Participating in its' first weekend tournament of the season, the Barton Community College men's bowling team accrued many learning experiences this past weekend in the pair of tier-two events held at the City View Lanes in Fort Worth, Tex.
The Cougars opened the weekend with a 9th place finish in the SWIBC-I accumulating 6,652 pins over five individual and 12 baker games before coming back 24-hours later in the SWIBC-II finishing with the 12th most knocked down pins 6,500 over seven single games.
Claiming the team title on Saturday was Oklahoma Christian University outlasting the 14-team field with 7,646 pins edging out Newman University's second best of 7,558 while the teams backed their performances on Sunday with OCU tallying a 7,467-best mark to NU's 7,341.
SWIBC-I
Cale McConnell piloted the Cougars individually finishing just outside the top-30 with a 31st place in the 142-man field with a five-game total of 966. The sophomore averaged a squad best 193.2 behind a pair of 200-plus games (223) and (201).
Recording the highest game on the afternoon was Chris O'Connor rolling a 228 in the first of his five games tossed for a 947 score and 34th finish.
Freshman, Torrey Lindsay fell four spots outside of a top-50 finish in his first collegiate tournament posting an 886 five game total.
Alex Flinn and Cooper Holloway shared the honors of leading the Cougar junior varsity entry, as the duo combined for 723 totals.
Baker's action the Cougars recorded the eighth best score of 2,163 edging out Division I Louisiana State University's ninth most 2,152.
Complete SWIBC-I Results
SWIBC-II
In Sunday's individual games, O'Connor carried the hot hand for Barton posting a 26th placing in the 146-participant field. The freshman finished with an above 200-score in four of his seven rolled games with his highest of 216 coming at the midway point finishing with a seven game average of 201.7.
Cole Brown edged out McConnell as the duo recorded 69th and 70th finishes. Brown recorded a six-game total of 1,136 while McConnell tossed the highest varsity single game score 237 finishing with 1,133 over his six games tossed.
Holloway directed Barton's junior varsity team for the second constitutive day landing a 77th place finish with a six-game total 1,096 with Caleb Murphy falling three spots behind at 1,071.
Landon Wareman fashioned the highest individual game score over the course of the weekend bowling a 258 in his third of his five games appearing in.
Barton will return to action Thursday as they travel to Ottawa, Kan. to battle Ottawa University at 11:00 a.m. inside the Fusion Alley.
Compiled SWIBC-II Results