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 2,739, Dubuque Wahl
Zarren EgesdalFebruary 17, 2021Last Updated: February 17, 2021 Photo by Nate Juhl -
Forest City was last at the state tournament in 2018, when Shayne Hoeft finished 16th overall.
The Indians are heading back to the state tournament after Kali Johnson, Haley Wood, Chiara Thompson, and Tori Warren finished first through fourth individually, respectively. The state qualifying meet was held in LeMars yesterday.
Last year the Forest City boys competed at state and finished 6th overall. Chiara Thompson’s brother, Connor, finished 5th in the state. Chiara and teammate Kali Johnson were both named to all-district teams.
This year, Johnson and Thompson, along with Wood and Warren, will all have their chance to compete for an individual title, and they, along with two other bowlers, will help the Indians compete for a team title.