Joey Berven '20 saunters up to the ball return. He grabs his purple, sangria scented bowling ball, as he takes multiple deep breaths to inhale the succulent scent. He looks down at the boards, and lines up for his shot. He wipes his rapidly perspiring brow with his sleeve. Berven takes his first step, as he slowly pushes his...
Capitalize. Close. Clutch. These 3 C's represented Jesuit's thought process throughout the Bowling Regional Championships on March 3rd, 2019, as they rolled through the competition, spared no teams, and struck the region by storm with their first place victory.
Baker Round Robin Games
The format of the baker or team matches was a 7 game round robin that would determine seeding,...
"Hard works beats talent when talent doesn't work hard, but when you have talent and work hard, that's a dirty combination."
The Jesuit bowling team exemplifies this quote, as while there is certainly plenty of talent on the team, everyone on it continues to work hard to hone their craft. This hard work paid off on Tuesday, January 22nd, as...
As of Saturday, January 12th, the Rangers varsity bowling team needed to win two matches to guarantee a spot at regionals. In typical Ranger fashion, the team proceeded to steamroll their next two opponents, winning against Flower Mound Marcus 12-3 and Nimitz 10-5.
Flower Mound Marcus
Jesuit squared off against 2nd ranked Marcus on January 12th, at AMF Sparetime in Arlington....
Traditionally in bowling, coaches position their lineups for the individual matches with the lowest average on the team first, then the highest average last, in the fifth spot. When making these lineups, the home team gets to make their lineup after seeing the already locked in visitor's lineup, so they can adjust off of that. Generally, the changes only...
"You learn more from a bad shot than you ever will from a good shot." - Tom Daugherty
Jesuit's performance on Tuesday, November 6th, exemplified this quote as nearly all of Jesuit's bowlers, while having decent first games, found their mark in the second game and destroyed their opponents and their previous scores.
Individuals
Jesuit started off with scores of 144, 178,...
There are no "off days" with the Jesuit bowling team. Every Monday and Wednesday during the school year, they're always on the lanes after school putting in countless hours of work to hone their craft. Then every Tuesday, you can always find the team lifting in the weight room, always staying after to complete a few more reps and...
Ever since January 30th, 2018, the Jesuit Bowling Team has been hungry for payback against Irving Nimitz. Obtaining a 6-1 lead after the dual matches, Jesuit was poised to win. However, Nimitz came roaring back in the baker games, eventually winning the match 9-6.
Ever since this loss, the athletes on the Jesuit Bowling team have been working hard to...
