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The Reeths-Puffer boys bowling team had a strong outing on Friday at the Cardinal Invitational at Northway Lanes, hosted by Orchard View.

The Rockets finished in sixth place out of 20 teams in the regular rounds and qualified for the playoffs.

They rolled scores of 852, 823 and 842 in the three regular rounds and 122 and 121 in the baker rounds, for a total score of 2,760.

R-P lost in the first round of the playoffs to Cedar Springs, 333-311.
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R-P's Liam Copenhaver, who won his first tournament medal.

"The team had a really nice day overall and had one of their best ever tournament finishes," said R-P Coach Craig Alderink. "All three individual games were very good. We just needed to do better in our baker games and we likely could have made a deeper run into the playoff rounds."

Liam Copenhaver had an outstanding day for the Rockets, rolling a three-game 564 series and finishing fifth out of 112 bowlers in the regular rounds. He earned his first tournament medal with his performance.

Ryleigh Beebe finished 16th individually with a 523 series and Carter Hekkema finished 17th with a 517 series.

"I'm really proud of Liam for earning his first tournament medal," Alderink said. "He bowled well all day. Ryleigh and Carter also had really nice scores and contributed well to a good day for the R-P boys."
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