The Salem Bowling Wildcats are regional champs after winning their post season opener at Salem Bowl with 6639 series. Also advancing as teams were Mascoutah, O’Fallon and Collinsville.
Salem senior Charlie Hunter was the individual champion shooting 1448 or a 241.33 average on the day. Colton Shoemaker finished with a 1315, Dominick Winkler 1313, Kannon King 1310 and Nick Gregg 1253.
Also advancing as individuals were Christ Our Rocks’ Rhett Runge, Centralia’s Blake Schriefer, Mater Dei’s Ryan Voss along with Breese Central’s Blake Horstmann and Colton Martin.
Salem and the individual qualifiers will advance to this weekend’s Collinsville Sectional. Also advancing to Collinsville from the Mount Vernon Regional were Herrin, Harrisburg, Carterville and Mount Vernon along with individual Heath Ellis from Woodlawn. Moving on from Jerseyville were the hosts, Hoopseston, Morton and Taylorville. And moving on from Columbia were Belleville East, Waterloo, West and Alton.
