Great Bend Post Sports
Great Bend High School bowling coach David Feldbauer said Friday's Class 5A state championships at Northrock Lanes in Wichita would be a completely different outcome than last week's third-place regional finish in Hutchinson. He hit the nail on the hand. The Lady Panthers finished with 2,996 total pins to beat Goddard-Eisenhower by 115 pins for a second straight Class 5A state championship.
Eisenhower's Olyvia Choura won the individual title with a 674 series, including a 278 to open the tournament. St. James' Taylor Brim followed with games of 235 and 246 to finish second with a 642. Lady Panther senior Kaylin Wahlmeier placed fourth with a 613, missing third by just six pins. Wahlmeier topped out at 231 pins and also rolled games of 199 and 183.
Senior Emilee Nelson bowled games of 200 and 197, rounding out the top 10 with a 578. She tied the ninth-place bowler and missed fifth place by just 10 pins. Zoey Mayberry rolled games of 204 and 189 to place 13th with a 565 series. Paige Heine added 63 pins to her previous high on the day, finishing with a 218 to move to 26th with a 518. Brooklynn Mayberry opened with a 169 and went on to place 51st with a 448. Rionna Rodriguez had a 171 middle game and finished 58th with a 426.
Great Bend finished with 682 pins in the four Baker games to beat Goddard-Eisenhower by 81 pins. Consistent across the board, the girls rolled games of 170, 164, 172, and 176.