Professional Bowlers Association Pepsi Viper Championship

The PBA Pepsi Viper Championship is the second tournament of the 2010-11 Lumber 
Liquidators PBA Tour season and will be telecast Sunday, Dec. 5 at 1 p.m. 
Eastern on ESPN from South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

The Viper Championship is one of the five animal pattern events recently 
conducted during the PBA World Series of Bowling and will be followed by ESPN 
telecasts of the Chameleon (Dec. 12), Scorpion (Dec. 19), and GEICO Shark 
Championships (Dec. 26) plus the “USA vs. The World” team event on Jan. 9. All 
will be aired at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.

Eugene McCune won the season-opening Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship.

Pepsi Viper Championship stepladder finals qualifiers:
Match 1:No. 5 Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela vs. No. 4 Bill O’Neill, Southampton, PA.
Match 2:Winner Match 1 vs. No. 3 Mike DeVaney, Murietta, CA.
Match 3:Winner Match 2 vs. No. 2 Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, SC.
Championship Match: Winner of Match 3 vs. No. 1 Andres Gomez, Colombia

● Reigning U.S. Open Champion O’Neill and DeVaney will be trying for their third Tour titles. DeVaney’s last title
came in last season’s Scorpion Championship.
● PBA Hall of Famer Monacelli, who now competes part-time on Tour, will be trying for his 20th career Tour title.
His last title came in 2005.
● Jones will be trying for his 14th career Tour title. His last win came in the 2009-10 season-ending DyDo Japan 
Cup in April.
● Gomez, who has won several international titles, will be trying for his first PBA Tour title with his previous 
best finish of fifth in last season’s Chameleon Championship. It will also be his first PBA Tour TV appearance.

Tournament Recap: Two 6-game qualifying rounds with top 16 advancing to 9-game 
match play round.

First round leader (after 6 games qualifying): Greg Thompson Jr., Dublin, CA, 1,417
Second round leader (after 12 games qualifying): Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 2,818
Third round leader (after 21 games qualifying and match play): Gomez, 4,964

McCune Wins PBA Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship

Eugene McCune of Munster, IN, flawlessly executed the shot 
he had practiced for more than two decades to nip Professional Bowlers 
Association (PBA) Hall of Famer Norm Duke of Clermont, FL, 238-237, to win the 
Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, the opening event of the 2010-11 
Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season.

The Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship finals, conducted as part of the 
PBA World Series of Bowling at South Point Bowling Center, aired Sunday on ESPN.

McCune’s strike on his final ball earned him the second title of his 24-year PBA 
Tour career and a successful conclusion to an event he had dominated in earning 
the No. 1 position for the stepladder finals for the first time in his career. 
McCune romped through nine games of match play with a 9-0 record and a 
PBA-record 2,468 pins (a 274.22 average) to run away with the qualifying lead.

“It’s especially nice to win when you set records and it comes down to one game 
for the title,” McCune said, “because if you lose, some people think you’re just 
a piece of garbage.”

McCune and Duke, a 33-time PBA Tour champion and the defending Cheetah champion, 
battled pin-for-pin into the final frame. Duke, finishing the match first, 
struck on his first shot in the 10th frame, but left the 4-8 on his second shot. 
McCune, needing a nine-count/spare and strike to win, got exactly what he 
needed, converting a 4 pin for a spare before throwing the biggest strike of his 
career.

That strike followed an interruption. Just as McCune was prepared to deliver his 
final shot, a background noise disturbed his concentration, so he backed off and 
re-grouped.

“Maybe I wasn’t even ready to throw the shot,” he said. “I got to step away and 
calm down, collect myself. I wasn’t nervous at all. I figured, this is what you 
do. This is it. This is the shot you have told yourself about in practice all of 
those years: ‘He must have this strike…this one is for the title.’ And I 
absolutely threw that ball so good it was unreal.”

In most television matches, the higher qualifier commonly tries to apply 
pressure to his challenger by forcing the challenger to finish last. McCune decided 
he wanted to finish on the right lane, but it had nothing to do with the 
pressure.

“The ball return was in my way on the left lane,” said McCune, who was standing 
on the far right side of the approach and throwing the ball hard up the right 
side of the lane. “I like to stay on top of the shot, and (the ball return on 
the left lane) was making me get my arm swing out. I just made a minor 
adjustment to the left with my feet and target to get away from the ball return, 
and I prayed the lane was hooking enough. Usually that means a (10 pin tap) for 
me, but I snapped the 10 pin out in the ninth frame. It was a big relief to get 
that hit.

“When I can play where I was on this pattern and throw the ball hard, I don’t 
miss. If I’m on lane conditions where I have to hook the ball, there are guys 
who can hook it better than me. I start making mistakes and leaving splits. On 
the Cheetah, I knew I could strike and if I didn’t, I wasn’t leaving splits. 
It’s easier mentally for me when I know I can stay out there on the corner and 
pipe the ball to the pocket.”

With his PBA Hall of Fame father Don McCune in the crowd, McCune was overcome 
with emotion. His only previous title came in the 2002 Banquet Classic in Grand 
Rapids, MI, where, ironically, he defeated Duke and PBA Hall of Famer Walter 
Ray Williams Jr. for the win.

Duke took the one-pin loss in stride.

“It wasn’t the bad shots that hurt me,” Duke said. “I got lucky on the bad 
shots. It was the good shots that didn’t work that killed me. Oh, well. Mark 
Roth will just have to wait.”

Duke trails Roth by one title on the all-time PBA Tour titles list. Roth is in 
fourth place behind Williams (47), Earl Anthony (43) and Pete Weber (35).

In the semifinal match, Duke took advantage of three open frames by Ritchie 
Allen of Columbia, SC, to win, 229-192, after he cruised to a 269-247 victory 
over Michael Haugen Jr. of Carefree, AZ, in the second match. Haugen won the 
first match of the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour television season, 
defeating Lonnie Waliczek of Wichita, KS, 248-228.

The Viper Championship, the second of five World Series of Bowling “animal 
pattern” events, will air Sunday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Viper 
stepladder finalists are Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Bill O’Neill, Southampton, 
PA; Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, CA; Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, SC, and top 
qualifier Andres Gomez, Colombia.

Free pre- and post-finals programs are available on PBA’s Xtra Frame video 
streaming service. Visit pba.com or xtraframe.tv to access Xtra Frame.

BRUNSWICK PRO BOWLING CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 28

Final Standings
1, Eugene McCune, Munster, IN, one game (238 pins), $15,000.
2, Norm Duke, Clermont, FL, three games (771), $8,000.
3, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, SC, one game (192), $6,000.
4, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, AZ, two games (495), $5,000.
5, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, KS, one game (228), $4,000.

Stepladder Results:
Match One: Haugen def. Waliczek, 248-228.
Match Two: Duke def. Haugen, 269-247.
Semifinal Match: Duke def. Allen, 229-192.
Championship: McCune def. Duke, 238-237.

The Professional Bowlers Association Returns to ESPN Sunday

PBA Tour Returns to ESPN Sunday

The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour begins its telecast season Sunday, Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN with the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship from South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas. 

The Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship is one of the five animal pattern events recently conducted during the PBA World Series of Bowling and will be followed by ESPN telecasts of the Pepsi Viper (Dec. 5), Chameleon (Dec. 12), Scorpion (Dec. 19) and GEICO Shark Championships (Dec. 26) also to be aired at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. 

Cheetah Championship stepladder finals qualifiers: 
Match 1: No. 5 Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, KS. vs. No. 4 Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, AZ. 
Match 2: Winner Match 1 vs. No. 3 Norm Duke, Clermont, FL. 
Match 3: Winner Match 2 vs. No. 2 Ritchie Allen, Columbia, SC. 
Championship Match Winner of Match 3 vs. No. 1 Eugene McCune, Munster, IN.

● Defending Cheetah Championship winner and PBA Hall of Famer Duke will be trying for his 34th PBA Tour title. 
● McCune set a PBA 9-game scoring record of 2,468 (274.22 average) to claim the No. 1 qualifying position for a TV final for the first time in his career. He’ll be looking for his second PBA Tour title with his first coming in 2002. 
● Waliczek, Haugen and Allen will all be trying for their third career Tour titles. Waliczek’s last title came in 2003, Allen’s in 2006 and Haugen’s in the 2008 Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas. 

