For many varsity bowlers, this has been the beginning of one of their best seasons. As the players continue playing and collecting wins, their confidence and skill keeps improving. 

At the start of December, both teams had a 3-1 record, and they have both placed high in all their matches. In one match against Rockford Christian and other schools, varsity placed 2 and JV placed 1 overall. Heading into the rest of the season, they have a winning record that they plan to keep. 

In past seasons the team has not been able to keep a winning record, but this year the team is determined to continue to work together to keep the winning record. 

“On the road ahead, we are looking like the best team we have had in my three years of being on the team,”explained junior bowler Joseph Thome. “There is no giving up and not being able to get distracted about the wins.” 

The team is motivated and ready to continue to have a winning record, with the previous season’s mistakes and successes pushing them along. 

“Knowing last year we didn’t have a winning record and this year we do,” described junior bowler Dominick Caurso. “It helps to motivate the whole team. It has influenced me to do better as a player.” 

As the players continue through the season, many of them want to improve themselves to beat past personal records. 

“Having a winning record helps me keep going and to keep improving to get a higher average by the end of the season,” explained senior bowler Brody Hyatt.

During the season many players are hoping to improve themselves for the better of the team too.

“I think I’ve done pretty good this season,” described Hyatt. “I’ve had my ups and downs, but I had the team to help me out. My main goal is to keep going on winning and never give up.” 

Many of the bowlers have high expectations for this season, hoping to improve even more throughout the season. 

“I am hoping to win an invitational tournament this season,” stated sophomore bowler River Glab.

Along with winning more tournaments, the team is hoping to come out of this season with a winning record. 

“We have a pretty solid team. I think we will have a pretty good shot at ending with a positive record this season,” explained Glab. 

This year many of the guys feel more confident in where they will go this season. For many players this is due to the team having more chemistry and confidence compared to previous years. 

“Last year we weren’t too good and all our morale went down a lot,” described Tyler Houston, a junior bowler. “This year we have a lot of new guys on the team. So for us having new people it builds more chemistry with us and our confidence goes up also well.

The bowling team feels confident enough to make sure that they strike success this year.