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Senior Austin Hale bowling at the singles state tournament. Hale believes he could have done better at the singles state tournament, but that the overall season went pretty well.

Season Full of Major Highlights and Minor Disappointments

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
February 14, 2022
Senior Austin Hale bowling one of his strikes from the game against Pleasure Ridge Park High School. Jan. 11, Hale along with his teammates played against PRP, and lost. “Today, I feel we did the best that we could. PRP is a hard team to beat. Theres a lot of ins and outs in the bowling world, and even that PRP couldnt really figure it out. So, it was rough for everybody, but overall, we did pretty good. Everybody did their part,” Hale said, “Some highlights for me would be my first four strikes in the second game, which was pretty good. I should have gotten that fifth, but stuff happens. Beggars cant be choosers. Highlight for the team. We only lost the first bakers game by 40 pins. So, I mean, were right on their toes as soon as we get more consistency out of our players, we will probably be a pretty good matchup for PRP.”

Double Loss With PRP and DeSales

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
January 17, 2022
Senior Austin Hale bowling in the first bakers match. Nov. 10, Bullitt East lost against PRP with a score of 436-296, Chargers. “I feel that we played pretty well. I mean, PRP is a hard team to beat; they are probably the best in the state, and its going to take a lot of practice and consistency in our players to keep up with them. Some kids kept it real most of the time, but other kids lost their cool because they got frustrated, because bowling is a hard sport. Its all mental,” Hale said.

Bowling Match Against PRP Leads To a Loss

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
November 15, 2021
Senior Austin Hale acting like he is bowling at winter media day. Hale will be one of the main players this year, after being on the team since freshman year, and having a high average of pins. “The most difficult part about this sport is definitely consistency. In order to be perfect in this, you have to be perfect, like throwing the same line, same ball, every time. Twelve times in a row. Perfect game. Consistency is definitely probably the hardest part,” Hale said, “This year, I am looking forward to going to region again. Who wouldn’t want to do that for four years, and show everybody that Bullitt East is someone to look for?”

Getting Ready For The Alive Bowling Season

Brodie Curtsinger, Macie Brown, and Tawney Noyes
November 8, 2021
Bowling ball going into the pins under the numbers: 2021. The 2021 season for this year’s bowling team went pretty good, for senior Adam Young, in his opinion, for this being his last year on the team. “I’m going to miss competing in these kinds of tournaments, and playing with all these good kids. Im going to miss the team I played with, and grew around. This team means a lot to me, and Im happy I got to bowl with them, during my time on the team. I also want to thank coach Raley, for what he’s done for this team, and I want to thank him for being there, and just supporting us, along the way,” Young said.

A Season Like No Other

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
March 22, 2021
Senior Adam Young and coach Lenny Raley talking to each other, at the Mar. 5 Manual game. Mar. 5 would be the last normal game that this team would play together, before the regionals tournaments, and the state tournament. “Some things that have stuck out to me are who has come, and gone, and how we have improved and gained more people on the team, and the past two years being on the top of the region, and winning our regionals last year, and being runner up this year. Oh, and I can’t forget about the 300 bakers game we had last season. That was probably the one I look back at, the most,” Young said.

State Tournament, Here They Come

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
March 17, 2021
Senior Adam Young, junior Austin Hale, and sophomore David Scholtz, all getting ready to bowl, from the Jan. 29 North Bullitt match. These are three of the key, and main, players, from the bowling team. Young plans to become better at bowling by, “Just getting in the alley, and practicing more,” Young said.

Still No Full Win

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
February 22, 2021
Senior Adam Young bowling, to pick up the spare. Young had to step into the big shoes today, to fill the shoes of the two seniors, from last year. ““I mean, it might be better. A lot of people expect me to do better, because we lost seniors last year; the two best players, last year. They expect me to step it up, and try to get it done, and that is what I’m going to try to do,” Young said.

Struggling With The New Way to Bowl

Brodie Curtsinger, Sports Editor
February 1, 2021
Senior Adam Young bowling during last season. With this being his last season, it makes him upset that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken so much away. “I’m pretty upset about it, because I actually wanted to have a season this year, because it is my senior year, and now that we might get a season halfway into the school year, that sucks. I mean, we had a really good season last year. Happy about that one,” Young said.

Waiting For Competition, Not Practice

Brodie Curtsinger, Kyleigh Reeves, and Macie Brown
January 18, 2021
The end of the final talk, after the team got eliminated from the state tournament. At the beginning of each event, and at the end of each event, for the team; the bowling team has a quick talk, puts their fists together, and then they lift their arms and go, “East!” “I’m hurting. Probably not hurting, as much as them, because I really wanted to see us accomplish bigger things, but that’s part of life,” said bowling coach Lenny Raley, “Yeah. Very, very proud (of the team). Again, things that may never be accomplished again, by most schools; I don’t know. To see a 300, was just absolutely phenomenal. So, when you win something, for the first time, it makes it special; winning the region. My first year is special to me. And then, being able to get here, and now, we and I know what it’s like, and everybody coming back knows what it’s like.”

The History-Making Bowling Team’s Season Is Officially Over

Brodie Curtsinger, Staff Writer
February 10, 2020
Senior Dylan Young holding the “300 Pin (Perfect Game)” trophy. At the Louisville City Tournament, Jan. 11, 2020; Young, senior Logan Parrish, junior Adam Young, sophomore Austin Hale and freshman David Scholtz, played a bakers match, and made history, and scored a perfect game, with 12 strikes in a row. “I think it (getting the 300 game) was pretty cool, considering I was the last person to complete that 300; is very stressful, you know, going up there shaking, taking deep breaths, inhaling, exhaling, trying to calm myself down. You know, it‘s just, for me, I was surprised I was able to do it,” said Dylan Young.

The Best of the Best

Brodie Curtsinger, Staff Writer
February 7, 2020
Junior David Boyer and junior Zachary Compton bowling at the Unified Regionals tournament. Boyer, Compton, sophomore Austin Hale and senior Dylan Young bowled as two separate teams, at the Unified Regionals tournament, and Compton and Hale actually ended up winning the whole tournament. “I have a tender spot for those kind of kids. You know, our school is highly recognized as one of the top schools in the United States for being involved with unified programs, and so, really two good kids. David is very high strong and got a lot of energy; loud and a lot of school spirit. And Zach’s kind of the opposite; really quiet, and doesn’t say a lot. But they’re both great kids. They did a really good job bowling,” said bowling coach Lenny Raley, “So, I’m proud of Bullitt East, for offering it and being allowed to have them out there representing our school and community and they did a fantastic job today.”

Bullitt East Wins Unified Regionals Tournament

Brodie Curtsinger, Staff Writer
January 27, 2020
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