Sunday, November 11, 2001
High school bowling making a comeback
By John Erardi
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Competitive bowling teams at local high schools — the kind that used to be part of the Cincinnati prep sports scene in the 1940's and 1950's — are making a comeback. Thirty-five schools in southwest Ohio have bowling teams. Bowling could wind up being fully sanctioned as a sport by the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the near future.
“My thinking is, if we're going to have a sport that is going to survive in today's market, we have to involve the high school athletic association,” said Frank Ruggerie, self-described “instigator” of the prep bowling program and operator of Colerain Bowl.
He said he knew he was onto something good when, after announcing the program last year, 80 kids showed up from Elder to try out for that school's two eight-man teams (one varsity, one junior varsity) and 100 showed up from Moeller.
“We have the entire boys' GCL; all but two (schools) in the girls' GCL and 11 schools from the Fort Ancient Valley League,” Ruggerie sid.
The prep bowling leagues begin the week after Thanksgiving and run through February (“it's the high school basketball season, basically,” Ruggerie said). The teams will bowl twice weekly; the only week off is Christmas.
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