Tournament Recap: Two 6-game qualifying rounds with top 16 advancing to 9-game match play round. First round leader (after 6 games qualifying): Mike DeVaney, 1,510. Second round leader (after 12 games qualifying): Ritchie Allen, 3,020. Third round leader (after 21 games qualifying and match play): Eugene McCune, 5,612

MacPherson Wins $121,000 Bonus For Nationally -Televised 300 In Japan

United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Famer and Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Women’s Series titlist Wendy Macpherson of Henderson, NV, made history on the Japanese Professional Bowlers Association (JPBA) Tour on Nov. 14 when she defeated Japan’s Mika Sato, 300-235, to win the ABS Japan Open.

Macpherson, a 20-time PWBA winner before the women’s tour ceased operations in 2003, not only earned roughly US$36,000 for her third JPBA title of the year and the eighth of her career, but she received a $121,000 bonus for her nationally-televised 300 game.

“I never in my life could have imagined,” Macpherson said upon her return to the United States. “You look at the paper and see they are offering 10 million (yen) for a 300 on TV, and we all think, wow, that could be cool. But you know it’ll never happen. I was shocked to find myself in that position.

“I was bowling for the title and after getting the front 11, it’s like, oh my God, I’m bowling for 10 million yen…if I don’t strike, I don’t get anything.

“I had already won the title, but I wanted to win the big bucks. I was very nervous. My heart was beating extremely fast,” he added. “It was not so much pressure, but realizing I’d never again have that opportunity again, so I wanted to give myself the best chance I could to succeed. That tournament was the only one in the entire year that offered a 10 million yen prize for a 300 in the championship match.”

PBA Midwest Regional Star Jeff Richgels Elected To USBC Hall of Fame

Long-time PBA Midwest Regional star Jeff Richgels, 48, Oregon, WI, has been
elected to the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in a newly-created
Outstanding USBC Performance category, which was created to recognize efforts by bowlers in USBC championship events. Richgels, who had previously appeared on USBC’s superior performance ballot nine times, is a 29-time PBA regional winner, a four-time USBC Open Championships titlist and the only player in the event’s history to bowl a 90 clean-frame all-events series.

The USBC Hall of Fame Committee also elected former Women’s International
Bowling Congress Executive Director Roseann Kuhn and four-time Professional
Women’s Bowling Association titlist Cheryl Robinson in the meritorious service
and veterans categories, respectively.

The superior performance candidates who will be considered by a national panel
of bowling industry leaders, veteran bowling writers and USBC Hall of Famers
include Del Ballard Jr., Keller, TX; David Husted, Milwaukie, OR; Amleto Monacelli, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; David Ozio, Beaumont, TX; Wayne Webb,

Columbus, OH; and Tom Baker, King, NC. The women's ballot has Dede
Davidson, Buellton, CA, and Carol Gianotti, Perth, Australia.

USBC’s 2011 Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be held on July 1 in Grapevine, TX.

PBA Regional Recap

Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, TX, dominated the field to win his 36th PBA Regional
title at the sixth annual PBA Southwest Region Odessa Open at Diamond Lanes in Odessa, TX, on Nov. 14, for his second straight PBA Southwest victory.

Scroggins bowled a pair of 300 games in recording a 13-3 match play record and 7,274 pins, including match play bonus pins, to top fellow Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour exempt player Nathan Bohr of Wichita, Kan., by 89 pins to win the $2,200 first prize. Scroggins had won the Farmington Open a week earlier in New Mexico.

In the PBA East Region, Jason Stadtler of Cherry Hill, N, struck out in the 10th frame to edge Mike Hastings of Millsboro, DE, 238-237, to win the PBA East Region Ebonite/Ft. Meade Open at The Lanes Ft. Meade, MD, on Nov. 14. Stadtler not only won $2,500 along with his second career PBA Regional title,
but locked up a spot in the Dick Weber PBA Playoffs to be held in Indianapolis next March.

The Ft. Meade event honored Dean Ryan, a long-time PBA regional member who is retiring as Ft. Meade facility manager at the end of the year. Ryan, a former Pat Patterson Award recipient, has hosted 10
regional events at The Lanes at Ft. Meade.

Also notching back-to-back victories was Dale Traber of Cedarburg,
WI, who defeated Scott Lindsey of Omaha, NE, 267-242, to win the PBA Midwest Region’s 7G Senior Open 1, the first half of a Senior doubleheader at Lancer Lanes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The title won on Nov. 13 was Traber’s third of the year in the PBA Midwest Region and his 46th overall PBA Regional title. He earned $1,200 along with his title.

On Sunday, Greg Shields of Independence, MO, defeated Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Twp., MI, 236-216, to win the Midwest Region’s 7G Senior Open 2. The title was Shields’ first of the year and the second his career. He also earned $1,200.

Double Clutch Pearl Joins AMF300 Product Line

AMF Double Clutch Pearl is the new eye appealing “F55” Charcoal Gray/Burnt Orange Polished pearl version of the AMF upper mid line.  

Eric Thomas, AMF Sales Director described the Double Clutch Pearl “It stays true to the high performing characteristics of the Clutch line, at a value price. Same Asymmetric core shape and dynamics, just added length and flip.” #15 lb RG - 2.520, Differential - 0.040.

Release date is December 2^nd.

AMF Debuts the Shred It in December.

The AMF300 Shred It utilizes the same exact Symmetric core shape and core dynamics as the Shredder but has a new Black/Silver hybrid version of the Shredder "F74" cover (finished to 4,000 Abralon). 

“This is the first time we have used this new blend.  By adding solid resin to the pearl we have kept the same general amount of length but just added more pop that can handle more oil in the middle of the lane,” reports Eric Thomas AMF300 Sales Director. “This ball takes all the greatness about the down lane movement the Shredder had and just amplified it to create traction on a heavier oiled lane,” said Thomas. #15 lb RG - 2.481 Differential - 0.054

Release date is December 2^nd.

900 Global Creates Raw Profit

Raw Profit features the same Asymmetric core shape used in the original Profit but with modified densities to create a lower RG and higher Differential along with a higher mid-Diff.  

The Raw Profit is wrapped in the “S70” reactive shell (found on the Break Out and Break) in Cosmic Purple/Atomic Orange and finished with 4,000 Abralon.  

“Bowlers can expect a smooth ride in the front part of the lane and a strong aggressive jump down lane designed for medium to heavy conditions,” reported 900 Global National Sales Manager Eric Thomas.  

#15 lb Numbers: RG - 2.471 and Diff. - 0.048. Release date is November 23^rd.

 

Hammer Widow "Gas Mask" Core Is Back

The Hammer Taboo with a “Gas Mask” core wrapped it in the brand new “Grand Theft Reactive™” Coverstock (finished 800/1000/2000/2000 Abralon®). 

It’s their first ball to be poured with the “game-changing HD color process” in Purple, Blue and Black reports Hammer Brand Manager Jeff Ussery. 

Design intent from Hammer “Far more hook and continuation in the backend.”  #15 RG (2.50) Diff (.060), Intermediate Mass Bias .016

Look for the Taboo release December 14th.

Check out the Video.

A Dirty Job in a Bowling Center

Bowling Industry Magazine reports from Jim Chambers, proprietor of Cloverleaf Family Bowl, in Fremont CA that his center will be featured on a cool show called: Dirty Jobs. Dirty Jobs' host, Mike Rowe, travels across the country spending a day doing other people's "dirty work." 

Set your DVR's to record Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel, Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010. 9 pm Pacific, 8 pm Central, 9 pm East Coast.

Columbia 300 Offers A Ransom

Columbia 300 unchains the RANSOM as the latest edition to its upper-mid performance bowling ball line. The Ransom combines a “modified” core from the popular PURE PHYSICS HP ball and a “pearlized” version of the SUPER TILT coverstock. 

“We’ve taken our high performance core, which is inside one of today’s hottest selling high performance balls, modified it and moved it down to fit the upper-mid performance price point,” said Columbia 300 Brand Manager Bugsy Kelly. “This isn’t a typical move for a ball company, but I feel it’s the right thing to do to get Columbia 300’s upper-mid performance balls where they need to be — back on top.”

What the company has done, according to Kelly, is modified the densities of the Full Swing core, which was is currently in the Pure Physics ball, allowing it to be moved down in price point and give consumers the absolute best upper-mid performance ball on the market. Available December 14^th.

The Ransom will also feature a pearlized version of the new Super Tilt coverstock, which will allow the bowling ball to get through the front part of the lane with ease and perform where bowlers need it to perform.

“This new veneer will allow the Ransom to have more traction in the mid-lane and more hook off the friction than anything Columbia 300 has produced in this price point,” Kelly said. 

