Crouch wins individual title, shatters school record as Men's Bowling posts second place finish at 20-team OBC I Tournament
October 18, 2025
COLUMBUS — Sophomore Zander Crouch (DeGraff/Riverside) won the individual title and shattered the school 3-game record by more than 200 pins, leading the Ohio Northern men's bowling team to a program-best second place finish at the Ohio Bowling Conference I Tournament on Saturday.
The Basics
- Ohio Northern was 2nd of 20 teams with 5,399 pins for three regular games and 12 baker games.
- Venue: Palace Lanes - Columbus, Ohio.
- The tournament consisted of 3 games and 12 baker games.
- Robert Morris won the team title with 5422 pins, Thomas More was third with 5398 pins and Northwestern Ohio was fourth with 5389 pins.
ONU Individuals
- Crouch led the Polar Bears by finishing first overall with a 3-game score of 754 - an average of 251.3 pins per game.
- He rolled games of 276, 223 and 255 pins to break the school record by 221 pins.
- Sophomore Sam King (DeGraff/Riverside) had a 560 for three games with a high of 199, an average of 186.7 pins per game.
- Sophomore Giovanni Scanio (Corpus Christi, Tex./London) had a 551 for three games with a high of 212, an average of 183.7 pins per game.
Notables
- The Polar Bears were second in the team standings with a school record 3,002 pins for three games, averaging 200.1 pins per game.
- ONU's previous 3-game team record was 2,463 set last season.
- ONU has 2,397 pins and averaged 199.8 pins per game in its 12 baker games.
- Crouch's 3-game total of 754 shattered the previous record of 533 set by junior Nolan Caban (Dayton/Centerville) last season.
- King's 560 is the second-best in ONU history.
- Scanio's 551 series is the third-best in school history.
- Third-year head coach Jeff Robinson leads the Polar Bears.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action Oct. 25-26 at the ABCA 2 in Canton, Mich.
