By Cooper Chadwick
As a leader for Salina South bowling junior Ledger Michel is very excited for the upcoming season.
Michel spent a lot of his offseason not only improving himself but improving school team as well.
“I have spent time during this offseason recruiting some new team members, helping my teammates become better, and also spending time practicing on my own,” Michel said.
Michel’s goals for this season are to increase his average to over 200 and qualify for the 5A tournament as well. To get here, Michel spent some time working on his release and I also spent lots of time on improving his spare shooting.
For his junior year Michel is hoping for a very successful year.
“I would like to win at least one tournament this year and raise my average by around 15 pins. As a team, I would like for us to win multiple tournaments, win regionals, and place at state. I really want this team to succeed and we have plenty of weapons,” Michel said,
The main thing motivating Michel this season is qualifying for state.
“During my freshman year, we had some amazing bowlers and broke records and still didn’t make state as a team. To keep that from happening again, we need to put together good games all across the board,” Michel said.
As a junior Michel has more bowling experience than some, and he shares that experience with all.
“I stepped into a leadership role last year, and love hyping up my team and keeping the vibes positive,” Michel said.
