ESTEVAN - A young athlete competing out of Estevan Bowl recently captured a Youth Bowling Canada 10-pin provincial championship at home.
Kadence Kraushaar of Estevan finished first in the bantam girls' division with a five-game total of 776, finishing 324 points ahead of Teal Bramham, also of Estevan, whose total was 452.
Kraushaar opened with a 157 and had her best score in her second game with a 222. Then she recorded a 148, 124 and 125.
Bramham's best game was her second with a 107.
In bantam boys, Ethan Kwitkoski of Hunter's Eastview Bowling in Saskatoon won with a five-game total of 612, finishing 16 pins ahead of Louis Ley of Estevan.
Ley saved his best for last with a 138 in the fourth game and a 148 in the fifth to close the gap on Kwitkoski, who had a big lead after a 165 in the third game.
Archer Kosior of Estevan was third with a total of 500. His best score was in the second game with a 114.
Charles Howard-Smith of Estevan was fifth with a 456, including a 113 in the fifth game.
In senior boys, Cooper Buniak of Eastview was first with a 1,027, 12 points ahead of Nicholas Young of Estevan, who had a total of 1,015, and 10 further clear of Danyck Belanger of Estevan, who finished with a 1,005 total.
Buniak's best score was a 279 recorded in his third game. He closed strong with a 211 in the final contest.
Young had a 244 in his third game and also recorded a 211 in the fifth game. Belanger had a narrow lead entering the fifth game thanks to a 225 to start at a 256 in the third round, but closed with a 182.
In senior girls, Samantha Bloos of the Glencairn Bolodrome in Regina had the top score with a 1,002, highlighted by a 234 in the first game.
In the junior girls' division, Hanna Campbell from Fairhaven Bowl in Saskatoon took top spot with a five-game total of 782. She had the top two scores in the division with a 180 in her second game and a 176 in her fourth. Fairhaven bowlers swept the top three positions.
In junior boys, Keaton Bodnarchuk, also of Fairhaven, finished first with a five-game total of 796, highlighted by a 211 in the final game, the highest score on the day.
Soren Peterson of Estevan was sixth, finishing with a five-game score of 671. His best game was a 180 in the third.
Zach Belitski of Estevan was eighth, with a 664, recording three straight scores of 140 to finish the day; Kohen Brandon of Estevan had a 165 in the fifth game to finish with a 626 and finish ninth; and Tristan Boles of Estevan was 12th with a 509, including two scores of 122.
