SSU men's bowling program remains in solid position; finishes seventh in 20-team Raider Classic following Day 2 efforts

DAYTON, Ohio -- The men's bowling program at Shawnee State continues to enjoy a strong start to the 2025 season -- as the Bears rounded out a highly respectable showing by knocking down 3,121 pins in its 16 Baker contests Sunday at the Raider Classic to ultimately amass 8,252 pins in all over two consecutive days, finishing seventh in a strong 20-team field at the traditionally strong, Dayton, Ohio-based event.

The Bears, who finished seventh in the 20-team event with its 8,252-pin total, bested Cleary (Mich.), Wright State, Cumberland (Tenn.), Huntington (Ind.), Baldwin Wallace, Akron, Campbellsville, Thomas More, Ohio Northern, Dayton, Tiffin, Penn State-Burks and Miami (Ohio). Shawnee State was one of just 10 teams in the event to bowl above the 8,000-pin mark, and finished just 117 pins back of a top-four finish in the field.

In Baker play, Shawnee State more than held its own, starting strong over the first three Baker sets by nabbing eight games above 200 pins over its first 12 affairs.

SSU immediately started off Baker play in a massive manner, dropping 231 pins over its first Baker, and continued that strong form over the first three-quarters of the day, posting 201 pins in Game 3, then three consecutive Baker contests of 222, 217 and 221 markers in Games 6 through 8. Not satisfied with settling for just five 200-plus Baker games over its first eight frames, the SSU men's bowling squad then nabbed three straight Bakers above 200 again by collecting 209, 213 and 208 pulls in Games 10 through 12 to make it eight Baker games above 200 over its first 12 affairs.

Overall, the Shawnee State men's bowling program averaged 204.25, 208.75, and 203.75 pins over its first three sets of Bakers -- completing another promising output that will certainly continue to build on Shawnee State's case for a second consecutive USBC Sectional bid, and third overall.

Individual results for the varsity program are located here.

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Behind the SSU varsity program, the Shawnee State junior varsity finished sixth overall by nabbing a total of 7,176 pins. The Bears collected three Baker contests above 200 in all, including fantastic markers of 235 in Game 1 and a terrific 256 in Game 3. SSU added in a 209 in Game 14 to round out the JV squad's best Baker showings.

In all, Shawnee State's JV unit posted a terrific 213.25 pin average in the first set of Bakers and ultimately knocked down 2,927 pins for the day -- 853 of them coming in that first set of Bakers.

Individually, Isaac Halter's 939 pins and Rece Allen's 933 markers led the SSU JV squad. Allen nabbed marks of 223, 207 and 196 pins, respectively, in Games 2, 3, and 4 -- while Halter dropped 204, 214 and 199 pins in Games 2, 3, and 4. Halter averaged 187.8 pins over his five individual games, while Allen posted a 186.6 average.

Ashton Heckman's 195 in Game 2 also stood out for Shawnee State.