Coastal Champion

The Storm Youth Championships Coastal Classic runs across two centers in two states: Little River Lanes in Little River, South Carolina, and Planet Fun in Shallotte, North Carolina, about half an hour apart. Saturday is five games at each house. The field then cuts, and the survivors return to Planet Fun for the final round.

Forty-six bowlers entered U15 Boys. Arryn bowled 1,046 at Little River and 1,035 at Planet Fun to lead after ten games, then shot 1,069 in Sunday's final round, the best block of the round, for 3,150 pins, a 210.0 average and 150 pins over a 200 pace. He won the division by 150, the same margin he led the final round by.

It is his second SYC title, after Nevada in September. He bowled this event last year as well, finishing 10th of 36.

Across the fifteen games he struck on 88 of 171 frames, 51 percent, and averaged 9.03 pins on his first ball. Seven of the fifteen were clean, and the weekend carried 18 open frames.

The spare game is what held the lead together. He converted 54 of 64 makeable spares, 84.4 percent, including 33 of 36 single pins, and he made 4 of 12 splits. Had every single pin fallen, the weekend would have averaged 212.0 rather than 210.0.

His best three games in a row were the 267, 172 and 214 in the final round, a 658.

Thank you to Storm Youth Championships, to Little River Lanes and Planet Fun for hosting the weekend, and to coach Michael Sinek. Thanks as well to everyone who followed the scores from home.

Two houses, fifteen games, and a second SYC title.