Kettering Fairmont girls varsity bowling team opens league season with a victory

Kettering, Ohio – The Kettering Fairmont Firebirds girls varsity bowling team opened their 2021-22 Greater Western Ohio Conference league schedule Wednesday, December 1, 2021, against the Northmont Thunderbolts. The Firebirds traveled to Thunderbowl Lanes in Englewood to take on the Thunderbolts.

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The two teams bowled two regular games a two baker games. In High School Bowling 5 bowlers participate in regular games by bowling their own 10 frame game. In Baker Games, each team fields 5 bowlers who each bowl 2 frames of the 10 frame game. Player 1 bowls frames 1 and 6, player 2 bowls frames 2 and 7, player 3 bowls frames 3 and 8, player 4 bowls frames 4 and 9, and player 10 bowls frames 5 and 10. A match can have between 2 and 5 baker games.

In the first regular game, Fairmont Senior Abby Derham bowled a 193. Senior Lillian Matteson added in a 232. Senior Ally Liming also contributed a 165 in game 1. Fairmont also fielded Freshman Danica Roseberry who rolled a 136 in game 1. The Firebirds’ final game 1 bowler Junior Natalie Benvenuto tacked on a 161. This gave Fairmont a total of 887 pins for game 1.

For game 1 Northmont’s Freshman Crystal Yingst countered with a 225. While Sophomore Kaylee Fritz added on a 201. Another Freshman Kaylie Hoff rolled a 171. Thunderbolt Senior Chelsea Goines contributed a 166 to the team total. The Thunderbolts also added in a 157 from an unidentified “Sub Bowler”. This gave the Thunderbolts 920 pins in Game 1.

Northmont’2 in game 1 gave them a solid 33 pin lead after the first game.

Derham upped her score in game 2 by rolling a 204, which gave her a 397 series. While Matteson slipped all the way to a 155 for a 387 series. Fairmont’s Liming bettered her game 1 total with a 173 that gave her a 338 series. Roseberry also improved in game 2 with a 166 for a 302 series. For game 2 Fairmont replaced Benevenuto with Junior Calahan Denny who tacked on a 126. This gave the Firebirds 824 pins for game 2 and a 2 game total of 1711.

In game 2 all 5 Thunderbolt bowlers bowled lower scores than they did in game 1. Yingst slipped to 201 for a 426 series, which was the high series for the match. Fritz rolled a 182 for a 383 series. Hoff contributed a 160 for a 331. Goines bowled a 152 for a 318 series. The Thunderbolts’ “Sub Bowler” rolled a 123 for a 280 series. This gave the Thunderbolts an 818 for game two. This gave Northmont a 2 game total of 1738 pins.

Despite having a lower 2nd game total than their first game, the Firebirds managed to make up 6 pins on their 33 pin deficit. So, they went into the two Baker Games down by 27 pins. Kettering soundly outscored Northmont in the first Baker Game by a score of 210 to 151. This gave Fairmont their first lead of the match 1921-1889. In the 2nd Baker Game and the final game of the match, Fairmont added to their 32 pin lead by outscoring Northmont 176-174.

The Firebirds’ solid performance in the Baker Games gave them an opening win in league competition 2097-2036.