Bowling: HCHS boys win second straight at Denison

 DENISON (Dec. 14) -- Bailey Schmitz paced a balanced Cyclone score sheet last Thursday as the Harlan Community boys bowling team won a competitive dual meet at Denison-Schleswig by the final of 2,564 pins to 2,488. Denison won the girls meet, 2,286 to 1,884.
 Rolling the Cyclones’ only 200 of the day, Bailey Schmitz finished with a two-game series of 372 (201, 171), followed by Lucas Schmitz (368), Devin Wilson (337) and Darren Stein (336). HCHS led by just 44 pins following the individual round at Denison’s Lucky Lanes, then increased the margin by 32 pins during the team-oriented Baker games.
 The Cyclones improved to 2-1 overall (1-1 Hawkeye Ten) while D-S dropped to 1-2 and 1-1, respectively.
 The girls dual was much less contested as Denison (3-0, 2-0) prevailed by 402 total pins, led by three series scores over 300. HCHS (0-3, 0-2 H-10) was led by Kenzie Jones with a 318 (161, 157) and Jayden Gessert’s 303 (149, 154).