The Ransom will be released world-wide Dec. 16, 2010. The black, red and purple ball will be available in 12 to 16 pounds.“I got together with the research and development team to make a Columbia 300 ball that will give consumers a clean through the front and strong on the back end ball motion,” Kelly said. “They came through big time on this one.”

Check out the video.

Youth Education Services Fund

The newly created Youth Education Services (YES) Fund made its first direct step in support of the YES mission to promote youth bowling with the announcement of a program designed to create and preserve high school bowling programs.

The YES Fund - High School Grant Program will provide $2,500 to four high school programs annually. The high school teams must show financial need because of budget cuts or other changes, or may request funding to start a new program.

“High school bowling has shown rapid growth in the last decade, but many school-funded sports programs are facing cuts right now,” Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA) Director of Youth Chad Murphy, who oversees YES Fund programs, said. “Thankfully, the YES Fund and its partners have stepped up to make a grant program possible and now the bowling industry can help keep this key age group on the lanes.”

Founding partners Brunswick, Columbia 300, Ebonite, 900 Global, Hammer, QubicaAMF, Roto Grip, Storm and Track provided key support to launch the YES Fund. The YES Fund is a joint initiative of the BPAA and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

To kick off the High School Grant Program, the YES Fund will award $2,500 to Middlesex High School in Middlesex, N.J., to help that 19-year-old bowling program continue in 2010-11. The Middlesex High School team learned in June that because of economic constraints the program was going to be cut.

Parents and supporters of the Middlesex program held fundraisers throughout the summer and, in late September, the Middlesex Board of Education approved the reinstatement of the varsity bowling program. Twenty-five bowlers have signed up for the Middlesex team this season.

The new High School Grant Program, which will be administered by USBC High School, was established for programs facing cuts such as Middlesex High School and for schools which seek to start new programs.

“It is important for high school coaches, athletes and parents to know there are resources here to help,” USBC High School Manager Breanne Eoff said. “It can be a real challenge for people to know how to help a high school program. Our team can help provide guidance and answers.”

Applications for the High School Grant Program, along with supporting materials, must be returned to USBC High School. The high school will be required to register online in the free USBC High School Coaches Registration. Applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and grant recipients will be notified in writing. An application can be found by going to BOWL.com/highschool.

Midwest Qualifiers for the 2011 Women's US Open

Thanks to the sponsorship assistance of Ebonite International, women bowlers in the Midwest will have five qualifyingtournament opportunities to not only win paid entries into Bowling’s 2011 U.S. Women’s Open in Euless, TX, but a series of
high-quality opportunities to test their skills.

The Midwest series will begin with the Hammer Illinois Women’s Open on Sunday, Nov. 28, at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, IL - the birthplace of the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour. Additional one-day events will include the:

● Ebonite Joliet Women’s Open at Town and Country Lanes, Joliet, IL, on Sunday, Jan. 2;
● Track Wisconsin Women’s Open at AMF Bowlero, Wauwatosa, WI, on Sunday, Feb. 13;
● Robby’s Lake County Women’s Open at Brunswick Zone-Hawthorn, Vernon Hills, IL, on Sunday, Mar 27;
● Columbia 300 Indiana Women’s Open at Olympia Lanes, Hammond, IN, on Sunday, May 22.

Each tournament will be a one-day event with six qualifying games for all players, followed by eight games 

of match play for the top eight qualifiers (based upon at least 32 entries). Entry fee for each event is $125.

All of the events will begin at 10 a.m., except the Robby’s Lake County Women’s Open (9 a.m. start time).
While all tournaments are open to any USBC adult and youth woman bowler,only players who have not won

national titles under the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America’s U.S. Women’s Open rules will be 

eligible to win the paid U.S. Women’s Open entry which will be awarded in each event.

In addition to the U.S. Open entry awarded at each tournament, a sixth entry will be awarded to the 

woman who finishes highest in combined earnings for all five tournaments, but does not otherwise win 

one of the five entries.

The tournaments are being organized and conducted by Windy City Bowling News publisher Lisa Vint, a 

former Professional Women’s Bowling Association/LPBT competitor and LPBT Director of Membership 

Services.

“Scratch-level women bowlers across America, let alone in the Midwest, have very few competitive 

opportunities since the PWBA and PBA Women’s Series ceased operations,” Vint said. “The 2011 U.S. 

Women’s Open is going to be an historic event, with nationally-televised finals to be held in Cowboys’
Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It seems like a perfect opportunity to conduct not one, but a series of 

events to help women bowlers get ready to bowl in an environment that will help them prepare for 

the U.S. Open.

“We will conduct these events using the U.S. Women’s Open lane conditions.We are inviting all women

- whether they are national title-holders who are ineligible to win spots or not - to enter and compete 

for the prize money. Even those who win spots can bowl more than once,” she said. “The goal, beyond 

awarded U.S. Women’s Open entries, is to provide women with great competition at an affordable price

and using a simple format that will dramatically reduce any travel expenses.”

Any woman bowler who would like to receive an entry form and additional information is asked to 

contact Lisa Vint by e-mail at: wcbn@wi.rr.com or by telephone at 262-642-3989.

2010 PBA World Series of Bowling Sees Records Fall

Over the course of 52 years, you’d think there would be no barriers left for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) to break, but during the 2010 PBA World Series of Bowling at South Point Bowling Center, the record book was battered and broken once again.

Beginning on Oct. 25, a field of 252 men and women from around the world began competition on five different PBA “animal pattern” lane conditions. The 12-game-per-day marathon on the PBA’s Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark lane conditions led to five “animal pattern” championships that will be decided in stepladder finals Friday and Saturday. ESPN will tape the finals for delayed airing, beginning on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

In addition, the 60-game composite scores determined the final qualifying standings for the PBA World Championship, including the top eight players who will return to South Point Jan. 14, 15 and 16 for a first-ever three-day live
stepladder event. ESPN2 and ESPN will air the final stages of that event.

The same 60 games decided the field of six United States and six international players who will bowl a first-ever USA vs. The World team championship match Saturday at 5:30 p.m. (Pacific). The event will air on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

For bowling fans who attend the PBA’s “pattern” championships Friday and Saturday, here are some of the highlights:

● None of the five top qualifiers has ever led the field in qualifying for a TV show before. Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship top qualifier Eugene McCune is the only top qualifier who has won a PBA title – and he
has only won once.

● The other four No. 1 qualifiers – Colombia’s Andres Gomez (Pepsi Viper Championship); Scott Norton of Costa Mesa, CA (Chameleon Championship), Jun-Yung Kim of South Korea (Scorpion Championship) and Canada’s Dan MacLelland (GEICO Shark Championship) – are making their PBA Tour television debuts. Obviously, none of them has ever won a PBA Tour title.

● The Cheetah finale will be the only telecast featuring five PBA Tour players who reside in the United States. Every other final has at least one international player.

● McCune won the No. 1 berth for the Cheetah stepladder by setting a PBA nine-game scoring record in match play, posting a 9-0 record and averaging 274.22 for a total of 2,468 pins. His games were 300, 253, 275, 279, 279, 279,
236, 300 and 267, which translates into three consecutive 800 series including a 279 “triplicate.” McCune also bettered the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) nine-game record of 2,463 set by Doug Vergouven in Kansas City, MO,
April 25-26, 2003.

● Norm Duke is the defending Cheetah champion. He is the only defending champion to make a final in his respective discipline. Other defending champions are Rhino Page (Viper), Bill O’Neill (Chameleon), Mike DeVaney (Scorpion) and Jack Jurek (Shark).

● The Scorpion finale will be the first PBA Tour telecast with four international players vs. a single U.S. player (O’Neill).

● Norton and South Korea’s Yong-Jin Gu (Scorpion) are the only left-handers to reach the five PBA pattern championships. Finland’s Kimmo Lehtonen is the only lefty to make the USA vs. The World final.

● The only international players to win PBA Tour titles are Mats Karlsson (Sweden), Amleto Monacelli (Venezuela), Mika Koivuniemi (Finland) and Jason Belmonte (Australia).

● Finland’s Osku Palermaa and Australia’s Jason Belmonte, the two premier two-handed bowlers in the world, both qualified for the GEICO Shark Championship. It will be the first time two two-handed bowlers have appeared on the same television show. They will be joined on the Shark show by reigning PBA World Champion Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, MI, who might be considered a “one-and-a-half” handed bowler. Smallwood, who uses just the tip of his thumb in his grip, uses both hands to hold onto the ball until he enters his down swing.

