Greater Dayton USBC Youth All City Team
Bantam
First team: Carson Shroyer (Captain), Kiegan Senger
Second team: Hayden Senger, Tiarenn Turner, Laila Lambert
Prep boys
First team: Brent Shroyer (captain), Michael Donahue, Seth Koloski
Second team: Gabe Taulbee, Wally Jaber, James Lewis III
Prep girls
First team: Keirsten Schooler (captain), Natalie Hanson, Ericka Reed
Second team: Paige Rockwell, Kelsey Rose, Tessa Schearer
Junior boys
First team: Keith Schooler (captain), Cole Meredith, J.T. Cherpeski
Second team: Sean Martin III, Patrick Schwartz, Steven Kocher
Junior girls
First team: Raven Cooper (captain), Brittany-Ann O’Connell, Megan Cook
Second team: J’Dee Sandin, Tacey Ballen, Brogan Zengel
Major boys
First team: Richard Reed (captain), Christian Litteral, Taylor Craft
Second team: Jacob Dorsten, Trevor Adkins, Isaiah Williams
Major girls
First team: Jessica Wolfe (captain), Sydney Renner, Angel West
Second team: Haley Cummings, Kira Lade, Chantel Dill
Bowling bragging rights are no longer an issue in the Schooler household — at least for now.
Siblings Keirsten and Keith Schooler not only earned positions on the Greater Dayton United States Bowling Congress Youth All City Team, they both earned the distinction of captain among their respective age group honorees.
“This was my dream, to see them both do this,” their dad, Byron Schooler, said. “I’m so proud of them. This is one thing they can’t argue about, at least not this year.”
The Schoolers were two of the 41 youngsters who bowled their way onto the All City Team this year. The bowlers — from bantams 8 and under to majors as old as 20 — earn all-city honors based on their performance in league and tournament play throughout the season. Those with the highest cumulative point total are designated captains.
Keith, 15, has been bowling since he was 4 while Keirsten, 13, started at 7. Despite coming to the game later than her big brother, Keirsten has earned the all-city captain title five times while this marked the first time Keith earned the distinction.
While their rivalry on the lanes is evident, so too is their camaraderie.
“He always has my back in everything I do,” Keirsten said.
“And she makes me work even harder,” Keith said.
And having a dad/coach who is also an accomplished bowler comes in handy as well.
“There is a lot of bowling talk in our house,” Keith said. “Especially if we do something wrong,” he added with a smile and a nod from his little sister.
The pair left the annual youth banquet with quite a bit of hardware, Keith with 10 medals and Keirsten with nine medals and two all-events trophies. But the real prize was yet to come for the Dayton residents.
“I told them they could pick out any bowling ball they wanted if they won this,” Byron said.
Now it’s time to pay up as Keirsten and Keith already have picked out the next ball in their arsenal.
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