Bowling Coaches and Administrators,

We are excited to announce the Bowling State Qualifying Meet Assignments for the 2025 season! Please note that the girls will compete on February 17th and the boys will compete on February 18th. We have tried to keep schools attending the same site for both genders, however, there are some instances where in order to keep the competitive balance we could not do that. Please take a close look at both the IGHSAU and IHSAA placements. 

IGHSAU SQM
IHSAA SQM

State Qualifying Meet
Team Qualifying Meets: Teams will bowl 15 baker games and the top total pins would advance to the State Meet. Class 3A and 2A state qualifying meets will compete at four sites with eight teams at each site, with the top two teams at each site qualifying for the State Team Tournament. Class 1A will compete at have eight sites with 6-7 teams at each site. The champion at each site qualifies for the state team meet.

Individual State Qualifying: Individuals at the state qualifying meet will bowl three games. The top eight scores from each Class 3A/2A site qualify for the State Individual Tournament for a total of 32 individual qualifiers. The top four scores from the eight 1A state qualifying meets would qualify for the state tournament for a total of 32 individual qualifiers.

Lane Rotation for Qualifying Tournaments and State Tournament: Move one pair to the right every 5 games for Baker, and after every game for the Individual tournament/meet.

STATE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS: General Schedule for Qualifying
15 Baker Games to determine team qualifiers (2.5 hours estimated time needed)
30-minute break (minimum)
3 Individual Games (2.5 hours estimated time needed)
Serves as both an individual tournament and a team tournament. The state qualifying meets remain a one-day meet.

State Qualifying Tournaments – All ticketing is through BOUND:
IGHSAU Admission price is $8.00
IHSAA Admission price is $6.00

Each team entering the state qualifying meet will be allowed to enter six (6) bowlers and one (1) reserve (only used in case of injury or illness prior to start of competition) for the meet.

Qualifying Team Entry Fee
A lineage fee per gender team ($100 for a boys team and an additional $100 for a girls team) MUST be paid by each school to the assigned host facility of each qualifying meet.

Lineage fees must be paid prior to the start of the state qualifying meet.

Chad Elsberry – IHSAA Bowling Administrator         
Taylor Anderson – IGHSAU Bowling Administrator