Girls Bowling

Vandercook Lake High School girls bowling coach Todd Reichard likes each of his athletes to complete her toss with a hand up in the air like a bowling trophy. Those who don’t complete their throws with a trophy pose are assigned to a two-minute penalty in the pos...

History was made Saturday in Waterford as Jordan Richard, a junior from Tecumseh, became the first MHSAA Finals back-to-back singles champion. "It's amazing," Richards said. "We wanted it as a team, too, but unfortunately it didn't work out so well."

Two hands were better than one Saturday afternoon in the championship match of the MHSAA Division 3 boys singles bowling tournament at Airport Lanes in Jackson. Adam LaRoe of Napoleon, who uses the same unorthodox two-handed delivery as PBA touring professional Jason B...

Vandercook Lake’s Malloree Ambs and Rogers City’s Bailey Budnik outlasted the competition Saturday at Sunnybrook Golf and Bowl to be crowned the MHSAA’s Division 4 bowling girls and boys singles champions, respectively. Ambs, who defeated Oscoda sopho...

The MHSAA Division 1 Finals at Northway Lanes in Muskegon were not a place for the faint of heart Saturday.  In both the girls and the boys divisions, the eventual champions needed to win a roll off en route to winning a singles bowling title. 

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. At least, that's what the Jackson Northwest girls bowling team decided to do. After losing in the MHSAA Semifinals last year to Tecumseh and in the Quarterfinals in 2011 to Charlotte, the Mounties were looking to make it t...

Being the best bowling team in the city of Plymouth is saying something. With two boys bowling teams from Plymouth reaching the elite eight of the MHSAA Division 1 Bowling Final, the city stamped itself as one of the best for bowling in the state. For the Plymouth Sale...

It was not necessarily a bad thing to be behind early in the final game of the MHSAA Division 3 boys and girls Bowling Finals on Friday at Airport Lanes in Jackson. Livonia Clarenceville won the boys championship, and Battle Creek Pennfield captured the girls title aft...

During eight of the first nine seasons of MHSAA Girls Bowling Finals, either Vandercook Lake or Sandusky made the championship match to end the winter. And after meeting – and splitting – the last two Finals matches, it seemed only right that they met to de...

Beginning with Friday's Team Finals, the MHSAA will cap a decade of bowling as a sponsored sport by awarding 16 champions over a 30-hour period. All Team Finals are Friday, and Individual Finals are Saturday. And Second Half will have coverage of them all. 

Ann Arbor Huron freshman Allison Morris has been in pressure situations before.  But not much could prepare her for the deficit she found herself in during the MHSAA Division 1 Girls Singles championship match. Check out  the stories behind all the scores a...

Davison was the favorite all season to win the MHSAA Division 1 championship at M-66 Bowl. On Friday, the Cardinals made good on that high expectation -- as did three more MHSAA Finals champions, including two more who had never won that biggest prize before.

Few MHSAA sports end with as many unexpected champions as emerge at the Bowling Finals, which will be contested this weekend at four sites around the state. Here is our rundown of some of the favorites in each division -- and guesses at a few surprises as well.

Check out our must-know scores and news from Feb. 20-25.

Two MHSAA Finals champions, including our first High 5 to the U.P., plus a few more who could claim titles before this winter is done.

Marissa Campbell had plans to become an incredible volleyball player. But that was just the start of Campbell’s journey toward becoming of Michigan’s top high school bowlers.

We drew our first-ever honorees from girls bowling, gymnastics and wrestling.