● O’Neill (Viper and Scorpion); MacLelland (Scorpion and Shark), Palermaa (Chameleon and Shark) and Belmonte (Scorpion and Shark) are the only players to qualify for two of the “pattern” championships. All four will also bowl in the USA vs. The World team match. All but MacLelland are among the eight PBA World Championship finalists who will return to South Point Jan. 14-16 to conclude the World Series. O’Neill is the top qualifier for the World Championship, Palermaa is third and Belmonte is eighth.

● Mika Koivuniemi’s status for the USA vs. The World match was questionable after he injured his back during a practice session last Sunday. He completed his Viper match play round on Monday, but was forced to withdraw from the Chameleon match play round Tuesday after two games. On Wednesday, he insisted he would be ready to bowl in the team match because he was receiving treatments on his back five times a day. Mika’s wife Leena, who traveled to the World Series with him, is a physical therapist.

● Each “pattern” champion will earn a PBA Tour title, with the possible exceptions of Kim and Gu, who are amateurs. Under PBA rules, PBA Tour titles are not awarded to non-members.

Tickets will be available on-site for all six World Series of Bowling finals.
 

2010 PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev.

BRUNSWICK PRO BOWLING CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games; stepladder finals at 9 a.m. Pacific Friday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Nov. 28)
1, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 9-0, 5,612.
2, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 5-4, 5,386.
3, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 7-2, 5,375.
4, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 6-3, 5,344.
5, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 5-4, 5,329.

PEPSI VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games; stepladder finals at 1 p.m. Pacific Friday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Dec. 5)
1, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 6-3, 4,964.
2, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 7-2, 4,962.
3, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 7-2, 4,908.
4, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 5-4, 4,905.
5, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 7-2, 4,893.

CHAMELEON CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games; stepladder finals at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Friday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Dec. 12)
1, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 7-2, 4,932.
2, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 6-3, 4,915.
3, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 5-4, 4,903.
4, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 6-3, 4,846.
5, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 5-4, 4,843.

SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games; stepladder finals at 11 a.m. Pacific Saturday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Dec. 19)
1, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 7-2, 4,901.
2, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 4-5, 4,898.
3, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 6-2-1, 4,894.
4, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 5-2-2, 4,883.
5, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 4-4-1, 4,879.

GEICO SHARK CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games, stepladder finals at 3 p.m. Pacific Saturday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Dec. 26)
1, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 8-1, 5,087.
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 6-3, 4,946.
3, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 6-3, 4,921.
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 4-5, 4,909.
5, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 7-2, 4,888.

USA VS. THE WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
(Top six after 60 World Series of Bowling qualifying games; finals at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Saturday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on 

Sunday, Jan. 9)

USA Qualifiers:
1, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 13,606.
2, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 13,563.
3, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 13,506.
4, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 13,425.
5, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 13,408.
6, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 13,375.

The World Qualifiers:
1, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 13,544.
2, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 13,496.
3, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 13,405.
4, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 13,365.
5, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 13,269.
6, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 13,267.

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING STANDINGS
(Top 8 after 60 World Series of Bowling qualifying games; finals will air live on ESPN/ESPN2 on Jan. 14, 15 and 16 from South Point 

Bowling Center)
1, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 13,606.
2, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 13,563.
3, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 13,544.
4, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 13,506.
5, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 13,496.
6, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 13,425.
7, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 13,408.
8, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 13,405.

BWAA Picks O'Neill October 2010 Kegel Bowler of the Month

Bill O'Neill of Southampton, PA, has been named the October 2010 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA).

In the 60-game qualifier for the 2010 PBA World Championship, O'Neill averaged nearly 227 becoming the #1 seed for the television finals.  He also qualified for match play in four of the five match play rounds in the PBA World Series of Bowling, featuring 12 games on each of the PBA's five animal patterns.  In the process, O'Neill became the #3 seed for the Pepsi Viper Championship and #4 seed in the Scorpion Championship for their respective television finals.

This marks O'Neill's fourth Kegel BWAA Bowler of the Month honor in the last 13 months.

Nicknamed "The Real Deal," O'Neill is coming off a breakout season, winning his first PBA title, the Chameleon Championship, at the inaugural PBA World Series and his first major title, the 67^th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open.

Others receiving votes were Chris Barnes, winner of the 8^th Columbia 300 Vienna Open and #4 seed in the PBA World Championship TV finals, Sean Rash, #2 seed in the PBA World Championship TV finals, Michael Fagan, winner of the Ebonite Lahti Open, and Lynda Barnes, winner of the AMF Australian Masters.

CEO of Lucky Strike Lanes On Undercover Boss on CBS

PBA GEICO Shark Championship Qualifying at WSOB

Dan MacLelland of Windsor, Ontario, Canada closed in on his childhood dream, earning the No. 1 position for Saturday’s GEICO Shark Championship at South Point Bowling Center Wednesday in his quest for his first Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour title.

By topping the Shark Championship field after 21 games of qualifying and match play, the 25-year-old MacLelland became the fifth consecutive player in PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB) competition to earn the top stepladder position for the first time. Cheetah Championship leader Eugene McCune of Munster, IN; Viper Championship top qualifier Andres Gomez of Colombia; No. 1 Chameleon Championship qualifier Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, CA, and Scorpion Champion leader Jun-Yung Kim of South Korea also clinched spots in the title match of their respective events for the first time earlier in the week.

MacLelland, a three-time collegiate All-American at Saginaw (MI) Valley State, finished the nine-game Shark round with an 8-1 match play record and a 21-game total of 5,087 pins, including match play bonus pins. He entered the match play round in 10th place following last week’s 12-game preliminary round. Finland’s Osku Palermaa was second with 4,946 pins. Also qualifying for Saturday’s stepladder finals were Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, MI; Jason Belmonte of Australia, and Mike Fagan of Patchogue, NY.

MacLelland, Palermaa and Belmonte all qualified for their second World Series of Bowling stepladder final. Palermaa and Belmonte are the first pair of two-handed players to qualify for the same television show. Fagan threw two strikes in the 10th frame to win the fifth seat in the stepladder finals by four pins over reigning PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, FL.

“I’m overwhelmed,” MacLelland said. “Coming into the round, a lot of people thought we would be bowling for two spots because of the three two-handers in the field (Brian Valenta of Lockport, IL, was the third two-hander; Valenta finished seventh). The two-handed players can open up the lane condition so much, but that wasn’t the case. I was able to stay on top of the conditions and make all of the correct moves at the right time. I didn’t fight the conditions with the wrong bowling balls.”

MacLelland, who has returned to Saginaw Valley State to complete his senior year and earn a degree in sociology, has dreamed of a PBA title “since I started bowling as a little kid. I have always wanted to be one of the best on tour.”

He tried to earn an exemption to bowl full-time on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour last season, but fell 74 pins short of qualifying in a similar event – the PBA Tour Trials which were contested over five days on the same five PBA “animal pattern” lane conditions.

“I was minus 60 (pins below a 200 average) on the Cheetah pattern,” he said. “While everyone else was bowling high scores, I was struggling. I almost made it back, but I knew someday I’d get out here and live my dream.”

The GEICO Shark Championship stepladder finals will be conducted at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday at South Point Bowling Center for delayed airing on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The concluding event of the World Series
will be a televised USA vs. The World Team Championship which will be conducted at 5:30 p.m. Saturday for airing on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

GEICO SHARK CHAMPIONSHIP
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Wednesday

GEICO SHARK CHAMPIONSHIP

(After 21 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder 
finals at 3 p.m. Pacific Saturday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on 
Sunday, Dec. 19)
1, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 8-1, 5,087.
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 6-3, 4,946.
3, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 6-3, 4,921.
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 4-5, 4,909.
5, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 7-2, 4,888.

Other Cashers:
6, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 5-4, 4,884, $2,500.
7, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 3-6, 4,830, $2,300.
8, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 4-5, 4,813, $2,200.
9, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 5-4, 4,807, $2,150.
10, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 5-3-1, 4,805, $2,100.
11, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 5-4, 4,717, $2,050.
12, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2-7, 4,661, $2,000.
13, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3-5-1, 4,588, $1,950.
14, Patrick Girard, Canada, 3-5-1, 4,542, $1,900.
15, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 3-6, 4,516, $1,850.
16, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1-7-1, 4,431, $1,800.

