GREENVILLE —
Three Greenville bowlers attended the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. from July 14-20. Austin Cooper, Zak Edgerton and Nathan Slinkard represented Greenville at the annual national tournament.
“I had a good time,” Cooper said. “It was cool to see how you compared to bowlers from across the country.”
Junior Gold is an annual national tournament for the top male and female bowlers in the U.S., and awards $250,000 in scholarships. Youth bowlers have an opportunity to earn a spot on the junior USA bowling team. The tournament is broken up into four divisions: U15 Boys, U15 Girls, U20 Boys, and U20 Girls. A total of 1,929 bowlers competed at the tournament.
Bowling in the U15 Boys division, Cooper finished 52 out of 213 bowlers with a 184.80 average. Edgerton and Slinkard bowled in the U20 Boys Division, finishing in 442 and 978 out of 1,048, respectively.
“I was kind of disappointed, but I wasn’t really shocked at the way I bowled,” Slinkard said. “I was talking with a person who qualified, and he said the first time he bowled, he got last in the tournament.”
While Slinkard didn’t perform as well as he wanted to, he still enjoyed interacting with bowlers from across the country.
“I had a fun time,” he said. “My favorite part of it was talking with some of the kids who were from New York or California. It was cool to see the best bowlers in the nation.”
The bowlers qualified for Junior Gold through high finishes at regional tournaments. Slinkard and Edgerton finished third in doubles at the Texas State Youth Championships this year, and Slinkard won first place in team in 2011 and 2010. Cooper qualified at a tournament in Houston, and went to Junior Gold last year. He hopes to earn a college bowling scholarship. All three also bowl in leagues at DB’s Sports Grill and Bowling in Greenville, and Edgerton bowls for West Texas A&M.
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