The varsity bowling season resumed for North Jersey on Saturday with the Jefferson Falcon Frenzee tournament up at Sparta Lanes. Taglines still has some leftover notebook items aside from the recap in Sunday’s Record, but we’ll get to those as the week goes on.
Now it’s time to get caught up on all the league/division standings, starting with the boys today. Some numbers that jump out: Indian Hills’ unbeaten record is not necessarily a surprise, but how about West Milford starting 42-0 in the Big North points standings? … Harrison was unbeaten until Monday, when Queen of Peace swept the Blue Tide, 5-0, to tighten up things atop the NJIC Patriot Division. … In NJIC Meadowlands, Hasbrouck Heights has tripled its win total from last season, starting 3-3 in match play (22-13 in points), while Passaic Charter picked up the first win in program history in its final match before the holiday break, 5-0 over Wood-Ridge.
Here are the most up-to-date standings, based on results reported to The Record through Monday. REMINDER: Big North matches are 3 games/7 points total, and there is both intra-divisional and cross-divisional play. NJIC matches are 2 games/5 points, in-division only…
BIG NORTH BOYS BOWLING STANDINGS
(Through Monday, Jan. 5)
UNITED                   Division Pts   Overall Pts
Paramus Catholic   21-0                 26-9
St. Joseph           17-4                24-18
Bergen Catholic     13-15               13-29
Don Bosco                   5-16              14-28
DePaul                         0-21                 2-47
LIBERTY        Division Pts   Overall Pts
Passaic Tech   33-2           40-2
Clifton             21-7           33-9
Passaic            23-12         26-23
Bergen Tech   12-23          16-40
Eastside             9-26           9-33
Kennedy          0-28           0-42
FREEDOM      Division Pts   Overall Pts
Indian Hills        28-0         42-0
Ridgewood      23-12         35-14
Paramus             19-2          38-4
No. Highlands   14-14         26-23
Ramapo                4-38          4-38
Hackensack      3-25         3-39
INDEPENDENCE   Division Pts   Overall Pts
West Milford            21-0          42-0
Lakeland            17-11          45-11
Wayne Valley       13-15          24-25
Fair Lawn                      5-9            26-16
Wayne Hills          0-21          18-31
NATIONAL       Division Pts   Overall Pts
Pascack Valley   24-4          40-9
Bergenfield         26-9           26-23
Demarest             16-12         23-19
Teaneck          13-14         13-21
Old Tappan      11-10         13-29
Tenafly           0-35          0-42
PATRIOT       Division Pts   Overall Pts
Westwood     26-2            47-9
River Dell     15-13           29-20
Mahwah           9-12            32-17
Pascack Hills   7-21            20-36
Ramsey            6-15            18-24
AMERICAN     Division Pts   Overall Pts
Fort Lee                19-2          43-6
Dumont               16-5          25-17
Ridgefield Park   7-14         7-35
Cliffside Park     0-21         4-38
NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE BOWLING STANDINGS
(Through Monday, Jan. 5)
COLONIAL DIV.   Points W-L
Pompton Lakes    25-0
Hawthorne           20-5
Glen Rock            20-10
Manchester       15-15
Rutherford            10-20
Garfield                     8-17
Eastern Christian   7-18
Mary Help                0-20
PATRIOT DIV.    Points W-L
Leonia                     28-2
Queen of Peace    26-4
Harrison                  25-5
Hawth. Christian   19-11
Bergen Charter    15-15
Park Ridge         12-18
New Milford            8-22
Palisades Park      8-22
Bogota              7-23
Midland Park          2-28
MEADOWLANDSÂ Â Â Â Points W-L
Lyndhurst                    30-0
North Arlington        25-5
Wallington                   23-2
Hasbrouck Heights   22-13
Becton                           11-19
St. Mary’s            10-20
Secaucus              7-23
Passaic Charter        7-23
Wood-Ridge           0-30
—GT