BETHALTO — The Alton High bowlers notched a double victory Tuesday over Granite City in Southern Illinois High School Bowling Conference action at Airport Plaza Bowl.

The Alton girls posted a 49-0 victory over the Warriors and the Redbirds boys bowled a 29-11 victory.

Those wins came on the heels of the Southern Illinois Team Challenge at Bel-Air Bowl in Belleville.

The Redbirds bowlers are competing under the direction of a new head coach. Dave Meyer has replaced longtime Alton coach Jeff Woszczynski, who stepped down following last season.

The Alton girls have a conference record of 3-2. Losses have been to Collinsville and O’Fallon, with wins over Belleville East,, Granite City and Edwardsville.

The Redbirds boys team is also 3-2 in conference action, with losses to Collinsville and East and victories voer Granite CIty, Edwardsville and O’Fallom.

In nonconference action, the AHS boys and girls have defeated Southwestern and Taylorville.

Tuesday, the Alton boys had a pin total of 2,770 to Granite City’s 2,430 and the AHS girls had a 2,672-4,866 edge over the Warriors.

In Tuesday’s win over Granite City, Ashley Heistand led the Alton girls with a 608 series with game scores of 179, 238 and 193. Addison Beys added a 556 on scores of 237, 138 and 180.

Alex Bergin posted a 511 series on scores of 147, 138 and 180 and teammate Claire Gorman added a 510 series for the Redbirds with a 510 series on scores of 213, 163 and 134.

In boys action Tuesday, Derek Henderson paced Alton with a 665 series. he had games of 256, 192 and 217. Trevor Vallow was right behind with a 597 series with scored of 232, 192 and 193.

At Saturday’s Team Challenge in Belleville, Alton’s girls team finished second out of eight teams entered, while the boys finished seventh. Overall, Alton finished fourth in the combined standings with 11,503 pins.

“Overall the two teams had a good showing,” Meyer said. “The one item that both boys and girls teams need to find, and find it soon, is the strive to continue through the end of the day.

“One bad frame, one bad game as an athlete – they have to find inside of them to want to improve after a mistake.”

In the team challenge format, each team bowled three games in the morning and then were put into bracket pool play for three games. After competition in each bracket of Gold and Silver divisions, winners were determined in boys and girls competition. The combined scores of boys and girls were used to determine the overall champion.

Belleville East won the combined team title with 11,923 pins, followed by Triad 11,770; Herrin, 11, 765; Alton 11,503 and Freeburg 11,308, rounding out the top five.

Individually in boys competition, Alton’s Henderson finished sixth overall with a 1,351 total and a 225.17 average. Teammate Tyler Stevenson was 20th overall with a 1,271 total and a 2111.83 average. Triad’s Gavin Pisetta was the boys champion with a 1,470 total and a 245.00 average.

In girls competition, Paige Snyders of Alton was seventh with a 1,206 total and 195 average, Heistand was ninth with a 1,154 total and 192.33 average, Elizabeth Hanke was 11th with a 1,137 total and 189.5 average, Bergin was 19th with a 1,111 total and 185.17 average and Beys had a four-game total of 796 and a 199 average.

The Alton teams will next be in action Thursday against Belleville East at Bel-Air Bowl.

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