Coronado boys, Silverado girls capture bowling titles
Coronado’s bowling team needed just seven pins from its anchor bowler on the day’s final roll to capture the pivotal total pin count against Arbor View on Wednesday afternoon.
Sergio Torres, a junior, wasn’t thinking numbers at the time because he was aiming to strike the whole time.
“To be honest, I’m not a very big math person,” he said. “So I was just thinking, ‘I have to strike on this last ball, or else we’ll lose.’ I had no clue (how many pins we needed).”
Torres’ strike, his sixth of the third and final game, helped the Cougars to a 2,320-2,316 total pin advantage and a 7-2 win over the Aggies in the Division I state boys final at The Orleans.
Coronado, which lost the final game by seven pins, claimed its first bowling title because of the four-pin advantage from all three games combined.
“A close game, for a bowler and a team, is the most adrenaline-rushing and nail-biting moment you can ever feel,” Torres said. “This is one of the biggest bowling accomplishments I’ve had in my life. I’m happy right now. It’s surreal. I don’t know what to say right now, honestly.”
Torres rolled a match-high 238 in the opening game to help the Cougars to a 843-836 win. In the second, his team-best 213 gave Coronado a 751-747 win.
In the girls final, Silverado won its third consecutive state title and fourth in six years by sweeping Shadow Ridge 9-0.
The Skyhawks rolled the second-highest game score ever with an 862 in the second game. Only the 2008 Coronado girls (876) have rolled a higher score.
Senior Michelle Matsumoto, who finished with a match-high 611 series, rolled a 234 in the second game.
Contact reporter Ashton Ferguson at aferguson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0430. Follow him on Twitter: @af_ferguson.
