Tuesday was a day of championships for Northern Kentucky bowlers in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association girls bowling tournaments.
Cooper won the state team championship, the first team championship in the 13-year history of the school. It is also the second in a row by a Northern Kentucky team after Campbell County won last year.
Highlands senior Abby Bach won the singles title, the first in Highlands girls bowling history and the second by a local bowler in the girls tourney.
The Camels and the Jaguars, both champions of different regions earlier this month, were two of the top three seeds in qualifying. Cooper dispatched rival Boone County in a rematch of the Region 5 final, then swept Central Hardin before finding themselves in high drama.
Cooper ousted the Camels 3-2 in the semis in a rematch of last year’s state final. The Jaguars took a 2-0 lead it the best-of-five Baker match, in which five teammates alternate frames in each game. Campbell won the next two, forcing a deciding fifth game, which Cooper won 203-169.
