Sterling and Kinney shine for Generals at regionals

UTICA, NY – The Herkimer Generals bowling program traveled to AMF Pin-O-Rama for the third time this season on Sunday (2/14), this time for the Region III Championship Tournament, finishing in fourth and seventh place overall, seeing some solid individual performances.

For the women, Korena Kinney (Taberg, NY) and Alysha Buck (Syracuse, NY) placed well, watching Kinney finish in the Top 10 with a 1309 in All-Events. The freshman bowled a 660 in singles, then paired with Buck to bowl a 540 in doubles. As for Buck, the sophomore placed 19^th in All-Events. Helping her to that was a 694 in singles which was good enough for eighth place and a 506 in doubles.

Rounding out the women was Molly McGuire (Solvay, NY), Megan Durgan (Rome, NY) and Ashley Salisbury (Sherrill, NY). McGuire finished 20^th in All-Events (1235), Durgan finished 21^st (1224) and Salisbury finished in 28^th (1161).

Standing out for the men was sophomore Marshall Sterling (Mohawk, NY), finishing 12^th overall after a 771 in singles and 559 in doubles. Behind Sterling was Matt Gladstone (Solvay, NY) in 13^th place. The freshman totaled 1494 in All-Events, bowling a 694 in singles and 800 in doubles when he paired with Brendon Budd (Solvay, NY). Budd finished 27^th in All-Events after a 711 in singles and 690 in doubles.

The final three male bowlers were Hunter Guest (Middleburgh, NY), Ean Hayner (Kingston, NY) and Stephen Cross (Ilion, NY). Guest finished 30^th in All-Events (1381), Hayner finished 47^th (1279) and Cross finished 52^nd (1174).

The bowling program will continue their season next week at Airport Lanes in Cheektowaga, NY. Erie Community College will be the host for the 2016 National Bowling Championship. The three day competition will begin on Thursday, March 25^th and conclude on Saturday, March 27^th.

HERK Men All-Events (7^th Overall, 8016 Pins): 12^th Marshall Sterling 1521, 13^th Matt Gladstone 1494, 27^th Brendon Budd 1401, 30^th Hunter Guest 1381, 47^th Ean Hayner 1279, 52^nd Stephen Cross 1174

Singles: 9^th Marshall Sterling 771, 21^st Brendon Budd 711, 26^th Matt Gladstone 694, 28^th Ean Hayner 691, 40^th Hunter Guest 655, 50^th Stephen Cross 594

Doubles: 8^th Gladstone & Budd 1490, 19^th Sterling & Cross 1330, 23^rd Guest & Hayner 1314

HERK Women All-Events (4^th Overall, 7103 Pins): 10^th Korena Kinney 1309, 19^th Alysha Buck 1245, 20^th Molly McGuire 1235, 21^st Megan Durgan 1224, 28^th Ashley Salisbury 1161

Singles: 8^th Alysha Buck 694, 12^th Korena Kinney 660, 22^nd Molly McGuire 618, 24^th Megan Durgan 599, 33^rd Ashley Salisbury 544 

Doubles: 8^th Durgan & McGuire 1242, 10^th Kinney & Buck 1200

-Giorgio Varlaro