The day of December 7, 2015, just 4 days after the Montgomery Bell Academy football team lost a close overtime game to a local rival, Brentwood Academy, in the state championship, the MBA bowling team had an opportunity to clinch a state tournament bowling appearance for the first time since 2011. Four starting seniors, a sophomore, and I led the team to a twelve and three record. While on the way to that impressive mark, the team defeated the two time reigning TSSAA state championship team, Friendship Christian Academy, led by their ace bowler and two time individual TSSAA state champion, Donnie Turner. The MBA bowling team had a stunning turnaround in the program, after finishing eight and eight last year, the team was on the way to one of
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I put my green and purple Ebonite ball, Disorder, on the rack. The first of three games started at 3:30 after ten minutes of practice time. We had a team meeting before we started the match, and Captain Jackson Wooten gave an uplifting speech telling us that he didn’t have to say anything to pump us up because we all knew what we had to do. The vice captain, Ben Coulthard, Grayson Fettroll, and I were on one lane, and we were willing to give all we had to win the match at hand. Once the first match ended the game was tied at four to four, and we were winning by a close margin of 28 pins. As the game carried on, our team held a commanding lead after the second game leading ten to six by 34 pins. After the second match, Coach Sanders pulled us all together as a team, and he gave us an uplifting speech. Coach Sanders told us we can’t lose focus although we are winning. He also said we have to keep our foot on the gas and whip their tails, and he reminded us of all the Friday weight room workouts we had gone through to reach this point. He told us to give it our all for the seniors that helped to build the program since they were
I put my green and purple Ebonite ball, Disorder, on the rack. The first of three games started at 3:30 after ten minutes of practice time. We had a team meeting before we started the match, and Captain Jackson Wooten gave an uplifting speech telling us that he didn’t have to say anything to pump us up because we all knew what we had to do. The vice captain, Ben Coulthard, Grayson Fettroll, and I were on one lane, and we were willing to give all we had to win the match at hand. Once the first match ended the game was tied at four to four, and we were winning by a close margin of 28 pins. As the game carried on, our team held a commanding lead after the second game leading ten to six by 34 pins. After the second match, Coach Sanders pulled us all together as a team, and he gave us an uplifting speech. Coach Sanders told us we can’t lose focus although we are winning. He also said we have to keep our foot on the gas and whip their tails, and he reminded us of all the Friday weight room workouts we had gone through to reach this point. He told us to give it our all for the seniors that helped to build the program since they were