WALBRIDGE – The Wood County Committee on Aging Inc. held the annual Wii Bowling Tournament on April 12 at
the Walbridge Public Library.
The event, which has taken place each June for the past 10 years, draws in participants from all over the
county. They Wii bowl for four hours and enjoy lunch together. The lunch was sponsored by Kingston of
Perrysburg and Right at Home.
Ten teams participated in the tournament, including six teams from the Northeast Area Senior Center and
Walbridge Area, one from the Perrysburg Area Senior Center, two from the Pemberville Area Senior Center
and one from the North Baltimore Area Senior Center.
The annual event tests participants’ bowling skills in a high tech environment using the Wii system. The
event encourages participants to work together and ensures that they are supporting and cheering on
other senior center sites as well.
The double elimination event ended with the Perrysburg Team being undefeated. Their final score was 23
after battling it out against the Walbridge team, the Fireballs. The Fireballs consisted of Hank
Benavides, Kathy Wagner, Cheri Baldwin, Paula Seltzer and Jim Fuleky. Their score was 226.
The winning team from Perrysburg consisted of Cathy Wyss, Sharon Filipovich, Joe Filipovich, Shelia
Biagioni and Darlene Doxie.