Men's Bowling finishes third of 20 at Ohio Bowling Conference III tournament, breaks 12-game baker record

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Northern men's bowling team broke its 12 baker-game school record en route to a third place finish at the Ohio Bowling Conference III tournament on Thursday.

The Basics

• Ohio Northern was third of 20 teams with 5,551 pins for three regular games and 12 baker games.
• Venue: Palace Lanes - Columbus, Ohio.
• Ohio State won the team title with 5803 pins, Muskingum was second with 5555 pins and Baldwin Wallace was fourth with 5516 pins.

ONU Individuals

• Sophomore Jake Manbevers (Greenfield/Miami Trace) rolled a career-best 667 series to finish 11th overall. His high game of 249 was also a tem-best on the day.
• Freshman Tanner Iles (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) was 21st with a 25 with a high game of 220.
• Sophomore Giovanni Scanio (Corpus Christi, Tex./London) was 33rd with a 596.
• Sophomore Zander Crouch (DeGraff/Riverside) was 44th with a 575 with a high game of 244.

Notables

• The Polar Bears were third in the team standings after three games with 3,068 pins, averaging 204.5 ppg.
• Northern was just 15 pins shy of the school record of 3,083 set earlier this season at the OBC II tournament.
• ONU then knocked down a school record 2483 pins in its 12 baker games, an average of 206.9 per game.
• Manbever's 667 series is the third-best in ONU history.
• Iles' 636 series is the fourth-best in Ohio Northern history and gives him two of the top four 3-game series in program history.
• Scanio's 596 series is the ninth-best in school history. 
• Third-year head coach Jeff Robinson leads the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season Feb. 7 at the Ohio Bowling Conference IV meet at the Palace Lanes in Columbus.