WOHSBC Awards Banquet...
Versailles Varsity, JV teams recognized for season finishes 
March 13, 2012 

The 2011-12 Western Ohio High School Bowling Conference Awards Banquet was held on March 11th at Romer’s Catering in Celina, Ohio. 3 Professional Bowler’s Association Touring Players were in attendance for this years banquet. Chris Loschetter, Brian Kretzer, and Joe Ciccone. This was the largest WOHSBC Banquet with over 650 people in attendance. 

The Versailles Boys Varsity team received a plaque and medals for their 2nd place finish with an impressive record of 14-1. 1st Team All Conference Selections from Versailles were Michael Davidson and Ben Didier. 2nd Team All Conference Selections were Kyle Bohman, Nathan Peters and Aaron Niekamp. Michael Davidson also received The Daily Advocate’s MVP Boys Bowler for the season. 

1st Team All Conference for the Girls was Megan Monnin. 2nd Team All Conference selections were Kelsey Berning, Brooke Wehrkamp, Paige Holsapple and Megan Ward.  Megan Monnin also received The Daily Advocate’s MVP Girls Bowler for the season 

The Girls and Boys JV Teams were awarded Plaques and Medals for their 2nd Place finishes. The Girls finished at 9-3 and the Boys finished at 10-2. The Girls JV team also had the High Team Game of 913 and High Team Series of 2338. Tori Minnich swept the 3 categories for High Game, High 2 game Series and High Average with 268, 456 and 156.53 average for the season. 

There were also many scholarships awarded to Senior Bowlers in the conference. Anthony Kennard of Wapakoneta and Jenna Wenning Coldwater were each awarded a $250 Scholarship donated by the Joe Remaklus family. Joe Remaklus was a long time Bowler/Bowling Proprietor in Mercer County. He was the founder of Miracle Lanes in Ft. Recovery and Co-Founder of Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater. Joe would be awfully proud of all of the great young bowlers bowling today! Joe passed away in April 2000. 

This year marked the 5th year that the WOHSBC awarded scholarships. This is made possible by the annual golf outing that is held and promoted by PBA Player Brian Kretzer. This golf outing also runs in conjunction with the PBA Central Region Lefeld Implement Classic in August. PBA touring players from around the country come to bowl in this event and golf in the fundraiser for the scholarship fund. This years event will be held at Stillwater Valley Golf Club in Versailles on Monday, August 20th. Go to www.plamorlanes.net for more info or call Doug Davidson at 937-417-0410 to enter your team. 

Graduating seniors wrote essays on what high school bowling has done for them and what their plans are for the future: $4,000 in scholarships were awarded: $750: Brooke Bosnango(Parkway) and Alex Seitz(Coldwater), $500: Lauren Jutte(Minster) and Joel Hemmelgarn(Versailles), $300: Erica Keysor(St. Marys and Zach Brannan(Wapakoneta), $200: Casey Feltz(Wapak) and Brandon Batt(Wapak), $150: Shelby Rosenbeck(Wapak) and Ben Didier(Versailles), $100: Jenna Wenning(Coldwater) and Cody Schultz(Wapak) 

The WOHSBC also had a great post season. The Versailles Girls and Boys teams both made it to the District Tournament in the Southwest District with the Girl winning their 1st ever Sectional Title and the Boys finishing 3rd. Both teams ended up finishing 12th out of 24 teams in District Competition. Making it to the Boys Districts in the Northwest were Coldwater, Wapak, St. Henry and Ottawa Glandorf. For the Girls, it was Coldwater, St. Marys and Wapak. Coldwater Boys & Girls, Wapak Boys and St. Marys girls all qualified for the State Tournament with Coldwater Boys and Girls sweeping the state title.