12/30/2021
Here's the latest:
https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/sports/local-sports/2021/12/on-a-roll%e2%80%88im-boys-bowling-team-stays-hot/
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On a roll: IM boys bowling team stays hot
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain boys bowling team heads into the new year with an unbeaten record after defeating Ishpeming 37-3 on Dec. 18 and L’Anse 39-1 in a makeup match held in Marquette on Dec. 23. Against the Hematites at Recreation Lanes, Iron Mountain swept both Baker games and all th...
12/08/2021
Week 1 article in the paper today! 🖤💛🎳💛💙
IM bowling squads open season on the road
L’ANSE — The Iron Mountain Mountaineer co-op bowling teams opened the season on Dec. 4 by splitting a pair of matches at the Whirl-I-Gig Bowl in L’Anse. The boys defeated Westwood 33-7, while the girls fell to the Patriots 38-2. “The first meet is always an unknown,” said IM head coach Pet...
11/06/2021
Hey all!!
Practice for the new season starts next Thursday November 11th at 3:30. Anyone that is interested just needs to show up. Bring your friends too! You do NOT need to be good, as we will teach you!
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06/18/2021
🎆🎇🧨 Looking for Fireworks???? 🎆🎇🧨
The IM/K High School Bowling Team is manning the TNT Fireworks tent by Culvers as a fundraiser!
This is a great opportunity for our team to earn/raise a large portion of the funds for our season!!
So, if you are planning to get some fireworks, please consider stopping by to see what all is there, and supporting our team!!
Also, if you would please share this, that would be awesome!!
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05/10/2021
SORRY ALL!!! Looked like the post was duplicated, so I deleted one, and both disappeared!!! GRRRR....
***ATTENTION BOWLERS (Middle/High School, Adult League, AND Occasional Bowlers)
**Are you (or planning to be) a High School bowler and want to be more competitive?
**Are you and Adult League bowler and want to raise your average?
**Are you a weekend warrior and just want to learn more about the proper way to bowl?
WE CAN HELP!!
Starting this Wednesday (5/12), we will be starting our Boot Camp! We also do the "Learn to Bowl Better" class starting this Thursday (5/13)! Both cover pretty much the same topics, so if you can't make one, you can come to the other. You can come to both if you really want to as well!
We look forward to seeing you starting this Wednesday!!
Get a group together, save some money, have a great time, and even learn a few things!!
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04/09/2021
Here is the Daily News article covering the UP Singles Event!
Trulock claims girls title, Doucette spills 300 at UP bowling finals
ISHPEMING — There were many Iron Mountain-Kingsford standouts on Saturday as high school bowling teams traveled to River Rock Lanes in Ishpeming to compete in the 2021 U.P. Singles Finals. A highlight was a 300 game bowled by Kingsford junior Marcus Doucette, a member of the Iron Mountain squad. H...
03/15/2021
Another great day yesterday at the UP Team Finals!!
The Girls team, the Boys team, and the X team all had to bowl 8 baker games, and two regular team games. The girls were in one division, and the boys (6 teams)/X teams (2 teams) were in one division.
The boys/X team division had 8 teams competing. The X team did an amazing job, and finished in 5th place, ahead of three of the boys varsity teams!!
The boys varsity team qualified in second place, and then went to match play. After just sliding by the 3rd place qualifying Ishpeming guys in the first round of brackets, we ended up falling just short of the UP Team Championship Escanaba Eskymo's in the finals. So, a runner-up finish for the guys!
The ladies qualified in first by just 16 pins shooting 2368. From there, they took on the L'anse ladies in the first round of brackets, and were able to get past them. They then went on to the finals and worked past the Eskymo ladies for the UP Team Championship!
WAY TO GO LADIES!!
Regionals take place in Ga***rd this next Friday and Saturday!
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03/08/2021
Here is a sneak peak of what we are just sending the paper from the UP Singles Tournament this last weekend!
Mountaineer Bowlers Place in UP Singles Final
Both the boys’ and girls’ Mountaineer bowling teams travelled to River Rock Lanes in Ishpeming Saturday, March 6 to compete in the 2021 UP Singles Finals. There were standouts in both divisions.
Thirty-three UP ladies began by bowling four qualifying games, with the top sixteen moving on to two-game elimination match play. The Lady Mountaineers put on an excellent display by placing five out of six bowlers in the Round of 16. Qualifying at the number 3 seed was KHS Senior Lexi Jacko, who shot a four-game score of 705. At the fourth seed was KHS Freshman Kimberley McCallister with a 668 score. Tossing a 620 and seeding sixth was big sister Jane McCallister, a KHS Senior. Rounding out the top 16 were KHS Freshman McKenna Trulock with 547 and IMHS Freshman Emily Lautzenheiser with a score of 534.
Lexi Jacko bested Ishpeming’s Lily Ulvila by 78 pins (365-287) to move on to the Round of Eight. She was joined by McKenna Trulock who edged out Emily Kayramo of L’Anse in a tight contest (312-290). The Round of Eight saw only Trulock moving on as she beat Maggie Berger of Menominee 338-288. Jacko’s 293 was a heartbreaking finish as she fell to Escanaba’s Abby Hill who shot 319.
In the Final Four match, Trulock exacted a bit of revenge by topping Escanaba’s Hill, 367-311, moving on to the finals against Freshman Elise Ketola of Westwood. In the first game, Trulock found herself ahead of Ketola by 18 pins. The Westwood bowler fashioned a 170 game, but was unable to overcome the lead. McKenna Trulock was crowned the 2021 UPBS Girls Singles Champion.
“I believe this is the first time a freshman has ever won the UP Singles title in the conference’s 27 year history,” stated conference secretary Dave Ebsch of Menominee.
