Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Sands Regency Regional Players Invitational

Dave Beres of Waukesha, WI, averaged 235.6 on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)’s
Cheetah
lane condition pattern Tuesday to
take the early lead in the Sands Regency Regional
Players Invitational
at the
National Bowling Stadium.

Beres, who qualified for the event in the PBA Midwest Region, held a 24-pin lead over Bobby Hall II
of Landover, MD, David Anthony of Austin, TX, was in third
place with 1,367 pins.

“The high end (of the Stadium) definitely seemed to hook a little bit more off the gutter,” Beres said.
“Once we made the flip to the low end, you couldn’t get
the ball back to the pocket like you could on
the high end, so I moved
everything in about three or four boards on the low end and kept everything
straight.

“I feel pretty good going into tomorrow if that’s the way the lanes are going to play,” he added. “I
shot 120-over for the last three games. I was joking with
(fellow PBA Midwest competitor) Jeff
Richgels, it wouldn’t surprise me if the
low end was conditioned with the Viper pattern, so I’m
comfortable going into
tomorrow with that reaction I had today.”

The complete field will bowl six-game rounds on the PBA Viper and Chameleon lane conditioning
patterns Wednesday, and two additional six-game rounds on the
Scorpion and Shark patterns
Thursday. The tournament standings will be based on
30 games, actual pinfall.

The PBA Regional Players Invitational is open only to players who finished among the top 25 in
competition points in their respective regions. In addition to a
$7,500 first prize and a berth in the
2010 PBA Tournament of Champions for the
winner, the seven players also are competing for PBA
Tour Exemptions for the
2010-11 season.

SANDS REGENCY PBA REGIONAL PLAYERS INVITATIONAL
National Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev., Dec. 15

FIRST ROUND (after six games, Cheetah pattern)
1, e-David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 1,414
2, e-Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., 1,390
3, e-David Anthony, Austin, Texas, 1,367
4, e-Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 1,361
5, e-Daniel Patterson, Buffalo, 1,353
6, e-Gregory Thompson Jr., Dayton, Ohio, 1,353
7, e-Shawn McKee, Concord, N.C., 1,348
8, e-Thomas Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,336
9, John Oliva, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,333
10, e-Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 1,331
11, Kurt Gengelbach, Carrollton, Texas, 1,327
12, e-Chris Wimpey, Aurora, Colo., 1,323
13, Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, 1,316
14, e-Scot Archabal, Boise, Idaho, 1,315
15, e-Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., 1,314
16, e-Trey Field, Metairie, La., 1,309
17, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 1,306
18, e-Chris Warren, University Place, Wash., 1,302
19, e-Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,298
20, e-Jeff Frankos, San Francisco, 1,296
21, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,293
22, e-David O'Sullivan, Clearwater, Fla., 1,289
23, e-Kevin Mitchell, Tulsa, Okla., 1,286
24, e-Chris Hibbitts II, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,282
25, e-Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 1,275
26, e-Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,274
27, e-Scott Norton, San Francisco, 1,272
28, e-Lonnie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,271
29, e-Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 1,270
30, e-Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., 1,263
31, (tie) Joe Goldstein Sr., Hayward, Calif., and e-Terry Wiley, Vienna, Va., 1262
33, e-Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,261
34, (tie) e-Rob Edwards, Vancouver, Wash., and William Wilson, Yorba Linda, Calif., 1,259
36, (tie) Dean Jones, Austin, Texas, and e-Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 1,256
38, e-Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1,255
39, Dan Higgins Jr., Westerville, Ohio, 1,253
40, (tie) Richard Brown, S. Lake Tahoe, Calif., and Joe Goldstein Jr., San Bruno, Calif., 1,249
42, e-Aaron Pawloski, Brentwood, Calif., 1,248
43, e-Randy Weiss, Irmo, S.C., 1,246
44, e-Jeff Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 1,241
45, e-Qazi Ahmad, Shoreline, Wash., 1,240
46, e-Roger Kossert, Brandon, Fla., 1,237
47, Thomas Wall III, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,235
48, e-Tim Porritt, Rancho Santa Maria, Calif., 1,230
49, e-Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 1,219
50, e-Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,218
51, e-Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,216
52, e-Mike Moore, Orlando, Fla., 1,215
53, Tim Dooley, Van Buren, Ark., 1,212
54, e-Michael Markis, Hawley, Pa., 1,206
55, (tie) e-Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., and e-Kevin Henderson, Albany, Ore., 1,204
57, e-Thomas Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,202
58, e-Brandon Balsis, Tinley Park, Ill, 1,192
59, (tie) Will Smith, Albany, Ore., and e-Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,190
61, e-Ben Laughlin, Glendale, Ariz., 1,186
62, Bob Aleksinski, Hillsboro, Ore., 1,184
63, Brian Burkhardt, Ballwin, Mo., 1,180
64, John Kay, Derby, Kan., 1,178
65, e-Pat Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,175
66, e-Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., 1,173
67, e-Chris Collins, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,165
68, Rick Lawrence, Waxahachie, Texas, 1,160
69, e-Ryan Boroff, Mansfield, Texas, 1,158
70, e-Marc Heninger, Tonganoxie, Kan., 1,156
71, (tie) e-Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, and e-Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 1,153
73, e-Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,152
74, e-Cole Copeland, Austin, Texas, 1,150
75, e-Michael Wall, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,149
76, (tie) Kelly O'Driscoll, Herriman, Utah, and e-Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 1,148
78, e-Ray Edwards, Middle Island, N.Y., 1,144
79, Andrew Loose, Chicago, 1,142
80, e-Jonathan Nask, Jupiter, Fla., 1,134
81, Gary Duran, Azusa, Calif., 1,133
82, e-Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,132
83, e-Eddie Kunkle, Daly City, Calif., 1,129
84, e-Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 1,115
85, e-David Traber, McHenry, Ill., 1,114
86, e-Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,110
87, e-Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,088
88, e-Christopher Blackmore, Alexandria, Va., 1,087
89, e-Brett Spangler, New Castle, Ind., 1,081
90, e-Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 1,046
91, e-Billy Oatman, Cleveland, 1,043
92, Norm Wolff Jr., Modesto, Calif., 1,025
93, John Arnell, Tacoma, Wash., 1,008

