INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Vincennes University Bowling season continues to roll on as the Trailblazers headed to Indianapolis this past weekend to take part in the Western 300 Shootout.
The two-day tournament consisted of six traditional games on Saturday, followed by 16 baker games on Sunday.
The Trailblazers were led by freshman Ryan Webber (Evansville, Ind.) who came away with a big Top 10 finish for the tournament, finishing the six traditional games with a total of 1350 pins and a team leading game of 278 to close out the first day of competition and finish ninth overall.
Senior Brighton Lucas (Salem, Ill.) was the next VU finisher, placing 15th in the tournament with a total of 1329 pins.
Sophomore Nick Gregg (Salem, Ill.) was the third VU varsity bowler in the Top 25 on the individual leaderboard, taking 24th overall with a total of 1314 pins.
Freshmen Carter Martin (Breese, Ill.) and Colton Martin (Breese, Ill.) each bowled four games for VU on Saturday, with Carter getting 890 pins and Colton knocking down 684.
Sophomores Dylan Lewis (Louisville, Ky.) and Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) rounded out the Vincennes varsity results with Lewis getting 388 pins in two games and Waskom ending with 324 pins in two games.
The Trailblazers as a team finished with a team score of 6,279 in the six traditional games, with a total of 3,296 in the baker game for an overall tournament total of 9,575 pins to finish eighth out of 31 teams competing.
This weekend was also the first chance to see the VU Junior Varsity team in action, led by junior Carson McDivitt (Richmond, Ind.) who placed 30th overall with 1297 pins.
Sophomore Ethan Ennis (Kokomo, Ind.) and freshman Tad Harvey (Indianapolis, Ind.) were the next JV finishers with Ennis ending the day with 1192 pins at 94th overall and Harvey coming away with 1114 pins and a 120th place finish.
Freshman Jonathan Soderling (Vincennes, Ind.) was the next VU JV bowler on the leaderboard with 1012 pins, followed by fellow freshman Zane Anderson (Lafayette, Ind.) with 997 pins to close out Saturday.
The Trailblazers JV team finished with 5612 pins in the six traditional games, with 2844 pins in the 16 baker games for a weekend tournament total of 8456 and a 12th place finish as a team.
The Trailblazers will look to build off of these great weekend results as they prepare for their next set of tournaments, heading to Beavercreek, Ohio Saturday, Oct. 19 for the Orange Tournament Bakers, followed by the Black Tournament Team games on Sunday, Oct. 20.
