Area teams show strength at MHSAA bowling tourney

The lakes area’s best high school bowlers were in action last weekend at the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state finals.

At the Division 1 boys team finals in Battle Creek on Friday, March 4, Walled Lake Central fell in the quarter-finals to Wayne Memorial, 1,218-1,090; while Huron Valley Lakeland finished 11th.

In the Division 1 girls team finals that day, Walled Lake Central finished in ninth-place, while Lakeland came in 12th.

In the Division 1 boys singles finals on Saturday, March 5, Waterford Mott’s Zachery Green finished in 34th-place with a total score of 1,062, while Lakeland’s Jake Pelc came in 44th with a final score of 1,047.

Nathan Vader of Walled Lake Northern finished 53rd with a total of 995, while Alex Carley of Walled Lake Western finished 55th with a score of 975.

In the Division 1 girls singles finals, Waterford Kettering’s Brittney Antonelli earned the top seed in the qualifying round with a total of 1,313, but was defeated by Rachel Young of Clinton Township Chippewa Valley in the quarter-finals, 372-360.

Haley Hyseel of Walled Lake Central finished 28th with a total of 1,029, while her teammate, Brianni Palarchio, finished 41st with a total of 992.

Kettering’s Autumn Townsend finished 42nd with a total of 988, while Mott’s Talia Harden was 58th with 915.