Xavier Girls Bowling

Trcka named top bowler in Metro & MVC

Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Tara Trcka collected a couple of big honors Friday.

Trcka was named the Athlete of the Year for girls bowling in the Mississippi Valley Conference (Valley Division) and in the Metro area in voting by coaches.

Trcka was the defending Class 1A state champion, but finished eighth in Thursday's state meet at Des Moines. She had a 217-pin average during the season.

Nicole Petersen of Jefferson, Stacey Schwarzenstein and McKenzie Routhe of Linn-Mar, and Keely Pernicka of Washington joined Trcka as first-team selections on the all-MVC and all-Metro teams.

Jami Kadolph of Prairie was first team on the all-MVC team. Amanda Wiedemeier of Kennedy was first team all-Metro.

Russ Camacho, who guided Xavier back to the Class 1A state tournament, was MVC Valley Division Coach of the Year. Virg Cerveny, whose Jefferson team qualified for the 2A tournament, was the all-Metro Coach of the Year.

ALL-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Kristina Hochrein* (DW), Alexus Wilson* (WW), Stacey Schwarzenstein* (LM), Jordan Newman (WW), McKenzie Routhe (LM), Keely Pernicka (CRW).

SECOND TEAM: Makenzie Ruddy (WW), Canndace Newman (WW), Amber Ovel (WW), Amanda Wiedemeier (CRK), Shannon Koppes (ICH), Hillary Kapparos (DS).

HONORABLE MENTION: Mckenzie Dickerman (CRK), Ashley Hoppe (CRK), Ashley Duffy (CRW), Courtney Snodgrass (CRW), Amanda Lanser (DS), Jesssica McGrath (DS), Elizabeth Wareham (DW), Jesse Bahl (DW), Natalie Harapat (ICH), Emma Gingerich (ICH), Abbey Stenersen (LM), Brooke McMorran (LM), Jennifer Reynoza (WW), Mackenzie Allison (WW).

ALL-ACADEMIC: Amanda Gaffey (CRK), Mckenzie Dickerman (CRK), Cassie Ward (CRW), Nina Thompson (CRW), Courtney Chaffee (DS), Brittany Russo (DS), Alex Bahl (DW), Katelyn Weimerskirch (DW), Shannon Koppes (ICH), McKenzie Routhe (LM), Abbey Stenersen (LM), Jessica Cook (WW), Candace Newman (WW).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Kristina Hochrein (DW)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Rob Kunkle (WW)

VALLEY DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Tara Trcka* (CRX), Nicole Petersen* (CRJ), Jami Kadolph* (CRP), Katie Gruber* (DH), Trisa Edler (WE), Christine Holman (CF).

SECOND TEAM: Lisa Olberding (CRX), Abbey Konzen (CRX), Courtney Moore (CRJ), Rylea Bennett (CRJ), Kate Palmer (CRP), Liz Gonner (DH).

HONORABLE MENTION: Meghan Runyan (CF), Tanner Rhoads (CF), Laura Hemphill (CRJ), Jesse Alff (CRJ), Hailey Tollefson (CRP), Niona Bruce (CRP), Tyler Weger (CRX), Erica Fry (CRX), Bev Ambrosy (DH), Courtney Ryder (DH), Maria Shimon (ICW), Stacy Bowen (ICW), Olivia Ferrie (WE), Elizabeth Burge (WE).

ALL-ACADEMIC: Katie McDaniel (CF), Kaitlin Izer (CF), Marisa Fehlhafer (CRJ), Sarah Tortora (CRJ), Jami Kadolph (CRP), Tyler Weger (CRX), Erica Fry (CRX), Bev Ambrosy (DH), Liz Connolly (ICW), Tessa Walz (ICW), Elizabeth Burge (WE).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Tara Trcka (CRX)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Russ Camacho (CRX)

ALL-METRO

FIRST TEAM: Tara Trcka* (CRX), Nicole Petersen* (CRJ), Amanda Wiedemeier (CRK), McKenzie Routhe (LM), Stacey Schwarzenstein (LM), Keely Pernicka (CRW).

SECOND TEAM: Abbey Konzen (CRX), Courtney Moore (CRJ), Ashley Hoppe (CRK), Jami Kadolph (CRP), Kate Palmer (CRP), Courtney Snodgrass (CRW).

HONORABLE MENTION: Abbey Stenersen (LM), Brooke McMorran (LM), Rylea Bennett (CRJ), Jesse Alff (CRJ), Mckenzie Dickerman (CRK), Jessi Schottmer (CRK), Kelly Waters (CRW), Cassie Ward (CRW), Niona Bruce (CRP), Hailey Tollefson (CRP), Eric Fry (CRX), Lisa Olberding (CRX), Taylor Lamm (Marion), Blayke Brice (Marion).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Tara Trcka (CRX)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Virg Cerveny (CRJ)

* -- Unanimous selection

Trcka places 8th at state bowling meet

DES MOINES - Tara Trcka enjoyed a magical day at the girls state bowling tournament in 2011, but the Xavier High School junior never found the groove in this year's Class 1A meet.

