Returning to the lanes following a two-month layoff, the Barton Community College men's bowling team displayed a pair of fourth place finishes at the SWIBC V and SWIBC VI this past weekend in Texas.
Competing in separate tournaments in the two-day span, the Cougars began the weekend with a fourth-place finish in the SWIBC V consisting of five individual games and 12 baker games compiling a team total of 6,924. Making the short drive over to Plano, TX for Sunday's SWIBC VI, Barton sustained the momentum holding sturdy with another fourth place showing accumulating a 7,017 score over seven individual team games.
Besting the 15-team field on both days was in state Division I school Wichita State University edging out cross-town rival Newman University and Oklahoma Christian University.
Sophomore Griffin Peterson posted the Cougars highest individual finish of seventh in Saturday's SWIBC V with a five-game total of 1,044 while leading the best average score on the day for the Cougars with a 208.8 per-10 frames.
V-Thoon Thanasouk had the biggest improvement between the two days of competition leaping 64 spots to finish 13th in Sunday's tournament scoring a team best 1,517. The freshman was one of three Cougars to surpass the 200-mark in five of seven games rolled with Bryce Moore and Peterson also joining Thanasouk.
Turning in a 20th place finish in Saturday's competition, sophomore Bryce Moore bettered his placing in Sunday's tournament moving up three spots earning a 17th individual finish of 1,499 in seven tossed games. The sophomore recorded Barton's highest single game score of 280 in the second of his seven games.
Fielding a junior varsity team both days the Cougars turned in placings of seventh and sixth as a squad while Cale McConnell led the JV entrants each day turning in a 40th and 34th placing with scores of 892 and 1,379 respectfully.
Barton's next action comes this Saturday with a trip up north to Hastings, Nebraska for the Bronco Baker Bash.
Complete Weekend Results