“After I shot my first 300, that’s when I really started thinking that I could really do something,” said Deer Valley High School bowler Kyle King.

King, 15, isn’t your average bowler. Since he bowled his first 300 two years ago, he’s now shot a total of seven perfect games.

"I never really had a full time coach, I was more self-taught,” King said.

King has come a long way since picking up a bowling ball at the age of 8. He now competes in tournaments year-round and also plays on his high school team -- last year's defending state champions.

“He’s always helping out the other bowlers, giving them some tips and just an all-around good kid,” said Deer Valley High School bowling coach Andrea Stanfield.

Stanfield like many other coaches, believes this sport really gives the students a new perspective on life.

“It improves their grades, parents come out and see them, they get support by their parents and I think overall it’s something fun to do outside of school,” said Sunrise Mountain High School bowling coach Brian Stephens.

‘It’s nice to get kids that don’t play baseball, or don’t play basketball, or maybe some other sports that they feel they can’t participate,” said Liberty High School bowling coach JB McKenna. “Everyone can bowl. We can teach anyone to bowl.”

“It’s fun and you get to meet new people and it’s a good way to get around school, and get involved in school,” said Liberty team bowler Taryn Tepper.

Right now high school bowling in the state of Arizona is not recognized as a varsity sport.

“We practice just as everyone else does, and I would like to be recognized for it,” said Sunrise Mountain bowler Jacob Fisher.

“Our biggest obstacle at this particular point is getting sponsors for the school teams,” said Kris Zahn, Phoenix director of High School Bowling.

Zahn is trying to change that status. She's been working round the clock with several others in the bowling community to get more school's to form teams.

‘It gets them off the street, it gets them involved in extra curriculars, it makes them grow as people, it’s a very neat social type of an environment and it’s a lifetime sport,” Zahn said.

It’s also a sport that can get students scholarships to bowl in college or put them on the right track to turn pro.

“All I can say is I work hard at what I do,” King said. “It comes down to practice, but also it comes down to physical condition.”