December 7, 2025

The boys varsity bowling team kicked off their season yesterday in Lansing in the Kickoff Classic.

After 10 baker games, the boys qualified third out of 25 teams with a total score of 1,791. In match play, we would be up against Holt in a match that would come down to the wire. Holt would win the first game and we would win the second, then in game 3, we would tie as both teams bowled a 157 baker game.

To determine a winner, we would go into a shootout where each team would pick a bowler and would throw one ball each and whoever got the most pins on one throw would get a point for their team in a race to two points. On the first shot, both teams would throw a 7 count which resulted in a tie. On the second shot, Holt would throw a strike and Lapeer would end up with a 9 count even though it was a great shot. Holt would win the race to two with a 9 count to our 8 count on the third shot to move on to the final four.

Overall, it was a great showing for our boys who showed a lot of fight and perseverance all day long!

December 14, 2025

On Sunday, the Varsity Boys Bowling team competed in the Baker's Dozen tournament in Bay City.

After a slow start to the day, the boys would pick it up with some good games to help us qualify as the eighth seed for match play.

In match play, we would face off against Flushing in a two baker game total pinfall match, the boys would win game 1 by a 182 to 178 count, giving us a four-pin lead going into game 2.

Unfortunately, some bad breaks would cost us and we would ultimately lose game 2 and the match by 38 pins to eliminate us from the tournament.

Overall, it was a back-and-forth day for our boys who look to rebound at our first match on Tuesday against Flint Powers!

December 16, 2025

On Tuesday, the Varsity Boys Bowling team faced off against Flint Powers in the first match of the season at Grand Blanc Lanes.

The boys would start off slow and lose Baker game one 201 -191 and game two 149-147 to put the boys down 10-0.

The boys wouldn't give up and started heating up by taking eight out of a possible nine points the next game with high scores coming from freshman Luke Meinz leading the way with a 228 game, Junior Austin Traver added a 208 game and sophomore Zack Homer would add a solid 199 game, putting the boys down 11-8 going into the final game.

The Lightning boys kept the momentum going into the final game and would take seven out of the possible nine points with high score honors going to Homer with an outstanding 254 game and Traver with a great 225 game to put the Lightning in the lead 15-13.

The Lightning would get another two points winning grand totals 1926-1611, capping off a huge comeback victory for the Lightning 17-13.

The Lightning boys showed great resilience all night and it was an awesome win to start the season and they look to keep the momentum going for their tournament on Sunday!

December 20, 2025

On Saturday, December 20, Lapeer had two doubles teams compete in the JV Flushing Doubles Tournament at Colonial Lanes.

Out of 36 boys teams, the team of Gage Carrow and Weston Wright would finish in 21st place, missing the cut, and the team of Jackson Asaro and Ethan Traver qualified 14th to make the match play round.

In the match play round, they would go up against a team from Kearsley in a two baker game total pinfall match. The Lightning boys would win game 1 by a score of 213-169 giving them a 44-pin lead going into game 2. Crucial mistakes would end up being costly in game 2 as the Lightning would lose 180-135 and eliminate them from the tournament by a total score of 359 - 358.

Overall, it was a great showing by our JV bowlers!

December 21, 2025

On Sunday, December 21, the Varsity Boys competed in the John Glenn Holiday Tournament at Monitor Lanes.

The Lightning Boys would make the top 16 qualifying as the 12th seed and would have to go through a tough team from St. Clair Shores Lakeshore in the first round of match play in a two baker game total pinfall match. Both teams would tie game 1 with a score of 168 and game 2 would come down to the final ball of the game with the Lightning boys advancing by winning game 2 by a 173-172 score.

In the Elite 8, the Lightning would have to face off against rival Davison, and the boys came out firing, winning game 1 by 24 pins, 209-185, and the boys just kept rolling in game 2, winning 174-134 and moved on to the Final Four.

The Final four was set up as a stepladder final with a one-game rolloff. Because we were the lowest seed remaining, we would have to face off against Flushing, The Lightning boys' momentum came to a stop and would lose the one-game roll off 200-137 and eliminate us from the tournament giving the Lightning a fourth-place finish.

Overall, it was an outstanding showing by our boys who fought hard all day long until the end and even got some medals and a plaque to show for it!

December 22, 2025

On Monday, December 22, the Lightning had their second match of the season against Bay City Central at B's Bowling In Flint.

