KIA PBA Tournament of Champions Round 2 Matchplay Results after 32 Games

 

After 32 Games

Pl	Bowler	From	WLT	Scratch	Bonus	Total	Avg	+/-	Gm
1	Tommy Jones	Simpsonville, S.C.	11-3-0	7307	330	7637	228.34	+1237	32
	254   246   252   205   276   277
2	Sean Rash	Montgomery, Ill.	12-2-0	7262	360	7622	226.94	+1222	32
	238   248   290   216   183   238
3	Kristopher Prather	Plainfield, Ill.	9-5-0	7314	270	7584	228.56	+1184	32
	279   268   204   238   209   210
4	Anthony Simonsen	Little Elm, Texas	10-4-0	7272	300	7572	227.25	+1172	32
	246   298   203   257   238   206
5	Dom Barrett	Great Bentley, England	8-5-1	7284	255	7539	227.63	+1139	32
	158   248   259   223   190   247
6	Kyle Troup	Taylorsville, N.C.	7-7-0	7300	210	7510	228.13	+1110	32
	219   265   247   279   215   235
7	EJ Tackett	Bluffton, Ind.	9-5-0	7213	270	7483	225.41	+1083	32
	226   244   216   278   211   206
8	Shawn Maldonado	Houston	7-7-0	7262	210	7472	226.94	+1072	32
	195   247   218   254   206   238
9	Jason Belmonte	Australia	9-5-0	7196	270	7466	224.88	+1066	32
	217   267   211   195   185   248
10	Kyle Sherman	O'Fallon, Mo.	8-6-0	7203	240	7443	225.09	+1043	32
	226   179   263   238   179   210
11	Dick Allen	Lexington, S.C.	8-6-0	7141	240	7381	223.16	+981	32
	187   246   180   221   232   247
12	Wes Malott	Fort Wayne, Ind.	6-8-0	7198	180	7378	224.94	+978	32
	246   279   245   236   213   196
13	Matthew Ogle	Louisville, Ky.	8-6-0	7116	240	7356	222.38	+956	32
	269   202   212   215   237   247
14	Tom Daugherty	Riverview, Fla.	10-4-0	7035	300	7335	219.84	+935	32
	208   248   206   214   233   203
15	Carsten Hansen	Denmark	7-7-0	7110	210	7320	222.19	+920	32
	247   204   189   191   239   228
16	Stuart Williams	Pflugerville, Texas	6-8-0	7136	180	7316	223.00	+916	32
	279   203   277   183   261   195
17	Bill O'Neill	Langhorne, Pa.	5-9-0	7116	150	7266	222.38	+866	32
	200   202   204   244   268   187
18	Andrew Anderson	Holly, Mich.	5-9-0	7094	150	7244	221.69	+844	32
	247   221   183   156   247   266
19	Jakob Butturff	Tempe, Ariz.	5-9-0	7057	150	7207	220.53	+807	32
	214   212   267   211   154   243
20	(S) Tom Hess	Granger, Iowa	4-10-0	7026	120	7146	219.56	+746	32
	213   237   214   194   179   224
21	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	3-10-1	7024	105	7129	219.50	+729	32
	233   227   227   191   197   203
22	BJ Moore	Greensburg, Pa.	4-10-0	6934	120	7054	216.69	+654	32
	178   219   257   218   202   246
23	Francois Lavoie	Canada	3-11-0	6949	90	7039	217.16	+639	32
	234   204   203   194   233   178
24	Osku Palermaa	Finland	3-11-0	6714	90	6804	209.81	+404	32
	183   184   197   204   167   180

300 Games	Round
EJ Tackett	Match Play

Friday, February 25

Match Play Round 2: Noon – 3:30 p.m. (8 games), Re-oil

Match Play Round 3: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (8 games)

Top 5 bowlers advance to a stepladder final Sunday LIVE on FOX

Saturday, February 26

Pro-am: 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Hall of Fame Inductions & 2021 Awards: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Sunday, February 27

Stepladder Finalists Open Pair Practice: 10:45 a.m.

