After a teammate had to miss the district tourney, Sequim High bowler Madison McKeown got a second chance — and made the most of it.

The SHS senior bowled a three-game, 473-pin series — including a 170-pin third game — to place seventh overall at the district tourney, held at Paradise Lanes in Parkland on Jan. 29, to earn a return trip to state.

She’ll have some company, too. Freshman Nikoline Updike bowled a 411-pin series, with a tourney-best 149-pin first game, to place eighth out of district participants who didn’t qualify with their team.

The pair will compete for top spots at the state 1A/2A tourney set for Feb. 3-5 at Narrows Plaza Bowl in University Place.

McKeown is no stranger to the big bowling stage; she tied for 20th place at state as a freshman and placed 36th at state as a sophomore. In the truncated 2020 season, McKeown was 11th at the league finals.

Sequim teammate Morgan Tate, bowled a 349-pin series at districts, her best a 118-pin first game.

Sequim’s Madison McKeown, second from right, placed in the top eight at the West Central District prep bowling tourney in Parkland last weekend. Photo courtesy of Randy Perry