RC bowlers sweep Alpena

The Rogers City Huron bowling teams, both the boys and the girls, claimed victory over Alpena Saturday at Cheboygan?s Spare Time Lanes. The boys won 20-10 and the girls followed suit with a 27-3 lane duster. In the boys? match, the Hurons took the Baker games 138-120 and 189-152 for a 327-272 win. In the regular games Rogers City won the first game 909-824, but lost the second 782-886, losing the total pin count 1691-1730, but not by enough to lose the entire match with their earlier Baker game sweep. ?After winning both Baker games and four out of five individual matches in the first regular game, the match was won,? said coach Brian Bannasch.

?Rogers City had accumulated 17 of the first 19 points to save the victory before they began bowling in the second regular game.? Nathan Darga had a 256 game, the only 200 game in the conference in the first round of matches. Travis Hincka was victorious in both of his matches, and was the only bowler to win both matches. Although Bannasch was pleased with the win over Alpena, he said he thought the team could have bowled better than they did.

?We had too many easy misses and made the same mistakes too many times,? Bannasch said. In the girls? match, it was a win-win situation for the Hurons. The girls won both Baker games, 162-153 and 130-84 for a total 292-237 for the Hurons. In the regular gam

es, the girls also won both, 713-631 and 599-583 for a 1312-1214 total count. Alicia Lamb, Heather Vogelheim, and Kari Rhode were all double winners for the Hurons. It was the second match in a row that Rhode won both of her matches. Amanda Minton had the high game with a 173 followed by Rhode?s 153. According to Bannasch there wasn?t any one particular standout for the girls, only good team effort that accumulated the points and the win. ?This marked the first time that Rogers City has ever defeated Alpena,? Bannasch beamed. ?It was great to get another victory and to see the girls? confidence building each week.?

This weekend is the time to see the Hurons in action as they host the games at Nautical Lanes Saturday at 10 a.m.