2012 PBA Senior Tour Schedule

April 21-24 - PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Storm, Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.
April 28-May 2 - PBA Senior Don Carter Open presented by Ebonite, Carter Family Bowl, Winter Garden, Fla.
May 6-9 - PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300, George Pappas Victory Lanes, Mooresville, N.C.
May 14-17 - PBA Senior Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip, Capri Lanes, Dayton, Ohio
June 3-8 - Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 10-15 - USBC Senior Masters, South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 17-20 - PBA Senior Northern California Classic presented by Track, Harvest Park Bowl, Brentwood, Calif.
August 6-9 - PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
August 11-14 Senior Decatur Open presented by Brunswick, Spare Time Lanes, Decatur, Ill.
Among those becoming eligible for the 2012 Senior Tour season will be PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli and Tour veteran Mike Edwards.

USBC Master Enters Matchplay

A field of more than 300 of the world’s top PBA professionals and amateur bowlers will be narrowed to the top four players who will advance to the stepladder finals of the 2012 Alka Seltzer Plus Liquid Gels USBC Masters which will be telecast live on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday from Sunset Station Strike Zone in Las Vegas.

After an emotional victory in the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Masters, Tom Hess of Urbandale, Iowa, will be trying to become the first player in four decades to win back-to-back titles in one of professional bowling’s most prestigious match play events. In 2011 he defeated Jack Jurek in the championship match, 225-214, for his first Tour title.

The challenging format featured 15 games of qualifying with the top 64 players advancing to the grueling double-elimination, three-game match play rounds.

The Masters has been a breakthrough event for amateurs and professionals like Hess. But the list of Masters champion also reads like a “who’s who” of bowling, among them are: Earl Anthony (1977, 1984), Mike Aulby (1989, 1995, 1998), Ernie Schlegel (1996), Don Carter (1961), Ray Bluth (1959), Billy Welu (1964, 1965), Dick Hoover (1956, 1957), Harry Smith (1958), Norm Duke (1993), Buzz Fazio (1955), Billy Golembiewski (1960, 1962), Danny Wiseman (2004), Sean Rash (2007), Doug Kent (2002, 2007), Mike Scroggins (2005), Parker Bohn III (2001), and Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2004, 2010).

The Masters began as a Clinic and Double Elimination Tournament at the 1951 ABC Tournament in St. Paul, MN with a field of 32 players. Eight of the nation’s top stars were invited and matched against eight of the best bowlers from St. Paul, eight from Minneapolis and eight others from other cities in Minnesota. Lee Jouglard of Detroit won the 1951 “Eliminations,” defeating Joe Wilman of Chicago. 

Current brackets:  http://scores.bowl.com/2012-masters/2012brackets.pdf

New Format and New Venue for College Championships

The 2012 United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles Championships will have a new format and be held in conjunction with USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Neb. The singles event will take place April 17; team competition begins April 19.

The new one-day format will consist of six games of qualifying followed by head-to-head match play. The match-play portion will feature three-game total pinfall matches.

McCune Defends PBA Cheetah Title

Throwing his traditional rocket to the pocket, Eugene McCune of Munster, IN, successfully defended his Professional Bowlers Association Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite title Sunday at Fountain Bowl. 

McCune, who was the top qualifier for the stepladder finals, defeated PBA Hall of Famer and 35-time Tour titlist Pete Weber of St. Ann, MO, 245-229, in the championship match for his third career win. 

“Anytime I can play outside on the lane and throw it hard it plays in my favor,” said McCune who estimated he was throwing the ball at a little over 20 miles per hour. 

“It’s old school and that’s where I feel most comfortable.” McCune won his second career title last season when, as tournament leader, he defeated Norm Duke, 238-237, to win the Cheetah Championship. It was during the match play round of that event that McCune broke the PBA nine-game scoring record with a 2,468 pinfall (274.22 average). In this year’s Cheetah Open, conducted on PBA’s Cheetah lane conditioning pattern, he averaged 253 for the tournament. 

“When I bowl on this condition there’s a little pressure because I know I need to take advantage of it,” he added. “I was a little worried after the first two frames of the tournament when I had open frames but I went to a different ball and made a couple of other adjustments and got back on track.” 

McCune was the first player to successfully defend a Tour title since Chris Barnes won back-to-back events in Columbus, Ohio, in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. The landmark Cheetah Open was the first PBA Tour event streamed live exclusively on PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel.

Three more Xtra Frame events are scheduled during the remainder of the season. 

“It was going to be a good match because he’s one of the best on this pattern and I match up real well in this house,” said Weber, who was trying for his 36th Tour title. 

“It was a good match for a while until I had a couple bad shots.” In the semifinal match Weber defeated former Wichita State University star Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, AZ, 248-165. Blanchard was rebounding after his fall on the approach during the PBA World Championship Mike Aubly Division final seen on ESPN two weeks ago. Blanchard went on to finish 16th in the World Championship. In the opening stepladder match, Weber defeated fellow Hall of Famer Duke, 237-226, to advance to the semifinal. 

