FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Vincennes University bowling team faced another tough tournament over the weekend with the Tier 1 McKendree Match Games hosted by McKendree University in Illinois.

The two-day tournament consisted of five traditional games followed by 20 baker games Saturday and Sunday.

The Trailblazers were led over the weekend by freshman Cayden Russell (Noblesville, Ind.) who finished with a score of 978 over his five traditional games, for a team-high average of 195.6 pins per game to place 39th overall out of 223 bowlers.

Junior Brighton Lucas (Salem, Ill.) finished just behind Russell, ending his five games with a total score of 974, including a team-leading 233 in his first game and an average of 194.8 pins per game to take 41st overall.

Freshman Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) was the third VU bowler to compete in all five games, finishing with a tournament score of 864 for an average of 172.8 per game and an 85th overall finish.

Freshman Kannon King (Salem, Ill.) was the next VU finisher, ending with a total of 682 over four games and an average score of 170.5 per game.

Freshman Nicholas Gregg (Salem, Ill.) ended his traditional games with a total score of 668 over four games, for an average of 167 per game.

Freshman Jon Starr (Centralia, Ill.) rounded out the VU scoring for the tournament, finishing with a 171 and a 209 in his two games for a combined score of 380 and a 190 average per game.

The Trailblazers as a team finished the traditional games with a score of 4,546 and closed out the 20 baker games with a combined score of 3,435 for an overall tournament score of 7,981, good for 19th place overall out of 27 teams competing.

Vincennes will look to head into the holiday break on a high note with their second American Heartland Bowling Association (AHBA) tournament of the season, Saturday, Dec. 2 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Trailblazers will then return to the lanes in 2024 with the Kegel-ISBPIA Midwest Classic Saturday, Jan. 13 and Sunday, Jan. 14 in Addison, Ill.

VINCENNES RESULTS

VU (19th) – 902, 849, 837, 960, 998 – 4,546.

Baker – 115, 160, 127, 147, 184, 149, 180, 169, 138, 184, 192, 222, 174, 177, 184, 179, 212, 164, 194, 184 – 3,435. Tournament total – 7,981.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Cayden Russell (39) – 190, 190, 169, 213, 216 – 978

Brighton Lucas (41) – 233, 170, 192, 209, 170 – 974

Dakota Waskom (85) – 130, 144, 174, 207, 209 – 864

Kannon King (136) – 168, 147, 173, x, 194 – 682

Nicholas Gregg (139) – 181, 198, 129, 160, x – 668

Jon Starr (184) – x, x, x, 171, 209 - 380