Stepladder Finalists TV Pair Practice: 11:30 a.m. – Noon

ESPN's Sport Science Looks at The Forces Of Bowling

Sean Rash on Sports Science

EJ Tackett Converts Break into Second Career PBA Tour Title in PBA Xtra Frame Storm Open

by bvint | Sunday, April 24, 2:59 PM

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. – EJ Tackett of Huntington, Ind., broke up a 7-9 split, converting the break into a string of three strikes that proved to be the difference in winning his second career PBA Tour title Sunday in the PBA Xtra Frame Storm Open at Liberty Lanes.

Tackett, the 2013 PBA Rookie of the Year, defeated top qualifier Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., 217-210, to win the $10,000 first prize after eliminating PBA Regional veteran Steven Taylor of Deer Creek, Ill., in the semifinal match.

“They say winning your second title is the toughest,” said Tackett, who won his first PBA Tour title in the 2015 PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open. “But I’ve been close and I’ve been bowling well. Maybe this will lead to something more."

“I really didn’t think I could bowl enough to beat Ryan; I thought it would take 250 to win,” Tackett said. “I got fortunate that he didn’t bowl a good game because that’s really uncharacteristic of how he’s been bowling.”

Ciminelli’s closing string of four strikes forced Tackett to mark in the 10th frame on the lane that was giving him difficulty.

“I liked the first shot,” he said, despite leaving a 4 pin. “I guess, being in the situation, I probably threw it a little hard, but the result was good. I was a little nervous on that (4 pin) spare, just because I’d missed one in match play earlier – against Ryan, actually.”

Taylor’s “Cinderella” bid for his first PBA Tour title, in only his second PBA Tour event after bowling in 103 regionals, came to an end with a 205-200 loss to Tackett in the semifinal match. Tackett threw one double and converted six single-pin spares, but Taylor threw one too many splits.

Taylor, an 11-year PBA Midwest Region competitor with three regional titles, rallied from an early 29-pin deficit with a string of six strikes to eliminate Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., 237-209, in the first stepladder match. The 40-year-old right-hander then watched 14-time PBA Tour titlist Patrick Allen of Mount Kisco, N.Y., start with five strikes, rolling into an early 33-pin lead, before throwing eight strikes in his last nine attempts for a 246-212 victory. Allen left a pocket 7-10 in the seventh frame and then saw his titles hopes disappear when he left and failed to convert the 3-7-9 split in the ninth frame.

The PBA Xtra Frame Storm Open is the second of 10 Xtra Frame events that will pay the PBA member with the highest points total at the conclusion of the series a $10,000 bonus. Tackett said his plan is to bowl the entire Xtra Frame series."

The series rewards good bowling, it rewards consistency on different patterns,” Tackett said. “They’re not just handing out titles and with a $10,000 bonus at the end, it’s worth going after.”

The PBA Xtra Frame Tour resumes June 25-26 with live coverage of the PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open from Lubbock, Texas. Fans can subscribe to Xtra Frame by clicking on the Xtra Frame logo on the pba.com homepage.

PBA XTRA FRAME STORM OPEN
Liberty Lanes, Carpentersville, Ill., Sunday

Final Standings
1, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., $10,000.
2, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., $5,000.
3, Steve Taylor, Deer Creek, Ill., $2,500.
4, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., $2,000.
5, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., $1,500.

Stepladder Results
Match One – Taylor def. Rash, 237-209.
Match Two – Taylor def. Allen, 246-212.
Semifinal Match – Tackett def. Taylor, 205-200.
Championship – Tackett def. Ciminelli, 217-210.

Final Match Play Standings (after 20 games, including match play bonus pins)
1, Ciminelli, 7-5, 5,256.
2, Tackett, 9-3, 5,192.
3, Allen, 7-4-1, 5,095.
4, Taylor, 8-4, 4,991.
5, Rash, 7-4-1, 4,979.
6, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 6-6, 4,903, $1,100.
7, Scott Weber, LaSalle, Ill., 5-7, 4,883, $1,000.
8, Jordan Klassen, Canada, 7-5, 4,877, $900.
9, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas, 5-6-1, 4,852, $875.
10, Craig LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 5-7, 4,804, $850.
11, n-Brian Traber, Waterford, Wis., 6-5-1, 4,791, $825.
12, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 6-6, 4,785, $800.
13, Blake Demore, Springfield, Mo., 3-9, 4,702, $780.
14, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 4-8, 4,693, $770.
15, n-Derek Roseberry, Louisville, Ky., 6-6, 4,668, $760.
16, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 3-9, 5,494, $750.

