Central Bowling Wins District 5A

CENTRAL — Central High (10-0) defeated Scotlandville (7-3) on Wednesday, March 13 to wrap up its first District Championship in school history, extending its winning streak to 10 matches.
Central came out on fire in game one against Scotlandville and were determined to never let the Hornets in the match.  Central won game one 6-2 and 1080-1020 total pins.  Game one was led by freshman Sarah Leduff with a 228, followed by sophomore Jacob Garretson with a 221, and senior and captain Bryan Waites with a 199.
Scotlandville continued to bowl well in game two but on this day with the way Central was bowling, good wasn’t nearly enough.  Scotlandville rolled a respectable 1,008 in game two, but Central beat that by over 100 pins with an 1,128 to result in another 6-2 win.  The stellar bowling led the Wildcats to a 12-4 advantage after two games.  Garretson was high in game two with a 232 and was followed by Leduff with a 201.
Central closed out the match and the District 5A Championship in game three by winning 5-3 and 1,150-1,049 in total pins.  The 1,150 also put the finishing touches on yet another new school series record with a 3,358, against Scotlandville’s 3,077.  Central won the match 20-7.
The final game was led by Garretson with a 254, junior Kevin Kennedy  with a 202 and junior Sean Murphy with a 194.  Overall, Garretson’s 707 series was high for the Wildcats, and set a new school record for Boys Series and his 1st LHSAA 700+ series, followed by Leduff’s 600, her 1st LHSAA 600+ series and only the 3rd girl in Central history to roll a 600+ series, Waites’ 541, Murphy’s 507, Young’s 503, and Kennedy’s 500.  Proving its was a complete team effort, this marked the first time that every Wildcat rolled at least a 500+ series.
Central (11-0) made short work of Zachary (3-9) on Monday, March 18 to remain undefeated.  All three games were dominated by Central and were led by Bryan Waites’ 582 and Jacob Garretson’s 569.
Waites led the Wildcats in game one with a 207 to help Central win 6-2 and 978-944 in total pins.  The next two games ended in a similar fashion.  Waites was again high with a 207 in game two, leading Central to another 6-2 win and 932-844 total pins.  Game three was led by Haley Young’s 213 and Garretson’s 208, and Central won the final game once again 6-2 and 1,135-906.
Overall Central won 21-6 and 3,045-2,694 total pins.  In fact, Zachary’s 2,694 was a season high for the Broncos, but Central continued to stay hot and was never in danger of losing the match.  Sean Murphy chipped in with a 517 series, followed by Sarah Leduff with a 483, and Kevin Kennedy with a 457.