Monday, December 13, 2010

Cole Ellis: Bowling Phenom

by Trevor Finch
Sports Editor

How do you get involved with bowling? “Well, it’s a Silverton High School Club brought to us by Silver Creek Lanes, and you just sign up and pay your dues.”

When are practices? “Practices are Wednesdays from 3:30pm to 5:30pm and Saturday are league day s which means we get to bowl three games and better our average.”

Do you compete against other schools?
“Yes indeed we do. All schools from the Salem area, Dallas, Cascade, West Albany, South Albany, and a few from Portland.”

What’s the highest score you have ever gotten? “189, but my average is around a 140ish.”

Who do bowl with? “My home boy D-Train a.k.a. Dalton Sedivy, Devin Oei, Brandon Damewood, Traylor a.k.a. Taylor Bradberry, Eric Nasset, and Karen Witherspoon.”

Who is the coach? The A-team coach is Paul Holden, and the B-team coach is Guy Glennie.”
What’s the best part about bowling?“Well, what other sport can you eat curly fries and drink a large pop, while doing it? And of course its fun and a pretty rad sport.”

Do you plan to become a professional bowler? “It depends where life takes me, it would be cool, but pretty hard to compete against the best around.”