CLASS 6A GIRLS BOWLERS TO WATCH IN 2026
 

AUDREY ABBOTT, SHAWNEE MISSION WEST

Abbott returns to try to lead a Vikings team back to the state tournament and hopes to improve her own position in the process. Abbott had a big season as a junior last year for Shawnee Mission West as she saved her best performance for the end. She recorded a season-best 593 to medal 13th overall and her high game was also at state with a 229 at Bowlero Northrock. She guided the Vikings to a third place finish in the Sunflower League and helped Shawnee Mission West to a regional championship. Prior to her performance at state, Abbott’s next best series was a 488 as she didn’t crack the 200 mark during the regular season.  
 

CHANTE ANDERSON, CAMPUS

Anderson displayed a knack for bowling her best in big tournaments for the state-champion Colts last season, finishing third individually with a season-best 656 series at the Great Plains Invitational. Then in her first state appearance, Anderson capped a consistent finish to her junior season by rolling a 576 series to finish 20^th as one of three Campus individual medalists. After finishing last season with a 187 average, Anderson’s experience should help Campus in its bid for a ninth Class 6A girls title in 12 years.
 

REAGAN BROWN, OLATHE EAST

Brown enters her senior season as the Hawks’ lone returning state medalist from a year ago. As a junior, Brown finished in a tie for 16th with a series of 584, which was also her high series for the season at Bowlero Northrock in Wichita. She also rolled a 243 in her second game, which was her high game for the year as she hadn’t scored a game of 200 or more all season prior to that. She had an average of 150, which was a 25-pin improvement from her sophomore year.
  

CAITLYNN CLOUGH, CAMPUS
 
One of four returning seniors from Campus’ reigning Class 6A championship team, Clough has yet to medal at state but has been a significant contributor in each of her first three seasons. She had four top-3 finishes last season, rolling a season-best 646 series in a league dual after posting a top-20 finish at the Great Plains Invitational. Clough, who posted a 190 average last winter, shot her low series of the season (524) at state to finish 37^th but still helped Campus win the team title over Wichita Northwest by 150 pins. Clough finished 30^th at state as part of the Colts’ 2024 championship team and 23^rd as a freshman, when Campus took second to Olathe East.
 

RILEY EMERSON, CAMPUS
 
Emerson returns for her senior season after leading all Kansas girls with a 214 average last winter. The Louisiana Tech signee led Campus to its second straight Class 6A title, finishing third individually with a season-high 685 series, 11 pins behind champion Myranda Rogers of Gardner Edgerton. An All-6A first-team selection, Emerson rolled her high game, a 259, in one of her two league dual victories. She tuned up for state with back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail I and 6A regional meets, leading the Colts to the regional title with a 675 series. As a sophomore, Emerson finished seventh at state with a 631, helping Campus reclaim the 6A title.
 

GIANA GARCIA, OLATHE SOUTH

Garcia returns to lead an Olathe South team that qualified for state a year ago and returns several members from last season’s squad. Garcia was a big part of that as she put together an average of 180 and will look to replace the loss of state medalist Aubrie Thomas. Garcia took fourth at regionals last season as she racked up a 572 series, before recording a 516 at state. Her high series for the season was last January with a 612 at KC Bowl, and she also had a high game of 235 in that series. 
 

 
MEGAN GLINKA, WASHBURN RURAL

For the second straight year, Glinka enjoyed an outstanding regular season. After leading the Junior Blues with a 193 average her freshman year in 2024, Glinka once again led them last year with a 191 average that was tied for the 15th-best in the state overall. But for the second straight year, the postseason was a little bittersweet for Glinka. She helped Rural to a third-place team finish after a runner-up showing in 2024, but couldn’t find her way into the top 20 individually for the second straight year, placing 26th with a 554 series at state – well below her season-best series of 713 that was the fourth-best in the state last year. Glinka had a high game of 276 last year with that game and her 713 series coming at the Great Plains Invitational in Wichita.
 

LAYLA GONZALEZ, MILL VALLEY

It was a special season for Gonzalez last year as she led the Jaguars to the state tournament and saved her best performance for when it mattered most. As a junior, Gonzalez finished as the state runner-up with a high series of 686, just 10 pins behind state champion Myranda Rogers of Gardner-Edgerton. She was consistent throughout as she rolled a 227, 226 and 233 at state. Her high game came last February with a 246 at Olathe Lanes East and she finished the season with an average of 186. The Jaguars lose just one starter off of last season’s squad as they try to make a run at defending state champion Campus. 
 

