Rachel Gooldy a youth bowler from Junction City Bowl will be representing the state of Kansas in the 2008 Pepsi Bowling Championships July 14-16 in Detroit, Michigan. Rachel qualified by finishing 2nd in the Kansas Division 1 girls match play finals on Saturday at Northrock Lanes in Wichita. The top 2 bowlers in each division are selected to move on to the national final. Rachel had previously been seeded third with a 6 game qualifying score of 1389. The pepsi championships feature over 700 youth bowlers from across the state with qualifying beginning at the local and regional levels before moving onto state qualifying and then the national finals. Rachel received a 250.00 scholarship for her 2nd place finish in the state finals and will be competing with bowlers across the country for a 3000.00 first place scholarship prize.

Rachel is an 8th grader attending Herington MIddle School. Parents are Jay Gooldy of Junction City and Beth and Darin Schlesener of Herington. The final state standings should be updated here http://www.bowlksyouth.com in the next day or so. National Tournament info can be found here http://www.bowl.com/tournaments/youth/pepsi/main.aspx.Probably the best source of information on the tournament would be Randy Altman, the state youth bowling director and he can be contacted at (785) 856-4400.