Around the state on Monday

Fairly quiet Monday in NJ high school bowling. We'll start with the girls.

Manchester shot a very solid 2700, with all 5 bowlers between 500 & 573. They may not have a superstar (though one could certainly emerge), but they're going to be a consistently tough opponent and are clearly a top-5 team again.

Elsewhere in the Shore Conference, Ocean Township's first effort of the season shows them very, very strong up top.  Jenn Ingulli (626) and Dana Henry (629) led the way to a team 2493.  Freehold Township also looked good in their first match, shooting 2442 in a win over Jackson Liberty.

Last year's state singles champion, Lanasia Neal of South Plainfield, led the state with a 637.

On the boys' side, Woodbridge continued their early-season dominance with a 3220 in a 4-0 win over New Brunswick. Kyle Bilawsky led the team with a 709.

East Brunswick had their second impressive showing, shooting 3133 in a 4-0 win over JP Stevens (Sam Bortnick's 700 led East), but the win was overshadowed by Stevens' Cameron LaPlant, who scored a 300 game and a 753 series.

Shawnee (3123) and Ocean Township (3065) were the other teams to break 3000, while Maple Shade's Dan Kenny (709) and Dayton's Evan Weinberg (706) had the other top series.

Rankings are starting to take some shape.  2/3 of boys teams and a little over half of girls teams have reported results.  The Big North and Skyland conferences should get going this week, and hopefully we'll get some tournament results (especially Bob James) and some more league standing sheets will go public.  We're only as good as the information available.