KENZIE LAWSON, WASHBURN RURAL

After spending her sophomore season on Rural’s JV, Lawson stepped into a varsity spot last year and quickly became one of the Junior Blues’ top performers. Her season got off to a somewhat slow start, but she rolled a 565 series in her third meet of the season and was consistently in the 500s the rest of the way. Her average steadily climbed throughout the season, going from a 156 at the start of the season to a 180 average by the end of it, which ranked second-best on the Rural team. Lawson was at her best at the end of the season, rolling a career-best 597 series at regionals and then topping that with her first 600 series at the Class 6A state meet, posting a 621 that earned her a 10th-place individual finish and helped the Junior Blues to a third-place team placing.
 

CORTLYNN MILLINGTON, MANHATTAN

Millington was arguably the top freshman in the state last year, making an immediate impact for the Indians. She started her career with a 587 in her first meet and then got on a roll, posting five straight series of 600 or better including a season-best 715. After dipping below 600 for three straight meets, Millington finished the season strong with a 640 series at regionals that won her a regional title and a 633 at the Class 6A state meet that earned her a ninth-place finish. Millington posted a high game of 278 and finished the season with a 203 average that ranked fourth overall in the state last year. She was a first-team All-Class 6A selection. 
 

ANGIE MOSER, CAMPUS

Moser has been part of Campus’ last two 6A championship teams and claimed her first individual state medal last season, finishing seventh with a season-best 637 series. Moser tied 2024 state champion Kalee Stockstill of Wichita Northwest, but got the higher spot by virtue of her 237 second game. It was a 63-pin improvement from her previous high a week earlier at regionals and a considerable leap from the 455 she rolled in her state debut as a freshman. Moser posted a 178 average last season, raising it more than six pins with her performances at Campus’ league, regional and state meets.
 

ELLA RUTTER, CAMPUS

Rutter, a junior, solidified her spot on Campus’ talented varsity roster last season with back-to-back victories in January triangulars. She rolled a season-best 647 series at The Alley in Wichita and a week later used a 237 final game to slip past teammate Riley Emerson by one pin for the high series in a meet at Hutchinson. Rutter’s high game last season, a 268, helped her surge to a third-place finish at the Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail I meet. After following that 637 series with her low series of the season at regionals, Rutter bounced back with a 571 in her state debut to finish 22^nd, five pins shy of teammate Chante Anderson and a top-20 finish.
 

AUDRIE THOMAS, WICHITA NORTHWEST

Thomas, a junior, inherits a lead role for the Grizzlies after the graduation departures of 2024 Class 6A state champion Kalee Stockstill and two-time state medalist Avery Schippers. Thomas was second to Stockstill last season for Northwest with a 197 average, but had her own moments in the spotlight. She rolled a 710 series – fifth best in Kansas last season – at an early-season triangular, then held the anchor spot for the Grizzlies in the Baker portion of the Great Plains Invitational, which Northwest won with a three-game victory over 6A power Campus in the final. Thomas, the Greater Wichita Athletic League individual champion as a freshman, narrowly missed her first individual state medal last March, taking 23^rd at the 6A meet. She did help Northwest to a runner-up team finish behind Campus.

 

KYLIE TRAIN, WICHITA EAST
 
Train emerged as a consistent performer for East last year during her sophomore season, leading the Blue Aces with a 192 average. She was East’s lone state medalist, finishing 14^th with a 593 series in her Class 6A state debut. Train opened the season with the high series at a Greater Wichita Athletic League triangular, the first of six top-4 finishes. After rolling a season-high 626 series in mid-February, Train came back with a 620 to finish third at the GWAL championships. Train also posted a 20^th-place finish at the Great Plains Invitational, rolling a season-high 267 game as part of her 546 series. With former GWAL champion and state runner-up Bella Lumbreras graduated, Train, an All-6A second-team selection last season, figures to take on a greater role.
 

 
AVA WILSON, JUNCTION CITY
 
Wilson helped lead Junction City to a fifth-place team finish at state last year as a sophomore, posting the second-highest average for the Blue Jays a year ago with a 181, just one pin below fellow returner Angelina Castro-Tichenor, who held a 182 average. Wilson had the highest game for the Blue Jays last year with a 254 and the highest series as well with a 667, that mark ranking as the 15th-best overall series in the state last year. Wilson placed 31st individually at state last year and is one of four returners from last year’s state team.