South Korean's Qualify for Scorpion Championship Finals

South Korea’s Jun-Yung Kim and countryman Yong-Jin Gu became the first Korean bowlers to reach the television finals of a Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)Tour event on American soil Tuesday when they qualified first and fifth for Saturday’s stepladder finals in the Scorpion Championship at South Point Bowling Center.

Kim, a 30-year-old amateur bowling in his first professional event, became the fourth consecutive bowler in the PBA’s five-event World Series of Bowling to reach the television finals as the No. 1 qualifier for the first time. Previously, Eugene McCune of Munster, IN; Andres Gomez of Colombia, and PBA Tour rookie Scott Norton of Costa Mesa, CA, qualified No. 1 for the first time in their careers in the Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon Championships, respectively.

The Scorpion Championship, the fourth of five PBA “lane condition” championships being contested during the PBA World Series of Bowling, will feature the first stepladder finals field with four international players and one United States player. Australia’s Jason Belmonte qualified second, Bill O’Neill of Southampton, PA, qualified third and Canada’s Dan MacLelland qualified fourth.

O’Neill is the first World Series competitor to qualify for two television finals. He also qualified fourth for Friday’s Pepsi Viper Championship.

“I am very, very happy,” Kim said through his interpreter. “I hoped to bowl well, but I never dreamed I would qualify first. The players here were much better than I thought they would be. It was fun, but very difficult. It’s a good omen to be the No. 1 person.”

Kim has been a member of South Korean’s Inchun Transportation Team, but he has never experienced a professional event in Asia or the United States before because it would jeopardize his amateur status. He entered the PBA World Series of Bowling because it was open to international amateurs.

South Korean bowlers have appeared in the finals of the Japan Cup – an invitational event including PBA stars - in the past, but this will be the first time Korean bowlers have bowled for a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title in the United States.

The Scorpion Championship stepladder finals will be conducted at 11 a.m. Pacific on Saturday at South Point Bowling Center for delayed airing on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Match play qualifying in the final pattern championship being contested in the PBA World Series – the GEICO Shark Championship – will be held at 9 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday.

Bowling fans around the world are following the action on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive video-streaming service. Full-year, World Series only and one-day trial memberships are available by visiting www.xtraframe.tv.

2010 PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday

SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder 
finals at 11 a.m. Pacific Saturday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on 
Sunday, Dec. 19)
1, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 7-2, 4,901.
2, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 4-5, 4,898.
3, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 6-2-1, 4,894.
4, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 5-2-2, 4,883.
5, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 4-4-1, 4,879.

Other Cashers:
6, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 6-3, 4,844, $2,500.
7, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 5-3-1, 4,827, $2,300.
8, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 4-5, 4,801, $2,200.
9, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 5-4, 4,800, $2,150.
10, Paul Moor, England, 3-6, 4,791, $2,100.
11, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 3-6, 4,781, $2,025.
11, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 4-5, 4,781, $2,025.
13, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 3-6, 4,761, $1,950.
14, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3-5-1, 4,666, $1,900.
15, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 3-6, 4,665, $1,850.
16, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 4-5, 4,609, $1,800.

Columbia's Gomez Tops Pepsi Viper Qualifying at WSOB

Colombia’s Andres Gomez, a veteran international competitor, will try for his first Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title as top qualifier when the Pepsi Viper Championship stepladder finals are held Friday at South Point Bowling Center.

Gomez, who entered Monday’s nine-game match play round as the No. 4 qualifier, lost his first match, but won six of the next eight including a 224-194 victory over Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, SC, in the position round, to finish with a 21-game total of 4,964 pins, two better than Jones. Also advancing to Friday’s stepladder finals were Mike DeVaney of Murrieta, CA; Bill O’Neill of Southampton, PA, and 19-time PBA Tour champion Amleto
Monacelli of Venezuela.

Among the five finalists, Gomez is the only non-titlist and the other player never to appear on a PBA Tour telecast.

“I’ve been on EuroSport television during the AMF World Cup a few years ago, and I’ve been close a few times in PBA Tour events, a few heart-breakers,” Gomez said. “It hasn’t settled in yet. I’m amazed. I knew I had a good chance to make the TV show, but being No. 1 is amazing. I’ve been smiling for an hour and a half.

“I’m going to have to take it one frame at a time on TV,” he said. “It’s easier said than done, but I was able to manage it today.”

Gomez, 37, has lived in the United States off and on for the past 15 years, after attending the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He has bowled around the world, and worked for a time in a bowling pro shop, but ultimately decided he needed to test his skills on the American professional tour.

“You’ve got to bowl with the best and the best are on the PBA Tour,” he said. “I knew if I wanted to get better, it would be here.”

But the PBA’s Viper lane condition was the last place he expected to find success.

“Since the PBA named the patterns, the Viper has always been my worst,” he said. “But I knew when I saw it in practice earlier in the tournament it was different than the versions I’ve seen before. I made some adjustments and they worked like a charm. It suited my game really good.”

Jones, a 13-time PBA Tour winner, advanced from 14th place at the start of match play to take the lead going into his position round match with Gomez. The final match also was pivotal for O’Neill and Monacelli, who were both out of the stepladder finals with a game to go. O’Neill defeated Greg Thompson Jr. of Dublin, CA, 257-201, to advance from sixth to fourth and Monacelli, a PBA
Hall of Famer, raced past Sean Rash of Wichita, KS, 257-180, to claim the fifth spot.

The Pepsi Viper Championship was the second of five PBA “lane condition” championships which will be contested as the PBA World Series of Bowling continues this week.

The Pepsi Viper Championship stepladder finals will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. Pacific at South Point Bowling Center for delayed airing on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

Bowling fans around the world are following the action on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive video-streaming service. Full-year, World Series only and one-day trial memberships are available by visiting  www.xtraframe.tv.  

2010 PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Monday  

PEPSI VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP (After 21 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder finals at 1 p.m. Pacific Friday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Dec. 5)

1, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 6-3, 4,964.  
2, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 7-2, 4,962.  
3, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 7-2, 4,908. 
4, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 5-4, 4,905.  
5, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 7-2, 4,893.  

Other Cashers  
6, (tie) Gregory Thompson Jr., Dublin, CA, 3-5-1, Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va., 5-3-1, 4,820, $2,500.
8, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 4-5, 4,815, $2,200.  
9, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 3-6, 4,808, $2,150.  
10, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 4-5, 4,764, $2,100.  
11, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 5-4, 4,748, $2,050.  
12, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 4-5, 4,712, $2,000.  
13, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 4-5, 4,701, $1,950.  
14, Tyler Jensen, Fort Worth, Texas, 4-5, 4,564, $1,900.  
15, Brian Lake, Warren, Mich., 3-6, 4,494, $1,850.  
16, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 0-9, 4,414, $1,800.

McCune Shatters 9 Game Record in Cheetah Matchplay

Eugene McCune of Munster, IN, a 24-year Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour veteran with one title to show for his patience, shattered the PBA Tour nine-game scoring record Monday to
advance from 14th place to first for Friday’s Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship finals at South Point Bowling Center.

McCune fired games of 300, 253, 275, 279, 279, 279, 236, 300 and 267 for a record total of 2,468 pins, an average of 274.22, to break the PBA nine-game record of 2,367 pins set by Walter Ray Williams Jr. in Tucson, AZ, in 2004 by 101 pins. With 270 bonus pins for a perfect 9-0 match play record, McCune finished the Cheetah match play round with a total of 5,612 pins for 21 games, claiming the No. 1 position for Friday’s stepladder finals by 226 pins over qualifying leader Ritchie Allen of Columbia, SC.

Also advancing to the stepladder finals were 33-time PBA Tour winner Norm Duke of Clermont, FL; Michael Haugen Jr. of Carefree, AZ, and Lonnie Waliczek of Wichita, KS.

The Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship was the first of five PBA “lane condition” championships which will be contested as the PBA World Series of Bowling continues this week.

“I match up well on the Cheetah pattern,” McCune said. “I left eight pocket splits in qualifying for my only opens, so I could have shot a lot more then, too. But I drilled a new ball for match play and it was a lot smoother. I didn’t come close to leaving a 4-9. I left a 7 pin in last game (after starting with eight strikes), which was the most solid tap I had all day.”

McCune, who loves to play off the right corner of the lane and throw the ball hard, didn’t know exactly how many strikes he threw, but it was ”a lot,” he grinned.

“The thing I was worried about was yesterday in practice I had no look off corner at all,” McCune continued. “I thought I was going to have move inside and hook the ball, but today I could just stand on top of the corner, dig my fingers a little deeper into the ball and throw it hard.

