Vincennes University Bowling places third at AHBA tournament
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Vincennes University Bowling team closed out the 2024 portion of their schedule this past weekend with a strong showing at the fourth American Heartland Bowling Association (AHBA) tournament of the year.
The Trailblazers as a team placed third overall after the one day tournament consisting of four individual games and 10 baker games this past Saturday.
Vincennes was led in the individual games by another outstanding tournament by sophomore Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) who finished the games with a total of 850 pins, including a team-leading game of 264 to finish 11th overall.
Sophomore Nick Gregg (Salem, Ill.) was the second VU finisher in the top 20, finishing his four games with a total of 836 pins, finishing with three games over 200 pins and a best game of 227 to take 15th overall.
Sophomore Dylan Lewis (Louisville, Ky.) was the third Trailblazer in the top 20 on the leaderboard, placing 20th with a total of 800 pins in four games and closing out the individual portion of the day strong with his best game of 232.
Freshman Ryan Webber (Evansville, Ind.) just missed out on the top 20, placing 22nd with a total of 792 pins, with his best game coming right at the start with a 235 in game one.
Freshman Colton Martin (Breese, Ill.) rounded out the Vincennes individual games with a total of 667 pins to finish 38th on the leaderboard.
The Trailblazers found themselves in fourth place heading into the baker games with a team total of 3,945 pins.
Vincennes was able to climb up one spot after a strong showing in the 10 baker games, finishing with a total of 1,977 pins to give them a tournament total of 5,922 to finish third overall.
With this strong closing to the 2024 portion of the VU bowling season, the Trailblazers will enjoy the Holiday break before returning to the lanes Saturday, Jan. 18 and Sunday, Jan. 19 for the Kegel-ISBPIA Midwest Classic in Addison, Ill.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
VU (3rd) – 998, 1070, 888, 989 – 3945. Baker – 1977. Total – 5922.
Dakota Waskom (11) – 194, 264, 160, 232 – 850
Nick Gregg (15) – 201, 227, 194, 214 – 836
Dylan Lewis (20) – 186, 195, 187, 232 – 800
Ryan Webber (22) – 235, 190, 176, 191 – 792
Colton Martin (38) – 182, 194, 171, 120 – 667
