Bowling


 * **__Belleville West Bowling__**

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Summary 1996 was the first year for Belleville West Bowling. Belleville West Bowling started out as a club and into a team that is now sponsored by the state. When the club started in 1996, it had tremendous success, but as the years went on the amount of people interested decreased. Also, many students at West did not know that the school had a bowling team because it was not publicized enough through the school. In 2006, the Belleville West Bowling team placed 2nd at the IHSA State Finals which increased the amount of people interested and participating. In the years after, the West bowling team had a record amount of people coming out to try out for the team. To this day, the Belleville West Bowling Team is going strong and is setting record for the schools participation in sports. For many years, the team has been limited to about 14-18 people for both boys and girls teams. The team consists of five players for Varsity and four players for JV. The last bowler is always called the anchor bowler and is usually the strongest bowler on the team. The lead off bowler also has to have a strong start to get the team pumped and ready to bowl.

For the first 12 years of the Belleville West Bowling Team the team practiced at Bel-Air Bowl but in 2007 the bowling team changed things up and moved to the new Bel-Air Bowl which was relocated to the old Panarama lanes. Also, in the first couple of years of the bowling team they had transportation to practices by bus but after the school had to make budget cuts the school eliminated transportation for practice. When the club started in 1996 Belleville West Bowling was headed in the right direction. Every year since the bowling team was started, we have either had an individual or team qualifier place at state. Some of the best finishes at state have been in the last couple of years. In 2006, the Boys Bowling Team placed 2nd at the State Finals and John Flanagan placing 2nd for the individuals. Also, this past year in 2010 the team won sectionals and had their second best finish at state placing 8th with Matt Warnecke finishing 5th for the individuals. With the team having such promising seasons over the last 14 years it looks like it can only get better as the years go on. (1997-1998) Girl’s record: 9-1 Boys record: 8-2 (1998-1999) Girls record: 6-4 Boys record: 5-5, Jenny Williams places 16th at State Finals (1999-2000) Boys team places 14th at State Finals (2000-2001) Christine Lukie and Sara Parker advance to State Finals Individually (2001- 2002) Boys Place 10th at State Finals, Ryan Freivogel Places 4th individually (2002-2003) Girls record: 6-7 Boys record: 5-8 (2003-2004) Boys place 12th at State Finals, Senior Christine Lukie State Champion (2004-2005) Lee Boudouris places 16th at State Finals (2005-2006) Boys place 2nd at State Finals (2006-2007) Girls record: 7-8 Boys record: 6-8, John Flanagan State Champion (2007-2008) Allen Bux advances to State Finals, Miranda Britin advances to State Finals (2008-2009) Girls place 15th at State Finals, Alex Jones advances to State Finals (2009-2010) Boys Place 8th at State Finals, Matt Warnecke places 5th individually, Mac Biegler advances to State Finals
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Created by Allen Bux and Taylor Siebers