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Striving for strikes Local high schoolers find old school sport right up their alleys While not a sanctioned been hard to do lately,” he Story and photos Indiana High School said. “I’ve been bowling By Phil Smith Athletic Association sport, psmith@thepaperofwabash.com for 40-plus years, and even local high school bowling the leagues have been enthusiasts get plenty of action on the dying down, so it’s got to start with the kids lanes, competing in the classic game as a and get them interested and keep them high school club sport. Supporters of the interested. Hopefully, they’ll grow up into sport say it’s getting more and more chaladults and participate in adult leagues and lenging keeping the interest high in a sport get that going.” that has been waning in popularity. Wabash’s Cannonball Lanes were packed “Boys and girls have had good participahowever on Dec. 18 as 12 high school teams tion, but the past couple of years, the girls converged for Mid-Central Conference have slid off a little bit,” said Clint Sluss, action, a meet that included bowlers from coach for Wabash High School. “Trying to Wabash County. get kids back interested in bowling has Continued on Page 6
Wabash senior Mason Hostettler leads the Mid-Central Conference with a 225 average.
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From left to right are Kasey Lamson of Northfield, Kendall Sarll and Kaylee Nelson, both of Southwood.
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