Otsego bowling had another great night of bowling. The girls won 29 to 1 to improve their record to 4 -2 in wolverine conference and are currently in third place with a huge matchup with undefeated three rivers next Wednesday at Eastland for senior night. Match to start at 430pm. Tonight all Bulldogs were firing on all cylinders as Alicyn Klok lead the way with a 342 series and a 191 game. Wybie burke shot 315 series and McKinley Kinnane shot 282 series and Mercedes Edney 278 series with Paige Bender getting a 118 game and Maria "Dudaa" Luceno getting a 98 game.    Boys had a great evening winning 28 to 2 to also improve their record to 4-2 in wolverine conference and are also in third place. The boys shot an amazing 990 game tonight with sophomore Connor Farrish shooting a 232 game and a conference leading 430 series.  Robert Phillips also shot a 213 game and all boys were above their average. The also have a huge mat h next Wednesday against three rivers for a battle of 2nd or 3rd place in conference on senior night. Eastland bowling alley is the place to be next Wednesday the 8th at 430pm. 

4 Matches in 5 days for the boys and the girls. Some good, some bad and some outstanding.  Friday night was in Sturgis and both teams were short handed and bowled like we had a 2 hour road trip to the game. Sturguis girls won 22 to 8 in a close match that both teams bowled well under their averages. Boys team also bowled well under average and lost 26 to 4.   Saturday the otsego girls took on another undefeated team for a second week in a row and took the match 3-0 in a very close match even though otsego won 3-0. Otsego took 1 baker game by 24 pins and lost the other one by 16 pins to win the first point by 8 pins. Then in regular games otsego won by 1 pin to take the 2nd point and overall match 18 to 12 for the third point. Alicyn Klok had a 192 game and a 352 series but her 10th frame in game 2 sealed the victory for otsego with 2 strikes and an 8 count to end.it by the 1 pin.Otsego  boys were also on fire winning 3-0 taking one of the 2 baker games and baker totals. Gavin Merrill shot a fine 204 game and a 369 series. The boys also won regular games and took totals 22.5 to 7.5.    Monday night we had a non-conference match against Gull Lake and the boys won  19 to 11 with a 198 by Gavin Merrill and a 194 by Connor Farrish . The boys lost regular games by 1 pin and took both baker games to win the match. The girls tied their match 15 to 15 but lost the match on a third baker game rolloff.    Tonight was the otsego/plainwell match and it was a record setting kind of night.  Tonight senior captain  Gavin Merrill shot a 258 game to throw the highest game recorded in the wolverine conference this year. The boys also got a fine 196 from sophomore Connor Farrish and a great 339 series from senior Noah Towne. Freshman Cole Kortokrax shot a 147 and Sophomore Austin Jeralds making his Wolverine conference varsity debut shot a 108 as the boys took the match 29 to 1 against plainwell and also shot a wolverine conference high score of the year baker game of 224. This was just the start of some high wolverine conference marks for the year.  The Otsego girls did not want to be out done by the boys so Alicyn Klok shot a wolverine conference high score of the year for gilrs with a 280. Yes that is not a typo she shot 280 with 10 strikes in a row. and 11 strikes total. Only a 9 spare in the 2nd frame from being perfect on the game. The girls team also got a high game of 165 from Wybie burke and a 160 from Mercedes Edney. Alicyn Klok also had a 193 game to go along with her 280 for a 473 series. The 473 series and the 280 game are currently the second highest scores in the state so far this year. The girls also shot a 188 baker game which is currently the second highest baker game in wolverine conference this year on girls side.  So currently wolverine conference leaders from tonight. Gavin Merrill high boys game so far this year 258. High girls game in conference this year with Alicyn Klok 280. Highest series in the conference this year by Alicyn Klok with 473. Highest boys baker game of year in wolverine conference with 224 and second highest score of the year with girls baker game 188.