McCune won his only PBA Tour title in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2002 when he defeated Duke and Williams in back-to-back matches Banquet Classic.

“I’ve been bowling the best I’ve ever bowled the past three years,” he said. “I’ve finished 15th and 17th in points the past two seasons. It’s been great, but I don’t’ have much money to show for it because I haven’t made any TV shows. I keep missing by 10 pins or so.”

Despite his torrid pace, McCune’s primary challengers weren’t paying attention.

“I had two bad games, but I averaged 260 myself for the last five games, so I pretty much stampeded everyone else except for that guy,” Allen said. “I acknowledged his scores were pretty good, but I wasn’t playing the lanes anything like the way he was, so I wasn’t watching him at all.”

“We knew he was going to be No. 1,” Haugen said. “The only thing we were paying attention to was the next four spots for the TV show.”

The Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship stepladder finals will be conducted at 9 a.m. Pacific on Friday at South Point Bowling Center for delayed airing on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

Bowling fans around the world are following the action on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive video-streaming service. Full-year, World Series only and one-day trial memberships are available by visiting www.xtraframe.tv.

2010 PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Monday

BRUNSWICK PRO BOWLING CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP
(After 21 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder finals at 9 a.m. Pacific Friday; finals will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Nov. 28)

1, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 9-0, 5,612.
2, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 5-4, 5,386.
3, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 7-2, 5,375.
4, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 6-3, 5,344.
5, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 5-4, 5,329.

Other Cashers:
6, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 5-4, 5,322, $2,600.
7, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 6-3, 5,310, $2,300.
8, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3-6, 5,175, $2,200.
9, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 5-4, 5,169, $2,125.
9, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 4-5, 5,169, $2,225.
11, Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo., 4-5, 5,108, $2,050.
12, Dominic Barrett, England, 4-5, 5,003, $2,000.
13, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 3-6, 4,995, $1,950.
14, Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 4-5, 4,945, $1,900.
15, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2-7, 4,936, $1,850.
16, Mark Buffa, Canada, 0-9, 4,763, $1,800.

Finland's Palermaa Wins PBA Shark Round at WSOB

Finland’s Osku Palermaa saved his best performance for last, overwhelming the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) ’s most difficult lane condition Friday to not only win the GEICO Shark Championship qualifying round, but almost steal the No. 1 position for January’s stepladder finals in the PBA World Championship away from Bill O’Neill of Southampton, PA, as qualifying week in the PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB) ended at South Point Bowling Center.

Palermaa, Europe’s premier two-handed bowler, dominated the Shark round,
averaging 234 for 12 games to finish with 2,814 pins, five pins ahead of Chicago area two-hander Brian Valenta of Lockport, Ill. In doing so, Palermaa came within 62 pins of overtaking O’Neill, who had led the World Championship race almost the entire week. O’Neill held on in the final round to finish the World Championship qualifying race with 13,606 pins, 63 ahead of Sean Rash of Wichita, KS.

“(Thursday) evening wasn’t good, but today the ball rolled perfect,” Palermaa
said. “I kept making good shots and threw strikes. I never would have seen that coming. I wouldn’t have guessed I’d shoot my best on the Shark. It was tough for everyone.”

Palermaa, who has made two television finals in limited PBA Tour competition, bowled in the 2009 PBA World Series of Bowling in Allen Park, Mich., with a best finish of seventh in the Motor City Open and a dismal 59th place finish in last year’s Shark Championship. This year he will advance to match play in the Chameleon and GEICO Shark Championships, and he’s already locked for the TV finals in the PBA World Championship.

“Last year I got homesick right away at the World Series and I just wanted to
get it over with and go home,” Palermaa said. “This year I want a PBA title so I
can go to the Tournament of Champions (in Las Vegas in January). I don’t bowl
regionals in the U.S., so the only way I can go is to win one of the animal
pattern titles or the PBA World Championship.”

Also advancing to next Wednesday’s nine-game GEICO Shark Championship match play round was reigning PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, FL; Kelly Kulick of Union, NJ, the 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions winner and the only woman to qualify for a match play round, and 2009 PBA World Champion Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, MI. The top 16 qualifiers in the Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion qualifying rounds earlier in the week also will advance to match play competition when the PBA World Series resumes competition on Monday.

Based on 60 games bowled on five different lane conditions this week, the 63
cashers and eight television finalists for the PBA World Championship have been determined. Joining O’Neill in the top eight for the live ESPN/ESPN2 stepladder finals Jan. 14, 15 and 16 at South Point will be Rash; Palermaa; Chris Barnes of Double Oak, TX; Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, MI; Michael Haugen Jr., of Carefree, AZ; Wes Malott of Pflugerville, TX, and Jason Belmonte of Australia.

“It was a 60-game event, a grueling test of versatility,” O’Neill said. “You
have to be smart. You have to know why you’re picking up a certain ball, what
you’re doing with your hand. I made all the right decisions this week, and
that’s why I am where I am.”

O’Neill has been tagged by some experts as the next superstar in bowling, but it wasn’t until last year – his fifth as a PBA Tour exempt player – that he broke through, winning his first two titles including the U.S. Open.

“I had a lot of pressure, but most of it I put on myself,” he said. “I didn’t
care what people say. So many people bad-mouth Chris Barnes about his TV record, but they have no idea how good that guy is. The hard part is the 40-50 games to get to TV in the first place. I figured if I kept giving my chances, I’d win.

“And now life is good,” O’Neill continued. “I’m bowling really well. I married a
great girl in May. I won some medals with Team USA in Germany. It’s been a good year.”

The 60-game qualifying standings also determined the six United States and six international players who will bowl a special USA vs. The World team match on Friday, Nov. 6. U.S. qualifiers are O’Neill, Rash, Barnes, Haugen, Malott and Ronnie Russell, Marion, IN. International team members will be Palermaa, Koivuniemi (Finland), Belmonte, Venezuela’s Amleto Monacelli, Finland’s Kimmo Lehtonen and Canada’s Dan MacLelland.

GEICO SHARK CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING LEADERS
(After 12 games, top 16 advance to 9-game match play round Wednesday, Nov. 3)
1, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 2,814.
2, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,809.
3, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,782.
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,740.
5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,734.
6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,733.
7, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,732.
8, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,723.
9, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,715.
10, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,714, $100.
11, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,686.
12, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 2,679.
13, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 2,677.
14, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,674.
15, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,664.
16, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2,662.

