Birch Run captures Tri-Valley Conference Championship in boys bowling

The Birch Run boys bowling team won the Tri-Valley Conference championship on Saturday at Crooked Creek Bowling Lanes, scoring 3,231 in the three-game series to easily beat runner-up Ovid-Elsie by 113 pins.

Birch Run junior Andy Williams captured the individual title in the boys tournament, rolling a 731. Eric Kniebbe (664) and Matt Hogan (645) each finished in the top 15 for the Panthers, who landed four of their bowlers on the All-Tri-Valley East first team.

"This was Andy's first year of any organized bowling," Birch Run coach Bob McKinnon said. "He put a lot of work in, went to camps and was in the bowling ally two or three times a week.

"He deserved it."