DeMont leads way at weekend tourney

Johna DeMont shot a Jackson Junior VarsityT ournament record 290 high game and a tournament best 670 series as Brick Memorial's girls won the tournament title handily, 2,488 to 1,986, over tournament runnerupManchester at Howell on Saturday.

DeMont also smashed games of 204 and 176. Teammate Kelsey Mulvaney had the second highest series, a 651 behind games of 235, 212 and 204, while Kirsten Mazurek, Corrine Maher and Chelsea Kusner rounded out the top five. Mazurek topped her 597 series with games of 213 and 201 and Maher had the second best high game of the day — a 265 — en route to a 594 series. Kusner rolled a 224 midway through her 573 series.

"They were phenomenal. I've talked over and over about our depth and if this isn't an indication, I don't know what is," said coach David Thompson. "These scores would beat most of our varsity scores and of the varsity scores of a lot of teams out there."

As for the boys, Brick Memorial finished second to Manchester behind Robert Sirks and Tom Norris. Matt Fenley of Brick Township had the second highest series, a 663 that was eight pins off first place. He had the high game for the boys, a 258, in his opening game, followed by a 215 and a 190.

Brick Township's varsity, meanwhile, faces a big week as it is in third place in Shore Conference A South, four games behind Toms River North, whom they play on Thursday, with four games left on the schedule. The top two teams make the Shore Conference Tournament. Brick Memorial strengthened its hold on first place early last week with a 2-1 victory over Brick Township, which got a 709 series from John Boor. Brick Township plays Lakewood on Friday.

Brick Memorial's girls need to sweep the rest of the way to stay in the running for one of the top two conference spots. With four matches left, the team is in third place and has 12 losses behind Manchester, which has three losses, and Brick Township, which has eight. The Mustangs took on Manchester on Tuesday and have matches left against Toms River North, Toms River East and Lakewood.