On Saturday, Feb. 3 at Garden City Bowl, 16 girls teams competed for the right to represent Nassau County at the State Tournament, held this year in Buffalo March 2-4. Division came from third place to win the County tournament.

Division beat Sewanhaka in the last game to overcome a 54-pin deficit to win the tournament. After the morning session Division was in 3rd place with a pin fall of 2511 and behind Sewanhaka and Bellmore-Merrick. The team pulled together and knew what they had to do. Alyssa Schneider led the team with 1119, series and was steady all six games. She had a high game of 205. Co-Captain Liz Schuster had a high game of 213 and a 203 in the last game to help take the lead. Co-Captain Dana Nally struggled all day but made her spares in the final game to finish with a 183, 990 series. Tara Calvin, a senior, averaged 159 during the season, averaged 178 for the tournament filling a big hole and was one of the main reasons Division could make the dramatic finish. Pam Goldstein, a junior, came off the bench and bowled in her first varsity match and had a 202 finishing with 685 for four games. After five games the girls knew they had to come up big to defeat Sewanhaka the defending champions. They bowled a team score of 924 to Sewanhaka's 837 to take the lead. The final score was Division 5,215 over Sewanhaka 5181.

This team has had a wonderful year. They are comprised of three all county bowlers: Liz Schuster with an average 178, Alyssa Schneider with a 177 and Dana Nally with a 176. The team had a strong core and needed their other bowlers to fill in the holes to have a successful year. They won the High School Holiday Tournament and Dana Nally had the high series for the tournament. They came in second in their conference. During the doubles tournament Danielle Johnson took high game in her division and Alyssa Schneider won high game in her division as well. Tara Calvin won high average and Pam Goldstein won high series for the Junior Varsity's conference. Jessica Barnett and Katie Krantz continued to improve all year long. Coach Byrne is extremely proud of the team not just because they won, but how they won. They understood that they needed each other to win this. They went into the second part of the tournament keeping each other's spirits up and relying on one another to get the job done. Coach Byrne would like to wish the girls good luck in Buffalo. She would also like to wish her seniors happiness in whatever they do and wherever they go. They will all be greatly missed.