I've heard from some coaches & parents (which has been great), but you never really know who's reading your stuff, until something like this happens. My comment may have been a little disrespectful, I don't know. I'll be shocked if it's up there for very long. Bottom line, the whole point was to get the state's HS bowlers more & better press, so I'm very happy to see these 12 gets some recognition even if its incomplete and they didn't (as of now) do the same for the girls.
Anyway, the usual mid-week lull was broken up by a few great scores: #16 Sussex Tech rode Tim Zayac's 746 to a huge 3237 set. #17 St. Joseph-Metuchen fired five 600s, including Justin Biancamono's 699 to compile a season-high 3215. Erik (not Karl) Katterman's 737 powered #13 Montville to a big 3190.
Howell put up a season-best 2947 in split decision over Jackson Liberty, and #19 Pompton Lakes used Nick Cilento's 735 to shoot 2451. Eastern put up a season-high 2942. But #3 Shawnee was at the center of the action.
On Wednesday, the Renegades put up a huge, true 5-man 3266. Andrew Abbonizio led the way with 724, but Chris Pagliuso, Evan McNally & Tyler Gates all shot 628+ as well. The next day, Shawnee faced off with #10 Cherry Hill East.
It's no secret that most of the firepower in NJ boys bowling comes from the Shore Conference & the GMC, with the occasional interloper from North Jersey. But the Olympic Conference is for real. #15 Seneca will probably be the favorite in South Group II, and #2 Brick Memorial will have its hands full with CHE and Shawnee.
Yesterday's duel was a wonderfully competitive true 5-man match. Five of six team games were over 1000, seven series of ten were over 600 (and the other three were mid-to-high fives). CHE took the match 3-1 / 3119-3072, and, as often happens, it was a surprising set that made the difference: previously-191 average Adam Crognale of East came through with a match-high 667.
Link to the boxscore.
Other 700s:
Evan Weinberg, Dayton 768
Matt Burzynski, Dickinson 724
Louis Folgore, Monroe 709
Zak DuHaime, Wallkill Valley 726
also, apologies to Kyle Schellberg of Dumont - I should have noted that his 749 the other day included a 300
Not a whole lot of fireworks on the girls' side, to be honest. # 6 Ocean Township's big two took a backseat to teammate Alexa Tieto, who fired a big 652 to lead the Spartans to a 2647 set and a 3-0 win. #15 Howell put up a season-best 2559 as they try to chase down #14 Freehold Township in the Shore-Central-B.
#11 Edison put up another solid number, 2581, in a sweep of Woodbridge. The Eagles are 47-1 in the GMC.
Hopatcong's Rhianna Smith made it two 700s this week, connecting for 705.
Other 600s:
Kiara Powell, Union 626
Lanasia Neal, South Plainfield 645-604
Marissa Cosentini, Wayne Valley 613
Olivia Wank, Bergen Tech 614
Jessica Kling, Lakewood 609
We'll try to check in on Friday's results at some point, and then it's a huge tournament weekend: Central Jersey Classic & Bergen County girls tomorrow, Snowball Classic on Monday. Probably others: if anybody gets full results of any other tournament they want to share, please email me.
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