Oxford bowlers sweep Troy
FARMINGTON HILLS — Oxford continued its first trek through the OAA bowling circles Tuesday with a pair of wins over Troy at Drakeshire Lanes in Farmington Hills.
The Wildcats won the girls match 21-9 and followed that up with a 27-3 victory on the boys side.
“Our kids did what they needed to do today to win. They didn’t bowl great today but bowled well enough,” said coach JR Lafnear. “They are starting to show signs of becoming a good team. Lake Orion will be a good test to see where we are as a team.”
Baker games are key in winning in high school bowling. The points in these matches most often tell the story in winning or losing. In Game 1 of girls Baker play, it took strikes from Alex Logan in the seventh, Alyssa Hurtado in the eighth and Heather Lafnear’s two strikes in the tenth to pull out a 159-141.
In the Baker game, it was Colleen Walters in the ninth and Lafnear in the 10th both firing to win 156-142.
The Oxford girls armed with a 10-point lead cruised to a victory in Game 1 of the head-up match. Winning points in Match 1 were Caitlyn Wroblewski (146), Alex Logan (126), Walters with a nice (202) and Lafnear (170). This made the score 18-1 and wrapped up the match for Oxford (3-0, 3-0).
Oxford’s boys had little problems with Troy, which graduated five of its top six players from a year ago. The Wildcats took the first Baker game 148-121 and followed that up with a 204-141 triumph in the second Baker game to take a commanding lead in the match, 10-0.
In Match play, Oxford’s won 4-of-5 matches.
Winning in the first round of match play were Brandon Barber (195), Boomer Logan (189), Kyle Woody (214) and Mitch Guzanek (207). The win for Boomer was his first victory as a varsity bowler.
Oxford won three matches in Game 2 with Barber’s 198, Jason Petty’s 170 and Brandon Hurlburt’s 188.
Oxford (2-1, 2-1) goes up against neighboring rival Lake Orion at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at Collier Lanes in Oxford.
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