COLORADO SPRINGS – District 11 area superintendent Scott Mendelsberg looks at the packed lanes at Peak Bowl north of downtown with a massive smile on his face. A former softball coach at Denver East, Mendelsberg understands the value of interscholastic competition for all high school kids.
Elsewhere, district athletic director Chris Noll paces up and down the floor with the nervousness of a coach or player getting ready to compete for a state championship.
No state title will be won at Peak Bowl, but the stakes are arguably higher for the students who have entered the building to compete.
The D11 administrators were on-hand Wednesday for the launch of four unified bowling teams that will compete under the CHSAA banner next season. Unified bowling is in its third year of competition and heading into the fourth, D11 will field four teams.