Did Not Advance (top 50 includes prize money):
17, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,660, $1,000.
18, Rhino Page, San Diego, 2,656, $990.
19, Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 2,653, $980.
20, Gregory Thompson Jr., Dublin, Calif., 2,640, $970.
21, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,639, $960.
22, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,638, $950.
23, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,637, $940.
24, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,624, $930.
25, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,619, $920.
26, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 2,618, $910.
27, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,616, $900.
28, (tie) Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., and Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va., 2,614, $885.
30, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,607, $870.
31, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,598, $860.
32, Tae-Hwa Jeong, Korea, 2,597, $850.
33, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,595, $840.
34, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,593, $830.
35, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,584, $820.
36, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2,583, $810.
37, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 2,582, $800.
38, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,581, $790.
39, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,577, $780.
40, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 2,575, $770.
41, (tie) Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,572, $755.
43, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,570, $750.
44, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,567, $750.
45, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 2,566, $750.
46, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,565, $750.
47, (tie) Lindsay Baker, Amherst, N.Y., and Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 2,564, $750.
49, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 2,559, $750.
50, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 2,551, $750.
51, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 2,537.
52, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,536.
53, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,531.
54, (tie) Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 2,527.
56, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,520.
57, Michael Steil, Wheeling, Ill., 2,517.
58, (tie) Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, and David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 2,514.
60, (tie) Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich.; Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., and Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 2,506.
63, Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, 2,501.
64, Josh Chambliss, Charleston, S.C., 2,495.
65, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 2,494.
66, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 2,492.
67, David O'Sullivan, Orlando, Fla., 2,486.
68, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 2,485.
69, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 2,484.
70, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 2,481.
71, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 2,480.
72, David Canady, Germany, 2,479.
73, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,476.
74, Marc Heninger, Tonganoxie, Kan., 2,474.
75, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,471.
76, Dominic Barrett, England, 2,470.
77, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,465.
78, Robert Lawrence, Austin, Texas, 2,462.
79, Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 2,461.
80, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 2,459.
81, Paola Gomez, Colombia, 2,456.
82, Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., 2,453.
83, Jouni Helminen, Finland, 2,452.
84, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,450.
85, Rusty Minar, Atlanta, 2,441.
86, Brett Spangler, New Castle, Ind., 2,439.
87, Peter Ljung, Sweden, 2,433.
88, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,431.
89, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,429.
90, Luis Olivo, Venezuela, 2,427.
91, Mathias Arup, Sweden, 2,426.
92, Robert Andersson, Sweden, 2,423.
93, Mark Buffa, Canada, 2,419.
94, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,415.
95, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 2,410.
96, Jason Weaver, Denver, Pa., 2,404.
97, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 2,402.
98, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 2,400.
99, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2,396.
100, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 2,394.
101, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 2,393.
102, Jeffrey Voght, Canojahaire, N.Y., 2,392.
103, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,390.
104, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 2,389.
105, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,388.
106, Jason Tehee, Fresno, Calif., 2,386.
107, Matt Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif., 2,382.
108, (tie) Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., and Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 2,381.
110, (tie) Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif.; Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., and Javier Pardi, Venezuela, 2,379.
113, James Roberts, Richmond, Va., 2,377.
114, Andy Mortensen, Irving, Texas, 2,374.
115, (tie) Eric Acon, Venezuela; Carleton Chambers, Detroit, and Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 2,371.
118, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,364.
119, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,363.
120, Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 2,362.
121, (tie) Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., and Richard Langton, Tallahassee, Fla., 2,359.
123, Isao Yamamoto, Kanagawa, Japan, 2,358.
124, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,357.
125, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 2,355.
126, J.R. Raymond, Saginaw, Mich., 2,353.
127, (tie) David Newcomer, Pearcy, Ark., and Paul Moor, England, 2,350.
129, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 2,346.
130, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 2,344.
131, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 2,343.
132, Hyun Jin Kang, Korea, 2,338.
133, Hank Boomershine, Brigham City, Utah, 2,335.
134, Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 2,334.
135, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 2,332.
136, Craig Hanson, Orlando, Fla., 2,328.
137, Corey Husted, Milwaukie, Ore, 2,324.
138, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 2,315.
139, Alicia Marcano, Venezuela, 2,314.
140, (tie) Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., and Frank Bellavia Jr., Niagara Falls, N.Y., 2,313.
142, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 2,309.
144, John Oliva, Simi Valley, Calif., 2,300.
145, (tie) Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., and Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 2,298.
147, John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, 2,297.
148, Brett Cooper, Euliss, Texas, 2,293.
149, Wayne Stellick, Aurora, Colo., 2,292.
150, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 2,291.
151, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 2,288.
152, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 2,281.
153, Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 2,280.
154, (tie) Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, and George Lambert IV, Canada, 2,264.
156, Kenneth Bland Jr., Norway, 2,263.
157, Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 2,262.
158, Ko Woon Kim, Korea, 2,260.
159, Michael Hutchens, New Castle, Ind., 2,256.
160, Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, 2,255.
161, Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo., 2,252.
162, (tie) Scott Salem, Oradell, N.J., and Won-Young Choi, Korea, 2,251.
164, Aaron Ramsden, Pleasant Valley, Mo., 2,249.
165, Morgan O'Brien, Lomira, Wis., 2,247.
166, Won Lak Son, South Korea, 2,238.
167, Matt Freiberg, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,234.
168, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,233.
169, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 2,230.
170, Justin Williams, Bartlett, Tenn., 2,217.
171, Nick Kokenos, St. Clair Shores, Mich., 2,214.
172, John Cicero, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,210.
173, Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 2,209.
174, Erik Childress, Elk Grove Village, Ill., 2,203.
175, Jim Horan, Mountain View, Calif., 2,199.
176, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 2,198.
177, Vince Kuzmicki, Miami, Fla., 2,189.
178, Ingellimar Contreras, Venezuela, 2,188.
179, Dave Han, Orlando, Fla., 2,178.
180, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 2,175.
181, Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., 2,174.
182, Justin Stevens, Aiea, Hawaii, 2,148.
183, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 2,139.
184, (tie) John Baskett, Palm Coast, Fla., and Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 2,138.
186, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 2,137.
187, Brandon Baker, Tempe, Ariz., 2,132.
188, Curtis Foss, Medina, N.Y., 2,129.
189, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 2,127.
190, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 2,122.
191, (tie) Brian Cave, Marion, Ind., and Brian Lake, Warren, Mich., 2,121.
193, George Woodill, Orlando, Fla., 2,120.
194, David Evers, Lakewood, Wash., 2,112.
195, Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 2,110.
196, (tie) Kelvin Douthard, Birmingham, Ala., and Mark Payne Sr., Amarillo, Texas, 2,102.
198, Brian Penn, LaChine, Mich., 2,101.
199, (tie) George Gaucin, El Paso, Texas, and Ramon Estrada, San Diego, 2,100.
201, Kevin Bostrom, Muskegon, Mich., 2,087.
202, Jim Huddleston, New Castle, Ind., 2,081.
203, Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 2,074.
204, Robert Mushtare, Carthage, N.Y., 2,066.
205, Steven Lach, Sloan, N.Y., 2,065.
206, Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 2,060.
207, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,054.
208, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 2,049.
209, Frank Lomotan, Las Vegas, 2,044.
210, Daryn Young, Danville, Calif., 2,022.
211, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 2,021.
212, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 2,019.
213, Del Powell Jr., San Antonio, 2,017.
214, David Czajka, Marysville, Wash., 1,992.
215, (tie) Kevin Eppele, Las Vegas, Nev., and Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 1,989.
217, Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 1,980.
218, Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 1,974.
219, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 1,962.
220, Aaron Billingsley, El Paso, Texas, 1,948.
221, J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,942.
222, Caesar Brannon II, Midland, Texas, 1,910.
223, Tim Arnold, Wilmington, Del., 1,904.
224, Ralph Chavez, Las Vegas, 1,891.
225, John Wilcox, Kirkland, Wash., 1,888.
226, Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 1,863.
227, Chris Messmer, Albion, N.Y., 1,851.
228, Geordin Krupski, Newtonville, N.J., 1,828.
229, Chad Pojas, Wahiawa, Hawaii, withdrew.
230, Joe Salvemini, Henderson, Nev., withdrew
231, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., withdrew.
232, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., withdrew.
233, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, withdrew.
234, Tim Porritt, Anaheim, Calif., withdrew.
235, Chris Cundiff, Portage, Ind., withdrew.
236, Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., withdrew.
300 Games: Dan MacLelland, Jason Sterner.

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS

(After 60 games, top 8 advance to live ESPN/ESPN2 stepladder finals Jan. 14, 15 and 16)

1, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 13,606.
2, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 13,563.
3, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 13,544.
4, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 13,506.
5, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 13,496.
6, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 13,425.
7, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 13,408.
8, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 13,405.

Other Cashers:
9, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 13,375, $5,000.
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 13,369, $4500.
11, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 13,365, $4,000.
12, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 13,358, $3,500.
13, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 13,328, $3,000.
14, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 13,319, $2,800.
15, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 13,290, $2,600.
16, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 13,286, $2,500.
17, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 13,284, $2,450.
18, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 13,269, $2,375.
18, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 13,269, $2,375.
20, (tie) Dan MacLelland, Canada, and Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 13,267, $2,290.
22, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 13,256, $2,260.
23, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 13,192, $2,240.
24, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 13,185, $2,220.
25, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 13,165, $2,200.
26, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 13,162, $2,180.
27, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 13,142, $2,160.
28, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 13,121, $2,150.
29, (tie) Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,084, $2,130.
31, Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va., 13,082, $2,120.
32, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 13,079, $2,110.
33, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 13,072, $2,100.
34, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 13,047, $2,090.
35, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 13,046, $2,080.
36, Patrick Girard, Canada, 13,038, $2,070.
37, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 13,033, $2,060.
38, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 13,029, $2,050.
39, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 13,025, $2,040.
40, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 13,007, $2,030.
41, Gregory Thompson Jr., Dayton, Ohio, 12,984, $2,020.
42, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 12,972, $2,010.
43, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 12,962, $2,000.
44, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 12,953, $1,990.
45, Dominic Barrett, England, 12,948, $1,980.
46, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 12,921, $1,970.
47, (tie) Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 12,905, $1,950.
49, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 12,880, $1,940.
50, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 12,875,$1,930.
51, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 12,870, $1,920.
52, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 12,868, 1,910.
53, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 12,860, $1,900.
54, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 12,845, $1,890.
55, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 12,838, $1,880.
56, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 12,827, $1,870.
57, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 12,812, $1,860.
58, (tie) Tim Mack, Indianapolis, and Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 12,794, $1,840.
60, Andy Mortensen, Irving, Texas, 12,786, $1,830.
61, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 12,778, $1,820.
62, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 12,773, $1,810.
63, (tie) Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., and Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 12,764, $900.

