The Creston/Orient-Macksburg bowling team opens its season Saturday at Knoxville, and there is reason for head coach Ron Pendegraft to be optimistic.

The girls team returns everyone from a team that went 18-8 a year ago, while the boys team returns four varsity regulars from a 9-12 team along with several newcomers who could make an impact this year.

“The girls, we got everybody back from last year. Everybody plus,” Pendegraft said. “We’ve got probably a couple of freshmen that are pretty good, and I think will help quite a bit. The boys, guys back are Kenny Wynn, Chantz Davidson, Josh Sawtelle and Darin Hatfield. Now this year, we’ve got some new guys. I would say Jacob Wolfe, James Sullivan and Blake Eddy, I think they’re going to do well.”