For the first time in CAC’s history, there is a Mustang Bowling team that practices together and competes against other schools in central Arkansas. There are 17 members, the majority of them being seniors. We sat down with three of them, Mary Katherine Childers, Austin Holley and Bret Bishop, to get a glimpse into what it’s like.
Why did you join the bowling team?
Austin: "It seemed like it would be fun and that it would be unique opportunity. I had never been on a bowling team before, so I figured 'Why not?' I also get to hang out with my friends after school, and that’s fun."
What are practices and matches likes?
Bret: "Bowling is kind of calming. Normally sports are frantic and you are always rushing around and dreading going to practices, but bowling practice is always fun."
Mary Katherine: "It can get nerve-wracking sometimes because you want to win, but there also isn’t any pressure if you don’t do well. You are there to have fun; it isn’t all about winning."
What have you learned from being on the bowling team?
Austin: "Sometimes you can throw the bowling ball hard, and have it perfectly right on course and it still doesn’t strike. So, sometimes you can plan things out in life and they still won’t happen the way you thought they would. You have to learn to adjust."
Mary Katherine: "It’s really about teamwork. If someone isn’t doing well we still cheer them on and laugh together. It’s fun to encourage each other."
Bret: "There are multiple approaches, like the 4-step and 5-step. There are also different ways to bowl the ball – I didn’t know that. I just thought you had to put three fingers in and throw it. But there are so many more ways."