Bowling Runner-Up at Region 3 Championships

CONTACT: Adam Sopris, a.sopris@hvcc.edu, 518-629-7898 or 518-416-2137
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Saturday, February 18, 2023

The Hudson Valley Community College bowling program earned a second-place finish at the 2023 NJCAA Region 3 Championships, hosted by Mohawk Valley at the Kingpin Lanes in Rome, NY.

SUNY Erie won the Region 3 Men's title with a total score of 9,228 and the HVCC men's program finished runner-up with a final score of 8.480. As a team, they finished the Baker games portion in second with a score of 1,043.

Individually, the Vikings were led by Willis Bickford, who won the Singles Championship with a score of 853. Bickford also placed second overall in the All-Events standings after posting an official score of 1,650.

Parker Brown also had a tremendous singles portion as he placed third overall with a score of 835. Bickford and Brown teamed up for the Doubles portion of the Championships and placed third with 1,609 pins.

AJ Wilcox finished 18^th in the singles portion with 673 pints and 13^th in the doubles portion of the tournament as he teamed up with Sean Howlan, totaling 1,305. Howland added 636 pins in the singles portion.

Joseph Minehan placed 27^th with 618 points, Isabella Guyer placed 32^nd overall in the singles session with 563 pins HVCC alternates Alexa Schillinger and Christopher Hertle bowled well as Schillinger had a 525 and Hertle bowled a 510 in the singles portion.

The bowling program will now focus their efforts on preparing for the NJCAA National Championships on March 2-4^th in Cheektowaga, NY.