By: Abbie Schmidt, Staff Writer
Posted January 19th, 2016
I spoke with Hannah Ritger, a sophomore, who is part of Slinger’s Girls Varsity Bowling. Personally, Hannah has been doing very well with her bowling! She’s been performing so well at the meets that she will be bowling at the individual regionals representing Slinger High School. Last year, as a freshman, she attended Regionals, which was a huge milestone, but she didn’t advance to sectionals. It’s her goal to make it all the way to the state tournament after sectional rounds.
Overall, Slinger is doing extremely well. There are both a boys and a girls varsity team this year. The boys team is currently tied for 8th place in their league and the girls are in 4th place in the league. Both teams will be competing in the team regional competition.
Hannah’s favorite part of bowling is that she is able to meet kids from Slinger she wouldn’t normally talk to and also kids from other high schools that love bowling just as much as she does. She likes that the meets are competitive but still friendly. Her only complaint is that her jersey is too big!
She told me that many people don’t know that there are actually a lot of scholarships awarded for students who bowl. There are several youth tournaments that allow you to win money to use towards college. Outside of the high school team, Hannah placed 2nd in a tournament a few years ago and received money for college. She is currently in the process of qualifying for the Pepsi Youth Tournament. She is also looking into qualifying for the Junior Gold Tournament where she could earn a spot on the United States Junior Olympic team!
Hannah also told me that she learns many life lessons from bowling. The biggest one that she’s learned is to slow down and take the game one frame at a time.
