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Both bowling teams win big at NCL matches

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January 22, 2010

Maire Hofer and Nick Pelini

Boys Bowling

Dec. 22 marked a new chapter in the North Coast League and Hoban history. The boys bowling team won the first ever conference tournament with a team score of 3,708 pins, beating second place Holy Name by about 200 pins.

Tournament MVP went to junior JaVonte Carter who bowled a 610 for three games. He also had high game with 251.

“I know we can go far because Hoban has never won a tournament like that,” Carter said.

Sophomore David Scarpitti made first team all-conference, sophomore Erik Calet received second team all-conference and sophomore Corey Sailer earned honorable mention. All three players made significant contributions to propel the Knights to victory.

First-year coach Dennis Holodnak has quickly made his presence known, collecting the NCL Coach of the Year award. He also has guided the Knights to a 7-1 match record so far.

“I’m extremely proud of the team,” Holodnak said. “We bowled as a team and backed each other up.”

A successful season so far leaves the team with a wave of momentum that they hope to carry throughout the rest of the season.

“This win gives us a lot of confidence for sectionals, districts, and states,” Holodnak said.

Girls Bowling

We’re going to be extremely competitive finishing out the season and in tournaments. Six of the eight girls are new to bowling,” head coach Dennis Holodnak said.

Even with a majority of bowlers on the team being inexperienced Holodnak is pleasantly optimistic.

“The girls are coming along well. The first time bowling for most of these girls was open gyms this year so we are as competitive as we can be. This year is good preparation for next year. We will be on a higher more competitive level but this group makes you day no matter what,” Holodnak said smiling.

Senior Jessica Harvey also thinks the team as a whole can be very competitive.

“Depending on who we are bowling against our competition level changes. If it’s St. Vincent- St. Mary or Walsh it’s like an eight because we get competitive but a normal match is around a four, on a scale of one to ten,” Harvey said.

Walsh is the match the girls have the most fun preparing and participating in.

“When we played against Walsh we all wore fake diamonds and pearls and had monopoly money sticking out of our pockets and I wore a fur scarf,” Harvey said.

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