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Bobcats back on home lanes

Members of the Paul Smith’s College bowling team gathers for a photo prior to their home match against Adirondack Community College on Thursday at Romano’s Saranac Lanes. It was the first time in three seasons the Bobcats hosted an opponent. Front row from the left: Dana Tompkins, head coach Phil Muha, Chris Beckwith and Jon Herrman. Back row from the left: Kyle Martin, Frank Keegan, Ben McInerney, Kalei Fenn and coach Rod Bushey. (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

SARANAC LAKE — It had been three years since the Paul Smith’s College bowling team hosted an opponent in its home house at Romano’s Saranac Lanes.

When they finally got to compete at home again on Thursday, the Bobcats emerged as the winners against Adirondack Community College.

In a match that started with members of each team bowling five three-game sets, and the squads then combining forces for five “Baker” games, the Bobcats outpointed the Timberwolves by a 3,534-3,403 total score.

Kyle Martin of Paul Smith’s took top honors with games of with games of 233, 223 and 238 for a 694 total.

The Timberwolves grabbed the next two sports, with Zack Bosford finishing runner-up with a 613 and his brother Scott Bosford taking third with a 590 score.

Paul Smith’s College senior Kyle Martin sends his ball down the lane during warm ups prior to Thursday’s match against Adirondack Community College. Martin had the high three-game score of the day, finishing with a 694 total. (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Kalie Fenn was fourth overall for Paul Smith’s after rolling games of 193, 213 and 171 for a 577 total.

Also competing for the ‘Cats were John Herrman, who finished with a 509 total; Ben McInerney and Chris Beckwith, who combined for a 518 total; and Frank Keegan, Dana Tompkins and Mark McHugh, who teamed up to roll a 452.

The ‘Cats won the three-game series competition 2,730-2,570. The Timberwolves then turned the tables in the Baker event, a five-game competition where bowlers on each team throw two frames each per game. Adirondack won that competition 834-804. The scores from the two events were then added together, which gave Paul Smith’s the overall victory by a 131-pin margin.

Also competing for the Timberwolves were Jacob Nix, Victoria Bosford and Nick Scott.

Paul Smith’s also topped the Timberwolves in the same format in a contest held Jan. 31 in South Glens Falls.

Thursday was the final regular season contest for Paul Smith’s, which will look to nail down its fourth straight Yankee Small College Conference title in that league’s postseason championship, which will be held in Augusta, Maine April 5-7.

Three seniors, Martin, Beckwith and Tompkins, were making in their final regular season appearance for Paul Smith’s.

Beckwith, who hails from Edmeston, New York, is in his fifth and final season bowling for the Bobcats.

“It’s going to be sad to walk away from the team, but they have a really promising team stepping up from the junior levels,” said Beckwith, a team tri-captain. “I think they have a really good future.”

Beckwith said that for him personally, it doesn’t make much of a difference whether he is bowling at home or on the road. For the most part, he said it’s just been enjoyable participating in college athletics.

“Where we compete really doesn’t matter to me,” Beckwith said. “A lane is a lane, a pattern is going to be a pattern, but getting to actually host something in our community and let people see what we’re doing, and getting the word out that Paul Smith’s has a bowling team that’s actually competing around this area, that’s a good thing.

“I’m an Army veteran so coming back to college after 10 years and getting to partake in college athletics is something I’ve really enjoyed,” he added. “Bowling, it’s a passion of mine, so getting to participate at the college level is really an honor to me.”

Paul Smith’s coach Phil Muha said he expects about six of his bowlers to be back at Romano’s Saranac Lanes today for the Bowl for the Cure event, which is a benefit to fight breast cancer. Competition runs most of the day starting at noon, and the public is invited. Slots are available in two-hour intervals beginning at 12 p.m. The cost is $20 and includes three games and bowling shoes, or people can also stop by and donate.

For more information, call Romano’s at 891-8301.

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