ROCKAWAY — The Chatham Cougars bowling team dropped another tough match to one of the conference's top teams on Thursday evening at Rockaway Lanes, this time to Morris Knolls, 7-0.
On a tough day for the Cougars, some bright spots included junior Brendan Kaufman's 202 game and senior Alex Monks' 213 game.
Monks, who has been red-hot lately, kept it up through his first two games but slowed in his third as fatigue may have played a factor in loss of ball speed. Monks shot a 164 in his third game and totaled a 558 series.
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Kaufman's 548 series was second best behind Monks, who led the Cougars.
The top performer on the day, though, sported green and black, as Morris Knolls' Samantha Hessler recorded a 648 series, including games of 233 and 246. John Rotella also looked impressive as he bowled two games over 200 for a 528 series.
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"Again we bowled one of the top four teams in the conference. Unfortunately, we lost 0-7, but Alex Monks had a nice 213 game and a nice series, Brandon Kaufman's 202 game was very impressive and Tommy DeVito was very consistent," Head Coach Craig Swartz said after the match.
Other Chatham scores included a 474 by junior DeVito and a 410 by freshman Bailey Bancroft.
"All in all we'll get ready for Delbarton next Tuesday. We should do well against Delbarton," Swartz added.
Chatham will see Delbarton at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Rockaway Lanes.