On the boys’ side of the tournament, forty-six UP boys began bowling the four-game qualifying block. Eleven Mountaineers began the tournament, but only four moved on to the match play brackets. KHS Junior Andrew Morgan topped the Mountaineer qualifiers by placing third with an 896 total. Morgan’s first three games totaled 708 (237-223-248), a personal best. At fourth seed was fellow KHS Junior Marcus Doucette with a score of 881. KHS Senior Logan Galbraith was seeded in sixth with an 835 total score. The final Mountaineer bowler to make the qualifying cut was IMHS Junior Hunter Lautzenheiser at eighth seed with 817. All four bowlers averaged over 200 in qualifying, with Morgan carrying a 224 average, Doucette at 220, Galbraith with 208 and Lautzenheiser averaging 204. IMHS Junior Dakota Jaeger was just 13 pins out of the cut in 17th place.
The first round of match play found two Mountaineer bowlers advancing. Logan Galbraith topped Gaven Erickson of Escanaba 396-354 and Marcus Doucette beat fellow Eskymo Jordan Nance 420-349. The Round of Eight saw only Doucette move on. He struck repetitively, throwing 559 to the 396 score of Ishpeming’s Dawsen Emaunuelson. Doucette’s games were 259 and 300. This was Doucette’s first perfect game. Doucette’s hot hand continued into the semi-final match as he tossed 247 and 230 to end the run of top-seed Hunter Lancour of Escanaba, who shot a two game score of 384.
In the final match, Doucette’s opponent was Troy Delvaux of Escanaba. Delvaux started by firing a 268 to Doucette’s 224. Marcus came back to shoot 212 to Delvaux’s 187, but the gap was too great. Marcus Doucette claimed the UPBC Runner-Up Singles title for 2021. For the twelve games of qualifying and match play, Doucette carried an average of 231.
This marks the fourth time a perfect game has been thrown in Upper Peninsula Bowling Conference competition. Kingsford’s late Jordan Groeneveld rolled the first 300 game for the Kingsford Flivver bowling team in 2003 at Holiday Bowl in Menominee. In 2005, Mike Kulju of Ishpeming reached perfection at Country Lanes in Ishpeming. Flivver bowler Mike Wahoviak also found perfection at the UP Singles Finals in 2008 at Recreation Lanes. Iron Mountain’s Joe Tomassoni was one pin shy of perfection with 299 at Marquette’s Superior Lanes in 2010.
“I am extremely pleased with how everyone bowled today,” said head coach Pete Tomassoni. “We are reaching our peak at just the right time with Regionals right around the corner.”
This coming Saturday will find the Mountaineer bowling team travelling to Escanaba for the UP Team Finals at Bowl-A-Rama.
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03/08/2021
Here is the article that should hit the papers soon from the end of the regular season.
Mountaineer Bowlers Finish Regular Season:
The Iron Mountain Mountaineer bowling teams concluded their shortened regular season Saturday, February 27 at Dome Lanes in Marinette.
The Mountaineer men took on the Menominee Maroons on their home lanes, soundly defeating them by a score of 34-6. After splitting the Baker games and starting off tied at three points each, Iron Mountain proceeded to sweep the match play games, garnering all 12 possible points. Leading the way was junior tandem Andrew Morgan and Marcus Doucette. Morgan had a 622 series with games of 224, 199 and 199. This makes Morgan’s third 600 series in as many weeks. Doucette followed with a 572 series on games of 190, 210 and 172. Logan Galbraith added a 214 game and 515 series to the win.
Concluding the regular season, the Mountaineers saw themselves in a three-way tie for first place with the Ishpeming Hematites and Escanaba Eskymos. Andrew Morgan led the conference with a top average of 192, edging out Ishpeming’s Dawsen Emanuelson by two pins. Iron Mountain also had the high team game with 1039 and high team series of 2977.
The Lady Mountaineers bowled the bye, matching their scores with the Patriot women of undefeated Westwood, whose team average is closest to the Mountaineer team average. Iron Mountain finished the match winning 35 points, only losing 5 points. The Mountaineer ladies swept the Baker match with stellar games of 184 and 199, then went on to win all three match play games.
Senior Lexi Jacko tossed a 534 series which included high games of 207 and 190. Freshmen Kimberley McCallister and McKenna Trulock followed with series of 450 and 436, respectively. Senior Adrienne Taylor had a high game of 173 and big sister Jane McCallister tossed a 159 game.
Jacko led the UPBC conference with a top average of 160, one pin over Westwood’s Kyle Junak. She also had the high series (570) and high game (207) for the season. The Lady Mountaineers garnered top honors for high team game (774), high team series (2218), high Baker game (199) and high Baker series (383). The team series and Baker scores were all shot in the final regular-season match.
With only two teams in the “X” Division, the Mountaineer X team faced the Escanaba Eskymo X team one last time, taking 6 ½ out of a possible 40 points. Senior Nathan Arndt led the way with a 517 series, having a high game of 177. Also having good games were Junior Alex Reed (206), Senior Austin Marier (166), Freshman Kyle Lautzenheiser (156) and Junior Zach Rankin (150).
The bowlers travel to River Rock Lanes in Ishpeming Saturday the 6th for the UP Singles Finals. Competition begins at 9:00 am Central Time.
03/04/2021
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https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/sports/local-sports/2021/02/mountaineer-bowlers-coming-on-strong/?fbclid=IwAR31tZkSvZjuvyb4wQHaSTapX_T4cSx_R3sQ3swYvMj2jPGGOUKapeqYUYY
Mountaineer bowlers coming on strong
IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain’s co-op high school bowling team will wrap up its regular season schedule today in Marinette, Wis. Most recently, the bowlers traveled to Ishpeming to take on the Westwood Patriots on Feb. 20. The Mountaineer boys got out to a fast start and never looked back, sweep...