Deer Park Bowler Wins Major Youth Tournament

The high school bowling season hasn’t begun yet, but Deer Park High School junior Adam Zimmerman already has something to smile about.

In July, Zimmerman proved to be the champion in the under-15 boys category at the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships. To win, he defeated opponent Michael Schoerner, 377-350 and 387-274, in back-to-back matches. More than 2,479 competitors participated in this major national youth bowling event held in the Buffalo, N.Y. area.

A member of Deer Park’s Section XI New York State championship team, Zimmerman is no stranger to success in the bowling alley. As a student-athlete, he has earned All-County status twice and was named to Newsday’s All-Long Island team this past spring. He bowled a county-high 31 match points last year while en route to improving from his freshman average of 215 to a county-leading 235.86 in 2013.

Zimmerman has earned more than $33,000 in college scholarship funds through tournament competitions, $6,000 alone from the Junior Gold event. Zimmerman also won an opportunity to try out for Junior Team USA in January 2015 in Las Vegas.

Photo by Deer Park School District