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North keglers have holes to fill on ‘B’ team Williamsville North can make a strong case why ECIC Division I is the toughest boys bowling division in Section VI. Last year, the Spartans fielded its best team in school history and needed to win its last two matches to qualify for sectionals. North was 6-6. Add in the graduation of the team’s top two averages, Steve Wood and Frank Pingtella and North has some holes to fill. “Optimistically, I’m looking to be .500,” said North coach Jim Rauh. “We were good last year and we were .500. Clarence is always really strong, so is Lancaster and Frontier.” Rauh returns seniors Greg Sacco, Matt Parisi, Dave Griffith and Mike Gilbert and junior Steve Levine. All should bowl on “A” this season. The fifth man who isn’t bowling well in any given match will bowl on “B”. All five combined for a 25th place finish at the Maryvale Holiday Tournament on Dec. 4. “Even if we can’t go to sectionals as a team this year, these five guys could go as individuals,” said Rauh. Sacco is averaging 202 and should anchor “A”. He threw a school-record 299 last year. Rauh said Sacco received lessons from Kathy McDonald’s coach Frank Coburn, who was recently honored by Bowlers Journal International as one of the top 100 coaches for youth and school in the country. “Greg’s a good spare bowler and can string strikes,” said Rauh. Last year, Parisi threw a 290 against Sweet Home. Rauh said Parisi should average in the 190’s as will Gilbert. Griffiths and Levine both averaged around 175 last year and were on the “B” team. Three of the four “B” team spots are up in the air as of this writing. “We have five bowlers who are pretty solid,” said Rauh. “After that, there’s a pretty big jump from the fifth guy to the sixth guy, so we’re going to need some to step up.”
North won the combined boys-girls Williamsville Cup last year. |
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