North keglers end South's run as Williamsville Cup boys' champs, Billies win overall

The Williamsville South boys' 10-year dominance in the Williamsville Cup ended last Wednesday as the Billies took second by 88 pins to Williamsville North. The Spartans, led by Mike Gilbert's 706 high series and Greg Sacco's 269 high game, finished with 3,094 total pins to South's 3,006.

The South boys' winning streak dates back to 1997.

The South girls, led by Jessica Mammon's 724 series, won by 236 pins over North (2,645-2,409) to keep the overall Williamsville Cup at South.

North coach Jim Rauh said his boys team started poorly. He said South was ahead by 100 pins after the first game but his team averaged 230 in the second game to move ahead by three pins heading into game three. In the last game, North averaged 206 on scores by Dave Griffiths (215), Sacco (205), Steve Levine (186), Matt Parisi (206) and Mike Gilbert (217).

North had only won two matches all year, both over Orchard Park, in an ultra competitive ECIC Division I.

"Teams in our division like Lancaster and Frontier are very strong. That's why winning the Williamsville Cup was nice," said Rauh. "We won the whole thing last year but we have never won the boys part."

North's Jackie Vetrano rolled a 231 high game.

Williamsville East finished third. The East boys amassed 2,778 pins, the girls had 2,134.

The South boys finished the regular season 7-3 in ECIC Division II after defeating Iroquois, 6-1, on Thursday at Airport Lanes. The Billies' Russ Scheiss topped all bowlers with a 639 series and a 255 game while Justin Maggio on the "B" team rolled a season-high 594 with a 205 game. Alex Petrie added a 600 series, including a 220 game. Adam Petrie shot 590 with a 216.

The North boys closed out its league matches last Thursday with a 7-0 loss to Frontier. The North "A" team rolled a season-best 2,592 set but still lost by 250 pins. Griffiths opened with nine strikes en route to a 276 game and 716 set. Junior Peter Doster bowled a 237 and 581 set on "B".

"It looks like we were blown out but we scored a season-best 4,654. Our "A" team averaged over 210," said Rauh. "Frontier was just too good."

Rauh is taking Sacco (213.45), Griffiths (191.7), Parisi (186.6) and Gilbert (185.9) to sectionals but expects the team, which includes Levine (182.9), to advance. Rauh thinks his team has the top-five averages in the section among teams who did not make a .500 record and a new rule implemented before the season would allow them to qualify.

Sweet Home boys

In a very exciting match, Sweet Home defeated West Seneca East, 6-1, on Friday at Manor II to become co-champions of Division II with West Seneca East. Sweet Home finished 8-2 overall.

Captain Dan Kaminiski rolled the high game of the match, the year, and Division II with a 288. He had the high set for the match with a 689. His other games were 222 and 179. He finished the season averaging 200.56. Not far behind Dan Kaminski was his brother Ryan, who rolled a 659 series. Ryan Kaminski was very consistent with games of 210, 211 and 238. Aaron Klein rolled a 633 set with games of 231, 199 and 203.

Aaron Klein and Ryan Kaminski had the exact pin fall for 30 games. They each were able to make adjustments and ended the year with a final average of 208.43, bowling in five different bowling centers. Ryan Kaminski set the pace last year, as a freshman, averaging 201.8 while Klein averaged 180.9. Klein raised his average 28 pins this season.

John Grunzweig temporarily held the high game of the year for the team, rolling a 276 the first game of the match. That did not hold for long as Dan Kaminiski rolled his 288 the next game. John also rolled a 208 for a 626 set. Rounding out Sweet Home's 600's was Brian Barnas with a 618 series. Barnas had games of 182, 238 and 198.

Bill Klein came through with games of 212 and 211 making him eligible for sectionals.

The "A" team rolled their team high set with 913.

ECIC girls' Rolloffs were held on Monday followed by the boys on Tuesday at Thruway Lanes. The Section VI girls championships will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday followed by the boys on Friday. Both are at Thruway.