Coldwater Head Bowling Coach Rick Hartings:

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I have been a very fortunate coach over the years to have a great coaching staff, awesome hard working kids and a lot of support from our school, school administrators and parents.

It is really amazing how hard our boys and girls work at their game not just during the season, but in the off season as well. That is the difference maker, when you have them working on their game in the summer time.

Since we have had many trips to the state tournament, I feel we do prepare our bowlers to handle pressure situations. Our goals every year are to always get better during the season and try to win a couple of tournaments and win the conference title.

The best time of the year is always post season, because it just seems like every will raise their game to that next level to try and bring home that GOLD trophy. We were very fortunate again this year to have the girls win their 4th state title. Our boys bowled awesome at state leading qualifying, we just ran into a very good Woodridge team from the Akron area in the first round of match play, losing 3 games to 2. Very proud of all of our kids!

(3-6-17) One constant has been in place with the Coldwater bowling programs, Head Coach Rick Hartings.  Hartings has been a pioneer in Ohio high school bowling from the inception.  The Cavalier boys team have only known one coach and that is Hartings who started the program in 1999-2000 season and in 2010-11 he became the girls head coach.

Harting has been instrumental in the sport at the high school level; including being a key part of the formation of the  West Ohio High School Bowling Conference (currently with 20 members). He is an owner of Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater and besides his coaching he is also a top bowler in the area.

Hartings has developed a program from the ‘foundation’ up.  He will tell you that the formula is a team effort:

I have been a very fortunate coach over the years to have a great coaching staff, awesome hard working kids and a lot of support from our school, school administrators and parents.

The facts support the success of Cavalier bowling, seven state titles (3 boys and 4 girls) since the OHSAA started holding state tournaments in 2007. The Cavs added their latest title this past weekend with another girls championship in Columbus.

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The FOUNDATION

Gordon B. Hinckley

You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you’re going to have a strong superstructure.

  • SINGLE-DIVISION STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2007-2013)
  • DIVISION II STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2014-)

 

Girls Bowling – State Tournament Records and Honors

Girls All-Time Team Championships
4 — Coldwater (2012-13-15, 2017)*2015 and 2017 DII

D2 State Runner-up
1 – 2014

All-Ohio Girls Bowling Teams

Single Tournament

1st Team
2013 – Erika Hartings-Coldwater-Junior
2013 – Kelsey Koesters-Coldwater-Junior
2012 – Jenna Wenning-Coldwater-Senior
2011 – Crystal Boyer-Coldwater-Senior
2008 – Chad Livingston-Coldwater-

2nd Team
2012 – Emily Bruns-Coldwater-Senior
2011 – Emily Bruns-Coldwater-Junior
Division II

1st Team
2017 – Paige Hartings-Coldwater-Senior
2016 – Paige Hartings-Coldwater-Junior
2015 – Paige Hartings-Coldwater-Sophomore

2nd Team
2016 – Brianna Wenning-Coldwater-Junior
2015 – Emily Fortenr-Coldwater-Freshman

Honorable Mention
2015 – Jessica Butler -Coldwater-Junior
2014 – Paige Hartings-Coldwater-Freshman
2014 – Kelsey Koesters-Coldwater-Senior

Individual Champion
2011 – Crystal Boyer, Sr., Coldwater (233-206-222—661)
2013 – Erika Hartings, Jr., Coldwater (231-173-244—648)
SINGLE-DIVISION STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2007-2013)

Three-Game 10-Pin Score

#7 – 2,844 – Coldwater (2012)
#8 – 2,840 – Coldwater (2011)

Single Game 10-Pin Score

#8- 1,021 – Coldwater (2012)
#10 – 1,007 – Coldwater (2012)

Highest Three-Game Series
#6 – 661 – Crystal Boyer, Coldwater (2011)

DIVISION II STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2014-)
Highest Baker Score

#1 – 236 – Coldwater vs. Urbana (2015)
#4 – 223 – Coldwater vs. Zanesville Maysville (2016)
#5 – 223 – Coldwater (2015)
#6 – 220 – Coldwater vs. Mechanicsburg (2016)
#9 – 211 – Coldwater vs. Zanesville Maysville (2016)
#10 – 211 – Coldwater vs. Napoleon (2015)

Three-Game 10-Pin Score
#1 – 2,905 – Coldwater (2016)
#7 – 2,692 – Coldwater (2015)

Single Game 10-Pin Score

#3 – 1,000 – Coldwater (2016)
#4 – 990 – Coldwater (2016)

Highest Single Game

#2- 266 – Brianna Wenning (2017)
#12 – 245 – Emily Fortener, Coldwater (2015)

Highest Three-Game Series

#5 – 661 – Paige Hartings, Coldwater (2016)

 

 

Boys Bowling – State Tournament Records and Honors

Boys All-Time Team Championships
3 — Coldwater (2007-12-15)* 2015 DII

Division II

All-Ohio Boys Bowling Teams

1st Team
2017 – Trey James-Coldwater-Senior
2016 – Cory Whitacre-Coldwater-Junior
2015 – Trey James-Coldwater-Sophomore
2014 – Cole Whitacre-Coldwater-Senior

2nd Team
2014 – Blake Spangler-Coldwater-Junior

Honorable Mention
2016 – Tyler Wenning-Coldwater-Senior
2016 – Ben Schmitmeyer-Coldwater-Junior
2015 – Blake Spangler-Coldwater-Senior
2015 – Alex Meyer-Coldwater-Senior

Single Tournament

2nd Team
2012 – Mitch Kanney-Coldwater-Junior

Honorable Mention
2011 – Charles Fella-Coldwater-Junior
2010 – Toby James-Coldwater-Junior
2008 – Brad Selhorst-Coldwater
2007 – Jared Moeder-Coldwater

Individual Champion – DII
2015 – Trey James, So., Coldwater (227-226-199—652)

SINGLE-DIVISION STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2007-2013)

Highest Baker Score
#10 – 247 – Coldwater vs. Youngstown Austintown-Fitch (2007)

Three-Game 10-Pin Score

#3 – 3,070 – Coldwater (2008)

Single Game 10-Pin Score

#7 – 1,079 – Coldwater (2007)
#8 – 1,078 – Coldwater (2008)

Highest Single Game
#6 – 268 – Chad Livingston, Coldwater (2008)

DIVISION II STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS (2014-)
Highest Baker Score

#2 – 278 – Coldwater vs. Lima Shawnee (2016)
#3 – 277 – Coldwater (2017)
#4 – 257 – Coldwater vs. Ubana (2016)
#5 – 248 – Coldwater (2014)

Three-Game 10-Pin Score

#1 – 3,367 – Coldwater (2016)

Single Game 10-Pin Score
#1 – 1,154 – Coldwater (2016)
#2 – 1,144 – Coldwater (2016)
#9 – 1,077 – Coldwater (2017)
#11 – 1,069 – Coldwater (2016)
Highest Single Game
#2 – 299 – Trey James, Coldwater (2017)
#9 – 267 – Blake Spangler, Coldwater (2014)

Highest Three-Game Series
#5 – 704 – Cory Whitacre, Coldwater (2016)