The Otter varsity traveled to Brainerd on Nov 20, for the Class A Northern Regional, looking to earn a spot at the State Tournament.  The team averaged a strong 201 on the day, coming out of pool play as the number one seed, and winning their first two bracket matches.  The Otters would qualify for the State Tournament with a second place finish, dropping the final match to St Anthony/Edison.  Dylan Obowa (93%) and Matthew Tungseth (87%) were team-high for the Otters.

The MHSB JV State Tournament was held in Bloomington on Sunday, Nov 21.  Three Fergus Falls JV teams qualified, JV Black, JV Silver, and JV Maroon.  Kyle Korby (72%) led Maroon, Nathaniel Whistleon and Micah Gaines both filled at 62% to lead Silver, and Alayna Price (75%) and Kendra Koep (72%) were team-high for Black.  JV Black made it through to the bracket round, finishing in 8th place for the tournament.

The Varsity All-Conference Tournament was held in Bloomington, on Saturday, Nov 27.  Detroit Lakes’ Joe Skinner led the West Central (North) team with 88% fills, with Fergus Falls’ Dylan Obowa at 77%.

The Rising Stars Tournament, for the best 7th and 8th graders in the conference, was held in South St. Paul on Sunday, November 28.  Fergus Falls’ Nathaniel Whistleon (75%) led the Gold team, and Fergus Falls’ Kyle Korby (78%) was team-high for the Silver team.

MHSB team competition wrapped up on Sunday, Dec 5, in Mounds View, with the Class A State Tournament.  The Otter varsity had another good showing, cruising through the 10-game qualifying round, and then coming out of pool-play with the number two seed in the bracket round.  In the five plus hours of bowling, every team will have a hiccup, or two.  The Otters’ hiccup, unfortunately, happened in their first bracket match, and they were knocked out, and headed to the fifth-place, two-game shootout with the three other teams that lost their bracket match. The Otters finished with 395, taking fifth-place medal for the tournament.  Otter seniors, Dylan Obowa (91%), and Keisen Wick (85%), led the team in their final high school competition.