Plymouth girl out-performs Novi; Rocks'
boys co-division champs in KLAA South

Feb. 16, 2010, 5:30 p.m.

  Plymouth's girls bowling team registered an impressive 24-6 victory over Novi in a KLAA match-up held Feb. 11 in Westland.

  The winning Wildcats received several strong performances, the most notable coming from Kristyn Sturtz, who rolled a two-game series of 324. Amanda Martin also shined, tossing 161 and 160 games. Mackenzie Carlson overcame a round 113 game in game one to post a sizzling 214 in the nightcap.

  Novi was led by Callie Wright's 281 and Britney Affholfer's 278 series.

  Plymouth was staked to a 6-4 lead after the Baker games before out-pinning the other Wildcats in the regular matches.

  The Novi boys teamed avenged the girls loss to Plymouth by seizing a 24.5-5.5 victory over the Wildcats. Novi led 6-4 after the Baker games and never looked back.

  Andrew Fraser was on fire early for Plymouth, throwing a 200 game in match one. Fraser's teammates couldn't quite match him, though, as Justin Thompson (177), Rob Korstjens (151) and Kyle Webb (172) bowled well, but couldn't knock down enough pins to hang with Novi.

  The green Wildcats were paced by Andrew Thorwall, tossed games of 214 and 178. Nick Kuczajda also excelled with 180 and 173 results.

SALEM FALLS TO JOHN GLENN

  The Rocks' boys team dropped a closer-than-the-score-would-indicate 18.5-11.5 decision Feb. 11 at the Westland Bowl. Salem led 6-4 once the Baker games were concluded, however the Rockets were able to rally by edging the Rocks in both regular matches: 999-974 and 898-896.

  Ryan Clark was Salem's main man, turning in efforts of 225 and 239. Also throwing well for the Rocks were Shaun Schmidt (234-145), David Nikkila (179-192) and Kyle Newcomb (179-180).

  Derrick Ammons led John Glenn with games of 223 and 183. Tommy Ruark also bowled well, carding scores of 201 and 192.

  Salem's girls team lost a heart-breaker to the Rockets, 16-14, despite some solid performances from Rachel Amodio (320 series), Ashley Kretschmer (302) and Kristin Larkins) contributed to the Rocks' efforts as well.

  Alysson Kassab paced the winners with a 341 series.

CANTON SPLITS WITH ZEBRAS

  The Chiefs' boys team rolled to a 21-9 triumph over Wayne Memorial thanks in large part to a 446 series by Ross Terrasi. Andrew Klein also shined, knocking over 406 pins in two games. Trevor Cummins (227-154) and Billy Keppen (148-181) also deserve some props for their efforts.

  Wayne was led by Jeremy Brown's 225-219 performance.

  Canton's girls were handed a 28-2 setback by the Zebras. A pair of Chiefs -- Ashley Cade (165-166) and Jackie Polaski (137-142) -- bowled well in the losing cause.

  Wayne Memorial was sparked by Stephani Harris, who tossed games of 234 and 154.