Petraglia Leads, Resets Qualifing Record

Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia continued to pace the PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages field in record style by retaining his lead after second round qualifying Monday at Spanish Springs Lanes.

With an overall 3,031 PBA Senior Tour record 12-game pinfall (252.5 average), the 62-year-old Petraglia from Jackson, NJ, holds a 91-pin lead over two-time Senior Tour titlist Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska.

After breaking his own Senior Tour record by bowling 1,557 for six games Sunday, Petraglia also broke his own 12-game record with games of 233, 249, 228, 267, 229 and 268 Monday.

“It’s easy to get to the pocket, you just have to adjust to get the pin carry,” Petraglia said. “For me it was important to put a little more speed on the ball and go more direct to the pocket today.”

Petraglia is a 14-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour and six-time Senior Tour champion. He is riding a streak of making the top 32 in the last eight Senior Tour tournaments he has entered and most assuredly will make it nine in a row after tomorrow’s final qualifying round.

“How I bowl and adjust in tomorrow’s morning block will be especially important because that will be the same lane condition I’ll be bowling on when match play starts on Wednesday,” Petraglia added.

His most recent Senior Tour win was the 2008 Senior Jackson (Mich.) Open. He also finished second to Wayne Webb in last year’s PBA Senior U.S. Open.

Hometown bowler Gerald Teel of The Villages, who is currently in 24th, is the only bowler thus far in the tournament to bowl two 300 games.

The field of 125 players will bowl one more six-game qualifying round on Tuesday after which the top 32 players will advance to round-robin match play Wednesday which will culminate with the stepladder finals at 7 p.m. Eastern.

2009 PBA SENIOR SUN BOWL IN THE VILLAGES
Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.
May 11, 2009

ROUND TWO QUALIFYING (Results after 12 games)

1, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,031
2, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,940
3, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,918
4, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,899
5, Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 2,896
6, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 2,872
7, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,869
8, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 2,860
9, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 2,851
10, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 2,844
11, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 2,842
12, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2,829
13, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 2,814
14, Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., 2,810
15, Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 2,797
16, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2,795
17, Gale Voshell, Dover, Del., 2,794
18, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla., 2,790
19, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 2,786
20, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 2,776
21, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,774
22, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 2,769
23, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 2,766
24, Gerald Teel, The Villages, Fla., 2,761
25, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,759.
26, (TIE) Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., and Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,758
28, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 2,741
29, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 2,735
30, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 2,732
31, (TIE) Dick Baker, Henderson, NV, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, FL, Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, VA, 2,731.
34, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 2,730
35, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,728
36, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 2,726
37, Mitch Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 2,721
38, Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., 2,717
39, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 2,708
40, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,697
41, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga., 2,692
42, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 2,691
43, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 2,685
44, Ron Woods, Hudson, Fla., 2,683
45, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 2,672
46, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 2,671
47, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 2,665
48, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,658
49, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 2,649
50, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 2,646
51, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 2,645
52, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 2,640
53, (TIE) Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, and Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 2,633
55, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2,631
56, (TIE) Phil Taylor, Tifton, GA, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, VA, Fred Ferreira, Kings Park, NY, 2,627
59, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 2,621
60, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,620
61, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 2,613
62, Louis Alessi, Safety Harbor, Fla., 2,601
63, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,597
64, Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., 2,584
65, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,576
66, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 2,574
67, Bruce Himschoot, Sanford, Fla., 2,568
68, Don Sylvia, Vero Beach, Fla., 2,565
69, Charles Mason, Williston, Fla., 2,562
70, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 2,559
71, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 2,554
72, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2,553
73, Michael DeVore, Brandon, Fla., 2,547
74, William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,546
75, Rick Cashell, Dedham, Mass., 2,543
76, Patsy DellaPenna, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,540
77, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 2,538
78, Tim Lawrence, Inverness, Fla., 2,536
79, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 2,526
80, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,519
81, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,517
82, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 2,509
83, Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 2,507
84, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 2,497
85, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,495
86, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 2,485
87, (TIE) Elvery Mines, New Brunswick, N.J., and Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 2,478
89, Frank Tardio, Palatine, Ill., 2,475
90, Xavier Pullara, Brandon, Fla., 2,474
91, (TIE) Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., and Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 2,470
93, Nick Panicaro, Canton, Ga., 2,456
94, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,442
95, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 2,441
96, John Babbitt, Hoschton, Ga., 2,440
97, (TIE) Jim Wilson, Deltona, Fla., and Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 2,439
99, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 2,438
100, Rick Bucceri, Deltona, Fla., 2,437
101, Lee Rautenberg, Boca Raton, Fla., 2,432
102, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn., 2,423
103, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,420
104, Daniel Young, Kathleen, Fla., 2,405
105, (TIE) Bing Davis, Bishopville, S.C., and J. Wayne Shank, Winter Park, Fla., 2,399
107, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 2,389
108, Ronald Briick, Ormond Beach, Fla., 2,368
109, Walter Sova Sr., South Daytona, Fla., 2,336
110, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,314
111, Joseph Venezio, Linden, N.J., 2,308
112, Vincent Oliva, Orland Park, Ill., 2,303
113, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 2,298
114, Allen Meskan, Wood Dale, Ill., 2,289
115, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 2,266
116, Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 2,258
117, Steve Graves, Zephyrhills, Fla., 2,221
118, Rick Beighley, Levittown, Pa., 2,213
119, Sam Lorino, Groveland, Fla., 2,197
120, Dan Howsmon, Lutz, Fla., 2,168
121, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 2,145
122, Paul Franzetti, North Venice, Fla., 2,133
123, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 2,126
124, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 2,120
125, Len Johnson, Ponte Vedra, Fla., 2,107