The Boone County schools led the way in the KHSAA Region 6 high school bowling championships this week. County schools won all the regional titles.
The Boone County boys team and the Cooper girls bowling teams were team champions and will represent the region in the KHSAA state tournament beginning March 22.
Cooper’s Ranelle Ulanday and Ryle’s Dylan Inyart were the individual champions.
In the boys team event, Boone County was the two seed in qualifying and defeated No. 9 seed Beechwood in the finals. Beechwood also advances to the state tourney.
The Rebels won nine out of 10 Baker games in their three match wins, averaging 178 in those games.
Beechwood knocked off top-seeded Ryle 3-1 then No. 4 seed Dixie Heights 3-0 before losing to the Rebels in the final.
In boys singles, Inyart of Ryle defeated Andrew Ketron of Cooper 184-156 in the championship match. Ketron, the four seed, beat Ryle’s Tyler Atkinson 181-163 and Covington Catholic’s Charlie Smith 223-181 to advance to the final. Atkinson and Smith also advance to state.
Inyart was the top seed after shooting 1,053 in five games of qualifying (210.6 average). Smith was second at 993 (198.6).
Semifinal medalists were Aidan Vickers (Lloyd), Brayden Helton (Boone), Will Wehrle (Lloyd), Maddox Kuryla (Boone).
In the girls team tournament, Cooper, the top seed, rolled past rival Boone County 3-0 to win the championships. Both teams advance to state.
Cooper rolled through the bracket with a 9-0 record, averaging 178 in those Baker games.
Boone, the sixth seed, upset No. 3 seed Conner 3-0 and beat No. 7 seed Holy Cross 3-1.
Cooper's Ranelle Ulanday won another singles title, beating teammate Breana Brandt in the final, 227-128. Ulanday was the top seed in qualifying, scoring 1,033 in five games, a 206.6 average.
Brandt was the second seed with 972, a 194.4 average.
Cooper had three of the four individual state qualifiers. Jade Combs finished fourth to Emmee Depenbrock of Conner, who won 178-144 before falling to Brandt in the semifinals, 171-170.
Other semifinal medalists were Savannah Pence (Boone County), Madison Melvin (Ryle), Abree Young (Dixie Heights) and Emily Brennen (St. Henry).
Region 6 also sends four bowlers to the unified tournament.
Dixie Heights (Caitlin Reed and Rylee Phelps) was regional champion and the runner-up was from Beechwood (Hailey Noah and Gabe Grinsteinner). Noah is a reigning state champ in the unified division.
Region 5 will have its competitions March 15-17 at Super Bowl Erlanger. Region 5 has all the schools in Campbell County plus some Kenton County schools.
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