Oregon bowler Gavvin Surmo rolls to 1st in Dixon: Thursday’s Sauk Valley roundup

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Oregon 2nd, Dixon 3rd at Toughman tourney: State power Harlem won the Dixon Toughman Tournament on Thursday at Plum Hollow, but Oregon and the host Dukes were right behind.

The tournament features three games of traditional team bowling before going to 15 games in a Baker format.

Harlem totaled a 6,637, followed by Oregon (6,423) and Dixon (6,311). Sterling (5,412) took 12th among 16 competing teams. Hononegah (6,160) was fourth and South Beloit (6,118) fifth, followed by Geneseo (6,043), Freeport (5,974) and Rochelle (5,786). Dakota (5,767) was ninth, and Auburn (5,751) took 10th.

Harlem finished seventh at state last year, Hononegah was ninth and Dixon was 11th.

Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo was the individual champion Thursday with a 739 high series. Daniel Sotelo led Dixon with a 673 in seventh place, and Wyatt Miller’s 653 was good for 10th for the Dukes.

Surmo’s 277 was the second-best game behind Harlem’s Andrew Bell (290). Bowling on Dixon’s second team, Derek Fitzanko’s 258 was sixth best, and Miller’s 248 tied for ninth best.