Bowlers set for WPIBL season
Only this time, it may have company.
“I believe this is the year our boys break through and get
there,” Butler coach Bill Fay said. “The boys have yet to get past the
regional, but they look as strong as our girls team does now.”
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League
(WPIBL) gets under way today. The 47-school, seven-division circuit features a
North Division with five Butler County teams.
Butler, Knoch, North Allegheny, Mars, Karns City and
first-year program Seneca Valley comprise the North.
The Golden Tornado girls have yet to lose a regular-season
match in their history. Butler’s girls have placed third, second and fourth in
the state tourney in the team’s first three years of existence.
Butler returns four of the North Division’s top-10 bowlers in
senior Brea Suchonic (180.48 average last year), sophomore Megan Paul (180.14),
senior Autumn Hepler (178.96) and junior Kelly Bintrim (173.8).
The Tornado boys return four of the top 10 as well in junior
Jacob Cookson (190.29), senior Brandt Fleming (184.83), senior Matt Blose
(181.67) and junior Cody Rosenbauer (180.30). Butler’s boys lost only one
regular-season match last year.
Butler has 15 boys and nine girls on its roster.
“Both of these teams are loaded and we’ve got five freshmen
trying to move up,” Fay said. “These teams should be as strong as ever.”