Holly Champion Now Bowling Master

April 16, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Michigan’s high school bowling community cheered Holly graduate Andrew Anderson as an MHSAA champion in 2013.

Now, it can celebrate him as a “master.”

Anderson bested a 360-bowler field to win his first Professional Bowlers Association Tour championship Sunday, finishing first at the United States Bowling Congress Masters in Syracuse, N.Y. The Masters is considered a major tournament on the PBA Tour schedule.

After completing qualifying, Anderson was one of 64 competitors to make the match play. He downed Alex Hoskins of Brigham, Utah, 213-199 in the championship match. Click to read more from USBC.

Anderson returned to Holly’s bowling team for the final six weeks of his senior season after previously making the match play at the MHSAA Finals as a freshman and advancing the quarterfinals as a sophomore. He won his Division 2 championship match as a senior by 112 pins. (Click for coverage of that 2013 tournament from Second Half.)

Anderson attends Davenport University and is in his first year as a member of Team USA. He also bowled three years as part of Junior Team USA.

PHOTO: Holly’s Andrew Anderson, holding his USBC Masters trophy. (Photo courtesy of USBC.)

Through the Years: Bowling 2004-16

August 23, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Bowling is one of the most recent additions to the slate of MHSAA tournaments, with just more than a decade of history as an association-sponsored sport.

But it's also one that continues to grow in popularity, with both girls and boys bowling setting participation records during the 2015-16 school year. 

Here's a look at the brief tournament history for the sport. This feature is from the spring issue of benchmarks, built and written by Rob Kaminski. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to our previous installments.

Previous installments 

August 19: Boys Ice Hockey - Read
August 16:
Girls Gymnastics - Read
August 12:
Boys/Girls Swimming & Diving - Read
August 9:
Football - Read
August 5:
Girls Volleyball - Read
August 2:
Boys Soccer - Read
July 30:
Boys Cross Country - Read
July 26:
Girls Cross Country - Read
July 22:
Boys/Girls Lacrosse - Read
July 19:
Boys/Girls Tennis - Read
July 15:
Boys/Girls Golf - Read
July 12:
Girls Soccer - Read
July 8:
Boys Track & Field - Read
July 5:
Girls Track & Field - Read
July 1:
Baseball - Read
June 28:
Softball - Read