Submitted Photo Fredonia's Ryan Kelly, far left, qualified for the NYSPHSAA boys bowling championships with his finish at the Section VI state qualifier Thursday at AMF Airport Lanes in Cheektowaga.

CHEEKTOWAGA — Anthony Pratt and Ryan Kelly are heading to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association bowling championships.

Pratt, a Southwestern senior, finished fourth and Kelly, a Fredonia junior, finished seventh at the Section VI Division 2 boys state qualifier held Thursday at AMF Airport Lanes.

Pratt, possibly the first Southwestern boy to ever qualify for the state championships, opened his morning with a 172-259-222 series and followed that up in the afternoon with a 206-204-257 to finish with a 1,320.

Kelly, who became the first Fredonia boy to ever qualify for the state tournament, opened his morning with a 228-205-215 set and followed that up with a 193-225-192 in the afternoon to complete a 1,258 series.

Falconer won the Class C championship with a team linescore of 987-821-954-884-960-914 to beat second-place Randolph (859-957-916-918-872-949-5,471) by 49 pins.

Tyler Swanson led the Golden Falcons with an 18th-place showing of 213-156-264-168-199-207-1,207. Joshua Lincoln was second for Falconer with a 234-156-176-215-203-191-1,175, followed by Erik Stenstrom (210-161-196-190-205-194-1,156), Javier Gonzales (208-177-163-146-151-156-1,001), Aiden Peters (122-171-155-149-202-166-965) and Trevor Lincoln (95-113-110-161-116-144-740)

The Cardinals were led by Andrew Bohall’s ninth-place showing of 236-209-201-256-151-190-1,243.

Depew won the overall Division 2 and Class C titles with a team linescore of 1,092-1,004-1,113-1,104-1,206-899 to easily beat second-place Maryvale by 486 pins. The Wildcats’ Ryan Sobierajski turned the performance of the day when he threw a perfect game in the second game of his afternoon. Sobierajski’s 205-184-255 morning coupled with his 235-300-220 earned him a first-place overall finish with 1,399 pins.

Third-place Ryan McIntyre of Maryvale earned the second state berth with a 227-243-234-215-225-216. Sixth-place Elijah Shute of Depew (218-225-213-237-223-143-1,259) and eighth-place Ryan Przepiora of JFK (196-192-234-186-206-236-1,250) round out the Section VI team heading to Syracuse.

Two non-pool bowlers — second-place Carter Ballard of Cheektowaga (238-225-209-244-247-210-1,373) and fifth-place Collin Fisher of Alden (149-222-216-236-202-278-1,303) finished inside the top 10.

Fredonia was 10th in Class C with a team linescore of 937-945-952-855-897-984-5,570 and Dunkirk was 11th (880-872-884-885-930-975-5,426), led by 16th-place Hans Lemiszko’s 212-172-226-202-201-201-1,214.

In Class D, Clymer/Sherman was third with a 742-813-852-954-839-911-5,111, led by 36th-place Max White’s 131-169-171-257-212-203-1,143.

Gowanda was fourth with a 740-925-841-823-868-857-5,054, led by 52nd-place Nicholas Smuda’s 147-182-192-157-195-202-1,075.

Brocton was fifth with an 841-820-761-852-889-841-5,004, led by 11th-place Jeremy Weisner’s 195-218-186-212-208-221-1,240.

Forestville was sixth with a 777-895-790-907-813-807-4,989, led by 67th-place Tyler Waugh’s 161-150-189-220-153-160-1,034.

Ellicottville was seventh with a 708-700-659-678-716-797-4,258, led by Grayson Neal’s 137-157-146-136-183-168-927.

The state championships are set for Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16 at AMF Syracuse Lanes.

Brocton: Jeremy Weisner (195-218-186-212-208-221-1,240), Nick Wallace (177-172-156-150-180-167-1,002), Nathan Laurito (205-149-167-157-139-179-996), Hailey Carlson (131-130-125-168-169-154-877), Adam Reisenweber (133-151-127-146-175-120-852), Jackson Burns (116-100-108-165-157-104-750)

Clymer/Sherman: Max White (131-169-171-257-212-203-1,143), Hunter Bogert (171-151-183-195-179-180-1,059), Ashton Hosier (151-64-135-177-133-214-974), Declan Kinney (129-177-173-159-145-141-924), Dayton Hosier (156-152-190-143-106-173-920), Brett Rater (117-166-170-136-589), Nicholas Potocki (133-102-235)

Dunkirk: Hans Lemiszko (212-172-226-202-201-201-1,214), Kameron Keppel (201-173-164-164-145-157-1,004), Zakary Clark (138-178-158-204-155-167-1,000), Karter Keppel (158-115-145-193-246-857), Lucas Stern (150-120-163-201-204-838), Sean Kelly (110-148-152-180-148-738), Michael Glowniak (179-191-188-558)

Ellicottville: Grayson Neal (137-157-146-136-183-168-927), Carson Mendell (174-121-134-152-132-157-870), Paul Hurlburt (115-137-135-126-120-167-800), Payton Quinn (140-167-136-138-94-675), Zach Brennan (110-108-126-142-119-605), Coleman Milks (111-104-139-182-536), Landon LaBelle (142-118-122-123-505)

Falconer: Tyler Swanson (213-156-264-168-199-207-1,207), Joshua Lincoln (234-156-176-215-203-191-1,175), Erik Stenstrom (210-161-196-190-205-194-1,156), Javier Gonzales (208-177-163-146-151-156-1,001), Aiden Peters (122-171-155-149-202-166-965), Trevor Lincoln (95-113-110-161-116-144-740)

Forestville: Tyler Waugh (161-150-189-220-153-160-1,034), Alexander Lucas (148-199-170-142-190-150-999), Troy Muck (124-201-148-163-167-179-982), Anderson Cross (144-152-153-170-140-146-905), Tucker Merritt (167-126-212-161-172-838), Aydon Heim (156-193-110-130-142-731), Owen Ferry (130-117-247)

Fredonia: Ryan Kelly (228-205-215-193-225-192-1,258), Luka Paoletta (186-199-174-162-164-188-1,073), Bradley Berkshire (195-181-174-186-149-224-1,109), Brady Helmer (133-175-193-131-201-211-1,044), Daniel Cook (171-185-196-158-149-163-1,022), Connor Sullivan (157-170-156-158-169-810), Kaden Paoletta (160)

Gowanda: Nicholas Smuda (147-182-192-157-195-202-1,075), Gavin Whitcher (156-169-166-189-201-181-1,062), Rowen Liskow (123-194-200-150-181-164-1,012), Drezden Spire (168-202-155-167-151-158-1,001), Zachary Hojnacki (146-178-128-160-127-150-889), Aiden Gray (107-119-121-125-140-152-764)

Randolph: Andrew Bohall (236-209-201-256-151-190-1,243), Christopher Smith (162-219-184-170-226-201-1,162), Wyatt Weaver (160-162-204-205-192-179-1,102), Nicholas Shearer (156-168-198-129-134-200-985), Ayden Shields (145-199-129-158-169-179-979), Logan Briggs (120-150-122-126-105-155-778)

Southwestern: Anthony Pratt (172-259-222-206-204-257-1,320), Ethan Lohnes (197-205-167-219-170-200-1,158), Robbie Bellardo (156-147-229-175-218-192-1,117), Bryce Simon (188-142-99-222-254-202-1,107), Brody Ellis (181-167-139-145-167-244-1,043)

Westfield: Tahner Stow (194-154-148-166-202-243-1,107)