JONATHAN TRZCINSKI Bay Shore, Junior Long Island Bowler of the Year
It was a record-setting season for Trzcinski. At the Suffolk championships, he shattered the six-game series record with a total of 1,604 that included a high game of 299. He carried the team on his shoulders and helped the Marauders to their best finish ever, second place. He also finished the season with the highest average in the state at 228.78.
"I am very happy with what we did, Trzcinski said. "It was the best the team has ever done. The stuff I achieved was important to me because I really proved something to myself. Although only a junior, he is already considering his future as an accountant or an engineer, and as a bowler. As he starts the college selection process he says he is looking for a school that has a bowling team. "I am not sure that I want to be a professional bowler, Trzcinski said. "But I do want to do it in the future.
(Newsday / Jim Peppler)