Chris Barnes Earns Top Berth at PBA Wolf Open

After averaging 256.5 for his first six qualifying games, Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, started Monday night’s final qualifying round in the Professional Bowlers Association’s Wolf Open at FireLake Bowling Center with a 279 game and never looked back in earning the top berth for Saturday’s stepladder finals.

 

Barnes, a 17-time PBA Tour title-winner, completed the 12-game qualifying portion of the Wolf Open with an overall 249 average and 2,989 pins to win the top spot in the finals by 136 pins over Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas. In 12 games, Barnes had only one open frame – a split he failed to convert in the ninth frame of his final game.

 

Also advancing to the stepladder finals will be Sweden’s Martin Larsen in third place with 2,838 pins, Sean Rash of Montgomery, IL, in fourth with a 2,835 total and defending Wolf Open winner Chris Loschetter of Avon, Ohio. Loschetter rallied to make it into the 18-player second-round field by five pins and then finished the second round with back-to-back 257-258 games to win the fifth seed in the finals by four pins over Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, SC.

 

The Wolf Open is the first of five events that comprise Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing. All five events (Wolf, Bear, Badger and Oklahoma Opens plus the Grand Casino Resort King of the Swing) will be televised by CBS Sports Network on consecutive Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. ET, beginning with the Wolf Open finals on June 3.

 

“I had a strong enough ball to control the gutter shot, and I took some of the patchy spots out of play,” Barnes said. “I didn’t have nearly as much difference in ball reaction from pair to pair as the other guys had.

 

“Last year (in Milwaukee) I made some mistakes and I didn’t use my equipment to my advantage,” he added. “This year I came into the Wolf Open more determined to stay in control of the pocket rather than worry about my pin carry, and it worked out.”

 

Barnes finished 17th in last year’s Wolf Open, the worst of his five 2013 Summer Swing events, and he won the Milwaukee Open – last year’s version of this year’s Oklahoma Open – with a 246-237 decision over Norm Duke in the title match.

 

Former major league pitching star John Burkett of Southlake, Texas, finished 91st in his first PBA Tour appearance since 2007. Burkett, 49, is preparing for his debut in PBA50 Tour competition in 2015.

 

Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing continues Tuesday with the PBA Bear Open on a demanding U.S. Open-type flat 40-foot lane condition.

 

PBA WOLF OPEN

FireLake Bowling Center, Shawnee, Okla., May 19

 

Final Qualifying Standings (after 12 games; top five advance to stepladder finals Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at the Grand Event Center in Shawnee)

1, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,989.
2, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,853.
3, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,838.
4, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,835.
5, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,756.
6, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,752, $2,000.
7, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 2,751, $1,800.
8, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 2,732, $1,600.
9, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 2,726, $1,400.
10, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,703, $1,300.
11, Sean Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 2,659, $1,150.
11, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,659, $1,150.
13, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 2,638, $1,000.
14, Dom Barrett, England, 2,618, $900.
15, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 2,615, $800.
16, Roger Petrin, BelAire, Kan., 2,593, $700.
17, Shannon O'Keefe, Arlington, Texas, 2,565, $600.
18, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,557, $500.

 

Failed to advance (after six games):

19, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,342.
20 (tie), Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,329.
22, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,328.
23, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 1,325.
24, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,321.
25, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,314.
26, Stephen Pavlinko Jr., Sewell, N.J., 1,312.
27 (tie), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.; Bryant Ezell, Fayetteville, Ark., and Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,310.
30, Brad Miller, St. Charles, Mo., 1,309.
31, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 1,307.
32 (tie), Osku Palermaa, Finland, and Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,302.
34 (tie), Shawn Maldonado, Houston, and Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 1,300.
36, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,298.
37, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,296.
38 (tie), Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, and Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 1,294.
40, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,293.
41, Jeff Campbell II, Amarillo, Texas, 1,292.
42, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,290.
43 (tie), Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., and Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 1,286.
45, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 1,283.
46 (tie), Brett Cooper, Denver; Dick Allen, Columbia, SC, and Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,282.
49, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 1,281.
50, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,278.
51 (tie), D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, and Giorgio Clinaz Jr., Venezuela, 1,272.
53, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,267.
54 (tie), James Cantere, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 1,265.
56, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,264.
57 (tie), Tim Mack, Indianapolis, and Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,259.
59, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,250.
60, Stuart Williams, England, 1,248.
61, Adam Monks, Conway, S.C., 1,246.
62, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,241.
63, Barry McKee, Maxwell, Texas, 1,239.
64, Billy Rogers, Mesquite, Texas, 1,237.
65, John Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,235.
66, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,233.
67, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,230.
68 (tie), Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla.; Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Michael Austin, Magnolia, Texas, 1,229.
71, Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 1,223.
72, Anthony Simonsen, Mesquite, Texas, 1,220.
73, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 1,219.
74, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,216.
75 (tie), Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio; Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., and Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,213.
78, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,208.
79, Kyle Biggs, Sapulpa, Okla., 1,201.
80, Chris Skillings, Shawnee, Okla., 1,199.
81 (tie), Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,198.
83, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,194.
84, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 1,193.
85, Thomas Patterson, Owasso, Okla., 1,192.
86, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,188.
87, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,186.
88, Eric Odette, Killeen, Texas, 1,182.
89, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,180.
90, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,176.
91, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 1,174.
92, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 1,167.
93, Dale Renken, St. Jacob, Ill., 1,166.
94, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1,161.
95, Jason Romeiser, Quanah, Texas, 1,159.
96, Kenneth Bland Jr., Lorton, Va., 1,157.
97, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 1,156.
98 (tie), Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., and Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,151.
100, Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 1,149.
101, Clint Land, Richmond, Texas, 1,142.
102 (tie), Jeff Hatt, Oklahoma City, and Mark Morgan, Killeen, Texas, 1,141.
104 (tie), Paul Brewbaker, Midwest City, Okla., and Dylan Macon, Ennis, Texas, 1,132.
106, Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 1,131.
107, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,121.
108, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 1,118.
109, Tim Dooley, Van Buren, Ark., 1,098.
110, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,097.
111, Hernan Ramirez, Venezuela, 1,095.
112, Justin Morris, McLoud, Okla., 1,048.
113, Armando Santacruz, Ecuador, 1,038.
114, Will Hoge, Sand Springs, Okla., 954.
115, Jayden Warner, Muskogee, Okla., 850.

 

300 Games: Mike Austin, Ryan Shafer, Bill O’Neill, Sean Lavery-Spahr.

Jerseys, Balls Among PBA League Auction Items

From the BJI weekly eBowler Newsletter

A special PBA League auction has begun on pba.com, featuring a variety of autographed merchandise donated by PBA League members. Proceeds from the auction, which ends on March 26, will benefit NBA star Chris Paul’s CP3 Foundation.
The online auction brings to a close competition among PBA League teams that began during the PBA World Series of Bowling V at the South Point complex in Las Vegas last November. A special Skills Challenge pitted the eight team captains against each other in a series of unique bowling events, with the winner earning the right to name the charity that would benefit from the auction. Jason Belmonte, the captain of the L.A. X team owned by Paul, won the challenge, and he selected Paul’s charity as the benefactor.

Established in 2005, the Los Angeles Clippers’ all-star point guard’s CP3 Foundation provides funding for activities ranging from a scholarship program to food drives to recreational support programs for children in under-served communities. For more information about the CP3 Foundation, click here.

Bowling fans are asked to visit pba.com to check out the merchandise available, and then submit bids via email to bids@pba.com.

Included in the auction are a number of bowling balls and game-worn jerseys belonging to PBA League franchise players Belmonte, Pete Weber, Norm Duke, Sean Rash, Mike Fagan, Bill O’Neill, Osku Palermaa and Chris Barnes. Other items were donated by PBA Hall of Famers Amleto Monacelli, Parker Bohn III, Walter Ray Williams Jr., and other PBA League competitors, including established PBA champions and stars of the future.