Boys Bowling: Jesuit hands Patrick Taylor first loss; Rummel, PJP win

In a bowling match that was much tighter than the final score suggests, Jesuit defeated Patrick Taylor 22-5 Thursday at AMF All Star Lanes in Kenner.

Jesuit (4-1) led 7-1 after the first game, with every match decided by 14 pins or fewer. The Blue Jays had an 1,189-1,165 edge in total pins.

The total pins margin grew slightly, to 40, after the second game in which the teams split six individual matches.

Finally, Jesuit pulled away in the final game, shooting an 1,177, led by Luke Wood’s 243 and Ben Hunn’s 223.

The Blue Jays’ back half of their lineup provided great consistency. Wood (650), Gary Sims (651, including a 259 middle game) and Hunn (653) helped lead Jesuit to a 3,515 team series.

Preston Jones led the Tigers with a 624 series. Patrick Taylor (4-1) became the last New Orleans-area boys bowling team to lose a match this season.

Archbishop Rummel 22, Holy Cross 5: Also at AMF, the Raiders got a 601 series from Andrew Gennaro in defeating the Tigers.

Rummel (4-1) led 6-2 after one game and took control by winning seven of eight points in the middle game. The Raiders shot a 3,118 team series, just 14 pins off their season high.

Holy Cross (2-2) was led by a 506 series from Bryce O’Quain.

Pope John Paul II 18, East Jefferson 9: The Jaguars won for the second time this week, defeating the Warriors at AMF.

PJP (2-4) rallied from a 5-3 deficit after the first game, winning six of eight points in each of the final two games and grabbing the three-point bonus for total pins.

Nathaniel Le had a 463 series and won three matches at the anchor position for the Jaguars.

Ethan Jenkins won all three of his matches for East Jefferson (0-4).