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GIRLS BOWLING: Lake Orion wins second Oakland County title in four years

Dan Stickradt | January 19, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT

SENIOR EDITOR

TROY – With no seniors in its top five, Lake Orion might have been penciled in for reaching high success levels in future years.

The Dragons have no such plans of waiting.

Lake Orion, which is 4-0 in dual matches, captured its second Oakland County Girls Bowling Tournament title in four years Sunday at Thunderbird Lanes in Troy by topping White Lake Lakeland in the finals, 385-335.

Coming out of the 27-school qualifying block as the No. 4 seed, the Dragons topped 2013 champion Holly (334-203), Oxford (375-335) and Farmington-Harrison Unified (370-355) before downing Lakeland late Sunday afternoon in the marathon tournament.

“I have got a good farm club coming up,” said Lake Orion girls coach Denny O’Neill. “We don’t have seniors in our (starting) lineup. Our only senior is like No. 8 (on the depth chart). We have some good young players. Our future is looking good.

“The girls came to the line, they did the job and they stayed focused,” added O’Neill. “I think they can have a really good year.”

Lakeland had lost in the finals two years ago to Holly. The Eagles downed South Lyon (289-263), Waterford Kettering (339-318) and Livonia Clarenceville (303-302) by just a pin en route to the finals.

The Eagles’ run was with one of their top five players out with a broken thumb.

“We were down a girl today,” noted Lakeland coach Tom Oddi. “We have a bowler who averages 185 but broke her thumb. We had some bowlers step up today and that was really cool. We are going to add that piece back in and the girls as confident. We have seven bowlers who can all play a part in what we have to do as a team.”

Individually, Farmington-Harrison Unified’s duo of Candyce Bradley (675) and Rachel Doran (616) grabbed the top two spots in the high series leaders board. Clarkston’s Tess Horowitz (609), Oxford’s Megan Kessler (608) and South Lyon East’s Makayla Lancioni (606) rounded out the top five.

Oxford’s Mackenzie Janssen posted the high game of 259 on the day, followed by Clarkston’s Horowitz (257), Unified’s Bradley (239), South Lyon East’s Lancioni (237) and Royal Oak’s Hannah Ferriby (237).

Girls Bowling

11TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS BOWLING TOURNAMENT

(Jan. 18 at Thunderbird Lanes, Troy)

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH — Lake Orion def. White Lakeland 385-335.

CONSOLATION MATCH — Lake Orion def. Farmington-Harrison Unified 370-355; White Lake Lakeland def. Livonia Clarenceville 303-302.

SEMIFINALS — White Lake Lakeland def. Livonia Clarenceville 303-302; Lake Orion def. Farmington-Harrison Unified 370-355.

QUARTERFINALS — Farmington-Harrison Unified def. Farmington Hills Mercy 289-284; Lake Orion def. Oxford 375-335; White Lake Lakeland def. Waterford Kettering 339-318; Livonia Clarenceville def. Clarkston 330-330 (73-65 roll-off).

ROUND OF 16 — Farmington-Harrison Unified def. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 359-243; Clarkston def. Royal Oak, 352-312; Waterford Kettering def. North Farmington 278-276; Livonia Clarenceville def. Waterford Mott 341-314; White Lake Lakeland def. South Lyon 289-263; Oxford def. South Lyon East 295-263; Lake Orion def. Holly, 334-203; Farmington Hills Mercy def. Birmingham Marian 282-234.

QUALIFYING BLOCK — 1. Farmington-Harrison Unified, 3557; 2. Clarkston, 3410; 3. Waterford Kettering, 3283; 4. Oxford, 3252; 5. Lake Orion, 3178; 6. White Lake Lakeland, 3088; 7. Waterford Mott, 3081; 8. Farmington Hills Mercy, 3062; 9. Birmingham Marian, 3017; 10. Livonia Clarenceville, 2932; 11. South Lyon, 2896; 12. South Lyon, 2896; 13. South Lyon East, 2845; 14. North Farmington, 2829; 15. Royal Oak, 2787; 16. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 2771; 17. Walled Lake Northern, 2631; 18. Novi, 2560; 19. Walled Lake Central, 2418; 20. Ortonville Brandon, 2370; 21. Troy, 2315; 22. Birmingham Unified, 2282; 23. Walled Lake Western, 2205; 24. Madison Heights Bishop Foley, 2119; 25. Milford, 2032; 26. Bloomfield Hills, 1809; 27. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian-Clarkston Everest Unified, 1815; 28. (tie) Troy Athens, NTS; Ferndale, NTS; Berkley, NTS; Hazel Park, NTS; Madison Heights Madison, NTS; Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, NTS; West Bloomfield Jewish Academy, NTS; Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart, NTS; Troy, NTS.

HIGH GAME (top eight medal) — 1. Mackenzie Janssen (Oxford) 259; 2. Candyce Bradley (Farmington) 239; 4. Makayla Lancioni (South Lyon East) 237; 5. Hannah Ferriby (Royal Oak) 237; 6. Tyrna Gladstone (Lake Orion) 235; 7. Julia Rhode (North Farmington) 234; 8. Shelby Peterson (South Lyon East) 225.

HIGH SERIES (top eight medal) — 1. Candyce Bradley (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 675; 2. Rachel Doran (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 616; 3. Tess Horowitz (Clarkston) 609; 4. Megan Kessler (Oxford) 608; 5. Makayla Lancioni (South Lyon East) 606; Shelby Peterson (South Lyon East) 600; 7. Tyrna Gladstone (Lake Orion) 586; 8. Marissa Land (Waterford Mott) 580; 9. Sam Lavely (Clarkston) 577; 10. Laci Dudek (Waterford Kettering) 564; 11. Audrey Currier (Holly) 560; 12. Danielle Miner (White Lake Lakeland) 560; 13. Mackenzie Janssen (Oxford) 560; 14. Dana Iles (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 557; 15. Ashlei Brooks (Farmington Hills Mercy) 556; 16. Hope Hoflich (Waterford Mott) 552; 17. Hannah Mix (Lake Orion) 547; 18. Emily McCleary (Birmingham Marian) 541; 19. Hannah Babon (Holly) 532; 20. Jessica Bishop (Livonia Clarenceville) 529.

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