville rounded out the top five on the girls’ side.

1A-3A

TORONTO — The Barnesville Shamrocks won the OVAC boys 1A-3A Bowling Championship, with a team score of 359, followed by second-place Monroe Central with 3285.

Barnesville’s Keegan Martin had the best individual game with 278 pins, and tied with teammate Colton Hall for the second-best three-game series with 636 pins.

Conotton Valley won the girls championship, with Trinity Christian coming in second.