NHS bowlers knock down Oskaloosa

Winding up bowling action before the holiday break, Newton High’s Cardinal teams delivered Little Hawkeye Conference dual wins on their home lanes Saturday. The Cardinal girls and boys marked up wins over visiting Oskaloosa.

Newton’s boys have won four duals in a row, which includes two at home last week. The Cardinal boys knocked down 2,539 pins Saturday on the alleys at Cardinal Lanes. Oskaloosa’s Indians had 2,372.

“The boys have bowled very consisted to open the season. Our pin count has been in the 2500s from meet to meet,” said Brett Jacobs, Newton bowling head coach. “Shea Carre was our top bowler with a 408. He averaged 204.”

Carre opened with a 217 game and came back with a 191 for his 408 total to lead the Cardinal boys. Shaiden Simmons rolled a 162 in his first game, then had a 200 for a 362. Nick VerSteeg threw a 207 in the first round of individual games, finishing with a 359 total.

Alex Bare also put up a 359 (160-199) and Payton Cox had a 317 (159-158) for the final scoring total. Reid Miller had a 274 (123-151).

Newton’s boys led Oskaloosa 1,805-1,591 heading into the Baker games. The Indians had a good Baker game total of 781 pins, but the Cardinals had a 734-pin count on games of 164-160-126-157-127 to win the dual.

Erica Bailey turned in the top performance of the meet for the Newton girls. Bailey had games of 181 and 176 for a top score of 357. Jacobs said she averaged 178.

“The girls’ total pin count was down from previous meets, but we still managed to come out on top,” Jacobs said of Newton girls’ win of 2,293-1,936 over Oskaloosa.

The Cardinal girls were up 1,491-1,301 following the individual games. They owned the Baker games also, 802-635. Newton’s Baker game scores were 159-173-147-173-150.

Madison Humphrey finished at 337 on games of 156 and 181. Mariah Gonzales rolled a 281 (149-132), Melanie Stice had a 265 (115-150) and Courtney Tabor threw a 251 (108-143). Alyssa White had 205 (87-118),

“Overall, both boys and girls will need to work on getting strikes and converting spares in order to increase our total pin counts,” Jacobs said.

The Newton girls are 3-1 in duals and 1-0 in conference duals. Newton’s boys are 4-1 in duals and 2-0 in conference action. Pella Christian did not field a varsity girls’ team at its meet on Dec. 12. The Cardinal teams won the Knoxville Invitational titles.

On Saturday, the Newton junior varsity boys were led by Sam Supino’s 260 (145-115). Joe Malsom had a 240 (126-114), Michael Hodnett bowled a 236 (118-118), Tayler Hernadez had a 226 (117-109) and Treyton Ham had a 196 (92-104).

Newton’s junior varsity girls were paced by Kaytie Hughes’ 259 )142-117) and Kayla Sopher’s 236 (106-130). Lizzy Coyle had a 227 (103-124), Kirsten Young had a 221 (137-84), Ali Cox had a 220 (107-113) and Kayla Botterbrodt had a 159 (84-75).

The NHS bowling teams are back in action Jan. 8 at Clark.

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