CABOT -- The Siloam Springs bowling teams competed in the Class 5A State Bowling Tournament at Allfam Bowling on Wednedsay.
The boys finished second overall and earned the state runner-up trophy, while the girls finished third.
"This may be the most amazing group I have coached in the last 12 years," said Siloam Springs coach Ken Bolinger. "Starting the year I felt good about the girls team finishing high in state, but the boys, after losing so many from last year and the passing of a team member as well, I just hoped we might just go to state maybe. There were so many pleasant surprises with new team members excelling, and experienced members stepping up made this amazing."
Benton finished first overall in the boys division with 4,163 points followed by Siloam Springs 4,103, Mountain Home 4,034, Searcy 4,010, Lakeside 3,773, Nettelton 3,703, Greenwood 3,587, Greenbrier 3,577, Vilonia 3,467 and Little Rock Christian 3,377.
The Panthers were in fourth place after the first and second games which saw them roll a team total of 1,107 and 1,063, respectively. Siloam Springs came back with a 1,171 in the third game and moved into third place heading into the baker games.
The Panthers had scores of 211, 253, 207 and 181 in the bakers and moved into second place.
Colton Clark had games of 192, 237 and 212 for a series of 641, and he finished sixth. Broc Hilburn, who had games of 235, 192 and 184 for a 611 series and finished seventh overall.
Both Clark and Hilburn were named all state.
Also rolling high games were Matt Utz 225, Nate Wolfe 221 and Josh Galkiewicz 199.
Texarkana won the girls match with a total of 3,619, finishing in front of Greenbrier 3,569, Siloam Springs 3,413, Mountain Home 3,086, Nettleton 3,066, Greenwood 3,056, Searcy 2,968, Hot Springs Lakeside 2,933, Vilonia 2,887 and Benton 2,883.
Siloam Springs was in second place after the first game, rolling a 993, just two points behind Texarkana. Siloam Springs fell into third after the second game though and they would remain in third the rest of the way.
High games for Siloam Springs were Sydney Smith, who had games of 188, 112 and 226 for a 516 series and finished ninth overall. Shanna Stoll rolled a 160, 168 and 170 for a 498 series and finished 11th. Stoll and Smith received all-state honors.
Also for Siloam Springs, Tessa Brown rolled a 173 and Holly Green and Rhi Spence each rolled a 167.
Sports on 02/17/2019