Winner of the Week: Kale Brantley
The recent Rogers High graduate is the first male bowler from the school to earn a college scholarship for the sport.
The recent Rogers High graduate is the first male bowler from the school to earn a college scholarship for the sport.
The recent Rogers High graduate is the first male bowler from the school to earn a college scholarship for the sport.
The 40/29 Winner of the Week is recent Rogers High graduate Kale Brantley.
Brantley began competitively bowling with the Mounties three years ago. In that time, he became a part of school history by helping Rogers make three straight state tournament appearances and most recently became the first male bowler to earn a college scholarship for the sport.
While he may not have perfected his game just yet, he's come pretty close.
Brantley has been one pin shy of a perfect game five times this year. Twice in a match and three other times in practice.
An incredible feat for the young bowler, who says those performances have been a huge motivator.
"I'm just like waiting for it to happen but each time I get so close, it's like a thrill in my heart," said Brantley. "Like, 'Okay, you're getting there, you're getting there.' It's like a balance of like being tired of not getting a perfect game and like, 'Oh my goodness, I'm so close to getting a perfect game. I got to keep going.'"
"He's taken it upon himself to become better," said Rogers bowling head coach Mike Leafgreen. "You know, just seeing him being able to take that and parlay it into being able to go bowl in college is really awesome and I'm so happy for him."
Brantley is set to attend Wichita State University in the fall for bowling.