Horseheads sophomore Cayden Bowman won the boys’ individual state championship in the individual event at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Bowling Championships at AMF Syracuse Lanes.
Bowman’s six-game score on Saturday, March 14, was 1,438. His scores were 234, 248, 255, 224, 243 and 234, with an average of 239.67.
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North Babylon’s Nick Vuono finished second with 1,366 points.
The Horseheads’ Cayden Bowman (back center) wins the Division 1 boys individual championship with a score of 1,438 at the NYSPHSAA Bowling Championships on March 14, 2026 at AMF Syracuse Lanes.
Chenango Forks’ Landon Butenko finished second in Group 2 with 1,366 points. Weedsport’s Ethan Reitema won the championship with a total score of 1,381.
Waverly’s Derek Bowman scored 1,302 points in six games, including 289 games played, and was fifth in Division 2, one spot ahead of Owego Free Academy’s Connor Kotski (1,299 points).
In Friday’s Division II team competition, the Windsor women’s team finished second and the Sydney/Unatego men’s team finished fifth.
The Corning boys and Elmira girls each finished seventh in Sunday’s Division I team competition.
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Group 4 Men’s Results
Team Championship
Part 2
Team results: Marlboro 6154, Seaford 6144, Homer 5911, Maryville 5804, Sydney/Unatego 5764, Newark 5592, Albany CBA 5519, Peru 5466, Pearl River 5157, Franklin College 4888.
Sydney/Unatego Top Individuals: AJ Miller 1,215 (518-597), Aaron Thorsby 1,207 (616-591), Landon Wilcox 1,144 (668), Hunter Allen 1,025 (515).
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Team results: Commack 6513, East Syracuse Minoa 6415, Lancaster 6214, Arlington 6058, Syosset 5973, Sheendehowa 5946, Corning 5761, Kingston 5542, Newburgh 5383, Gates Chili 5217.
Corning Personal: Bentley Goodier 1,241 (245 high game); Chase Kitz 1,137 (235), Owen Watson 1,116 (230); Keegan Palmer-Mont 1,096 (214); Jackson Dunning 1,081 (213); Max Aponte 1,048 (213).
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individual tournament
Part 1:1-Kayden Bowman (Horseheads) 1438 (255 high game); 11-Alex Gubrow (Elmira) 1300 (276), 17-Dominic Burnton (Binghamton) 1284 (254), 22-Logan Card (Elmira) 1256 (242); 32-Frankie DeAngelo (Elmira) 1,204 (214); 51-Ryan Staub (Endwell, Maine) 1,056 (236).
Part 2:2- Landon Butenko (Chenango Fox) 1,366 (two 258-high games); 5- Derrick Johnson (Waverly) 1,302 (289); 6- Connor Kotski (Owego Free Academy) 1,299 (256); 19- Evan O’Hara (OFA) 1,167 (223); 26-Ryan Larson (Bainbridge-Guilford) 1141 (224); 30-Jeremiah Bensing (Johnson City) 1123 (223).
Girls’ results in the fourth quarter
Team Championship
Part 2
Team results: Dupee 5220, Windsor 5205, Newark/Marion 5093, Western Canada Valley 4556, Saranac 4427, Middleburg 4291, Chateaugay 4236, Port Jervis 4110, Nanuet 3980, Island Tree 3982.
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windsor personal: Aubrianna Taylor 1236 (634-602), Melena Harrington 1176 (644-532), Aria Medovich 1095 (571-524), Liana Osterhout 966 (507), Kelly Darling 732.
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Team results: East Islip 5637, Mohonasen 5501, Fulton 5477, Rush-Henrietta 5394, North Rockland 5348, Frontier 5038, Elmira 4960, Kingston 4884, Macarthur 4679, Clarkstown 4115.
Elmira Top Individuals: Maddie Smith 1,237 (257 TD); Abby Hink 1,018 (218); Madison Waski 1,015 (190); Evaya Gardner 838 (160).
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Part 1:5-Kelly Downing (Corning) 1,213 (225 TD); 17-Alexis Coney (Union-Endicott) 1,126 (236); 37 – Alana Kelly (ME-Endwell) 992 (204): 40 – Haley Peters (Binghamton) 983 (189): 42 – Joanna Krause (ME) 955 (188); 51 Mackenzie Coney (UE) 870 (177).
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Part 2:11-Cali Marsh (Candor) 1122 (227 KO); 13-Abby Herceg (Chenango Valley) 1094 (204); 19-Rachel Hartman (Newark Valley) 1043 (215); Stacey Tuttle (Sydney/Unatego) 975 (184); 28 – Madeline Pitts (Groton) 959 (187); 44 – Kelsey Helmich (Tioga) 882 (158).
This article originally appeared in the Elmira Star-Gazette: Horseheads bowlers headline lead in New York State Championship Part 4
