Now it’s the boys turn?
First-year
The high school
season gets under way Wednesday with the Golden Tornado girls beginning the
campaign as defending state champions.
“Our starting
five on the girls side should be very solid again,”
Cupp said. “We just won’t have the depth they had a year ago.
“The boys team could be ready to make a strong run at the
regional and state level. The team is deep, has experience and a definite
leader.”
That leader is
senior Jacob Cookson, who averaged 198.8 a year ago “and should easily average
over 200 this year,” Cupp said. Garrett Sexton (188) joined Cookson as a
regional bowler last season.
Cody Rosenbauer
(181) is a third returning senior starter. Rounding out the starting five for
Wednesday’s opener against Mars are sophomore Matt Wetzel and freshman Nick
Huff.
While the girls team has eight bowlers, the boys had 20 try out. Cupp
kept 13 of them.
“Our varsity boys
team will run nine or 10 bowlers deep,” the coach said. All of these kids can
put up numbers and if the conditions are challenging, they can handle it.”
Other starters
will be senior Ciara Pellegrini and junior Baylee Verner, with freshman Abby
Bagley a candidate to crack the topfive.
“That top five is
very strong and we’ve got a couple of pretty good newcomers,” Cupp said.