Bryce has been really, really good at times and sometimes not so good. He's been kind of inconsistent by his standards. Now, at the end of the season, he's starting to improve and play like he was last year. |
But we lived to bowl another day. That was goal number one for us coming into this tournament, to qualify and bowl again on Saturday and we did that. Now, tomorrow, we need to get off early and get going and see if we can make a game of this. |
He's a very solid bowler and a very confident young man. And he's got guys all around him with experience to show him where to go and what to do, so I think he will be fine. |
Honestly, every team there has a chance or they would not be there. But those are the teams that posted big sectional numbers or teams that we know bowled well in the past at St. Clair. |
I like those scores -- everything in the 30s. Those are the types of scores we're going to need the rest of the season. |
I'd like to congratulate Adam on his great day. The guys and I all know him really well and he really bowled well all day long. I think this is his third trip to state and we're all really happy he's going to be there this weekend. |
I'm sure he wanted better. But a 73 is nothing to shake a stick at. |
I'm very pleased. We had five scores in the 70s so I can't be upset. |
In my opinion he's probably the best player in the area, best player in the Southwestern Conference. He's showing signs where he is mentally tough. |
It came down to the last frame in the last game. We had some guys make real good shots and Granite City had some unfortunate bad breaks and we won the thing. |
It was a tough field and really tough sectional. I'm a little disappointed with our scores down the line. Once again, I always like to count scores in the 70s, we get four in the 70s, who knows. |
Jon and Tim both admittedly didn't have their best game. Jon said he kept grinding all the way to the end. We say when you don't have your stuff you grind it out. Tim said he was four or five strokes over early and just kept grinding. |
That's an incredible jump. But we finally caught some breaks and started stringing strikes in bunches. When we get our number one bowler to strike, it trickles down and becomes contagious. |
That's something to be very proud of. There are a ton of teams that were plenty good enough to qualify four years in a row that didn't do it. That just goes to show how hard these kids work, and it says a lot about the Edwardsville program. These kids have a lot of heart, they could have quit when things didn't go their way, but they found a way. |
That's the kind of leadership I want to see from our seniors. Bryce really came through for us. |