Smith, Crawford, Saints make state bowling
Bre Smith of Marion, Sam Crawford of Linn-Mar and the entire Xavier boys bowling team have qualified for the state meets in Des Moines next week.
Smith rolled a 360 series for the Marion Indians Tuesday and won the Class 2A state qualifier in Waverly.
Crawford bowled a 481 series for the Linn-Mar Lions at the Class 3A qualifier in Marshalltown and qualified for the state meet as an at-large participant.
The Xavier Saints captured the Class 2A qualifier in Clinton and posted the second-best qualifying score in the state Tuesday with a 3,234 tally. Mount Pleasant had the top score at 3256. Lewis Central, Fort Dodge, Sioux City North, Oelwein and Des Moines Hoover also qualified for the Class 2A state meet.
Brett Young of Xavier qualified for the Class 2A individual state tournament with a 458 series.
The Class 2A state meet will be held Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines. The Class 3A state meet will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Plaza Lanes.
This is the first year for a three-class state meet.
