INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Marian men's bowling team finished first in their home tournament over the weekend. Easton Pierani led the team, finishing second overall.

Marian came in first with a total of 6614 after team play and 10140 after baker play. Calumet College of St. Joseph came in second with a total of 9980, while University of Pikeville rounded out the top-3 with a total of 9782. Other Crossroads League schools in attendance were Huntington who finished 14th, and Grace who finished 28th.

Easton Pierani led the Knights, finishing second overall with a total of 1388. Pierani bowled a game high of 275 in game six to finish on top of both the JV2 team and Marian as a whole. Quinn Tillman was next to finish third, bowling a total of 1376 overall, and bowled a game high of 252 in game one. Broox Golden was the final Knight to score in the top ten, finishing ninth with a total of 1350. Golden bowled in all six games and fired off a game high of 279 in game three. 

Next to finish for Marian was Maxwell Berche, who bowled in four games, firing off a 989 total and bowling a game high of 265 in game three. Quinn Dean also bowled in four games, firing off a 920 with a game high of 243 in game five. Another Knight who bowled in four games was Jacob Neubauer, who bowled an 804 with a game high of 241 in game four. The next finisher was Hayden Fowler, who bowled a 797 with a game high of 224 in game six. Max Oken finished off action and bowled in a pair of games, finishing with a total of 378 with a game high of 225 in game one. 

The Knights finished in ninth with a total of 5901 after team play and 8930 after baker play. Jonathan Cho led the pack in JV1 action, finishing 23rd overall with a total of 1295 after bowling in all six games. Ryan Carpenter was the next to finish bowling in all six games and tallying a 1248. Nathan Danz also bowled in all six games as well, firing off a 1194 overall. Continuing action for Marian, Robert Stephenson bowled in four games, firing off a 691. Caden Lester continued action bowling in three games and recorded a total of 605. Bowling in two games was Braydon Book, who bowled a 391 overall. The Knights kept pushing with Alexander Roland, who bowled in a pair of games and finished with a total of 332. Logan Brewer rounded out action bowling in one game and tallying a 145. 

Marian's JV2 team came in first overall with a total of 6462 in team play and 9899 after baker play. Landon Million finished in the top 15 overall, finishing in 13th place with a total of 1318. Mason Bartos was the next to finish bowling in all six games and fired off a total of 1282. Drake King finished close behind, also bowling in all six games and tallying a 1272. The next Knight to finish was Kael Clous, who bowled in three games and finished with a total of 640. Ray Olatubi finished next for JV2 bowling in a pair of games, firing off a 360. The final Knight to finish was Elijah Liming who bowled in one game and finished with a total of 202. 

The Knights will be back in action on October 31st as they travel up to West Lafayette, Ind., to compete in the Boilermaker Classic.