Bowling: Results from the first annual Battle at Bristol Tournament

Cole Cook of Burlington Twp competes during the boys NJSIAA Central Jersey Sectional Finals bowling tournament at Bowlero in North Brunswick on Saturday, February 12, 2022.
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Howell girls bowling, Burlington Township boys bowling, each won the Battle at Bristol at Bristol Pike Lanes in Pennsylvania this past weekend.

Each team, nine boys teams and seven girls teams, bowled three games. The top six boys teams moved into the Baker playoffs while the top four girls teams advanced.

Burlington, which tallied 3,034 to get the No. 1 seed, defeated Truman (Pa.) in the final, 390-337. Brick Memorial defeated Jackson Memorial in the Baker first round while Toms River East beat Howell.

Burlington then beat Brick while Truman topped TRE to move on to the final.

On the girls side, Jackson Memorial, the No. 4 seed, upset top-seeded Brick Memorial in the Baker first round. The loss for Brick Memorial is its first in any match and any tournament since 2021.

Howell also got past New Egypt in the matchup of No. 2 vs. No. 3, and then defeated Jackson Memorial in the championship by just three pins, 318-315.

Brick Memorial tallied 2,963 pins in qualifying. Leah Varela paced the girls with a 717 series while Howell’s Jake Diaz threw a 727 to lead the boys.

QUALIFYING ROUND

BOYS

Burlington Township, 3,034

Truman (Pa.), 3,012

Jackson Memorial 3,005

Howell, 2,887

Brick Memorial, 2,847

GIRLS

Brick Memorial, 2,963

Howell, 2,634

New Egypt, 2,558

Jackson Memorial, 2,490

HIGH SERIES

BOYS

Jake Diaz, Howell, 727

Cole Cook, Burlington, 703

Andrew Kline, Jackson Memorial, 668

Ryan Mallard, Toms River East, 660

Chris Steppart, Jackson Memorial, 643

Logan Horne, Burlington, 641

GIRLS

Leah Vareal, Brick Memorial, 717

Olivia Salvatore, Brick Memorial, 685

Reaghan Smith, Howell, 668

Kaitlyn Search, New Egypt, 598

Mikalah Carter, Brick Memorial, 569

Gianna Masi, Jackson Memorial, 564

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