LELAND LANES HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAM — The high school team from Leland Lanes competed in the 13th Annual USBC Youth State Tournament March 23-24. Members of the team are, left to right, Carson Poe, Hawkins Davis and Macy Fields, all of Tuscaloosa, and Andrew Martin of Gordo. Poe and Martin won the doubles competition in their division.
Andrew Martin of Gordo and Carson Poe of Tuscaloosa won the doubles bowling competition at the 13th Annual USBC Youth State Tournament in Mobile March 23-24.
Youth from across the state competed in this United States Bowling Congress-sanctioned event at AMF Camellia Lanes in Mobile. The singles and doubles competitions were held March 23, and the team events were held March 24.
Martin and Poe combined to win the doubles competition for those with a handicap of 350 and over with a score of 1,175. They took third place in the scratch series.
Martin is the 17-year-old son of Tommy and Tina Martin and is a junior at Gordo High School. Poe is the 16-year-old son of Mike Poe of Tuscaloosa and Tracey Poe of Saltillo, Miss. and is a junior at Hillcrest High School.
Martin and Carson are also part of the Leland Lanes High Schoolers team which came in seventh in handicap and sixth in the scratch series. Other members of the team are Hawkins Davis and Macy Fields, both of Tuscaloosa.
Martin also won first place in the scholarship all-events competition for boys with a handicap of 175 and over; he had a score of 1,745 and a handicap of 189.
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