The Ponca City Bowling Association, in cooperation with Ponca Bowl, is seeking high school students for the Oklahoma High School Bowling Team. For the past several years, Ponca City, Newkirk, Frontier, and Tonkawa have fielded both Boys and Girls Teams. These teams competed against each other in conference competition and other high school teams at the regional and state level.

Although the Ponca City Boy’s Team has advanced to the State Finals in the past, it was the Ponca City Girl’s Team that brought the Champion Trophy to Ponca City during the 2010- 2011 season. Frontier High School Boy’s team competed in the 2019-2020 State Finals.

Practice will start at 4 pm, Oct 20, 2020 at Ponca Bowl. Practice session will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the season. Team Try-outs will be at Ponca Bowl on November 6. Start time is 4:00 pm. Both the Boy’s Team and Girl’s Team have coaches willing to assist in developing the skills needed to compete as a bowler. Regardless of experience in bowling, students are encouraged to try-out for the team.

Try outs and the program are conducted at no cost to schools or students. The High School Bowling Program is free for all participants with the only qualification being academic eligibility. Funding is provided by participating bowling centers, bowling associations, and sponsors from within the community. The program has many great sponsors state-wide. The members of the teams bowling at Ponca Bowl are supported by the bowlers from the Ponca City Bowling Association, Ponca Bowl, and a number of different businesses providing funds to assist in the purchase of team shirts and team travel.

During competition rounds, boy’s team will use five bowlers and the girl’s will use 4 bowlers. Team’s can have up to eight bowlers on the roster. Additionally, when teams compete, they use the baker format for scoring the game. Like baseball, each team member participates in the team’s final score, taking their turn during the game. There are no individual games bowled during the competition. It is team based, with each bowler responsible for bowling or “taking their turn at bat” in designated frames in each game.

The High School Bowling Program has a strict code of ethics and grade eligibility requirements. Program participants are expected to maintain acceptable grades and will have to present report cards to the Conference Coordinator in November and January.