V-Tiger Girls Bowlers Undefeated
Versailles Girls Varsity Bowlers 9-0 

Versailles was set to take on the Russia Raiders to try and keep their record without a loss. The Lady Tigers started out by rolling games of 801-432 and 892-453. In the Baker Games, they continued to roll on by winning all 5 games: 175-91, 162-141, 191-81, 135-93 and 168-91. This was the highest team total for the year for the Tigers. They rolled a 2,524 to Russia’s 1,382. The Tigers were led by Megan Monnin 200, Tori Minnich 193 and Hannah Niekamp 178. 

On Saturday, January 12th, the match against Temple Christian was being held back at Plaza Lanes in Celina. If you recall, the 1st match of the year for the boys and girls was there and this is where the lane machine that cleans and oils the lanes broke down. Well, as bad luck would have it, it happened again! 

“The lane machine was ran up and down lane 16 (4) times. Lane 15 a couple of times and then on lane 14, they had it stopped in the middle of the lane working on it. After some time, they realized they could not get the machine fixed. The maintenance man then proceeded to get out the oil sprayer to spray lane oil on the rest of the lanes. This is how bowling lanes were conditioned with oil back in the 50’s, 60’s and 70,s before lane machines were invented.” 

The Tigers were on Lanes 15 and 16 where the lane machine issues started. The biggest issue was lane 16 had been completely stripped and cleaned 4 times with little oil being applied and lane 15 a couple of times, so this made both lanes play completely different. The first game the Lady Tigers struggled a little bit trying to get lined up and figure out the lanes. They won the 1st game 696-610. The 2nd game was much better after some things were figured out. They won that game 841-539. So, going into the Baker Games, the undefeated season was still looking very good. 

All of the Baker games belonged to the Tigers: 146-115, 169-106, 182-98, 168-59 and 163-99. Versailles won the match 2,365 to 1,626. Leading scorers for the Tigers were Brooke Wehrkamp 205-189 and Tori Minnich with a 173. 

“This is the 3rd time something has gone wrong this year with the lane machine on our pair of lanes. These girls just keep fighting through the adversity and keep prevailing.” Said Coach Tyler Phlipot 

The 3rd Annual Ladies Auxiliary Eagles Breakfast to benefit the Versailles High School Bowling Program is set for January 27th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. The bowling team and coaches will be on hand to serve you! Tickets for a 42” LED HDTV or an Apple iPad will also be available. The drawing will be at 12:00 pm. 

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For JV Bowling results, click here