Teaching the game

AURELIUS — On any given Saturday, Starlite Lanes is a busy place, bustling with action as youth bowlers take to the lanes.

Darrin Emperato and Ed Brechue serve as junior coaches at Starlite. Emperato said there are 200 youth bowlers hitting the lanes each week.

“We have a wide range of kids here,” Emperato said. “We go from beginners all the way up to high-school (age). Things have picked up this year and we have a few more kids in the program, but we are about the same as we have been most years.”