The Reeths-Puffer girls bowling team seems to be heating up in the stretch run of the season.
The Rockets had a very strong outing on Saturday, finishing as runner-up at the Mona Shores Invitational.
R-P finished in third place out of 17 teams in the preliminary rounds and advanced to the championship round.
The Rockets defeated Cedar Springs and Whitehall in the first two playoff rounds before falling to Grand Haven in the finals.
The R-P girls with their trophy from the Mona Shores Invitational
Bianca Kammers had a great day individually, finishing third overall with games of 152, 218 and 204 for a 574 series.
Brenna Ackerman finished with a 445 series, followed by Brook Buchan (411), Hailey Johnsen (390) and Rowan Bluhm (358).
The Rockets continued their success on Monday with an easy 29-1 victory over Fruitport.
The girls picked up 10 easy points by winning both baker rounds, then cleaned up by winning 9 of 10 games in the singles rounds.
Bianca Kammers
Johnsen, Bluhm, Buchan and Kammers won games in Round 1 while Johnsen, Buchan, Kammers, Ackerman and Mackenzie Carr won games in Round 2.
Kammers had the high game for R-P with a 214.
The Reeths-Puffer boys team did not fare quite as well.
The Rockets finished 15th out of 21 teams in the preliminary rounds at the Mona Shores Invitational. Quinn Alderink was the top Rocket with scores of 186, 162 and 153 for a 501 series. Carter Hekkema rolled a 497 series while Liam Copenhaver came in at 485.
The R-P boys followed that with a close 16.5-13.5 loss to a good Fruitport team on Monday.
The Rockets were outscored 6-4 in the baker rounds, then struggled in the first round of singles, being outscored 4-1. Liam Copehaver had R-P’s sole victory in Round 1.
Reeths-Puffer rebounded in Round 2 of singles play, winning four games (Copenhaver, Hekkema, Tanner Bahr, Ryleigh Beebe) and tying one (Alderink).
Alderink had the high game score for the Rockets with a 201.
