Highton gave Bareena a hiding to move into second spot on the Geelong Bowls Region Saturday Pennant ladder.
Dan Priddle, Dominic Carlesso, Robin Chambers and Craig Elliott had a mammoth 33 to five win with Highton winning the match 74 to 36.
Highton is only two points adrift of top side Ocean Grove and faces a tough match this weekend against third-placed Queenscliff.
Bareena managed to salvage two points from the match and sits at two wins and four losses in eighth place and meets seventh placed City of Geelong this weekend in what is shaping up as an important fixture for both teams.
Ocean Grove 1 flexed its muscles with a powerhouse performance against Eastern Park, which dropped from second to fourth on the ladder.
Matt Flapper and Peter Loe skipped their rinks to strong wins and ensured Ocean Grove 1 stayed on top of the table.
Glenn Slattery pulled back two points for Eastern Park, but the Grovers are the early season premiership favourites.
Queenscliff continues to fly under the radar.
A 66 to 49 win against Ocean Grove 2 sees it in third spot while Ocean Grove 2 is sixth, 12 points behind Drysdale.
Queenscliff won all three rinks with Ray Butler leading a 24 to 15 victory.
Bell Post Hill caused an upset and broke through for its first win of the season.
A brilliant 71 to 54 win against Drysdale was set up by Ben Toner, Brian Bottrell, Alan Lewis and Darryl Washington who won by 14 shots.
All Drysdale could salvage from the match was a solitary point with John Fry drawing with Craig McCarron on 24 shots apiece.
City of Geelong won its second game at the expense of the still winless Lara.
Bradley Prior’s rink won by seven, Nicholas Craven won by nine and Zane Lugg just got over Michael James Kelly by one.
