WAVERLY MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE WITH SWEEP OF US / PB
By: Tim Birney | Waverly Athletics | January 12, 2023
WAVERLY — Back at full strength, Waverly avenged a 4-0 loss at Union
Springs / Port Byron with a tightly-contested sweep of its own here
Thursday in IAC Large School girls bowling action.
The Lady
Wolverines won the first two games by scores of 860-825, and 899-860,
then pulled out an 871-864 decision in the third game for a
total-pinfall victory of 2,630 to 2,549.
Waverly improves to 32-8 (.800), and into first place, percentage points ahead of US / PB 34-10 (.773).
Shantilly
Decker banged out a 641 series on games of 218, 213, 210 to lead the
Lady Wolverines, and junior Rachel Houseknecht rolled a 585, including
games of 215 and 235.
Senior Victoria Houseknecht shot a 487 in
the win, while sophomore Serenity Conklin had a 474, 7th-grader Karis
Hayes added a 430, and 8th-grader Emily Houseknecht tacked on a 411.
Colleen Jump led US / PB with a 641 series and Bethany Jump added a 550.
Waverly returns to action Friday at Lansing.
About the Author
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
