MOUNT VERNON – A Baker-round comeback by the Mount Vernon girls bowling team fell a bit short against Lexington on Monday, Nov. 30, at Colonial Lanes.
Trailing 1568-1507 after both teams bowled the first two games, the Jacket girls performed better in the Baker round, winning it 387-351. That, however, was not enough, and the Jackets girls squad fell to the Minutemen in total points, 1919-1894.
Izzy Moore led Mount Vernon with a two-game score of 327. Lexington’s Alissa Wolfe’s two-game total of 335 led all girls individually.
“We bowled pretty well,” Moore said. “We could have done a little better. We should have picked up more spares than we did.”
The Jackets’ boys dropped their match to the Minutemen, 2280-2140.
Mount Vernon’s Jacob Tucker rolled a two-game total of 444 to lead all individual scorers in the boys’ match. The Jackets’ Trevor Bell bowled a two-game individual total of 341.
“We struggled,” Bell said. “We missed a lot of spares that we probably should have gotten more easily. I left a couple of splits that shouldn’t have been. We just had some pretty bad reads.”
Bell and his teammates have spent much time trying to perfect their form this season.
“We have just bowled a bunch,” Bell said. “We’ll just have games where we just shoot spares. We’ll also work on Baker games. We just try to get as much lane time as possible.”
The Jackets girls have spent much time on their arm swing and follow through and it shows.
“We are really getting through— our arms— very well,” Moore said. “We are working on our targets a little more than in the past year. Overall, we are just slowly improving. This is only our second match and we are doing pretty well so far.”
The boys have also worked on their follow through.
“When you don’t follow through correctly, you never know where your ball is going to go,” Bell said. “Your follow through is one of the most important things to work on.”
Bell, who was exposed to a family member with COVID-19, had to quarantine recently but is now back with the team. Lexington was also missing several members of their team who are currently in quarantine.
“There was one week of practice where we only had half of our guys,” Bell said. “It has affected the team quite a bit.”
“We’ve been patching together a team since the beginning of the season,” Mount Vernon Coach Terry Franz said. “I’m really pleased with the way our young kids are coming through. We have a bright future. COVID is a big deal, but our kids look like a team. They act like a team and they love each other, and I feel good about that.”
