Oatman Tops Qualifing Round for PBA Don Johnson Eliminator

Chicago’s Billy Oatman led the Tour Qualifying Round (TQR), which qualified
nine players to advance into the exempt field of 64 for the Professional Bowlers
Association (PBA) Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator Tuesday. Tournament play
gets underway Thursday at Sequoia Pro Bowl in Columbus, OH.

Oatman, the 2006-07 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Rookie of the Year,
averaged 230.75 to finish the eight-game qualifying round with 1,846 pins, two
pins ahead of Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan. Also advancing to the field of 64 were
Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,801; Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,793; Joe
Bailey, Doylestown, Ohio, 1,768; Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,751; Chad
Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 1,749; Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,747, and
Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,739.

For Johnson, it was the ninth time since the PBA opened its membership to
women in 2004 that she has advanced out of the TQR into the tournament proper.
Overall, including open field events where pre-tournament qualifying isn’t required,
Johnson will be bowling in her 45th PBA Tour event.

The Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator officially gets underway Thursday with two
seven-game qualifying rounds at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern. After 14 games, the
top 30 will advance to two more seven-game rounds at the same times on Friday.
The field will then be trimmed to the top 16 players who will be seeded into
four groups of four for Saturday’s Eliminator Rounds.

In the Eliminator rounds, the bowler with the lowest three-game, total pinfall
score will be eliminated. After three rounds, the surviving player in each of
the four groups will advance to Sunday’s live ESPN finals starting at 2 p.m.
Eastern. In three televised rounds, the player with the lowest game bowled will
be eliminated until the champion is decided.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR
ETONIC DON JOHNSON ELIMINATOR
Sequoia Pro Bowl, Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, March 3

PBA TOUR QUALIFYING ROUND
(Top 9 advance to Eliminator field of 64)
1, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 1,846.
2, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,844.
3, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,801.
4, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,793.
5, Joe Bailey, Doylestown, Ohio, 1,768.
6, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,751.
7, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 1,749.
8, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,747.
9, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,739.
10, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,735, $800.
11, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,731, $600.
12, Donald Stewart Jr., Zanesville, Ohio, 1,720, $500.
13, Michael Llaneza, Columbus, Ohio, 1,719, $450.
14, Raymond Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., 1,718, $400.
15, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 1,712, $380.
16, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,702, $370.
17, Justin Feldman, Bradford, Pa., 1,699, $360.
18, Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 1,681, $350.
19, (tie) Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., and Walter Schaub II, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,673, $335.
21, Ryan Abel, Bel Aire, Kan., 1,668, $320.
22, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla, 1,667, $310.
23, Robert Bumbarger, Eastlake, Ohio, 1,662, $300.
24, Daniel Patterson, Utica, N.Y., 1,661, $300.
25, Stephen Flynn, Sioux Falls, S.D., 1,652.
26, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 1,651.
27, Steven Black, Phoenix, 1,648.
28, Jason Stolfer, Wilmington, N.C., 1,644.
29, BJ Satkowski, Jackson, Mich, 1,637.
30, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,636.
31, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,635.
32, Josh Conner, Columbus, Ohio, 1,633.
33, (tie) Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, and Stephen Haas, Enola, Pa., 1,626.
35, Jayson Foote, Worthington, Ohio, 1,621.
36, Danial Cline, Lansing, Mich., 1,618.
37, Sam Capizzi Jr, Rochester, N.Y., 1,602.
38, (tie) Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., and David O'Sullivan, Orlando, Fla, 1,597.
40, Jennifer Petrick, Canton, Ohio, 1,593.
41, (tie) Robert Flunder IV, Toledo, Ohio, and Joe Barrett, Columbus, Ohio, 1,591.
43, (tie) Shannon Pluhowsky, Kettering, Ohio, and Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,587.
45, Chris Thompson, Marysville, Ohio, 1,583.
46, Tyler Wilds, Mendon, Mich, 1,580.
47, Rick Zakrajsek, Lorain, Ohio, 1,575.
48, Justin Paliswat, Shadyside, Ohio, 1,567.
49, Luke Smith, Elliotsburg, Pa., 1,566.
50, Mark Stambaugh, Texarkana, Texas, 1,560.
51, Jeff Miller, Columbus, Ohio, 1,558.
52, Chuck Tompkins, New Albany, Ohio, 1,554.
53, Trisha Reid, Columbus, Ohio, 1,553.
54, Timothy Byer, Covington, Va., 1,550.
55, Mike Nadolski, Westland, Mich, 1,547.
56, Matthew Weatherly, Chicago, 1,544.
57, Tristan Bittner, Willoughby, Ohio, 1,540.
58, Marty Cheeseman, New Albany, Ohio, 1,539.
59, Sean Johnson, Moundsville, W.Va., 1,534.
60, Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 1,533.
61, Lacey Moore III, Columbus, Ohio, 1,525.
62, Michael Harter, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1,522.
63, Nathan Voss, Columbus, Ohio, 1,516.
64, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,511.
65, Darryl Bregitzer, Garfield Heights, Ohio, 1,507.
66, Robert Eddy II, Saginaw, Mich., 1,493.
67, (tie) Mike Moore, Wapakoneta, Ohio, and Richard Lee Stevens Jr., Zanesville, Ohio, 1,491.
69, Ron Holliday, Mason, Ohio, 1,489.
70, Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 1,484.
71, Jacob Gernentz, Pontiac, Ill., 1,483.
72, Gary Zwiezinski, Elyria, Ohio, 1,472.
73, Logan Joiner, Hopkinsville, Ky, 1,462.
74, (tie) Diego Lopez, Colombia, and Kyle Dryden, Kent, Ohio, 1,461.
76, Zack Keller, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1,452.
77, Jermaine Conn, Broadview Heights, Ohio, 1,445.
78, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,436.
79, Rickey Coleman, Cleveland, 1,430.
80, Chad Zeedyk, Franklin, Ohio, 1,429.
81, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 1,426.
82, Keith Gibson, Columbus, Ohio, 1,422.
83, Jeffrey Prue, Erie, Pa., 1,419.
84, Danny Thornton, Columbus, Ohio, 1,409.
85, George Steele, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,403.
86, Howard Ridgeway, Cleveland, 1,398.
87, Michael Malone, Uniontown, Pa., 1,394.
88, Adam Hilyard, Sidney, Ohio, 1,384.
89, Country Alfonso, Wallingford, Conn, 1,367.
90, Tyler Back, Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1,338.
91, Kevin Landis, Baltimore, Ohio, 1,335.
92, Brandon Matthews, Asheville, N.C., 1,236.
93, Jason Schneider, Hillard, Ohio, 1,230.
94, Chris Clark, Owensville, Ohio, 1,217.
95, Joshua Shriver, Winchester, Va., 1,215.
96, Jack Perry, Canada, 799.