The Portland High School bowling teams competed at the M66 Bowl in Battle Creek Friday, and Saturday, for regional finals, and finished sixth.
Saturday was the individual event with six bowlers for both the girls and boys teams to participate. For the boys 96 bowlers tried to qualify, only 10 move on to states. Sophomore Marcus Zinn scored 1,180 placing third. Junior Trenton Schiably scored 1,116 to qualify seventh and move on to states. Senior Karl Newman scored 1,057 placing 17th and senior Patrick Chaffee scored 1,030 placing 27th.
For the girls, junior Lily Whitford qualified with an 1,009 placing eighth (making it into state finals for the second year in a row). Senior Abby Hartwick scored an 876 placing 27th. Junior Ashley Prater scored 860 and placed 32nd.
Whitford, Zinn and Schiably will be bowling for the state championships on Saturday at Airport Lanes in Jackson.