Bowling: Brother Martin closes out unbeaten regular season with win over Rummel

Defending state bowling champion Brother Martin completed a third consecutive unbeaten regular season Thursday with a 25-2 victory over Archbishop Rummel at Bowlmor AMF All Star Lanes in Kenner.

The Crusaders (12-0) will begin defense of their state title March 21 in the regional tournament at AMF. The bi-regional tournament is March 29 and the state finals are April 8, both at All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge.

Jonathan Fernandez got Brother Martin going early with a 254 in the first game. He finished with a team-best 693 series. Max Oertling had a 226 final game for the Crusaders.

Alex Blanco led the Raiders (2-8) with a 563 series.

In other boys matches Thursday at AMF, Archbishop Shaw defeated St. Augustine 24.5-2.5, Jesuit took a 20-7 victory over Holy Cross and Holy Rosary topped Bonnabel 17-10.

In Shaw’s victory, Matthew Collins had a 692 series and Cadence Chesterman a 691. The Eagles (11-1) finished with a 3,455 team series.

Adam Francis’ 210 game and 553 series led Jesuit (6-4) against Holy Cross.

Holy Rosary (4-7) trailed 9-7 entering the third game before rallying to win seven of eight points in the final game, plus the three-point bonus for total pins.

Alex Dupuy had a 732 series – a high for any individual this season – on games of 258, 236 and 238.

At Bowling USA in Slidell, first-year program Salmen completed the regular season at 7-3 with an 18-9 victory over Chalmette.

Brandon Nguyen led the Spartans with a 665 series, including games of 249 and 248, as Salmen built an 8-0 lead after the first game and never looked back. Jack Stogner led the Owls with a 622.

In girls action at AMF, Cabrini swept through the first two games and took a 25-2 victory over Bonnabel. The Crescents are 8-2, one game ahead of Academy of Our Lady in the area standings.