Newton boys roll past Pella Christian with school-record score

OSKALOOSA — A big day on the lanes produced a school-record score from the Newton boys bowling team on Saturday.

Ethan Valtman rolled the second-best series in Cardinal history, all six bowlers produced a score of at least 390 and Newton dominated Pella Christian at Statesmen Lanes.

The Newton girls also scored a win as the Eagles did not have enough players for a team score.

“It was a lot of fun watching them,” Newton head bowling coach Christie Lester said. “I felt like they really came together as a team yesterday.”

The Cardinal boys led Pella Christian 2,220 to 1,534 after the individual round and then rolled a Baker score of 1,060 to win by nearly 1,000 pins.

Newton ousted the Eagles 3,280 to 2,306, while the Cardinal girls (5-3) posted a team score of 1,980.

Valtman led everyone with a career-best 510 series. He rolled single games of 232 and a career-best 278. The 510 was five pins fewer than Jordan Killmer’s school-record 515 set last season.

The Cardinal boys (5-3) had the top six individual finishers. Austin Kennedy was next with a 466 series, while Gentry Swarts (423), Parker Kennedy (415), Nathan Hauber (406) and Jeremiah Killmer (390) completed the varsity roster.

Austin Kennedy had individual games of 255 and 211, Swarts rolled 215 and 208 and Parker Kennedy registered single games of 221 and 194.

Hauber’s individual games were 192 and 214 and Jeremiah Killmer totaled 182 and 208 for his two games.

Newton’s lowest Baker score was its first game of 180. The Cardinals finished with a 200, 245 and 246.

Andrew VanKooten led the Eagles with a 314 series. Pella Christian’s best Baker game was a 186.

The Newton junior varsity was led by Braden Baskerville’s 401 series. He had single games of 144 and 257. The Cardinal JV squad had three Baker scores of 205, 213 and 200.

Will Buren posted a 394 series for the JV2 squad. His best single game was 223.

Newton’s previous high score of 3,025 pins came in the season opener.

The Newton girls, who were once again led by Gabbie Humphrey, had a first-round score of 1,333 and posted a 647 Baker round.

Humphrey was the overall winner with a 353 series. Mackenna Burns was the runner-up with a 304. Humphrey rolled single games of 180 and 173 and Burns finished with a 166 and a 138.

Marissa Burns (230) placed fourth, Kelly Holmes (225) took fifth and Aeris Archer (221) came in sixth for the Cardinals. Tamika Rodenborn (199) completed the girls’ varsity roster.

Marissa Burns had single games of 141 and 89, Holmes turned in games of 110 and 115 and Archer had individual games of 102 and 119. Rodenborn produced scores of 102 and 97.

Macy VanDerHart led the Eagles in third with a 273 series. She had single games of 146 and 127.

Lina Hinds and MaKayla Carter led the girls’ JV squad. Hinds posted single games of 140 and 90 for a 230 series and Carter had a 226 series after single games of 104 and 122.