The Chugiak High School and Eagle River High School bowling teams exchanged games nearly point for point during the season's first head-to-head action between the two local teams at Jewel Lake Bowl Nov. 15.
The Wolves upended the Lady Mustangs 8.5-3.5, with the squad spreading their league-leading wealth around.
Eagle River's Laramie Rainer posted a team-high 213 points in the first game, Katye Griswold bowled 178 in the second, and Sarah Norton bowled 182 in game three.
Rainer's 213 game was the best of the week among six of the district's eight teams.
Eagle River also had the week's team scratch high games and series with 990 and 2,702, respectively.
Chugiak was led by Amber Jenkins, who rolled a match high 212 and 211 in games one and two en route to the week's best series of 595 pins. Teammate Mariah Hebbe had the week's third best series of 542.
Jenkins has the league's best average with a 198.33, Hebbe is fourth with 178.17, and Eagle River's Norton is fourth with 172.11.
On the boys' side, Chugiak made amends for the girls' team, besting Eagle River 8-4, with squad members Jordan Schneider, Brett Meddaugh and Taylor Irwin registering big scores. Schneider and Meddaugh rolled 208 and 200, respectively, in game one to jumpstart the Mustangs' day. Taylor then rolled a team-high 222 in game two, along with a 215 contribution from Schneider and 201 from Meddaugh.
Eagle River's Matt Bernnice posted a game-high 201 points, and the Wolves collected all four points in game three. Cruz Bozeman had his team's best tally of the day, with a 214 game, as part of the team's best game, a 990-team total in game three.
Current league standings through the season's first are as follows:
Girls — 1) Eagle River 30.5 win-5.5 loss, .847 average; 2) Dimond High School, 27.5-8.5, .763; 3) Bartlett High School, 16.5-7.5, .687; 4) West High School, 14-22,.33; 5) Service High School, 12-24, .333; 6) tie, East and South high schools, 7-17, .291; 8) Chugiak, 5.5-18.5, .229.
Boys — 1) Dimond, 31-5, .861; 2) West, 27-9, .750; 3) South, 13-11, .541; 4) Service, 19-17, .527; 5) tie, Bartlett and Chugiak, 9-15, .375; 7) Eagle River, 12-24, .333; 8) East, 0-24, .000.
Teams do not compete this week due to Thanksgiving, but will resume action Nov. 29 at Eagle River Bowl, where Eagle River takes on Bartlett, and Chugiak faces East.
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