Non-cashers (after 60 games):
65, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 12,756.
66, Mark Buffa, Canada, 12,748.
67, Peter Ljung, Sweden, 12,731.
68, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 12,711.
69, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 12,704.
70, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 12,686.
71, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 12,682.
72, (tie) Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Michael Steil, Wheeling, Ill., 12,676.
74, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 12,672.
75, Jouni Helminen, Finland, 12,662.
76, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 12,659.
77, Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 12,657.
78, Tae-Hwa Jeong, Korea, 12,648.
79, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 12,640.
80, David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 12,638.
81, Rhino Page, San Diego, 12,611.
82, (tie) Paul Moor, England, and Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 12,602.
84, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 12,573.
85, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 12,572.
86, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 12,559.
87, Craig Hanson, Orlando, Fla., 12,555.
88, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 12,544.
89, Robert Andersson, Sweden, 12,527.
90, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 12,523.
91, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 12,506.
92, Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 12,499.
93, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 12,496.
94, Luis Olivo, Venezuela, 12,495.
95, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 12,477.
96, Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 12,459.
97, Mathias Arup, Sweden, 12,444.
98, Won-Young Choi, Korea, 12,443.
99, Paola Gomez, Colombia, 12,435.
100, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 12,414.
101, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 12,402.
102, J.R. Raymond, Saginaw, Mich., 12,389.
103, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 12,385.
104, Josh Chambliss, Charleston, S.C., 12,381.
105, (tie) Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., and Jason Tehee, Fresno, Calif., 12,378.
107, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 12,373.
108, Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, 12,361.
109, Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 12,346.
110, Richard Langton, Tallahassee, Fla., 12,339.
111, John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, 12,328.
112, Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 12,319.
113, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 12,315.
114, David Canady, Germany, 12,314.
115, Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 12,312.
116, James Roberts, Richmond, Va., 12,300.
117, Marc Heninger, Tonganoxie, Kan., 12,298.
118, Hyun Jin Kang, Korea, 12,285.
119, Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo., 12,280.
120, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 12,276.
121, George Lambert IV, Canada, 12,273.
122, Jason Weaver, Denver, Pa., 12,263.
123, Ko Woon Kim, Korea, 12,260.
124, (tie) Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., and Brett Spangler, New Castle, Ind., 12,253.
126, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 12,252.
127, (tie) David O'Sullivan, Orlando, Fla., and Brett Cooper, Euliss, Texas, 12,222.
129, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 12,208.
130, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 12,206.
131, Isao Yamamoto, Kanagawa, Japan, 12,193.
132, Nick Kokenos, St. Clair Shores, Mich., 12,186.
133, Wayne Stellick, Aurora, Colo., 12,177.
134, Lindsay Baker, Amherst, N.Y., 12,167.
135, Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., 12,147.
136, Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 12,140.
137, Robert Lawrence, Austin, Texas, 12,131.
138, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 12,112.
139, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 12,107.
140, Won Lak Son, Korea, 12,105.
141, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 12,098.
142, Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., 12,094.
143, Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 12,093.
144, Jeffrey Voght, Canojahaire, N.Y., 12,068.
145, Ingellimar Contreras, Venezuela, 12,018.
146, John Cicero, Colorado Springs, Colo., 12,011.
147, Javier Pardi, Venezuela, 12,005.
148, Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., 11,994.
149, Hank Boomershine, Brigham City, Utah, 11,981.
150, Eric Acon, Venezuela, 11,978.
151, Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., 11,971.
152, Matt Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif., 11,961.
153, Chad Pojas, Wahiawa, Hawaii, 11,956.
154, Brandon Baker, Tempe, Ariz., 11,925.
155, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 11,922.
156, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 11,917.
157, Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 11,908.
158, Curtis Foss, Medina, N.Y., 11,872.
159, Rusty Minar, Atlanta, 11,850.
160, Corey Husted, Milwaukie, Ore, 11,818.
161, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 11,815.
162, Justin Williams, Bartlett, Tenn., 11,811.
163, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 11,802.
164, Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, 11,786.
165, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 11,782.
166, Brian Lake, Warren, Mich., 11,773.
167, Matt Freiberg, Simpsonville, S.C., 11,765.
168, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 11,727.
169, John Oliva, Simi Valley, Calif., 11,718.
170, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 11,717.
171, Ramon Estrada, San Diego, 11,705.
172, Alicia Marcano, Venezuela, 11,682.
173, Justin Stevens, Aiea, Hawaii, 11,671.
174, Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 11,660.
175, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 11,642.
176, David Newcomer, Pearcy, Ark., 11,636.
177, Jim Huddleston, New Castle, Ind., 11,627.
178, J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 11,603.
179, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 11,595.
180, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 11,563.
181, Frank Bellavia Jr., Niagara Falls, N.Y., 11,561.
182, Joe Salvemini, Henderson, Nev., 11,554.
183, David Evers, Lakewood, Wash., 11,530.
184, George Woodill, Orlando, Fla., 11,524.
185, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 11,509.
186, Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 11,507.
187, Steven Lach, Sloan, N.Y., 11,492.
188, George Gaucin, El Paso, Texas, 11,485.
189, Kenneth Bland Jr., Norway, 11,456.
190, Dave Han, Orlando, Fla., 11,390.
191, Kevin Eppele, Las Vegas, Nev., 11,387.
192, Jim Horan, Mountain View, Calif., 11,353.
193, Morgan O'Brien, Lomira, Wis., 11,283.
194, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 11,275.
195, Daryn Young, Danville, Calif., 11,248.
196, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 11,216.
197, Del Powell Jr., San Antonio, 11,194.
198, Aaron Ramsden, Pleasant Valley, Mo., 11,193.
199, Robert Mushtare, Carthage, N.Y., 11,172.
200, John Baskett, Palm Coast, Fla., 11,168.
201, Brian Penn, LaChine, Mich., 11,166.
202, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 11,112.
203, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 11,110.
204, Erik Childress, Elk Grove Village, Ill., 11,103.
205, Michael Hutchens, New Castle, Ind., 11,095.
206, Vince Kuzmicki, Miami, Fla., 11,082.
207, Brian Cave, Marion, Ind., 11,026.
208, Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 11,025.
209, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 11,021.
210, (tie) John Wilcox, Kirkland, Wash., and Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 11,019.
212, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 10,997.
213, Kelvin Douthard, Birmingham, Ala., 10,976.
214, Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 10,964.
215, Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 10,948.
216, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 10,943.
217, Frank Lomotan, Las Vegas, 10,870.
218, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 10,864.
219, Tim Porritt, Anaheim, Calif., 10,859.
220, Chris Cundiff, Portage, Ind., 10,848.
221, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 10,815.
222, Scott Salem, Oradell, N.J., 10,792.
223, Tim Arnold, Wilmington, Del., 10,742.
224, Mark Payne Sr., Amarillo, Texas, 10,687.
225, Caesar Brannon II, Midland, Texas, 10,680.
226, David Czajka, Marysville, Wash., 10,629.
227, Aaron Billingsley, El Paso, Texas, 10,580.
228, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 10,520.
229, Geordin Krupski, Newtonville, N.J., 10,452.
230, Chris Messmer, Albion, N.Y., 10,442.
231, Ralph Chavez, Las Vegas, 10,402.
232, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 10,360.
233, Kevin Bostrom, Muskegon, Mich., 10,359.
234, Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 10,264.
235, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 10,256.
236, Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 10,236.
237, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 10,145.
238, Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 10,035.
239, Vayle Floria, Cerritos, Calif, 10,022.
240, Mike Keily, Lakewood, Colo., 9,229.
241, Leonard Lopez Jr., Citrus Heights, Calif., 9,042.
242, Reydnier Chavez, Venezuela, 9,023.
243, Ivo Raul Chiriboga, Miami, 8,488.
244, John Perry, Nuevo, Calif., 8,050.
245, Robb Helt, Fort Smith, Ark., 7,848.
246, Chino Lander, Venezuela, 7,545.
247, Ed Campbell, Rochester Hills, Mich., 7,366.
248, Jean Perez, Puerto Rico, 7,266.
249, Nicole Ellison, Chatsworth, Calif., 6,648.
250, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 6,114.
251, Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 5,197.
252, Steven Black, Phoenix, 4,738.