Competing in just its' second tournament, the Barton Community College women's bowling team took on its' first tier-1 event of the season this past weekend at the Mid-States Championships held at West Acres Lanes in Wichita, KS.

Battling over six individual team games and 20-baker games, the Cougars concluded the weekend with a 17th, best mark of 7,956 pins in the field of 25-teams. Capturing the team title was host school Wichita State University rolling over a tournament best 9,473 pins edging out Mount Mercy University's runner-up 9,300 pin count.

Fielding a varsity and junior varsity team, Allyson Heidenreich of the JV squad led the 11 Barton entrants with a 76th place 914-pin count over six games rolled in the loaded field of 204 participants.

Following Heidenreich on the leaderboard was JV teammates Kristy Wittig's 101st score of 914 and Olivia Oliver's 810 total for a 104th finish.

Mallory Cross recorded the highest varsity finish earning a 103rd placing averaging a team best 161.6 per 10-frames in her five total games.

Consistency followed suit down the rest of the Cougar lineup with Ana Stanton (794), Cassidy Goans (793), Angelina Leeper (784), Ella Adkins (782), Courtney Kitchen (781), and Jasmine Bridges (777) conducting a string of Cougar finishes from 106th-111th respectfully.

Bridges accumulated the highest game score of 199 in the first of her five rolled games.

Leah Reid rounded out the Barton finishes with a 129th six-game score of 666.

Barton's next action comes this weekend in the 13th Annual Hammer Lions Classic held in St. Charles, Missouri.

Complete Mid-States Championships Results