Barnes Leads PBA Motor City Open

Chris Barnes of Double Oak, TX, finished strong to overtake Hall of Famers Pete Weber and Walter Ray Williams Jr. at the end of the first round of match play in the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Motor City Open, the kick-off event in the inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling, Wednesday night at Taylor Lanes Taylor, MI.

Barnes, the 2007-08 PBA Player of the Year, finished the opening eight games of match play with a 257-254 victory over Rhino Page of Topeka, KS, for a 23-game total of 5,376 pins and a 53-pin lead over third-round leader Weber. Sean Rash of Wichita, KS, was third with 5,284 pins followed by Williams at 5,268 and Doug Kent of Newark, NY, with 5,229 pins.

“No one was waiting for me,” Barnes said. “The lanes are hard. Not many pairs of lanes here play the same. There are so many minefields. But I had a couple of
good runs and that helped.

"I did a lot of bowling over the summer,” he continued. “I’m pretty much where I
was when we stopped bowling in April, so I was able to take advantage of the
situation and put up some pretty good scores. I also got my share of good
breaks.”

Weber, 46, had the lead until the final match while Williams, 49, was in second
place heading into round-robin match play, slipped back two places.

The top 24 will bowl their final two eight-game match play rounds Thursday to
reduce the field to five for the stepladder finals.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA MOTOR CITY OPEN
Taylor Lanes, Taylor, Mich., Aug. 5
FOURTH ROUND (After 23 games, including match play records and bonus pins)

1, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 5-2-1, 5,376
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 5-3, 5,323
3, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 5-3, 5,284
4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3-4-1, 5,268
5, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 6-2, 5,229
6, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 3-5, 5,206, $100
7, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 4-4, 5,194
8, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5-3, 5,178
9, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 5-3, 5,168
10, Andres Gomez, Bogota, Colombia, 4-4, 5,167
11, John May, Lincolnton, N.C., 6-2, 5,166
12, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 5-3, 5,148
13, Osku Palermaa, Espoo, Finland, 5-3, 5,141
14, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 4-4, 5,129
15, Rhino Page, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2-6, 5,112
16, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 4-4, 5,099
17, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 4-4, 5,086
18, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 4-4, 5,063
19, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 3-5, 5,044
20, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3-5, 5,016
21, Dan MacLelland, Saginaw, Mich., 3-5, 4,976
22, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, 3-5, 4,963
23, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 2-6, 4,954
24, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 2-6, 4,930
Did not advance (after 15 games):
25, Fero Williams, Fairfield, Ohio, 3,262, $2,000
26, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 3,260, $1,950
27, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,255, $1,900
28, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 3,254, $1,850
29, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 3,244, $1,800
30, Jeffrey Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 3,235, $1,750
31, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 3,224, $1,700
32, Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., and Martin Larsen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 3,220, $1,635
34, Tim Pfeifer, Cranberry Twp., Pa., 3,217, $1,600
35, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,211, $1,580
36, Jonathan Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 3,208, $1,660
37, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,203, $1,540
38, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 3,199, $1,520
39, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,194, $1,500
40, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,189, $1,480
41, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 3,188, $1,460
42, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,184, $1,440
43, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 3,176, $1,420
44, Todd Sim, Belle River, Ontario, and Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 3,166, $700
46, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 3,162
47, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 3,159
48, John Nolen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 3,156
49, Jay Futrell, Derby, Kan., 3,155
50, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La,, 3,154
51, Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, and Jason Belmonte, Orange, NSW, Australia, 3,152
53, Brian Voss, Kennesaw, Ga., and George Lambert IV, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 3,149
55, Paul Moor, Hull, East Yorks, England, 3,144
56, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,138
57, Ronnie Russell, Camby, Ind., 3,130
58, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 3,125
59, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 3,121
60, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 3,120
61, Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,112
62, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 3,111
63, Bruce Falcon, Bay City, Mich., 3,107
64, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,099
65, Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 3,097
66, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 3,089
67, Amleto Monacelli, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 3,088
68, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 3,086
69, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 3,085
70, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 3,084
71, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 3,080
72, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,079
73, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., 3,064
74, Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., 3,063
75, Stuart Williams, Cheshire, England, 3,056
76, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 3,055
77, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,054
78, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 3,053
79, Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,041
80, Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 3,036
81, Andrew Horodecki, Jackson, Mich., 3,030
82, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,028
83, Mike Keily, Lakewood, Colo., 3,013
84, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz., 3,002
85, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 3,001
86, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,992
87, Jeff Austreng, Waterford, Mich., 2,990
88, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., and Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 2,984
90, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 2,982
91, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,980
92, Cassidy Schaub, Ashland, Ohio, 2,979
93, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 2,972
94, Chris Kliczinski, Pinckney, Mich., 2,968
95, Bill Oravecz, Mentor, Ohio, 2,965
96, Thomas Larsen, Assens, Denmark, 2,956
97, Terrence Haines II, Garden City, Mich., 2,955
98, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., and Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 2,947
100, Bryan Paul, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2,933
101, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 2,928
102, Matt Mueller, Bay City, Mich., 2,926
103, Tae-Hwa Jeong, Dae-Jeon, S. Korea, 2,922
104, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,921
105, BJ Satkowski, Jackson, Mich., 2,919
106, PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 2,906
107, Tony Campagna Jr., Chesapeake, Va., 2,904
108, Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 2,901
109, Jeff Hicks, Allen Park, Mich., 2,900
110, Abed Daher, Brownstown, Mich., and Billy Plane, Atlanta, 2,885
112, Anthony Moses, Dearborn Heights, Mich., 2,883
113, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,879
114, Thomas Wall III, Fayetteville, N.C., 2,874
115, Michael Wall, Fayetteville, N.C., and Andrew Koff, Miami, 2,825
117, Andrew Featherstone, White Lake, Mich., 2,806
118, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,805
119, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 2,802
120, Johnny Petraglia Jr., Youngstown, OH; Jason Zook, Tampa, FL and
Douglas Mazurco, Brownstown, MI, 2,788
123, Nick Kokenos, St Clair Shores, Mich., 2,688
124, Danial Cline, Lansing, Mich., 2,668
125, Robert Flunder IV, Toledo, Ohio, 2,663
126, Alex Medveditskov, Russia, 2,589
127, Christopher Brennan, Baltimore, 2,578
128, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 2,570
129, Brian DiCicco, Agawam, Mass., 2,471
130, Ivo Raul Chiriboga, Miami, 2,396
131, Ed Campbell, Rochester Hills, Mich., 1,773