Southwestern’s Anthony Pratt, second from left, qualified for the NYSPHSAA bowling championships after placing fourth at the Section VI Division 2 boys state qualifier at AMF Airport Lanes on Thursday. Submitted photo

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, is the first Southwestern boy to qualify for states since Chris Goodwill in 2007, 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)