Storm bowlers headed to state
The South Elgin boys bowling team is headed to the IHSA state finals -in its first year of competition.
The Storm placed two bowlers in the top five Saturday and came away with second place and a qualifying spot out of the Lake Park sectional at the Brunswick Zone in Roselle. South Elgin's total pinfall was 6,190, just behind Lake Park's championship series of 6.257.
Storm senior Alex Smilko finished third overall with a six-game series of 1,304, while his classmate and teammate James Collins was fifth with a 1,286. Sophomore Brandon Wenger shot a 1,282 for the Storm and junior Charlie Viviano had a 1,206. The Storm also counted a 1,112 from senior Brett Huisman.
South Elgin will compete at the state finals next weekend at St. Clair Bowl in O'Fallon.
Boys bowling
At Lake Zurich: Streamwood, in its first year of bowling, was competitive and turned some heads after throwing an 1,140 in its second game. At that time it moved the Sabres up to second place. However, Streamwood tailed off a bit over the last few games.
"Our boys bowled impressively and we bowled a lot better than the past," Streamwood coach Nicole Lyczak said. "We didn't know what to expect as a team coming into the sectional. By far we exceeded our expectations in our first year." Bobby Trimarco rolled one of the highest games with a 278 and shot 1,177 for Streamwood. Other scores were Matt Cizowski (1,277), Joshua Reyes (1,195), Alex Woodrich (1,080), Matt Komtved (899) 5 games and Steven Welch (194) one game.
-Rusty Silber