Lawrence High bowler Zhennen Liu, center, congratulates teammate Jerry Wang, right, on a strike. The LHS boys and girls won their meets Wednesday at Royal Crest Lanes.

Tiffany Demaline led the Lawrence High girls bowling team to a victory over Leavenworth at Royal Crest Lanes on Wednesday, but senior Jessica Wyatt stole the show on her Senior Day.

Wyatt, fighting off any Senior Day jitters, bowled her first-ever 600 series in front of the home crowd.

“I feel really excited. I feel like I kind of did it for my parents and my family today,” said Wyatt, who finished with a 614. “I was just bowling really good for them and making them proud.”

The day finished with a little bit of disappointment for Wyatt. She came up 10 pins shy of bowling 200 in Game 3, which would have given her three 200 games.

Regardless, the spotlight was squarely on Wyatt. Demaline, who is also a senior, didn’t want to talk about the 682 series she bowled.

“That was just awesome for Jessica, and I’m very proud of her,” Demaline said. “I’ve bowled with her since, of course, freshman year, but also since we were 9 or 10 years old. So I’m very proud to see Jessica do that. It’s well deserved.”

First-year LHS coach Brandi Perry said she saw Wyatt’s performance as a springboard for the final month of competition leading into the postseason.

“She’s been working hard all season, so for her to have it on Senior Day with her family here is just really exciting,” Perry said of Wyatt. “And with our season just getting under way, I think today gave all our girls the chance to build the momentum to go into the rest of the season.”

On the boys side, sophomore Ben Wyatt led the Lions (2,346 pins) to a first-place finish over Leavenworth (2,285) and Kansas City Piper (2,015). Ben Wyatt bowled a 627 series, with seniors Jerry Wang (623), Zhennen Liu (564) and Nick Hanna (532) rounding out the top four.

However, the top boys bowler came from Lawrence’s junior varsity squad, which actually finished with 185 pins more than the varsity squad.

Sophomore Ryan Miller came up just short of bowling a 700 series, finishing instead with a 693.

“I don’t really look into who beats who because we’re all one team,” said Miller, who bounces between the varsity and junior varsity. “The varsity did pretty good, but the junior varsity just had their day. I’m sure there’s going to be some bragging rights, though.”