Trcka rolled a three-game series of 579 Thursday and finished eighth in the individual standings. Trcka and the Saints placed seventh in the team competition.

Trcka bowled a 674 series last year in the state tournament as a sophomore to claim top honors, but her 579 total this year was a drop of 95 total pins.

Trcka had games of 204, 192 and 183 at Plaza Lanes. That's an average of 193 per game, compared to her regular-season mark of 215.9 that ranked No. 1 among all Class 1A bowlers in the state.

Leah Heim of West Delaware captured the Class 1A title with a 220-215-201--636 series.

Keokuk won the team championship with a final tally of 2,811 pins. Xavier was seventh at 2,537.

Abbey Konzen was Xavier's second-best bowler Thursday with a two-game series of 156-170--326. Tyler Weger finished at 176-134--310, followed by Lisa Olberding at 148-157--305, Erica Fry at 142-144--286 and Haley Jensen at 116-146--262.

CLASS 1A TEAM STANDINGS

1. Keokuk 2,811; 2. West Delaware 2,757; 3. Newton 2,668; 4. Denison-Schleswig 2,648; 5. Mount Pleasant 2,593; 6. Red Oak 2,559; 7. Xavier 2,537; 8. Camanche 2,383; 9. Oelwein 2,191; 10. Osceola Clarke 2,128.

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

1. Leah Heim, West Delaware, 220-215-201--636.
2. Tarah DeSotel, West Delaware, 203-219-192--614.
3. Emily Braga, Newton, 245-203-160--608.
4. Hope Seyb, Keokuk, 189-237-172--598.
5. Maddie Starman, Denison-Schleswig, 194-215-184--593.
6. Marlee Washburn, Keokuk, 203-201-186--590.
7. Paige Janssen, Denison-Schleswig, 211-212-166--589.
8. Tara Trcka, Xavier, 204-192-183--579.
9. Jody Schares, Waterloo Columbus, 188-223-125--536.
10. Morgan Derifield, Oelwein, 183-200-145--528.
11. Morgan Determan, Camanche, 179-204-138--521.

Trcka's 279 leads Xavier girls to state

Xavier junior Tara Trcka figured her chance at repeating as Class 1A state bowling champion went down the gutter when she threw a 148 in her first game in the regional tournament Thursday afternoon at Lancer Lanes.

She leads the state, after all, with a 217 average.

Like a true champion, however, she rebounded in her second game with 11 strikes and a near-perfect 279 score.

Trcka’s 427 series gave her the regional title and an automatic place among individuals in the state tournament next Friday in Des Moines.

To make the win even sweeter, she served as anchor for the Xavier girls team that copped the regional team trophy to also qualify for the state meet.  It will be the second time in three years for Coach Russ Camacho’s team to vie for the championship.

“I really didn’t think there was a chance I was going to qualify after that first game,” Trcka said.  “It was quite a relief that I got in.”

Last year she bowled poorly in the regionals due to a hand injury and barely squeezed into the state tournament field.  In her clutch second game Thursday she started with six strikes, then recorded a spare and finished with five more strikes.

The performance seemed to inspire her teammates as they put together a 947 Baker series for a total team score of 2635 to top the six-team field.

Camanche finished second with 2570, followed by DeWitt Central (2240), Marion (2110), Maquoketa (2094) and Bellevue (1753).

Taylor Lamm of Marion came in third in the individual competition with a 358 and Abbey Kunzen of Xavier was fifth with a 340.

“This was a total team win,“ Camacho said. “Tara is our leader, of course, but all the girls really improved this year.  “We kind of struggled out of the gate today and missed a lot of spares. But I’m so proud that the girls battled back.”

He said Trcka’s bounce-back high game motivated the others.

“The team relies on her when she’s on her game. It gives them confidence, and they feed off of each other.”

Series scores for the other members of the Xavier team included Haley Jensen (313), Erica Fry (308), Lisa Olberding (300) and Tyler Weger (260).

In the Class 1A boys regional competition, Camanche junior Kyle Gifford combined a 300 first game with a 278 to easily garner the individual title.

Camanche also took the boys team title with a 3337 score, followed by DeWitt Central (2954), Maquoketa (2944), Xavier (2817), Bellevue (2773) and Marion (2610).

Xavier rallies past Dubuque Senior girls bowlers

Xavier rallied from a three-pin deficit in the Baker round to beat Dubuque Senior, 2598-2562, Tuesday in girls bowling at May City Bowl.

Tara Trcka and Abbey Konzen fired series of 399 and 398, respectively, to lead Xavier. Konzen had high game of 223.

Xavier took control of the match with a 34-pin win in the fourth game of the Baker round.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (2562): Amy David 178-154--332, Alex Ostrander 178-159--337, Amanda Lanser 198-176--374, Courtney Chaffee 221-169--390, Jessica McGrath 165-161--326.

XAVIER (2598): Lisa Olberding 146-174--320, Abbey Konzen 223-175--398, Erica Fry 172-166--338, Tyler Weger 135-166--301, Tara Trcka 194-205--399.

First round - Dubuque Senior 1759, Xavier 1756. Baker round - Xavier 842, Dubuque Senior 803.