The Lightning boys came out of the gate slowly, losing both baker games and going down 10-0 early in the match. The boys didn't give up and would take seven out of nine possible points in game 1 with high game honors going to junior Austin Traver with a solid 217 game. Senior Jacob Wildey added a nice 180 game.

In game 2, the Lightning would keep on rolling, taking eight out of the possible nine points with high game honors going to freshman Ethan Traver's great 210 game and Austin Traver adding a good 204 game also giving the Lightning grand totals by a score of 1,718-1,505 to have another comeback 17-13 win against the Wolves.

This team continues to show resilience and it's amazing to watch these boys grow.

Now to take that momentum into their next match on Saturday, December 27 against Mt. Pleasant!

December 27, 2025

On Saturday, December 27, the Lightning faced off against the Oilers from Mt. Pleasant at Monitor Lanes and the boys came out firing, rolling a 247 baker game and would win the second baker game 149-145 to give the Lightning a 10-0 lead.

In match play, the Lightning kept rolling, taking eight out of the possible nine points with high game honors going to sophomore Zack Homer's 209 game.

In game 2 of match play, the Lightning would take another eight out of the possible nine points with high game honors going to senior Tyler Cooper with a great 215 game. Homer would add another solid 205 game.

With that the Lightning would also win grand totals 1,721-1,527 and give the Lightning a 28-2 victory.

It was a great win for the Lightning boys!! 

December 28, 2025

On Sunday, December 28, the Lightning sent five teams to compete in the Davison Holiday Mixed Doubles Tournament at Richfield Bowl.

Out of 100 total teams in the tournament, Lapeer would have two teams make the top 32 for match play with the teams of Emma Dissmore/Tyler Cooper and Ariel Guerrero/Jackson Asaro. Chloe Behler/Ethan Traver had a good showing but missing the cut for match play.

The team of Isabellah Asaro/Zack Homer would win their round of 32 match in a two baker game total pinfall match 429-318, meaning they would go on to win their sweet 16 match by a total pinfall of 423-347 to advance the Elite 8 where they would fall to a tough Grand Blanc team by five pins, 364 to 359.

The team of Neveah Livingston/Austin Traver would also make match play and in the round of 32 they would also win by a total pinfall of 457-341 and would continue their winning ways in the Sweet 16 by a total pinfall of 420-306 and advance to the Elite 8 where they would defeat a tough team from Oxford by a total pinfall of 361-313.

The Final Four was a back-and-forth match between Neveah/Austin against a team from Grand Blanc and would ultimately lose the match by seven pins, 389-382, to be eliminated from the tournament.

Overall, it was a great showing by our Lightning bowlers who showed that they can compete against anyone!

January 3, 2026

The JV kicked off their season with their first match on Saturday, January 3, at B's Bowling in Flint.

Team Blue would face off against Corunna and Team Green would face off against Atherton. JV Blue would win their match 22-8, with high game honors on the day going to sophomore Kash Johnson with a solid 193 game, freshman Jackson Asaro with a nice 190 game, sophomore Jordan Boger added a 169 game, and freshman Sylis Salcido rolled a 159 game to lead Team Blue to victory. 

Team Green would go on to win their match 24-6 over Atherton. Team Green started strong right at the beginning with high game honors throughout the match going to freshman Josh Miller with a great 205 game, junior Gage Carrow added a good 188 game, and sophomore Weston Wright added a solid 178 game to lead Team Green to victory.

Overall, it was great to see all these guys have great chemistry with each other that would lead to a great team victory for both Team Blue and Team Green and they look to keep the momentum going when they play their second match on Tuesday, January 6, at Grand Blanc Lanes!

January 3, 2026

On Saturday, January 3, the Lightning would face off against the Hawks from Saginaw Heritage at Roll-A-Way lanes in Davison.

After splitting the two baker games, the Lightning would take baker totals and go up 6-4 heading into match play. In game 1 of match play, the Lightning would only take three out of the possible nine points to go down 10-9 going into the final game where the Lightning would take six out of the possible nine points and then another two points for winning grand totals 1,726-1,682 to win the match 17-13, with high game honors going to junior Austin Traver with a great 220 game, sophomore Zack Homer would add good games of 180 and 200, and senior Tyler Cooper would add a solid 185 game to cap off the Lightning victory.

These boys continue to show great resilience on the lanes and do what they need to win the match to improve to 4-0 on the season!

January 5, 2026

On Sunday, January 5, Lapeer sent three Varsity Boys doubles teams to compete in the Flushing Raider Doubles at Colonial Lanes in Flushing.

