Bucyrus’ Higginbotham advances to state tourney

ROSSFORD — Brody Higginbotham was the lone Bucyrus bowler to qualify for the state bowling tournament.

Higginbotham became an individual qualifier by rolling a solid 647 three-game series, good for fifth place overall in the field of 103 bowlers.

The top three teams and the top three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced.

Coldwater finished first as a team with 3195 in three regular games and 1221 in six Baker games for 4416 total. St. Henry was second at 4022, and Van Wert was third with a 4011.

Dustin Feck finished 41^st for Bucyrus with a 537 and Bryce Phillips was 52^nd with a 507. The Redmen came in 12^th out of 16 teams.

Wynford’s Aiden Mason was 42nd with his 530 series. Landon Fairchild was Galion’s top bowler with a 522 series, for 46^th place. Calix Wolfe rolled a 502 for 55^th place.

Boys’ Division II state tournament is March 1 at HP Lanes in Columbus.

In the girls’ district on Friday, Bucyrus sophomore Cami Myers finished 59^th of 106 bowlers with a 430 series. Crestline’s Laura Quail was 37^th with her 461. Kylee Crager of Galion was 42^nd with 459, Kendall Naufzinger’s 440 was good for 53^rd, while Casey Kipps and Sydney Beard tied for 65^th at 409.

Napoleon (3844), St. Mary’s Memorial (3665) and Bryan (3579) were the girls’ teams going to the state tournament.