Barton Men
The Barton Community College men's bowling team posted its' highest finish of the season with a fifth place finish this past weekend at the Bronco Bash held in Hastings, NE.
Concluding five team games on Saturday and 20 Baker games on Sunday, Barton recorded a weekend total of 7,996 pins while Ottawa University claimed the team title turning in a 8,642 pinfall edging out the 10-team field with Waldorf University finishing runner-up with an 8,490 output.
Fielding a varsity and junior varsity team, seven different Cougars finished with a game north of the 200-mark. Alec Elskamp led nine other Cougars with a five-game total of 935 earning a 19th place finish in the 84 participant field.
Conner Eastman tallied the top game score for the Cougars with an opening game score of 228 on his way to a 24th overall finish and total of 909. Aiden Cain fell four spots back of Eastman knocking down 884 pins.
Andrew Harden scored the highest placing on the varsity team with a 30th place outing tipping over 878 pins while Dylan Depperschmidt fell two pins and two spots back with an 876 total. Griffin Peterson and Bryce Moore finished 33rd and 36th with scores of 869 and 853 respectfully.
Barton will have one final tune up at this weekend's SWIBC Championships held at the Fire Lake Lanes in Shawnee, OK before traveling to the NJCAA National Championships held March 3rd-5th in Lansing, MI.
Barton Women
The Barton Community College women's bowling team pieced together their highest tournament finish of the season this past weekend at the Bronco Bash, finishing fourth out of the field of 10 teams.
The Cougars posted a total pinfall of 7,267 over five team games and 20 Baker games, with Ottawa University taking the team title with a final score of 7,707 pins.
Casey Feast sustained her recent success tossing her way onto the All-Tournament team finishing fourth out of the 64-participant field with a five-game score of 924 pins. The freshman rolled two of the Cougars' three 200 games, posting a 227 in game three and a 205 in game four. Feast led seven other Barton entries averaging 184.8 over five games while falling just four pins back of third place and 76 shy of first place Danika Hickey of Ottawa University.
Taylor Cessna rolled the other lone 200-plus round for the Cougars with a fifth game score of 201 on her way to a 14th place finish individually at 828. Ana Stanton had a solid day finishing 30th rolling a four-game total of 702 for a team second best average of 175.5.
Brecken Philbrick scored a four-game total of 649 with Courtney Kitchen knocking down a 443 in three games tossed and Kylie Lowe adding a 279 over two games.
Ella Adkins rolled a one round score of 149 while Jaden Boden set a new personal best score of 139 in her lone game.
Barton will have one final tune up at this weekend's SWIBC Championships held at the Fire Lake Lanes in Shawnee, OK before traveling to the NJCAA National Championships held March 3rd-5th in Lansing, MI.