The Warhawk Invite

I spent my weekend in Madison watching a couple of my friends college bowling meet. I had friends bowling on the teams from Nebraska, Robert Morris University, and UW-Whitewater, I found myself also watching many of the other teams there, there were 38 total at this tournament, the Warhawk Invite. As i watched the bowling go on with my friends dad and my high school bowling coach as we focused on Nebraska (his son is bowling on the team and we're really close as we've been teammates since we started bowling) and my dad who was our assistant coach, i found myself thinking i could probably make it at this level.

I had considered going to a college with a bowling program all along, but in the end i thought it was a smarter decision to attend UW-Sheboygan to save a little money, keep my job, and i'd still be able to bowl competitively anyways. As i watched, i saw many things that made me think i could make it at this level. For one, many of the kids bowling looked as if they had no idea where their ball was going once it left their hand, and they seemed to have no idea what kind of adjustments to make as the lanes dried up and started hooking more, i also saw many makable spares missed and thought the spare shooting was not as good as it could be. I also saw that the lanes did not play as difficult as i had thought they would, i saw other bowlers there who were left handed and threw a similar shot to what i do, and be fairly successful. i have also been told by my friend that i could probably have made their team had i chosen to go to Nebraska.

I kinda feel like i'm talking up on myself and getting away from the tournament, which was fun to watch, it was also fun to get to see some friends i havn't seen in a while and will probably only get to see when they come home for break. The Nebraska team with my close friend struggled a little bit, but my other friend's team Robert Morris is currently ranked 2nd in the nation for men's bowling and won the tournament easily, they along with another 10ish teams were very good in my opinion.

All in all it was a good weekend and i had a lot of fun watching all the bowling and seeing my friends again, but it also made me think again about what i want to do after my time at UW-Sheboygan is over, i may consider going to a college where i can participate on their bowling team.