{"id":7303,"date":"2025-02-28T14:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:44:52","slug":"katie-gerrard-runs-away-with-2025-princeton-womens-masters-crown-shaw-local-news-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7303","title":{"rendered":"Katie Gerrard runs away with 2025 Princeton Women\u2019s Masters crown – Shaw Local News Network"},"content":{"rendered":"


Katie Gerrard led the 2025 Princeton Women’s Masters Bowling Tournament from start to finish. Top 5 bowlers were Sherry Allen (from left) fifth, Anna Flaig third, Gerard, Shannon Allen second and Danielle Hoopes fourth. <\/span>(Photo provided)
Katie Gerrard finished in a tie and lost out in a bowl-off in last year\u2019s Princeton Women\u2019s Masters Bowling Tournament<\/a>, finishing second.
She didn\u2019t let it get that close again this year.
Gerrard took the lead on Day 1 and never gave it up on the way to capturing the 2025 Masters crown, her second title in four years. She ran away from the field with 93.05 Peterson Points, defeating runner-up Shannon Allen (86.14) by more than seven points.
\u201cNot having a bowl-off is nice. But even the position round at the end, I had a little leeway there so I didn\u2019t have to stress who I was going up against too much,\u201d Gerrard said. \u201cI still wanted to finish well, of course. But a little bit of that pressure was off.\u201d
Gerrard, a Kewanee bowler, held nearly a four-point (48.30-44.33) lead over Danielle Hoopes after the first weekend. She increased her lead to nearly five points over Hoopes after Day 3 heading into the final round.
\u201cIt was a fun tournament. All the girls had fun and I had great lane partner that followed,\u201d said Gerrard, who bowls in the Monday night league at Pin Splitter Lanes.
This was Gerrard\u2019s fourth year bowling in the tournament, having also won in 2022, her first year.
Other top-10 bowlers were Anna Flaig (86.12) in third, Hoopes (85.32) fourth, Sherry Allen (84.10) fifth, Tieg Carpenter (81.23) sixth, Nicole Walker (81.07) seventh, Gabbie Cummings (80.46) eighth, Emma Nicoli (78.29) ninth and Terrianne Oestel (76.03) 10th.
Correna Eggers won the Darlene Shepard Sportsmanship Award.
Correna Eggers won the Darlene Shepard Sportsmanship Award. <\/span>(Photo provided)
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Katie Gerrard led the 2025 Princeton Women’s Masters Bowling Tournament from start to finish. Top 5 bowlers were Sherry Allen (from left) fifth, Anna Flaig third, Gerard, Shannon Allen second and Danielle Hoopes fourth. (Photo provided)Katie Gerrard finished in a tie and lost out in a bowl-off in last year\u2019s Princeton Women\u2019s Masters Bowling Tournament, finishing second.She didn\u2019t let it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t