PBA Tournament of Champions

Rhino Page of Dade City, FL, averaged 233.2 for 16 games to take the second round lead in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes Wednesday.

Page, a three-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist, had a 3,731
pinfall to hold a four-pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer and 1987
Tournament of Champions winner Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., in
second with 3,727.

Page finished second in last season’s Tournament of Champions losing to defending champion
Patrick Allen of Wesley Chapel, FL, 267-263. Page lost the match when he threw a four-count
washout in the 10th frame, handing the victory to Allen.

“I’m coming in here really focused and motivated this year,” said the 26-year-old Page. “I just have
to continue to work hard and continue to do what I’ve been doing.

“The main thing right now is to get to match play which is actually my favorite part of the tournament.
From there I need to get to the TV finals and hopefully this year it will be a different story.”

Weber, tied for third all-time with 34 PBA Tour titles, is trying for his ninth major.  He is currently tied
for second with Mike Aulby in career majors with eight.  Earl Anthony is the all-time leader with 10
major titles.

Kelly Kulick, the first woman to earn a berth in the Tournament of Champions by winning the PBA  
Women’s Championship earlier this season, is currently in sixth place with a 3,628 pinfall (226.7
average).

PBA Hall of Famer and 1994 Tournament of Champions winner Norm Duke had to withdraw
because of injury.  

The 63-player field will bowl one more eight-game qualifying round Thursday morning after which the
field will then be cut to the top 24 qualifiers who will advance to match play Thursday evening.
Match play continues with two additional rounds on Friday.  The top four after 48 games will advance
to Sunday’s stepladder finals which airs at 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Pacific) on ESPN.  

PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, NV  
Second Round (after 16 games)
1, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 3,731
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,727 
3, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,701 
4, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 3,681 
5, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 3,655 
6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 3,628 
7, Mika Koivuniemi, Howell, Mich., 3,625 
8, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., 3,583 
9, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,578 
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,574 
11, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 3,564 
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 3,554 
13, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 3,553 
14, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,545 
15, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,529 
16, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3,527 
17, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,508 
18, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 3,505 
19, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 3,493 
20, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 3,482 
21, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,470 
22, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,469 
23, John Nolen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 3,466 
24, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,460
25, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,443
26, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,437 
27, Del Ballard Jr., Keller, Texas, 3,434
28, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,428
29, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 3,427 
30, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 3,417 
31, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 3,416
32, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 3,413 
33, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 3,410 
34, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,406 
35, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, TX, and Michael Machuga, Erie, PA 3,403 
38, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 3,400 
39, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 3,399 
40, Christopher Collins, Savannah, Ga., 3,389 
41, Rick Lawrence, Waxahachie, Texas, 3,383 and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,383
43, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 3,361 
44, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 3,358 
45, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 3,357 
46, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 3,331 
47, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,330 
48, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 3,313 
49, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 3,310 
50, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 3,304 
51, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,301 
52, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 3,294 
53, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 3,289 
54, Mike Mineman, St Louis, Mo., 3,275 
55, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,246 
56, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,233 
57, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 3,207 
58, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 3,188 
59, Roy Buckley, Westerville, Ohio, 3,134
60, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,084 
61, Don McCune, Las Vegas, 3,066 
62, Carmen Salvino, Schaumburg, Ill., 2,923 
63, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., WD