Brown hits hole-in-one

BELOIT — Gig Brown of East Liverpool hit his first hole-in-one Saturday during the West Branch Alumni Association Chili Open at Westville Lake Country Club

He used a 9-iron to ace the 130-yard sixth hole.

Witnesses were Jeff Wallace and Whitney Wallace of Salem and Clyde Davis of East Liverpool. It was the first hole-in-one at the course this year.

Jacksonville State bowlers regain title

PARMA HEIGHTS — The Jacksonville State women’s bowling team captured its second NCAA national title in three years.

The top-seeded Gamecocks defeated fourth-seeded Wichita State, 4-1, in the baker best-of-seven national championship match Saturday night at Yorktown Lanes. The Gamecocks lost to Youngstown State in the championship match last year.

After Wichita State closed the first game with six straight strikes for a 216-208 win, Jacksonville State took over by winning the final four games, 246-213, 240-196, 185-169 and 191-184.

Jacksonville State sophomore Erin Klemencic was named the most outstanding bowler with a 266 baker average during Friday’s first two rounds and she had five strikes during the championship match. The Gamecocks roster also includes sophomore Emma Yoder, who led Wooster Triway to its first state championhip in 2022 when she also was the Ohio Division II individual champion, and junior Abbie Leiendecker, a Wooster High School graduate.

The Gamecocks will compete for another national championship this week in Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the USBC’s Intercollegiate Team Championship and Intercollegiate Singles Championship.