Area Bowlers To Roll At Regional
A handful of area high school bowlers are scheduled to compete Saturday in the individual portion of the state tournament.
The five bowlers slated to take part in the regional at Lafayette include a quartet from Warsaw. The list of Warsaw students competing includes Chris Stichter and Jimmy Pifer on the boys side and the duo of Leigha Lindsey and Amber Drake on the girls side.
The coaches for the Warsaw group of bowlers includes Glen Ransbottom, Kirk Wyman, Tony Sainer, Andy Kiser and Marty Hornbaker.
Desirae Galloway from Whitko High School is an alternate for the regional, which will be held at Star Lanes in Lafayette. Her coach is Foy Banghart.
There are six regional sites Saturday, including the one in Lafayette. The others are in Michigan City, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Muncie and Evansville.
The local bowlers will be attempting to qualify for semi state competition which will be held Feb. 9 in South Bend at Chippewa Bowl. The finals are scheduled for Feb. 16 in Indianapolis.