"I think a lot of people doubted us, but we never doubted ourselves," East senior Brady Aebersold said. The notion might have seemed a bit far-fetched at the time, but the Lancers firmly believed in themselves.
When they were sophomores they told me, 'By our third year, we're going to win a state title.' And that's what they did." "They love to bowl and they'll bowl until they get kicked out. "All of them bowl together at (Ward Parkway Bowl) and they bowl, they bowl and they bowl," Elliott said. And despite not having a history of contending at the state tournament, the seed for becoming state champions was planted three years ago when the four seniors on the state roster came to Elliott with a declaration. Not only was the state championship the first for the Lancers, it was the first state trophy of any kind for the program. Whenever we started cooking up in Baker, it's 'Game Over.'" "That's where our team does the best, no doubt. "Going into Baker after seeing everything, it seemed a little daunting, but I thought we were going to win the whole time," said East senior Wally Workman, who gave the Lancers a clean sweep of championships by winning the individual title. East opened the Baker format with marks in its first nine frames for a 203, and overcame a brief second-game hiccup to finish strong with games of 223 and 205 to wrap up the state championship.Įast finished with a pin total of 3,363, expanding on its slight lead to run away with the championship. Derby was runner-up by 107 pins with a 3,256 total while Junction City finished third at 3,175. A deep and balanced team, East has thrived in Baker games throughout the season.Īnd whether the Lancers actually believed Elliott that they were behind or not, they made sure to deliver the hammer when they had to. Which typically isn't a problem for the Lancers in that format. "I just do it so they know they have to work hard in Baker." "It was strategy," Elliott said of informing his team that they were trailing Derby by 20 pins after the three tenpin games when the Lancers actually were up by 14. WICHITA - Going into the Baker format of Thursday's Class 6A boys state bowling championship, Shawnee Mission East coach Fred Elliott told a little white lie to his team.
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