IAC BOWLING: VANDERPOOL PACES WAVERLY IN SWEEP OF WATKINS GLEN; LADY WOLVERINES PULL OUT 3-1 WIN (2023-01-17)

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Senior Zach Vanderpool rolled a 700 series, and two of his teammates — senior Ashton Pritchard and freshman Derek Johnson — shot 600 series to lead Waverly to a lopsided sweep of Watkins Glen, while the Lady Wolverines pulled out a tightly-contested, 3-1, decision here Tuesday afternoon in IAC Large School Division bowling action at the Valley Bowling Center.

BOYS
Waverly 4, Watkins Glen 0
The Wolverines topped 1,000 in each game on its way to a 3,187 to 2,488 total-pinfall victory in the sweep.

Vanderpool banged out a 721 on games of 238, 235, and 248, while Johnson fired a 664 series on games of 246, 193, and 225, and Pritchard shot a 652 on games of 194, 236, and 222.

Junior Trenton Sindoni had a 571, including a 208 in the second game, while freshman Tristan Campbell added a 557 series, and senior Mike Cole tacked on a 532, including a 212 in the second game.

Senior Landyn Gunderson shot a 615 in reserve including games of 219 and 243.

Mikel Cody led Watkins Glen with a 582 series.

The Wolverines improve to 45-3 on the season.

GIRLS
Waverly 3, Watkins Glen 1
Waverly won the first game 818-780, but Watkins Glen bounced back to win the second game 894-833. Waverly re-grouped and won the third game 796-760 to pull out the total-pinfall point by 13 pins — 2,447 to 2,434.

Junior Rachel Houseknecht led waverly with a 543 series, while senior Shantilly Decker had a 532, and senior Victoria Houseknecht had a 484.

Sophomore Serenity Conklin shot a 468 for the Lady Wolverines, while 7th-grader Karis Hayes added a 392, and 8th-grader Emily Houseknecht tacked on a 336.

Katie Cook led Watkins Glen with a 531 series, and Maisie Robertson added a 517 series.

The Lady Wolverines improve to 39-9 on the season.

Waverly returns to action Thursday afternoon at Newark Valley.

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IN PHOTO: Waverly’s Zach Vanderpool.