The Lake Orion boys? bowling squad placed second at the county meet, held earlier this month at Wonderland Lanes in Commerce Township.
Of the 25 participating teams, the squad was one of 16 to advance from the qualifying round, which included a combined score of three team games and four baker games.
They placed sixth overall in the qualifying rounds, then knocked off Waterford Mott (440-427), Berkley (404-346) and Catholic Central (459-397) in head-to-head two-game Baker competition to advance to the finals.
There, league foe Walled Lake Central came back from a 29-pin deficit after the first game to earn a narrow 378-368 victory and claim the championship.
In individual competition (consisting of three games), Lake Orion was led by Rob Bondon’s 14th-place finish (660 total). Blake Stephen (24th, 629), Eric Ramaekers (32nd, 611), Jeff Suma (40th, 602) and John Frye (46th, 595) also finished among the county’s top-50.
Meanwhile, the girls? squad qualified for the final 16 based on a 10th-place performance in the early rounds.
They fell, however, in the first round of Baker play, 330-289, to Walled Lake Northern, another member of the Northern Lakes Conference. The team from Walled Lake Central also took first place in the girls? competition.
Andrea Miller led the Dragons in individual play with a 10th-place finish (586). Teammate Kelsey Kohut placed 35th (525).
Over the weekend, the boys? wrapped up second in the league with a victory over Waterford Mott. They head into the postseason tournament as the league’s #2 seed. The girls?, meanwhile, are the #6 seed.