Rziha and Nelson each posted 200-plus games in the first game and then Fryberger and Mayberry came through with 200-plus games of their own in the second game. Her teammates, meanwhile, delivered time and time again. Last year's Class 5-1A state champion, Kaylin Wahlmeier took eighth at this year's meet but got a team state championship instead. Wahlmeier closed with a 237 game that vaulted her into the top 10 individually, taking eighth with a 584 series. They were picking me up and I knew I could pick them up too.” “But I was watching my teammates do so well and excel while I was struggling. “When I was struggling and just trying to pick up as many pins as I could, I did get a little upset,” she said. And when she followed with a 171, her title chances were pretty much over.īut seeing her teammates thrive while she struggled to find her groove kept her head up. Wahlmeier’s bid to repeat faced a serious uphill battle when she opened with a 176 game that left her 29 thgoing into the second game. But she admitted, she felt the burden of wearing the title of reigning state champion. She answered the bell throughout the season, holding the top average in the state during the regular season at 209. “It was very shocking.”Īnd it also set the bar high for Wahlmeier this season. “I was not expecting that at all,” she said. Last year, Wahlmeier had one of those stellar state performances, shocking herself when she claimed the individual state title as a sophomore with a monstrous 752 series. Great Bend freshman Zoey Mayberry came through with arguably her best performance of the season, finishing sixth individually to lead five Panther state placers as they captured the Class 5-1A state championship. “They’ve won just about everything we’ve gone into, the Great Plains, the WAC and then we bowled extremely well today at state.” “I’ve got five super-strong girls that have bowled really hard and really well all year,” Feldbauer said. The result? All five of those Panthers – Wahlmeier, senior’s Sahara Rziha and Aliyah Fryberger, junior Emilee Nelson and freshman Zoey Mayberry – earned state medals with top-20 individual finishes. Just as importantly, none had a particularly off game with the lowest score from any of the five a 160 game. Great Bend’s top-five bowlers combined for seven tenpins games of 200 or better.
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Great Bend's Kaylin Wahlmeier celebrates a strike during the Baker session of Thursday's Class 5-1A state tournament.ĭepth has been the Panthers’ key all season and that depth was on full display at the state meet. The Panthers won the Great Plains Invitational at Northrock in late January, topping a loaded 33-team field by nearly 400 pins and claimed the Western Athletic Conference title over 6A power Garden City. Third at state a year ago and runner-up in 2021, Great Bend had finished just 21 pins behind Salina South at last week’s regionals but already had shown enough throughout the regular season to know it had what it took to win the state championship. We battled a few tears, but we made it work and I’m proud.” We were battling all the way through and they kept their head in it and were throwing good balls all day. “We didn’t do the best we’ve ever done, but the girls came together and had strong series,” Great Bend coach David Feldbauer said. Placing five individuals in the top 20, Great Bend finished with a 3,161 total and topped South by 83 pins for the team championship. The Panthers built a 61-pin lead over defending champion Seaman coming out of the three tenpin games and then steadily pulled away from Seaman and hard-charging Salina South to capture the state championship. Getting contributions across the board, Great Bend started strong and got better and better as the day went along. Great Bend certainly could be proud of the effort the Panthers put forward Thursday at Northrock Lanes. “Individually, it’s a little more self-proud. “It’s about the same,” Wahlmeier said after helping Great Bend to its first state championship since 2017 after taking the individual state title last year as a sophomore. The hardware might have been a little different but the feeling wasn’t all that different. Instead of wearing the gold medal around her neck, the Great Bend junior cradled the team state championship trophy in her arms. WICHITA – The hardware Kaylin Wahlmeier carried around Northrock Lanes following the completion of Thursday’s Class 5-1A state bowling championships was a little heavier than the one she collected in 2022.
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