MONROE - Trevor Hasse has unfinished business at the State Club Bowling Division 2 Championships.
The Monroe senior and the Cheesemakers bowling team qualified for the state tournament for the third straight year, and many are motivated to make it to the state semifinals Saturday. The Cheesemakers finished 10th at state last year and just missed qualifying for the semifinals by 62 pins. Hasse also just missed qualifying for singles at state last year. He is one of three Monroe bowlers who qualified for the singles state tournament that begins Friday at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes in Madison.
"If we would have picked up three more spares last year, we would have made it to the semifinals," Hasse said of the team's finish. "It's an honor to make it three times in a row. We have put a lot of time in and it is showing in our bowling."
The Cheesemakers will be one of 50 teams that includes more than 250 bowlers at state. The top five teams from Division 2 will move on to the state semifinals Saturday. The top three teams will then move on to the state finals televised on Sunday. Each team uses a group of five bowlers and each could bowl two frames per game for 15 games.
Hasse, who is a captain on the team, along with sophomore Devon Boeck and sophomore Trace Ermey, each qualified to bowl in the singles state tournament. Hasse, who has earned about $600 in scholarship money from bowling in tournaments, is excited about bowling in the singles event Friday.
"It's a dream come true," Hasse said. "It's an honor."
Each bowler in the singles state tournament will bowl three games. The scores will be added together and the top 25 percent of the entire field will advance to the semifinals. Hasse said last year, the series cut-off for moving on to the state semifinals was 669, which is an average of 223 per game.
Ermey enters the state tournament with an average of 197. Hasse has a 194 average and Boeck enters state with a 192 average.
Boeck has a unique bowling style using two hands to bowl and spin the ball down the lane. It has proven effective; Boeck leads the team in bowling percentage with 80.1 percent of his frames leading to a strike or spare.
"It's just something I have done since I was young," Boeck said of his bowling style. "I can't do it with just one hand."
Ermey racked up a bowling percentage of 79.6 percent and Hasse has a bowling percentage of 76.1 percent.
Ermey's highest game this year is 278 he bowled at Leisure Lanes.
"I'm hoping for a 300," Ermey said. "We are very competitive and we have some very good bowlers. It will be very competitive. We need to have some fun. It will be a great experience."
Monroe finished the season 9-1 and won the District 3 tournament for the third straight year. The only loss for Monroe came to Janesville Craig.
"The main goal is to go out, do the best you can, and win the state tournament," Monroe coach Brittany Svendsen said. "We want to go out, do better than last year, and make the semifinals. If we do better than that, it would be awesome. It feels amazing. The kids put in a lot of hard work. To be able to go back to state for the third straight year is a great accomplishment."
Boeck contends Monroe has a target on its back in the area as a top bowling team.
"I think it means a lot of teams fear us," he said of making a third consecutive trip to state. "We show up and some say, 'Oh, Monroe is in town.'
"For singles, I just want to do my best. For the team, I hope to make it to the TV finals."
The Monroe senior and the Cheesemakers bowling team qualified for the state tournament for the third straight year, and many are motivated to make it to the state semifinals Saturday. The Cheesemakers finished 10th at state last year and just missed qualifying for the semifinals by 62 pins. Hasse also just missed qualifying for singles at state last year. He is one of three Monroe bowlers who qualified for the singles state tournament that begins Friday at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes in Madison.
"If we would have picked up three more spares last year, we would have made it to the semifinals," Hasse said of the team's finish. "It's an honor to make it three times in a row. We have put a lot of time in and it is showing in our bowling."
The Cheesemakers will be one of 50 teams that includes more than 250 bowlers at state. The top five teams from Division 2 will move on to the state semifinals Saturday. The top three teams will then move on to the state finals televised on Sunday. Each team uses a group of five bowlers and each could bowl two frames per game for 15 games.
Hasse, who is a captain on the team, along with sophomore Devon Boeck and sophomore Trace Ermey, each qualified to bowl in the singles state tournament. Hasse, who has earned about $600 in scholarship money from bowling in tournaments, is excited about bowling in the singles event Friday.
"It's a dream come true," Hasse said. "It's an honor."
Each bowler in the singles state tournament will bowl three games. The scores will be added together and the top 25 percent of the entire field will advance to the semifinals. Hasse said last year, the series cut-off for moving on to the state semifinals was 669, which is an average of 223 per game.
Ermey enters the state tournament with an average of 197. Hasse has a 194 average and Boeck enters state with a 192 average.
Boeck has a unique bowling style using two hands to bowl and spin the ball down the lane. It has proven effective; Boeck leads the team in bowling percentage with 80.1 percent of his frames leading to a strike or spare.
"It's just something I have done since I was young," Boeck said of his bowling style. "I can't do it with just one hand."
Ermey racked up a bowling percentage of 79.6 percent and Hasse has a bowling percentage of 76.1 percent.
Ermey's highest game this year is 278 he bowled at Leisure Lanes.
"I'm hoping for a 300," Ermey said. "We are very competitive and we have some very good bowlers. It will be very competitive. We need to have some fun. It will be a great experience."
Monroe finished the season 9-1 and won the District 3 tournament for the third straight year. The only loss for Monroe came to Janesville Craig.
"The main goal is to go out, do the best you can, and win the state tournament," Monroe coach Brittany Svendsen said. "We want to go out, do better than last year, and make the semifinals. If we do better than that, it would be awesome. It feels amazing. The kids put in a lot of hard work. To be able to go back to state for the third straight year is a great accomplishment."
Boeck contends Monroe has a target on its back in the area as a top bowling team.
"I think it means a lot of teams fear us," he said of making a third consecutive trip to state. "We show up and some say, 'Oh, Monroe is in town.'
"For singles, I just want to do my best. For the team, I hope to make it to the TV finals."
