SETH KNIPE
Longwood, Sr.
His 225.08 average was the fifth-best in Suffolk. Knipe rolled an 800 series on Dec. 8 and qualified for the Suffolk All-Star team. He bowled a 225 or better in 15 of his 39 games and had nine series of 600 or higher.
Seth Knipe, Longwood, Sr.
He has the third-best average in Suffolk with a 232.58. The senior bowled an 800 series on Dec. 8 against Southold with a 268 in Game 1, a 265 in Game 2 and a 267 in Game 3. – Jan. 9
PERILLO, SMITHTOWN NIP SACHEM FOR TITLE
Kersich, Peter. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 13 Feb 2022:
That was the margin of victory that separated the top two teams at the Suffolk boys bowling team championship Saturday after six games.
Smithtown totaled 1,032 pins in Game 6 to outlast Sachem, 6,352-6,350, at Bowlero Sayville and claim its first county title since 1994. Comsewogue finished 12 pins behind Smithtown with a total of 6,340 and Longwood placed fourth (6,309).
“I still haven’t processed everything yet,” Smithtown coach Rob Aplin said. “For them to grind it out and do what they did is remarkable.”
Kyle Perillo had a high game of 279 in Game 5 of a 1,472 six-game series, Joshua Bholan added a 247 in Game 1 of a 1,245 series, Joshua Holcomb rolled a 246 in Game 2 of a 1,242 series and Tim Schiraldi bowled a 238 in Game 2 of a 1,209 series. Perillo also had games of 237, 206, 235, 269 and 246.
“This is my sixth year on this team,” said Perillo, a senior. “Five years in a row we have been so close, but haven’t been able to come out on top. This year we got it.”
Smithtown concluded the regular season with a 15-1 record and had the highest pin total (50,869) of any team in Suffolk. The team sat in fourth place after Game 5 and trailed first-place Longwood by 57 pins.
“Everyone seemed to find their groove in the last game, and it was enough,” Bholan said. “One spare or one miss could have changed things completely. It’s really mind-boggling that’s what it came down to.”
West Islip’s Tim Smith, who set the state record for both the most 300 games in a season (4) and highest average (251.31), will lead a group of six Section XI All-Stars that will compete as a team in the state championship on Saturday, Mar. 12 at AMF Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse. Smith will be joined by Matthew Sundberg (East Islip), Nick Walker (Sachem), Kieran Carney (Commack), Seth Knipe (Longwood) and Stephen Russell (Central Islip).
Smithtown will represent Section XI in the state’s Division I team tournament on Sunday, March 13.
“Going into this season we kept saying that this was going to be our year. That doesn’t change going up to states,” Bholan said. “This is our year, and this isn’t the end.”
Sundberg rolls Suffolk to 2nd: East Islip bowler has 300 game at state tourney
Morris, Gene. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 13 Mar 2022
SYRACUSE – Matthew Sundberg couldn’t have gotten off to a better start Saturday at the state bowling championship at Strike ‘N Spare Lanes.
The East Islip eighth grader, bowling alongside five seniors as a part of the Suffolk All-Star team, came out of the gate with strike after strike and didn’t stop until he finished off his second 300 game of the season.
“I was very, very impressed,” coach Doug Dwyer said. “I figured the lights, the big show, it might get to him but he came right out and rolled a 300 which is an insane way to start your state career. Knowing how good he is and he’s only in eighth grade it’s great because we can have him back for four more years.”
Sundberg’s 300 helped the Suffolk team put up the highest single game score of the day on the way to finishing second overall behind the All-Star team from Section V. Suffolk had a six-game total of 6,676, finishing 34 pins behind.
“I wasn’t really nervous,” Sundberg said. “It was just great that I was able to come up here and get a chance to bowl with all these guys.”
Sundberg wasn’t the only Suffolk bowler to put up a big score in the first game. West Islip’s Tim Smith rolled a 268, Stephen Russell of Central Islip had a 261 and Kieran Carney of Commack had a 245.
“We came out and had a 1,296 and it was absolutely awesome but to try and keep that pace was impossible,” Dwyer said. “Game three hurt us – we got lost in the transition and the breakdown of the lane at the end of game two and the beginning of game three and it cost us.”
Russell’s first game was his best of the day. His 1,427 six-game series was the second highest in the championship.
“It really meant a lot to me to be a senior and to come out here and compete with these guys,” Russell said. “They’re the best in the state but it was still heartbreaking to lose by 34 pins.”
Carney’s 1,360 series was fourth overall and Smith’s 1,317 was ninth best.
“It was amazing to be here with this kind of crowd,” Smith said. “It was actually more than my expectations and we had a chance to get the win.”
Longwood‘s Seth Knipe chipped in with a high game of 256 in the final game and Nick Walker of Sachem added a 222 in the first game.