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The Forest City girls bowling team didn't just qualify for state in back-to-back years; the Indians dominated for their third birth to the state meet ....
Zarren EgesdalFebruary 22, 2021Last Updated: February 22, 2021 Photo by Nate Juhl - The Forest City Girls’ Bowling team competed at state for the second time in school history today. The Indians were last at state in 2018 when Shayne Hoeft finished 16th; the highest a girl has ever finished at state for Forest City – until today. Forest City junior Chiara Thompson rolled a career-high 429 series en route to a fourth-place state finish; her previous recorded career-high came earlier this season when she rolled a 405 series. She was 49 pins back of the state champion and 18 pins back of the third-place bowler. As a team, Forest City finished in a tie for 6th place with Charles City – both schools knocked down 2,492 pins. Louisa Muscatine won their fifth straight state championship scoring a 3,097. Camacnhce – who was the favorite coming in – finished in second place, scoring 3,024, Central DeWitt in third with 2,849, Vinton-Shellsburg in fourth with 2,73 ....