PBA CHEETAH OPEN PRESENTED BY EBONITE Fountain Bowl, Fountain Valley, Calif., Sunday 

FINAL STANDINGS: 1, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., one game, 245 pins, $10,000. 

2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., three games, 714 pins, $5,000. 

3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., one game, 165 pins, $3,000. 

4, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., one game, 226, $2,500. 

PLAYOFF RESULTS: Match One – Weber def. Duke, 237-226. Semifinal match – Weber def. Blanchard, 248-165. Championship match – McCune def. Weber, 245-229. MATCH PLAY RESULTS After 22 games, including match play records and bonus pins. 

Top four advanced to stepladder finals 1, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 8-5, 5,814. 

2, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 10-3, 5,809. 

3, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 7-6, 5,806. 

4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 7-6, 5,692. 

5, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 9-4, 5,684, $2,300. 

6, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 6-7, 5,651, $2,100. 

7, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 6-7, 5,641, $2,100. 

8, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 7-6, 5,620, $1,800. 

9, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 6-7, 5,606, $1,750. 

10, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 8-5, 5,602, $1,800. 

11, Stuart Williams, England, 8-5, 5,596, $1,650. 

12, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 8-5, 5,592, $1,800. 

13, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 5-8, 5,554, $1,550. 

14, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 3-10, 5,535, $1,700. 

15, a-Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 8-5, 5,515, $1,450. 

16, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 5-8, 5,475, $1,600. 

17, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 6-7, 5,424, $1,550. 

18, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 8-5, 5,417, $1,300. 

19, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 4-9, 5,364, $1,275. 

20, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 5-8, 5,338, $1,238. 

20, a-Lowell Huber, Westminster, CA, 7-6, 5,338, $1,238. 

22, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 6-7, 5,313, $1,300. 

23, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 6-7, 5,259, $1,175. 

24, a-Takashi Kudoh, Japan, 3-10, 5,147, $1,150. 

a = amateur

Texan Castillo Leads the PBA Cheetah Open

Dino Castillo of Carrollton, Texas, bowled two 300 games and averaged 257.33 Saturday to lead qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite at Fountain Bowl. 

Castillo had games of 300, 258, 256, 279, 238, 235, 192, 300 and 258 for a 2,316 nine-game pinfall total on the high-scoring PBA Cheetah lane conditioning pattern to top 24 players who advanced to Sunday morning’s match play round. In all, 13 300 games were bowled in Saturday’s qualifying. 

“It’s a high-scoring pace, of course, which means you really have to concentrate on staying one step ahead.” said Castillo, who has a previous best PBA Tour finish of second that came in the 2010 Japan Cup. 

“Your concentration really has to focus on not just hitting the pocket but getting the ball through the pins. “For me that requires getting the ball to go right on the lane so I can get the best angle to the pocket,” he added. “I tried so hard to do that a couple of times I threw it in the gutter—I guess I tried too hard.” 

Castillo finished 21 pins ahead of PBA Hall of Famer and 34-time Tour titlist Norm Duke of Clermont, FL, in second with 2,295. Rounding out the top five were Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, AZ, 2,273; defending Cheetah Open champion Eugene McCune, Munster, IN, 2,268, and two-time Tour winner Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, AZ, 2,257. 

The landmark Cheetah Open is the first PBA Tour event to be streamed live exclusively on PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel. Three more Xtra Frame events are scheduled during the remainder of the season. 

After Sunday morning’s match play round, the field will be cut to the top four players who will compete in a stepladder final at 9 p.m. ET. 

Xtra Frame subscription information is available by visiting pba.com. 

PBA CHEETAH OPEN PRESENTED BY EBONITE Fountain Bowl, Fountain Valley, Calif., Saturday QUALIFYING RESULTS After 9 games, top 24 advance to match play  

1, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,316 

2, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,295. 

3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 2,273. 

4, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,268. 5, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,257. 

6, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,256. 

7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,249. 8, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,247. 

9 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 2,246. 

11, Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 2,242. 

12 (tie), Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 2,215. 

14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,209. 

15, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,206. 

16, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,205. 

17, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,189. 

18, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,188. 

19, Takashi Kudoh, Japan, 2,184. 

20, Lowell Huber, Westminster, Calif., 2,182. 

21, Stuart Williams, England, 2,179. 

22, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,177. 

23, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,176. 24, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,175. 

Did not advance 

25, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,167, $900. 

26, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,166, $890. 

27, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,164, $980. 28, Dom Barrett, England, 2,162, $870. 

29 (tie), Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Steven Smith, San Diego, 2,159, $955. 

31, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,158, $840. 

32, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,152, $830. 33, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 2,148, $820. 

