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Announcing the Post-Tribune 2017 Boys Bowling All-Area Team

June 5, 2018 at 11:46 p.m.

BOYS BOWLING ALL-AREA First Team Chris Albanese, Griffith, sophomore: Advanced to semistate in singles after finishing third in the regional. Averaged 221 in the regular season with a 505 high...

Chase Coleman the Post-Tribune 2017 Boys Bowling Coach of the Year

June 5, 2018 at 11:45 p.m.

This wasn't supposed to be the year when Michigan City had a great shot at reaching the state finals for the first time since 2010, when the Wolves won it...

Bishop Noll sophomore Ameer Lawrence shot two 300 games this season en route to earning Post-Tribune Boys Bowler of the Year honors.

Bishop Noll’s Ameer Lawrence is the Post-Tribune 2017 Boys Bowler of the Year

June 5, 2018 at 11:44 p.m.

As a freshman, Bishop Noll's Ameer Lawrence was well ahead of most bowlers in their first year of high school. It wasn't just his numbers: a 217 average, 526 high...

Portage's Austin Schultz celebrates a strike that clinched a win over Andrean’s Kevin McCune in a roll-off to reach the stepladder finals in Saturday’s state tournament. Johnny Gorches-Post-Tribune

Lake Central girls win bowling state title, Michigan City boys take second

June 6, 2018 at 2:18 a.m.

FORT WAYNE — Everything was on the line. Saturday's girls team state championship came down to one shot by Lake Central senior Megan Heflin. In front of a large crowd...

Bowling notes: Community mourns death of longtime competitor Jim Zaideman

June 6, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

It seemed like a normal Northwest Indiana high school bowling tournament on Saturday at Stardust Bowl II in Hobart, with the exception of what was on the line. It was...

Four local girls teams advance to state bowling tournament

June 6, 2018 at 4:13 a.m.

With two games left in the 12-game Baker qualifying of the Merrillville Semistate, Highland's girls team was in good shape to advance to the state final. Then things fell apart...

Clark senior Kayla Cruz is the first girl at the school to advance to semistate in bowling.

Bowling notes: Clark senior Kayla Cruz hope others follow her lead

June 6, 2018 at 5:52 a.m.

When Kayla Cruz was a freshman at Clark, it was the first year the Pioneers had a full girls team. Three years later and in her final season, Cruz is...

Portage boys, girls ride solid regional effort to semistate berths

June 6, 2018 at 6:18 a.m.

SOUTH BEND — It was a banner day for Portage bowlers in Saturday's South Bend Regional at Chippewa Bowl. The long day of happiness started in singles with three boys...

Bowling notes: Merrillville boys finding their groove after dry spell

June 6, 2018 at 7:16 a.m.

Up until the last couple years, the Merrillville boys bowling team has struggled to make any noise in the postseason. Then the Pirates advanced out of sectional last year as...

Bowling notes: Father’s memory inspires Highland junior Samantha Bugno

June 6, 2018 at 9:28 a.m.

Considering how much David Bugno Jr. loved bowling, his daughter Samantha's accomplishment on Dec. 28 — a little more than a month after his death — seemed like the perfect...

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