Hersha Eyes Bowling State Title
February 17, 2017 at 4:08 p.m.
Hersha Eyes Bowling State Title
By Dale [email protected]
For years, the 18-year-old Whitko High School senior got his fix racing go-karts – and he was really good at it, winning big-money races throughout the Midwest.
Hersha also has a passion for bowling, and Saturday at Pro Bowl West in Fort Wayne he’ll compete against 23 other boys for a state championship.
The 24 keglers will roll three games, and then the top four will bowl what is known as a step ladder for the title.
“The goal is to get my mind right again and make it to the step ladder,” said Hersha, who won last week’s semistate in Merrillville with a 707 series. “If I get to the step ladder, I think I have a really good shot of winning it.”
Hersha, who held the highest average this season in the Wabacanoe Conference at 228, won the sectional and then finished second in the regional.
En route to winning the semistate title, he rolled a 252 in the first game, followed by a 229 and a 226.
It was getting off to a great start that Hersha says won him the semistate championship, as he beat the runner-up finisher by 22 pins.
“It was about getting my head right. The past couple years the struggle has been the first game,” said Hersha, who is coached by Lee Nichols and Ron Warren. “I got out of the blocks good. We knew the scores were gonna be high, and I just kept plugging away.
“Honestly, I didn’t even know I was the tournament leader until I looked at the scores after the second game. I led the event the whole day.”
Hersha grew up around bowling, as his father John Hersha has had ownership in a number of alleys.
“I’ve been around it since I was little. Ever since I was 3 or 4 I’ve been holding a bowling ball,” said Hersha. “I was self-taught until I was 11 or 12 years old. I used to bowl two-handed, then dad taught me one-handed, and then my junior year I went to semistate and I bowled two-handed. I’m back to bowling two-handed, and it’s working pretty good.”
Hersha has rolled two sanctioned 300 games, one while bowling one-handed, and one two-handed.
Hersha said he was interested in attending Purdue University to study mechanical engineering, but is now leaning toward bowling at Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, where he’s been offered a scholarship.
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For years, the 18-year-old Whitko High School senior got his fix racing go-karts – and he was really good at it, winning big-money races throughout the Midwest.
Hersha also has a passion for bowling, and Saturday at Pro Bowl West in Fort Wayne he’ll compete against 23 other boys for a state championship.
The 24 keglers will roll three games, and then the top four will bowl what is known as a step ladder for the title.
“The goal is to get my mind right again and make it to the step ladder,” said Hersha, who won last week’s semistate in Merrillville with a 707 series. “If I get to the step ladder, I think I have a really good shot of winning it.”
Hersha, who held the highest average this season in the Wabacanoe Conference at 228, won the sectional and then finished second in the regional.
En route to winning the semistate title, he rolled a 252 in the first game, followed by a 229 and a 226.
It was getting off to a great start that Hersha says won him the semistate championship, as he beat the runner-up finisher by 22 pins.
“It was about getting my head right. The past couple years the struggle has been the first game,” said Hersha, who is coached by Lee Nichols and Ron Warren. “I got out of the blocks good. We knew the scores were gonna be high, and I just kept plugging away.
“Honestly, I didn’t even know I was the tournament leader until I looked at the scores after the second game. I led the event the whole day.”
Hersha grew up around bowling, as his father John Hersha has had ownership in a number of alleys.
“I’ve been around it since I was little. Ever since I was 3 or 4 I’ve been holding a bowling ball,” said Hersha. “I was self-taught until I was 11 or 12 years old. I used to bowl two-handed, then dad taught me one-handed, and then my junior year I went to semistate and I bowled two-handed. I’m back to bowling two-handed, and it’s working pretty good.”
Hersha has rolled two sanctioned 300 games, one while bowling one-handed, and one two-handed.
Hersha said he was interested in attending Purdue University to study mechanical engineering, but is now leaning toward bowling at Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, where he’s been offered a scholarship.
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