53rd Annual State High School varsity bowling championships Feb 17-18

Kelly Kulick, TEAM USA
to attend State bowling finals

Shorewood and Shorecrest will both send teams

The 53rd Annual Washington State Bowling Proprietors’ Association (WSBPA), State High School Varsity Bowling Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday, February 17-18, 2018, at Narrows Plaza Bowl in University Place (Tacoma, WA) (2200 Mildred Avenue West),  Admission is FREE.

Two time Professional Women’s Bowling Association Champion and 12 time member of TEAM USA, Kelly Kulick, with Storm Bowling Products will be on hand all weekend and will throw out the ceremonial 1st ball Saturday morning at 10:30am along with the 24 team captains.

24 five-person teams will compete in three divisions along with 72 bowlers competing in a singles division. The event will take over two days to crown State Champions.

Teams qualified for the State Championships based on their order of finish in regional leagues held statewide between November 1st and January 31st.

More than 1,000 student athletes statewide participated during the bowling season. Now in its 53rd year, this is the 2nd longest running High School Bowling Championship in America, following only New York. Media coverage is invited and will be assisted.

Teams will bowl five, 5 games matches on Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m. using the Swiss Format. Teams return Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. to bowl, five additional matches with total points won over the two days determining the State Champions.

Bowlers entered in the singles event will roll eight games of qualifications (5 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday), before the field is cut to the top 5 bowlers in each of three divisions for boys and girls.

A stair-step finals will match the 5th qualifier in a one game match against the 4th qualifier. Winners keep advancing to eventually face the high qualifier for the championship.

Team Event

Division I      Average Region
East Wenatchee  909     Central WA
Oak Harbor      903     Skagit
Moses Lake      901     Central WA
Shorewood       897     Northend
Bellarmine 1    880     Tacoma
Riverside       874     Skagit
Bellarmine 2    865     Tacoma
Valley 1        861     Spokane

Division II     Average
Omak    840     Central WA
Mt. Spokane     822     Spokane
Wenatchee       805     Central
Shorecrest      787     Northend
Shadle 1        787     Spokane
R.A. Long       768     Cowlitz
Ferndale        765     Skagit
Mariner         761     Snohomish

Division III    Average
Valley 2        759     Spokane
Shorewood 2     739     Northend
E. Wenatchee 2  736     Central WA
Castle Rock     736     Cowlitz
Rogers          732     Spokane
Lake Stevens    729     Snohomish
Kamiak          714     Northend
Marysvillel     696     Snohomish

The Washington State Bowling Proprietors’ Association is a State Chapter of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America based in Arlington, Texas.