Bowling Setting the Lanes Ablaze with 5-0 Winning Streak

Posted February 6, 2019 / Last updated February 8, 2019

Season Recap

Blazing down the lanes with a 5-0 winning streak the bowling Blue Jays are on fire. A great start to the 2019 season the Jesuit varsity bowling team saw victories over Rummel (20 – 7), Holy Rosary (26-1), Kenner Discovery (25-2), Bonnabel HS (24-3), and St. Augustine (26-1). With high expectations for the 7 remaining matches returning seniors Adam Francis, Bradley Fugetta, Alex O’Neil, and Jake Stiegler hope to lead the team all the way to State. Also returning to the team this year are sophomore Ben Hunn and freshman Luke Wood who have two of the highest match scores thus far—257 and 264, respectively. However, Stiegler takes the cake on both the highest match score and series score—266 and 681. Showing lots of promise and rounding out the rest of the team are newcomers sophomores, Gary Sims and Jonah Anderson, and pre-freshman William Adams.

Jesuit vs. St. Augustine Recap

In their latest match against St. Augustine’s Purple Knights the Blue Jays secured the win after two games and bowled to an amazing 26-1 victory.

After a slow start in the first game, the Jays resurged in the last 5 frames with all bowlers rolling strikes and spares. All six bowlers beat out their opponents by margins ranging from 15 pins all the way to 80 pins. Hunn just clinching his 174 victory, over his opponents 159, with a nail-biting last bowl of his last frame.

Leading with an 8-0 after the first game the Jesuit bowlers really hit their stride in game two with a clean 6-0 sweep and four bowlers breaking 200—O’Neil (224), Hunn (212), Francis (205), and Adams (201). With an insurmountable 16-0 lead heading into the final game, the jays stayed on top with the Purple Knights only collecting one of the six game points. Jesuit finished their match with a grand total of 3227 total pins to St. Augustine’s 2479.

Through the Lens…

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Freshmen Luke Wood launches one down the lane against St. Augustine.

By the Numbers…

Player Season Stats

Ranking	Player	Total Games	Total Pins	Season Average	Game Wins	Game Losses	Game Win %	High Game Score	High Series Score
6	Ben Hunn	14	2828	202	12	2	85.71%	257	632
5	Alex O’Neil	14	2720	194.2	12	2	85.71%	249	641
4	Jake Stiegler	14	2691	192.2	11	3	78.57%	266	681
3	Luke Wood	9	1611	179	7	2	77.78%	264	650
2	Adam Francis	11	1939	176.2	10	1	90.91%	205	544
1	William Adams	9	1566	174	8	1	88.89%	201	381
	Bradley Fugetta	7	1097	156.7	6	1	85.71%	196	365
	Gary Sims	8	1233	154.1	8	0	100.00%	172	328
	Jonah Anderson	4	579	144.7	3	1	75.00%	183	183

On the Horizon…

The Jays (5-0) are moving into the heart of their season with tough matches against Archbishop Shaw (5-1), Holy Cross, and Brother Martin (5-0). They square off with Shaw on Thursday at 3:20 p.m. at Westside Lanes in Harvey.

Galleries

Bowling vs. St. Augustine, Feb. 4, 2019

The 2018-2019 bowling team: (back row, from left) sophomore Jonah Anderson, senior Adam Francis, senior Bradley Fugetta, senior Jake Stiegler, senior Alex O'Neil, Coach Todd Bourgeois ’88, (front row, from left) sophomore Gary Sims, sophomore Ben Hunn, pre-freshman William Adams, and freshman Luke Wood
The Jesuit varsity bowling team huddles up before the meet against St. Augustine.
Senior Adam Francis gears up for game one.
Freshman Luke Wood fires one down the lane.
Sophomore Ben Hunn looking to get a strike...
...and he gets it.
Sophomore Jonah Anderson lines up his shot....
...and let's it fly.
Senior Adam Francis looking for a spare...
..and he rolls his way to victory.
Senior Alex O'Neil aiming for a strike.
Sophomore Ben Hunn congratulates Alex O'Neil on a landing a "Turkey"—three consecutive strikes.
Coach Todd Bourgeois ’88 observes as freshman Luke Wood launches one down the lane.
Coach Todd Bourgeois ’88 talks over strategy for game two.
Senior Jake Steigler shares a laugh with senior Alex O'Neil and sophomore Benn Hunn in between games.
Sophomore Gary Sims fires one down the lane.
Seniors Adam Francis and Jake Steigler both take aim.
Sophomore Gary Sims and senior Adam Francis watch as pre-freshman William Adams hurls one down the lane.
Pre-freshman William Adams waits to see if he landed a strike.
Pre-freshman William Adams is congratulated by his teammates for a varsity.
Jake Stielger takes aim...
...looking to pick up a spare...
...and celebrates his victory with senior Alex O'Neil.
Senior Bradley Fugetta glides one down the lane.
Senior Bradley Fugetta waits to see where his bowl will land.
Sophomore Jonah Anderson aims for a spare...
...and gets it for the win.

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