Lincoln won both the boys’ and girls’ team Baker championships during the Leon County Bowling Championship on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Capital Lanes, while Nathan Smith and Chrissy Lastinger led the individual standings.
The championship featured two competitions: individual three-game scoring and team Baker match play. In the individual competition, bowlers were ranked by their combined pin totals across three games. The team competition used a single-elimination bracket with Baker matches decided by the best three of five games.
Lincoln Leads Team Competition
Lincoln A finished atop the boys’ qualifying standings with 2,893 pins across three games, followed by Rickards A with 2,736 and Chiles A with 2,708. Lincoln A posted its highest score in the opening game, knocking down 1,021 pins.
Lincoln B placed fourth with 2,214 pins, while Leon A finished fifth with 1,894 and Chiles B placed sixth with 1,808.
On the girls’ side, Lincoln A led the qualifying standings with 2,084 pins. Rickards A finished second with 2,041, followed by Lincoln B with 1,870 and Rickards B with 1,567. Godby A recorded 1,328 pins, while Chiles A finished with 1,089 and Leon A with 547.
Lincoln A advanced to the boys’ championship match after receiving a first-round bye and defeating Lincoln B, which had opened the tournament with a win over Leon A. In the other semifinal, Chiles A defeated Chiles B before knocking off Rickards A to secure its place in the final. Lincoln A ultimately defeated Chiles A to claim the boys’ Baker championship.
On the girls’ side, Lincoln A defeated Rickards B in the semifinal to advance to the championship match. On the opposite side of the bracket, Rickards A defeated Lincoln B to secure its place in the final. Lincoln A ultimately claimed the girls’ Baker championship, edging Rickards A in a dramatic 10-9 roll-off.
Smith, Lastinger Lead Individual Standings
Chiles’ Nathan Smith topped the boys’ individual standings with 658 pins over three games. Smith recorded scores of 181, 235 and 242, finishing with the highest individual total of the championship.
Lincoln’s Dylan Fell placed second with 616 pins, followed by Lincoln’s Devin Mortham with 612. Rickards’ John Nance finished fourth with 603, and Rickards’ Jayden Peterson rounded out the top five with 578.
Chiles’ David Potampa followed in sixth with 577 pins, just one behind Peterson, while Lincoln’s Caleb Moore finished seventh with 573. Lincoln’s Kale Hurd placed eighth with 571, Rickards’ Dylan Gillilan was ninth with 560, and Chiles’ Asa Wilson completed the top 10 with 554.
On the girls’ side, Lincoln’s Chrissy Lastinger led the standings with 557 pins. Lastinger opened with a 211 in the first game, followed by 163 and 183.
Rickards’ Grace Lee finished second with 520 pins, while Chiles’ Kendall Kessinger placed third with 441. Lincoln’s Ella Webb recorded 427 pins for fourth, and Lexi Newton finished fifth with 409.
Lincoln’s Charley Nesmith placed sixth with 406 pins, followed by Rickards’ Kaylee Jeon and Jadira Brooks, who tied with 400. Rickards’ Acadia Taylor finished ninth with 397, and Lincoln’s Medha Shanbhag rounded out the top 10 with 386.
The championship brought together bowlers from Leon County schools for a day of individual scoring and team competition, with Lincoln A emerging as the winner in both Baker brackets. Leon County bowlers will return to action Oct. 19 as the postseason gets underway with district competition at Capital Lanes in Tallahassee.
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