Girls Bowling: Chapelle clinches match early in win over AOL

The season’s only matchup between the top two girls bowling programs in the New Orleans area quickly turned one-sided Thursday.

Archbishop Chapelle clinched its matchup with Academy of Our Lady after the second game and went on to a 22-5 victory at AMF All Star Lanes in Kenner.

The Chipmunks (4-0) had a season-best 3,027 team series. They rolled a 1,041 opening game and won seven of eight points, then put the match away with a second-game sweep and a 1,086 team game, the second-highest in the state this season.

Olivia Bares led the way for Chapelle with games of 225 and 268 as part of a 674 series, while Mia Bella Harvey had a 214 middle game and a 553 series.

The Penguins (3-1), who had won their last 15 regular season matches dating back to the end of the 2021 season, got a 212 final game and 561 series from Laney Sasso.

Kenner Discovery 25, Slidell 2: The Swamp Owls won for the first time this season, defeating the Tigers at AMF.

Haley Adams’ 446 series, including a 174 opening game, led Kenner Discovery (1-3).

Izabella Marolla’s opening game 122 produced one of the two points for Slidell (0-2).

Ponchatoula 22, Patrick Taylor 5: The Green Wave made the trip down I-55 and defeated the Tigers at Colonial Lanes.

Four bowlers in the Ponchatoula lineup had games above 170, led by Hayley Byrd’s final-game 174.

Jillian Lovell’s middle-game 139 was the best of the day for Patrick Taylor (1-2).