Freshman Sam King breaks 5-game school record, Men's Bowling finishes 16th at Wright State Raider Classic

Freshman Sam King breaks 5-game school record, Men's Bowling finishes 16th at Wright State Raider Classic
Results
November 10, 2024

BEAVERCREEK — Freshman Sam King (DeGraff/Riverside) broke the 5-game school record to lead the Ohio Northern men's bowling team to a 16th place finish of 20 teams at the Wright State Roto Grip Raider Classic on Saturday and Sunday.

The Basics

  • Ohio Northern finished 16th of 20 teams with 7.681 pins.
  • Venue: BeaverVu Lanes - Beavercreek, Ohio.
  • The team rolled 5 regular games on Saturday and set a school record with a 4,838-pin effort.
  • The Polar Bears averaged 193.5 pins per game.
  • On Sunday, Northern rolled a 2,843 (178 ave) for 16 baker games.

ONU Individuals

  • King led the Polar Bears with a school record 1,031 (206.2 ave), which was good for 36th place.
  • Sophomore Lukas Dunbar (Orient/Teays Valley) was 105th after knocking down 755 pins in four games.
  • Freshman Sam Carlisle (Cincinnati/Deer Park) finished 111th after a 739 for four games. 

Notables

  • Marian (Ind.) won the team title with 8,626 pins.
  • Muskingum was second with 8533, McKendree (Tenn.) was third with 8478 and Ohio State was fourth with 8369.
  • This was the sixth of 10 events for Ohio Northern in its second season.
  • Second-year head coach Jeff Robinson leads the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday at the Ohio Bowling Conference III tournament.