{"id":111009,"date":"2018-12-26T05:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T10:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=111009"},"modified":"2018-12-26T05:17:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T10:17:30","slug":"van-wert-bowlers-split-with-celina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/26\/van-wert-bowlers-split-with-celina\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert bowlers split with Celina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert boys\u2019 bowling took on the Celina Bulldogs in Western Buckeye League action at Olympic Lanes on Saturday, with the varsity losing a tough match and the junior varsity posting a win.<\/p>\n<p>The varsity score was 2530-2459 and high scores of the day for the Cougars were shot by senior Nathan Bidlack with nice 220 and 232 games for a season high 452 series. Senior Derek Fanning bowled a 181 game, while senior Troy Weaks and sophomore Ian Ellis each finished with a 171.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-96499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VW-Cougars_stacked-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/>The Cougars were down by 31 pins after the first game, won the second game by 31 to tie the match before the baker games before losing some momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelina is a great team,\u201d Van Wert head coach Seth Blackmore said. \u201cWe fought back in the second game but couldn\u2019t manage to get the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNathan Bidlack shot very well and I believe he will do very well the rest of the season. I\u2019m also confident the team will find their way and will win the rest of their WBL matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The junior varsity beat the Bulldogs 1893-1773, with Gabriel Sierra leading the way with a 323 series (161, 162). In the second game Sam Cassidy rolled a 170 game and Landon Nowak finished with a 142 game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great group of kids,\u201d Blackmore said. \u201cThey are always positive and if you have been to the matches you know they make some noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to add that I am very happy coach Hellman is back. He is a great coach, know the sport and can really communicate with the guys. Coach Hellman played a big role in the win and I\u2019m glad he\u2019s back with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert will host Ottawa Glandorf at 10 a.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information The Van Wert boys\u2019 bowling took on the Celina Bulldogs in Western Buckeye League action at Olympic Lanes on Saturday, with the varsity losing a tough match and the junior varsity posting a win. The varsity score was 2530-2459 and high scores of the day for the Cougars were shot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 10:01:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}