OREGON, Ill. - The 2024 Ogle County 4-H Bowling Tournament championship round was held on February 25th at T-Byrd Lanes in Rochelle.  Seven qualifying teams bowled to determine the first-place winners in the junior division (ages 6-13) and senior division (ages 14 and up).

The clubs set up the qualifying rounds earlier in the year at bowling centers throughout the county.  Thank you to Town & Country Lanes, Mount Morris, T-Byrd Lanes, Rochelle, and Uptown Lanes, Byron, for their continued support. Almost 200 youth bowled in this year’s event.

Championship Junior Teams

1st Place – Mighty Clovers 4-H Club, Monroe Center

• Trinity Feltz, Madeline Kusnierz, Mallory King

2nd Place – Mighty Clovers 4-H Club, Monroe Center

• Jameson Newumann, Aubrey Kusnierz, DJ Wirfs

3rd Place – Mighty Clovers 4-H Club, Monroe Center

• Kamryn Feltz, Madisyn Ruthe, Aurora Wirfs

4th Place – Ogle Jolly 4-H Club, Stillman Valley

• Alyse Rogers, Bristol Clark, Luke Rasmussen

Championship Senior Teams

1st Place – Blackhawk Crossing 4-H Club, Oregon/Mt Morris

• Immanuel Arellano, Dylan Reimer, Zakkary West

2nd Place – Ogle Jolly 4-H Club, Stillman Valley

• Braden Rogers, Brooklyn Lee, Bernice Zandonai

3rd Place – By-Y-Badgers 4-H Club, Byron

• Carson Conderman, Bruce Gehrke, Jacob Hickman

Scores at the qualifying bowl determined individual high games and high series winners.

Winners were:

Jr. High Game          Trinity Feltz, Mighty Clovers 4-H Club, Monroe Center – 141 pins

Jr. High Series         Piper Johnson, Ogle Jolly 4-H Club, Stillman Valley – 216 pins

Sr. High Game         Brooklyn Lee, Ogle Jolly 4-H Club, Stillman Valley – 176 pins

Sr. High Series         Immanuel Arellano, Blackhawk Crossing 4-H Club, Oregon/Mt. Morris – 303 pins

4-H is a program of the University of Illinois Extension.  For more information about 4-H, contact the Ogle County Extension Office, 421 W Pines Road, Suite 10, Oregon, IL 61061, (815)732-2191 or visit us online at https://extension.illinois.edu/bdo.