Five-time Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)
regional titlist Steven Black of Phoenix, averaged 239.8 to take the first round
lead in the Sands Regency PBA Regional Players Invitational (RPI) Tuesday at the
National Bowling Stadium.
Black bowled a 1,679 seven-game pinfall with games of 256, 246, 238, 244, 205,
225 and 265 to hold a 37-pin lead over Tyler Jensen of Fort Worth, Texas, in
second with 1,642.
Black, who won four PBA regional titles this season including three in a row, drilled 14 balls in the last two
weeks before stumbling on a drill pattern that he felt comfortable with heading into the RPI.
“After the World Series of Bowling I aggravated a tendon problem in my hand and the equipment I had just
didn’t feel right,” said the 25-year-old Black. “It was all trial and error but I finally found something
comfortable just a couple days before the tournament.”
As a regional titlist, Black qualifies for the $1 Million PBA Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes in
Las Vegas Jan. 15-22, but he’s also competing for one of seven exemptions available in the RPI to bowl
full-time on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour during the 2011-12 season.
“As well as I bowled in regionals I feel like now is the time for me to try for the national tour,” Black said.
“My hopes are high right now but it will be important for me not to over-think as the tournament progresses.”
The country’s top regional players representing PBA’s East, South, Central, Southwest, Midwest, West and
Northwest Regions qualified for the RPI by finishing in the top 25 in points of their respective regions. Also
eligible are
PBA Senior players who finished in the top five in points in senior events within their regions, or who
qualified in special senior regional qualifying events.
The entire 87-player field will bowl two more seven-game qualifying rounds Wednesday. After 21 games,
the top 16 will advance to bowl two eight-game round robin match play rounds on Thursday to determine
the final standings.
PBA.com’s Xtra Frame video service is providing RPI live coverage. Bowling fans can experience the
“new” Xtra Frame at no cost during December, by visiting https://www.xtraframe.tv/pba/secure/registerform
and choose the “Friends and Family” option. In the promotion code area, enter PBAFAF. When the
complimentary subscription period ends on Dec. 31, fans will automatically convert to subscribers at the
$7.99 monthly subscription rate unless they “opt out.”
2010 PBA REGIONAL PLAYERS INVITATIONAL
Presented by the Sands Regency Casino Hotel,
National Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev., Dec. 14
First Round (after seven games)
1, e-Steven Black, Phoenix, 1,679
2, e-Tyler Jensen, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,642
3, e-Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,591
4, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 1,584
5, Blaine Weninger, Grapevine, Texas, 1,580
6, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 1,571
7, Dave Wodka, Fontana, Calif., 1,539
8, e-Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,535
9, e-Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,531
10, e-David Anthony, Austin, Texas, 1,522
11, e-Billy Oatman, Billy, Chicago, 1,516
12, Ivan Yee, San Francisco, 1,511
13, e-Jon Brandon, San Clarita, Calif., 1,504
14, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,501
15, e-Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 1,486
16, e-Rick Graham, Lancaster, Pa., 1,486
17, e-Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, 1,482
18, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 1,478
19, e-Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 1,478
20, e-PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 1,471
21, e-Thomas Ault Jr., Portland, Ore., 1,468
22, e-Brian LeClair, Brian Athens, N.Y., 1,465
23, e-Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 1,464
24, e-Kurt Gengelbach, Carrollton, Texas, 1,462
25, Darryl Okamoto, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1,460
26, Joe Goldstein, Hayward, Calif., 1,459
27, e-Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,457
28, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,452
29, e-Scott Newell, Scott, Deland, Fla., 1,448
30, Rick Francis, Linden, Calif., 1,446
31, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,445
32, Tracy Teeters, Salem, Ore., 1,443
33, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,439
34, Sean Heath, Spokane, Wash., 1,439
35, e-Jeff Frankos, San Francisco, 1,435
36, J.T. Jackson, Valley Village, Calif., 1,432
37, e-Lee Vanderhoef Greenville, S.C., 1,431
38, e-Chris Hibbitts, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,430
39, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 1,429
40, Don Allen, Vancouver, Wash., 1,429
41, e-Rob Edwards, Vancouver, Wash., 1,428
42, Corey Husted, Milwaukie, Ore.,1,427
43, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga.,1,425
44, e-Greg Thompson Jr., Dayton, Ohio, 1,424
45, e-James Roberts, Richmond, Va. 1,422
46, Ben Laughlin, Phoenix, Ariz., 1,421
47, e-Adam Ahmad, Shoreline, Wash., 1,421
48, e-Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,419
49, e-John Slavich, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,418
50, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,412
51, e- Clint Dacy, Keller, Texas, 1,411
52, Brett Cooper, Euless, Texas, 1,410
53, e-Marc Heninger, Tonganoxie, Kan., 1,410
54, Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 1,409
55, Stoney Baker, Canton, Ga., 1,409
56, Chuck Tillson, Chuck, Rohnert Park, Calif., 1,405
57, e-Walter Schaub, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,405
58, Jack Laffey, Indianapolis, Ind., 1,398
59, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,395
60, Robert McBride, Mesquite, Texas, 1,394
61, Gary Faulkner, Norfolk, Va., 1,393
62, e-Nick Kokenos, St.Clair Shores, Mich., 1,393
63, Kevin Henderson, Albany, Ore., 1,390
64, e-David Traber,Hebron, Ill., 1,390
65, e-Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 1,387
66, e-Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 1,380
67, Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,374
68, e-Matt Burden, Anderson, S.C., 1,374
69, Joe Goldstein, San Bruno, Calif., 1,371
70, e-P.J. Sonday, Avoca, Pa., 1,367
71, Jason Tehee, Fresno, Calif., 1,355
72, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,349
73, Chris Hillman, Pleasanton, Calif., 1,341
74, e-Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., 1,337
75, Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del., 1,336
76, Stephen Haas, Enola, Pa.,1,323
77, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa., 1,310
78, Tony Johnson, Canton, Ohio, 1,310
79, Andrew Brown, Windsor, Calif., 1,297
80, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,293
81, John Deloney, Troy, Ill., 1,280
82, e-Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., 1,280
83, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,275
84, John Brannock, Kettle Falls, Wash., 1,262
85, Michael Zicha, Streamwood, Ill., 1,252
86, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,244
87, e-Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 1,215
e-denotes competing for 2011-12 PBA Tour exemption
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