A total of 54 teams competed and only 16 teams would make match play. The team of Jacob Wildey/Nick Bockart would finish in 31st with a score of 1,309, the team of Austin Traver/Tyler Cooper would finish in 18th with a score of 1,427, missing the cut by 29 pins, and the team of Zack Homer/Luke Meinz would qualify eighth with a score of 1,571 to make match play.

In the Sweet 16, Zack and Luke would face off against the No. 9 seed from Flushing. In the two baker game total pinfall match, they would lose game 1 by 15 pins but came back firing in game two to win the match 374-306 and advance to the Elite 8 where they would keep on rolling, beating the No. 1 seeded team from Kearsley, 448-401, to advance to the Final Four.

For the Final Four match, the bowlers would move to the opposite side of the bowling alley where they would face off against a tough Carrolton Airport team, who would eliminate Zack and Luke from the tournament 310-289.

Overall, it was a great showing by all of our teams who showed great resilience all day long!

January 6, 2026

JV Green:

On Tuesday, January 6, the Jv Green team faced off against Holly at Grand Blanc Lanes and the Lightning came out firing by winning both baker games to take an early 10-0 lead going into match play.

The Lightning kept rolling in game 1, taking all nine points and securing the victory and after game 2, the final score was Lightning Green 22, Holly 8.

High game honors on the night go to sophomore Dallas Hall with a great 222 game, junior Gage Carrow with a good 187 game, freshman Josh Miller with a solid 186 game, and sophomore Weston Wright added a nice 175 game to cap off the victory!

JV Blue:

JV Blue would suffer their first loss of the season on Tuesday against a tough team from Flushing.

After narrowly losing both baker games, team Blue would find themselves in a bind early and after going down 10-0. Team Blue struggled to get any momentum to try and come back to win the match, taking only two points in game 1, losing totals by only nine pins.

In game 2, the Lightning would take eight points and grand totals but ultimately lose the match 18-12.

High game honors on the night go to freshman Ethan Traver with an outstanding 237 game and a 182 game, sophomore Kash Johnson added awesome games of 231 and 211 for a 432 two-game series, and sophomore Jordan Boger added a nice 182 game.

January 9, 2026

On Friday, the Lightning faced off against rival Davison in Mt. Pleasant.

After tying the first baker game and losing the second, the Lightning boys would find themselves down 8-2. After only taking one point in game 1, the boys would take seven out of nine in game 2 but ultimately lose the match 20-10.

High game honors on the night go to freshman Luke Meinz, who bowled two 220 games for a 440 series, junior Austin Traver, who bowled games of 214 and 207, sophomore Zack Homer added a nice 195 game, and senior Tyler Cooper added a solid 190 game to cap off the night.

It was a tough loss for the Lightning, but they remain in the running for the SVL conference title! 

January 10, 2026

On Saturday, the Lightning faced off against Saginaw United at Monitor Lanes.

After shooting baker games of 222 and 175, the Lightning jumped out to a 10-0 lead and would keep the momentum going in both match-play games and winning the match 29-1.

High game honors go to junior Austin Traver, who bowled games of 246 and 190, and freshman Luke Meinz, who bowled games of 208 and 200 to cap off the Lightning victory to improve to 5-1 on the season and look to keep rolling on Tuesday when they face off against a tough Bay City Western team!    

January 13, 2026

On Tuesday, the Lightning faced off against one of the top teams in the SVL, the Bay City Western Warriors.

The Lightning would go down 10-0 early and would be unable to recover, losing the match 26-4.

High game honors on the night go to freshman Luke Meinz with games of 234 and 200, sophomore Zack Homer with games of 204 and 201, and junior Austin Traver adding a 180 game. 

January 15, 2026

On Thursday, the Lightning faced off against the Chargers from Midland Dow and it was a nailbiter that would go in the Chargers favor as Dow would win the match 16-14.

After losing both baker games and totals in the first regular game, the Lightning would take every point in the final game, but it wouldn't be enough to get the comeback victory.

High game honors on the night go to junior Austin Traver with a 213 game, junior Nick Bockart added a 191 game, freshman Ethan Traver with a 185 game, and senior Jacob Wildey added a 183 game.

The Lightning's record falls to 5-3 on the season with the boys looking to rebound this weekend when they compete in the FMBC Championships tournament at Richfield Bowl on Sunday.