The Jonathan Alder girls and boys bowling team have officially started their seasons with their first match being on Nov. 20. After losing some good players, it makes it harder to deal with when not being used to it. 

Junior Ellie Wilkin has been bowling for three years and she says, “We don’t have any seniors this year [on the girls team] and we have a lot of new girls.” 

Even though bowling is mostly an individual player sport, both bowling teams learn to support each other, like chants before games and chants while players bowl.

“We help each other and cheer each other on at games,” says Wilkin. 

Bowling players do not have a lot of access to playing after the season is over, so it can be difficult to find time to practice when the season has come to an end.

“Not being able to bowl for so long and then sucking when I come back [is the biggest challenge],” Wilkin says.

They have to ease back into it by having practice almost every day for two hours at a time. 

The girls team does not have a junior varsity team due to lack of people this year, so they hope to have more people next year to improve on their skills and playing.

Even though the bowling team historically doesn’t have many players, at least one of the two teams has still managed to make it to the state tournament for the last four years, and the team is hopeful that they will find similar success this year. 

So far, the girls team is 1-3 and the boys team is 3-1.