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THE BUGLE JANUARY 27, 2011
COMEBACK Continued from page 15 striking distance. We’re the talk of the town now.” “I think we were just bowling,” Romeoville senior Cal Kramer said. “We didn’t worry about what we were doing. We just had to do whatever we could do to make it to state. We had a ton of energy. I don’t know what we ate at lunch, but the energy in the second half was amazing.” While the team performance was impressive, there were a
pair of individual performances that matched. Zaremba won the individual title with a 1,331 total, including a 268 in game five. “It’s good, but these guys over here are going to state,” Zaremba said.“That’s all that really matters right now. When we started to come back down here (lanes 1-4), they were hooking more. I found my shot pretty early. In the last game I was just picking up my spares.” Meanwhile, Kramer took fourth overall with a 1,296. “It’s way better to go as a team than as an individual,”
Kramer stated. “As an individual, you might know people down there, but as a team you’re with people you’ve been bowling with all year. It’s so much nicer.” It was quite the comeback for the senior, who was in 31st after the morning session with a 559. His afternoon games were 226, 234 and 277. “My mindset in the second half was to shoot big,” Kramer said.“I knew I didn’t shoot good in the first half and our team didn’t shoot good, so we needed to shoot big if we wanted any chance to go. I found the right line. The ball rolled right into
the pocket.” Dakota Vostry added a 1,153, Reyes had a 248 and 227 over his final two games and Will Thompson closed with games of 202 and 239. Romeoville proved it could beat some of the top teams the state has in Oswego and Lockport. Now it has the chance to do it at the state tournament. “The sky is the limit,” Kramer said. “We’re going to go and try to win state. Anything can happen, like I said last week. We have to avoid the bad game, but if we do, we have to make it a good game. We can’t shoot in
the 800s. We have to avoid the opens.” “We’re gonna do our normal stuff and come out and shoot big,” Zaremba said. “In our entire history of Romeoville, no one has ever won a state title. It’s incredible to go down and represent Romeoville, knowing what a great town it is. But, I don’t think there’s any pressure.” One of the top competitors at state will be Lake Park. The Lancers were second last year in state and were first the year before. staylor@buglenewspapers.com