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03-16-2012, 08:19 PM
A rivalry on the bowling lanes was galvanized Thursday by Boone County and Cooper, and the Cooper girls made history at the first-ever Region 6 varsity team championships at Super Bowl in Erlanger.
Cooper, the No. 4 seed, upset No. 2 Boone County, 3-1 in the best-of-five girls' final. The Jaguars won by scores of 168-141, 123-112 and 127-125 after dropping the first game, 158-134. It's the first regional title for a Cooper athletic team in the school's four-year history.
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"We played them twice during the season and lost to them both times, so this is amazing," Cooper senior Emilee Farnkopf said of the rival Rebels. "I think it was the screaming that did it."
Emily Bross, Cassie Cobb, Kateri Patton and Amber Roland teamed with Farnkopf to bring the Jaguars' their historic championship. Cooper surprised top-seeded Holy Cross to earn the final. Farnkopf earned an individual state berth on Tuesday.
"Being good now leads to progress to be great later on," Cobb said. "This is really good for our team."
Cooper coach Tim Frank agreed.
"This is the best day in Cooper bowling history," Frank said. "Winning the region the first year the sport is (sanctioned by the KHSAA) says a lot right there, and hopefully we'll get the funding we need to keep it going."
Cooper's girls ruined Boone County's attempted sweep of Thursday's team crowns. Earlier, the No. 2-seeded Rebels won the boys' championship with a come-from-behind win over the No. 1 Jaguars. Boone County dropped the first two games, 203-190 and 211-159, but rallied to win the final three by scores of 222-198, 239-216 and 201-188.
"It feels great to win. We were focusing on our shots and not over-thinking," said Boone's Jared Gilliam, who teamed with Cory Black, Brad Hightchew, Ryan Vickers and Sean Wadsworth for the win. Black and Hightchew had already earned individual state berths.
"Cory gave us a real good talk today after we lost that second game," Hightchew said. "He was trying to get everybody focused in and we bowled a lot better after that."
Both teams for Cooper and Boone qualified for next week's state championships at Executive Bowl in Louisville. The boys' tournament begins at 7:40 a.m. Thursday followed by the girls' start at 1:10 p.m.
Cooper boys' coach Gwyn Dicken is hoping the regional championships for the county teams rally financial support for the sport. The Cooper and Boone bowling programs were denied funding by their schools and had to show self-sufficiency before being permitted to compete this season. Dicken said it costs about $7,000 per season to run a program.
"We have to self-fund because the school turned us down and Boone got turned down, too," Dicken said. "We got big donations this year. But, in the future, we'll have to raise funds every year just to have a team. Hopefully, something like today will spur the county to take us on and fund us."http://preps.cincinnati.com/nky
Cooper, the No. 4 seed, upset No. 2 Boone County, 3-1 in the best-of-five girls' final. The Jaguars won by scores of 168-141, 123-112 and 127-125 after dropping the first game, 158-134. It's the first regional title for a Cooper athletic team in the school's four-year history.
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"We played them twice during the season and lost to them both times, so this is amazing," Cooper senior Emilee Farnkopf said of the rival Rebels. "I think it was the screaming that did it."
Emily Bross, Cassie Cobb, Kateri Patton and Amber Roland teamed with Farnkopf to bring the Jaguars' their historic championship. Cooper surprised top-seeded Holy Cross to earn the final. Farnkopf earned an individual state berth on Tuesday.
"Being good now leads to progress to be great later on," Cobb said. "This is really good for our team."
Cooper coach Tim Frank agreed.
"This is the best day in Cooper bowling history," Frank said. "Winning the region the first year the sport is (sanctioned by the KHSAA) says a lot right there, and hopefully we'll get the funding we need to keep it going."
Cooper's girls ruined Boone County's attempted sweep of Thursday's team crowns. Earlier, the No. 2-seeded Rebels won the boys' championship with a come-from-behind win over the No. 1 Jaguars. Boone County dropped the first two games, 203-190 and 211-159, but rallied to win the final three by scores of 222-198, 239-216 and 201-188.
"It feels great to win. We were focusing on our shots and not over-thinking," said Boone's Jared Gilliam, who teamed with Cory Black, Brad Hightchew, Ryan Vickers and Sean Wadsworth for the win. Black and Hightchew had already earned individual state berths.
"Cory gave us a real good talk today after we lost that second game," Hightchew said. "He was trying to get everybody focused in and we bowled a lot better after that."
Both teams for Cooper and Boone qualified for next week's state championships at Executive Bowl in Louisville. The boys' tournament begins at 7:40 a.m. Thursday followed by the girls' start at 1:10 p.m.
Cooper boys' coach Gwyn Dicken is hoping the regional championships for the county teams rally financial support for the sport. The Cooper and Boone bowling programs were denied funding by their schools and had to show self-sufficiency before being permitted to compete this season. Dicken said it costs about $7,000 per season to run a program.
"We have to self-fund because the school turned us down and Boone got turned down, too," Dicken said. "We got big donations this year. But, in the future, we'll have to raise funds every year just to have a team. Hopefully, something like today will spur the county to take us on and fund us."http://preps.cincinnati.com/nky
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