34, George Gaucin, El Paso, Texas, 2,141, $810. 

35, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,134, $800. 

36, Bobby Campagnale, Highland, Calif., 2,127, $790. 

37 (tie), Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., and Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,124, $775. 

39, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,122, $760. 

40, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,118, $850. 

41, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 2,113, $740. 

42, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,108, $730. 

43, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,105, $720. 

44, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,103, $710. 

45, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 2,102, $700. 

46, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,098, $700. 

47, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 2,092, $700. 

48, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,091. 

49, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,083. 

50, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,082. 

51 (tie), Robert Piroozshad, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Tony Knuth, Oceanside, Calif., 2,077. 

53, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,075. 

54 (tie), Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., Paul Varela, Carson, Ca, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,072. 

57, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,069. 

58, Eddie Katz, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,068. 

59, Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., 2,067. 

60, Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J., 2,063. 

61, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,061. 

62, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,058. 

63, Will Hubner, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,055. 

64, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 2,053. 

65, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,035. 

66, Missy Parkin, Lake Forest, Calif., 2,032. 

67, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 2,028. 

68, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,026. 

69 (tie), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,025. 

71, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 2,021. 

72, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,018. 

73, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,017. 

74, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,015. 75, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,014. 

76, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,009. 

77, Keith Laing, Los Angeles, 2,007. 

78, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 2,003. 

79, Chad Newman, Richardson, Texas, 1,997. 

80 (tie), Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio and Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,992. 

82, Mike Danielson, Portland, Ore., 1,990. 

83, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,989. 

84, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,987. 

85, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 1,980. 

86, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,976. 

87, Wesley Low Jr., Palmdale, Calif., 1,975. 

88, Brian Jones, Riverside, Calif., 1,970. 

89, Toshiyuki Kaneko, Japan, 1,968. 

90, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,967. 

91, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,959. 

92, Paul Herrera, San Jose, Calif., 1,958. 

93 (tie), Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 1,957. 

95, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 1,955. 

96 (tie), Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, and Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 1,948. 

98, Chris Grulke, Irvine, Calif., 1,944. 

99, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 1,941. 

100, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 1,940. 

101 (tie), Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, and Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,939. 

103, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,936. 

104, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,935. 

105, Vayle Floria, Cerritos, Calif, 1,931. 

106, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,924. 

107, Liwei Liu, Pasadena, Calif., 1,913. 

108, Shinichiro Tamai, Japan, 1,905. 

109, Chris Williams, Reseda, Calif, 1,902. 

109, Bill Ireland, Absecon, N.J., 1,902. 

111, Jim Harvey, Los Angeles, 1,901. 

112, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,900. 

113, Raul Rosales, El Monte, Calif., 1,898. 

114, Scott LaRiviere, Murrieta, Calif., 1,890. 

115 (tie), Naoyuki Iguchi, Japan, and Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 1,889. 

117, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,882. 

118, Ramon Estrada, San Diego, 1,881. 

119, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,879. 

120, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 1,868. 

121, Randy Svendsen, Volin, S.D., 1,865. 

122, Scott Hatmaker, Winchester, Calif., 1,864. 

123, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,863. 

124, Tracy Teeters, Beaverton, Ore., 1,853. 

125, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 1,850. 

126, Stephen Gaucin, Los Angeles, 1,849. 

127, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,848. 

128, Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 1,845. 

129, Harold Hill, Lakeside, Calif., 1,840. 

130, Mitchell Caldwell, Burbank, Calif., 1,828. 

131, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,819. 

132, Russ Simmons, Fontana, Calif., 1,817. 

133, Tim Ursillo, Spring Valley, Calif., 1,792. 

134, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,779. 

135, Demetrius Cash, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,759. 

136, John Sowell, Vista, Calif., 1,738. 

137, Brent Ilagan, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 1,734. 

138, J.T. Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,699. 

139, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,677. 

140 (tie), Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,643. 

140, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 1,643. 

142, John Murth, Simi Valley, Calif, 1,629. 

143, Jaime Orozco, Santa Ana, Calif, 1,548. 

300 games Jason Couch, Nathan Bohr, Tom Smallwood, Dino Castillo (2), Sean Rash, Mike Edwards, John Szczerbinski (2), Marv Sargent, Will Hubner, Dale Eagle, Eddie VanDaniker Jr.

PBA Bayer Viper Open Sunday on ESPN

Brunswick Adds 3 New Balls

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The black solid C-System versa-max combines Brunswick’s newest breakthrough in Chemical Friction Technology with the Dual Flip I-Block core. The C-System versa-max is factory finished with 500 Siaair Mircro Pad, Rough Buff, and High Gloss finish.

The purple/pink Karma Pearl combines Brunswick’s proven Danger Zone core shape matched with the Activator Plus reactive coverstock to produce good length and a strong yet controllable backend on medium to light oil lane conditions. Release date is not yet available.