As the new bowling season begins, the team begins to grow for this competitive season, as well as attempting to expand for the future.

“We’re still in a growing process, because LT doesn’t have a large bowling community,” varsity Coach Gary Morrill said. “We don’t normally get kids who have bowled before. We get kids who have only bowled recreationally before, and we have to turn them into bowlers.”

According to Morrill, anyone is capable of succeeding in the sport of bowling, and it can be a great alternative to the other, more traditional sports at LT. This year, the bowling team, which is co-ed, has two female members, and many more are welcome, Morrill said.

“Physical stature means absolutely nothing,” Morrill said. “It’s consistently an even sport when it comes to gender.”

Morrill is planning to create a bowling camp for junior high kids this summer, and is hoping to expand the bowling team at LT.

“I’m trying to build this into a program at LT,” Morrill said, “instead of just having a good team. I’m trying to turn it into a sport where freshmen will come in already knowing how to bowl.”

Jack McGuinn ‘16 also believes in the huge capability to improve in the sport. He had never bowled before LT, and after being on the team since freshman year, he is now co-captain and the Varsity anchor for the team.

“I had never played the sport before,” McGuinn said. “My parents and grandparents played in a league, and I had seen it on TV, so I thought I might as well try it, and I loved it.”

Morrill, who considers leadership to be instrumental, thinks that McGuinn’s leadership will be crucial in helping the team perform this year.

“I’ve definitely grown as a leader, by learning from my peers and the older teammates I’ve had through the years,” McGuinn said.

One of Morrill’s biggest challenges is coordinating a team spirit and comradery between the bowlers. Even though you bowl individually, it is certainly still a team sport, Morrill said.

“The 24th bowler is just as important to the team as the best bowler on the team,” Morrill said. “When the team believes that, they’re capable of helping each other out more, because they aren’t just focused on themselves.”

Morrill and McGuinn agree that the team is skilled enough to be very successful this season. So far, after two matches the team has __ wins.

“I believe that by the end of the season we’ll have the makeup of a team that can make it back to state and compete at a state level,” Morrill said.