Roll Out

Junior Grace Lamar releases the ball and watches it roll down the lane. The bowling team has a few meets left before their season is finished.

Vinnie Garimella

Junior Grace Lamar releases the ball and watches it roll down the lane. The bowling team has a few meets left before their season is finished.

The girls bowling team is more than halfway through their season. The varsity team is led by seniors Christi LeMunyon and Lauren Hansen, juniors Mary Irwin, Jordan Kubicki, and freshman Reygan Wightman. Junior varsity consists of juniors Carly McDonald, Kristin Yankey, Grace Lamar, and Toni Dillane, along with sophomore Anusha Jiwani, and freshman Roshini Thirumalai.

Both teams have competed in Baker’s tournaments, where a team of five bowlers alternates frames, in Lawrence and Kansas City, Kan. along with meets in Leavenworth and Olathe. The best finish for the varsity team was second at the DeSoto meet at Royal Lanes in Lawrence. Varsity finished 19 pins behind BV Southwest. Junior varsity also had their best finish at the DeSoto meet as they finished in second behind BV Southwest by two pins. Both teams have surpassed their best scores as a team from last season and several individual bowlers have beaten their previous records. LeMunyon threw a 206 game in the DeSoto meet and threw a 496 series, which put her in first among all female bowlers at the meet. Jiwani threw a 360 series, which put her in first among junior varsity girls.

The team has matches at Olathe Mission N Bowl on Feb. 10, the Eastern Kansas League match on Feb. 18 at the Olathe East Lanes, and their senior night on Feb. 23 at Mission N Olathe.