I wanted to send a quick update on the schedule as well as a few announcements.

A full season schedule was sent out in Remind recently. Please message William if you do not have it. We will update the complete version of the schedule and send it out soon. We have had changes to the regional schedule already since it was sent out last week and it is certainly possible that tweaks to our schedule will happen. Obviously COVID is still a player and can greatly impact our schedule.

We have added two scrimmages to the schedule.

• Jan 11 at All Star we will play Dutchtown boys and girls
• Jan 20 at Tangi Lanes in Hammond we will play Albany boys and girls

January schedule

• Wednesday, January 6 Practice
• Monday, January 11 SCRIMMAGE: Dutchtown
• Wednesday, January 13 Practice
• Wednesday, January 20 SCRIMMAGE: Albany
• Thursday, January 21 Girls vs. St. Amant
• Monday, January 25 Boys vs. Tara
• Friday, January 29 Practice

Once February starts practices outside of matches will be on Friday. Monday and Wednesday cannot be scheduled at All-Star.

Please visit https://www.jacketsbowling.com/calendar/ for an up to date version of the calendar

Please let me know if you will miss practice for any reason.

NOTE: I picked up a complete 5 ball Motiv arsenal from a bowler in my Sunday league with relatively recent releases. They are all 15 lbs. If you have not already sent me a list of your bowling equipment, please do so. I will try to match some of this equipment to you. Help me help you. 🙂

I will have meetings with the boys and girls teams separately tomorrow to go over team specific notes.

Coach William

On Monday I want to highlight the importance of one of our core values – EFFORT

Earlier this week there was a Cornell Bowling Club Zoom at with Diandra Asbaty, Daria Pajak and Diana Zavjalova**

The biggest thing I took away from the whole discussion was about putting in the TIME. There is no replacement for putting in as much time as you can to improve. The best adult bowlers in Baton Rouge bowl three or more leagues a week. The best high school bowlers in Baton Rouge bowl at least two days a week with their high school teams and participate in multiple leagues / practice sessions outside those two days a week. Elite performers in the PBA and PWBA put in thousands of hours of lane time over years. If you want to elevate your game to top tier varsity level, you need to put in the time. Notice when you come up to All Star to practice. You see the same kids up here from other schools frequently. We want to make sure they see us. Talk to your teammates and ask when they go up to practice and if you can go with them. Meet up here in groups to reduce cost. Communicate and recognize that your teammate improving means the TEAM improves.

As a reminder of one of our other core values accountability someone on the team asked me about my running. I was not doing so well. Since then I have run twice, meeting my distance goals for both days. Who are you helping to keep accountable?

**Below are a few short details on the accomplishments of those on the Zoom call. We will try to make more opportunities available to learn from the best our sport has to offer.

• Diandra Asbaty – Winner of the 2012 USBC Queens, a 15 year Team USA veteran and winner of two team championships in college with Nebraska.
• Daria Pajak – Current PWBA player (1 title), PWBA rookie of the year in 2017 and winner of a team national championship in college with Webber International in 2016.
• Diana Zavjalova – Current PWBA player (4 titles) including TWO USBC Queens titles (she won the one in Baton Rouge in 2017) and winner of a team national championship in college with Webber International in 2012.

Congratulations to the following students for making the Denham Springs High School bowling teams.

Girls Varsity

• Audrey Cedotal
• Ann Savignol
• Catherine English
• Kara Deluca
• Layla Legendre #

Boys Varsity

• Gabriel Eunice
• Cade Fletcher
• Mason Ballard
• Dylan Fowler
• Quincy Brown
• Andrew Wilson
• Alex Cedotal
• Hayden Rainey
• Brady Null

Junior Varsity

• Cade Murry
• Cooper Bush
• Connor Phillips
• Dalton Mulkey
• Hunter Norwood
• Wyatt Wells
• Quentin Armstrong
• Caleb Perck
• Randall Mitchell #

Please note that bowling is allowed to carry as many students as we see fit on a roster. We had a very young group of tryout participants this year and we want to develop as many bowlers as possible for future seasons.

Both varsity and junior varsity matches start 6 bowlers for each game.

We are allowed to designate up to 10 students for the active roster during any particular match. The varsity squad is not set in stone. Bowlers on the junior varsity squads can be called up to bowl varsity games and can earn their way into the varsity lineup *this* season.

We will aim to limit JV opportunities to the JV squads to ensure they get the most time in a competitive environment possible.

#Option C students are not allowed to practice with the teams until such a time that they return to Option A/B.

We had a great first day of tryouts including a personal best from Junior Gabriel Eunice who tossed in a 290 game to finish up a 685 series for his first three games.