By Becky Walz,
Earning the North Central Bowling Conference title for the Decorah boys’ team last week were (l-r) Michael Bruening, Jordan Sims, Brock Christensen, Tyler Novak, Cade Averhoff, TJ Round, Cain Monreal-Rice and Coach Keith Bruening. (Photo courtesy of Amy Averhoff)
Any day is a good day to be a Decorah bowler this season, especially when it’s a title and runner-up finish at the North Central Bowling Conference Baker Tournament and another dual win.
Conference review
For the second year in a row, the Viking boys topped the field with a baker total of 2,063. Scores for the 10 baker games were 142, 245, 175, 215, 216, 180, 213, 205, 279 and 193.
Decorah entered bracket play as the top seed and defeated Forest City in two games 191-163 and 200-151. Advancing to play Waterloo Columbus, the Vikes came out on top again 278-214 and 233-169. Decorah would not be denied a repeat title as the Vikes faced Charles City in the championship game, winning 212-191 and 220-190.
“The boys bowled fantastic and were determined to win,” said Coach Keith Bruening.
The Decorah girls came up short of the top spot behind Charles City. The Lady Vikes posted a total of 1,564 in the baker rounds of 191, 168, 155, 180, 150, 151, 124, 128, 138 and 179.
After the first round, Decorah opened bracket play as the second seed by three pins behind the Comets. In the first bracket challenge, the Vikes defeated Waukon 164-125 and 211-103. Moving on to play Waverly-Shell Rock, Decorah won 175-157 and 147-124. Then it was down to the top seeds as Decorah dropped game one to Charles City 163-149. The Lady Vikes bounced back to win game two 172-140, leaving a third and final game to decide the winner. In the end it was the Comets winning 170-165.
“The girls worked as hard as they could and bowled their hearts out to come up short,” said Coach K. Bruening.
At North Iowa
Friday, Decorah traveled to Buffalo Center to face North Iowa picking up the wins and moving to 8-0.
In girls’ varsity action, the Vikes secured the win 2,360 to 1,585. Baker game scores were 147, 208, 200, 176 and 132.
“We went over to win and got the job done even on a tough scoring night with harsh bowling conditions,” said Coach K. Bruening.
Anika Grinna topped the Vikes with games of 138 and 174, while Marri Feuerhelm produced 148 and 164 games. Also on the lanes in varsity girls’ action were Audrianna Marsh (181, 122), Karlie Einck (135, 134), Jasera Tweten (128, 167) and Addison Wicklund (132, 143).
The boys team traveled to take on the Bison as well; however, North Iowa only had one eligible bowler so the match was forfeited. Taking the lanes anyway were Tyler Novak (211, 234), Jordan Sims (183, 202), Jace Buddenberg (173, 209), Cade Averhoff (172, 205), TJ Round (178, 171) and Cain Monreal-Rice (162, 202).
This week
Decorah will be at Panther Lanes in Tripoli Thursday, Feb. 1, as they compete against Waverly-Shell Rock at 4 p.m.
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