The Covington Catholic bowling team finished second at the KHSAA state tournament on Feb. 10 at Kingpin Lanes in Jeffersontown.
After being seeded 10th in the qualifying round, the Colonels won three matchups over Franklin County, Central Hardin and Apollo before falling to Trinity in the championship.
Simon Kenton’s boys won their first round matchup over Western Hills before losing to Apollo in the second round. Holy Cross did well in the qualifying round and entered the bracket as the No. 3 seed, but lost to Apollo in the first round of bracket play.
Individually, Boone County’s Maddox Kuryla finished fifth, Simon Kenton’s Tyler Blume placing seventh and Covington Catholic’s Dylan Davis in ninth. Campbell County’s Joshua Hitt finished 19th, Boone County’s Lucas Hug was 22nd, Newport Central Catholic’s Aiden Combs placed 25th and Cooper’s Tyler Ketron finished 29th. Kuryla and Blume just missed out on the final four stepladder, Kuryla 22 pins shy, Blume 61 pins short.
The girls’ state tournament and adapted and unified tournaments were postponed on Feb. 11 due to the inclement weather. The girls’ state tournament was rescheduled for Feb. 26 and the unified and adapted tournament rescheduled for Feb. 25.