The Otsego Bowling teams had the second of our two busiest weeks. We had a home wolverine conference match on Wednesday against Edwardsburg. The boys took the victory 23 to 7 against the eddies. The otsego boys took 7 of the 10 individual matchups with high games from senior captain Gavin Merrill with a 192,  Senior Noah Towne with a 188 and senior Robert Phillips with a 184. The Otsego boys also swept the baker games to take the victory. The previously undefeated girls struggled coming off such a great weekend and fell to the Eddies 24 to 6. The score was much closer than that pins wise but still seemed to be just off. In individual games they took 6 of 10 individual points but the couple points we lost we lost big so that hurt for totals. First game senior captain McKinley Kinnane shot a 176 to lead all bulldogs but that wasn't enough as Catarina Mcguire from the Eddies shot 60 pins over her average to shoot a fine 188 to help the eddies take totals 688 to 668. The next game both teams struggled and only had a high game of 139 by edwardsburg's Mahayla Brown and again the bulldogs lost totals by only 13 pins. The baker games went the same way as the bulldogs still had a chance at the match if they swept the baker games. The Bulldogs lost the first baker game by three and the match was over. McKinley Kinnane had the high series of the night with a 305 and Alicyn Klok shot 276..     Saturday the Bulldogs took on the team from Battle Creek Lakeview. The boys took 1 of 2 of the baker games and won totals on baker's games to take a 6 to 4 lead going into regular games. The regular games stayed close throughout with the help of Freshman Cole Kortokrax taking both of his points and Connor Farrish shooting a fine 203 game but the bulldogs lost totals by 23 pins to now trail 10 to 9. In the second game Cole was the only one to secure his point and the bulldogs lost 20 to 10. High series went to Sophomore Connor Farrish with a 352.  The Otsego girls came out to punish someone after the midweek loss to Edwardsburg and the previously Undefeated Battle Creek Lakeview team happened to be the one to take that punishment. The Bulldogs took both Baker games right off the bat to take a 10 to 0 lead heading into regular games. The bulldogs didnt take the foot of the gas in regular games either as they took 8 out of 10 regular games. Junior  Alicyn Klok had a high game of 155 and Junior Wybie Burke had a high series of 291 with Alicyn Klok with a 288 and Sophomore Mercedes Edney with a 281. Otsego took totals also to win the match 28 to 2.    Sunday concluded the long week with 16 of our bowling bulldogs in action. We had 3 teams in the Portage Northern tourney at continental lanes. It is a long gruelling day of bowling as each bowler bowls 3 regular games and 6 baker games before the roll offs even begin.  There was individual and team stuff going on. There were 30 teams plus over 160 bowlers competing. On the boys side Senior captain Gavin Merrill had a really good day with averaging over 200 per game in his three individual games going 195, 179 and 227 to finish with a 601 series and finish 5th overall on the boys side. Sophomore Connor Farrish finished 23rd with a 476 series. Sophomore Dylan Towne and sophomore Jacob Underwood both also finished in the top 40. Neither of the boys teams finished in the top 8 teams to go to roll offs but still bowled well against some of the states top competition. The girls for the second week in a row made the roll offs as a 6th seed with some great team games and also some really good individual accomplishments. The girls fell in the first round of roll offs against the 3rd seeded Coldwater team in two close baker games.  Individually Junior Alicyn Klok finished 4th in the overall with a 497 series, senior captain McKinley Kinnane finished 16th with a 437 series, Junior Wybie Burke Finished 33rd with a 371 series and Junior Lily Jones finished 40th with a 346 series. Junior Paige Bender also shot her career high 137 game.  

Otsego girls took on a Paw Paw team that was short handed so the Otsego girls were able to get some other girls some varsity experience. Paige Bender got to make her varsity debut. 7 girls combined  for the 3 to 0 victory. Or a 30 to 0 score on a normally scored match. Alicyn Klok shot a 175 for high score of the day. Today's match took place at Bowlero lanes in battle creek. 

Otsego girls bowling swept both baker games to jump out to a 1-0 lead on Portage central and were short handed today but battled well and lost match 2-1. Senior bowler Haley Beazley was making her bowling career debut and didnt let nerves affect her at all shooting a personal best her first game. Junior Alicyn Klok came out firing with a 173 in  her first game this year. Otsego girls will kickoff their wolverine conference schedule also against vicksburg this Wednesday at airway lanes with 330 start time.                                         JV Male and female  bowlers will all also be in action that night at airway vs vicksburg.