By Ava Grippo and Molly Lynch – News Editors

Jonathan Law sophomore Taylor Mola recently helped Norwalk High School win the CIAC State Bowling Championship. 

Mola has been bowling since she was seven years old. Bowling has been a tradition in her family for as long as she can remember.  

“My whole family bowls so I have always been bowling,” Mola said. “I kind of just got put into it, but as I got older, I started to grow a love for it and started taking it seriously.” 

Over the years, Mola’s scoring average has continued to climb. Her highest single game score was 274, and her highest series (total between three games) was 640. 

Years of practice culminated for Mola on March 8 when she and her Norwalk High School Co-Op teammates Mola won the CIAC Bowling Championship at the Bowlero Bowling Alley in Milford. 

“My teammates and I really had to focus and come together as a team to get through it,” Mola said. “It was really great to have a supportive team that all helped each other when someone was struggling.” 

For qualifying, each team had to bowl a total of 10 games. Norwalk finished with a score of 1955, earning them first place. 

Mola said she was proud of how her teammates battled throughout the day. 

“I definitely took a lot away from this,” Mola said. “There was a lot we could have improved on but one thing we did well was staying focused. We never let anything bad get to us.”