e-denotes competing for 2010-11 PBA Tour exemption

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

New Hammer Jigsaw Corner

Hammer introduces an addition to their High Performance product line, the Jigsaw Corner. Coverstock is the "Quick Corner 5/4" 500/4000 Abralon® Sanded, colored in Blue/White. The familiar "Jigsaw" core drives this new Hammer. #15 RG - 2.48, Diff - 0.051. Available Jan 12th 2010. Check out the Jigsaw and new Jigsaw Corner comparison video from Hammer.com.

New Gladiator Limited Edition

Visionary Bowling reports the pearl Gladiator Limited Edition features the “Mohawk” core with a 1500 polished pearl coverstock in Blue/Red and Silver Gray. The Mohawk core Radius of Gyration is 2.53 and RG Differential of .044. The Gladiator LE will be available in 14 to 16 pounds.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Smallwood Wins PBA World Champioship

Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, MI, hit a home run for America’s unemployed workers Sunday, upsetting reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Wes Malott of Pflugerville, TX, 244-228, to win the PBA World Championship at Northrock Lanes.
Smallwood, a 32-year-old former assembly line worker who was laid off from his
job with General Motors nearly a year ago, won his first PBA Tour title, his
first “major” title, a $50,000 first prize, a two-year exemption to continue his
PBA Tour career and his first chance to bowl in January’s PBA Tournament of Champions.

The title match was a nail-biter until the 10th frame. Malott started with four
strikes, but then ran into carry problems on the right lane. Smallwood stayed
close, striking on five of his first six shots, but then left a 4-6-7 split in
the seventh frame and the tide turned to Malott’s favor. Malott wasn’t able to
put two strikes together in the final frames, however, and Smallwood answered
with another four strikes in a row – including two in the tense-filled 10th
frame – to seal the victory.

“It’s surreal,” Smallwood said. “It has been a wild ride.”

“I was already so nervous in the 10th frame, I told myself I couldn’t possibly
get any more nervous,” he added. “The right lane was my good lane anyway, so I
figured if I threw a decent shot, I’d be OK.”

Smallwood said he always felt he could compete on the PBA Tour, but with a
wife and two-year-old daughter, he had no desire to go on the road until he got
the bad news from General Motors. He then decided to enter the PBA Tour
Trials
in suburban Detroit, where a finish in the top eight meant a full year’s
exemption to bowl. Finishing third meant a new career option.

“I wouldn’t be here otherwise,” he said. “Getting an exemption is so hard to
do.”

Ironically, Smallwood recently got a call from the General Motors jobs bank,
offering him a chance to go back to work.

“The lady who called asked me if I wanted to come back to work, but I told her
no,” he said. “She asked what I was doing. I told her I’m now a professional
bowler and that I’d be on ESPN this weekend. At first she didn’t believe me, but
the lady sitting next to her was a bowler, so I wound up talking to her for a
while. Now I think the people at GM are fans.”

Malott defeated Rhino Page of Wesley Chapel, FL, in the first semifinal round
match, 203-191. Malott started the match with four strikes, but gave Page a
chance when he left the 2-4-8-10 split in the fifth frame and opened, followed
by missing a 10 pin. But Page made a fatal error, leaving the 4-6-10 split in
his ninth frame, and Malott closed the door with a spare/strike in his 10th
frame.

Smallwood, who had lost resoundingly in his first TV appearance earlier in the
season, threw a pair of turkeys at Bill O’Neill of Southampton, PA, en route to
a 211-159 win in the second semifinal match. A pair of splits and open frames in
the second and third, and the absence of a double the rest of the way, ended
O’Neill’s title hopes.

The PBA World Championship was the first live ESPN telecast of the 2009-10
Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season. The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s next
televised event will be the finals of the Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open presented by BOWL.COM on Sunday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour returns to action Jan. 12-17 in the Earl
Anthony
Memorial at Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl in Dublin, CA. The Anthony Memorial will also include the final PBA Women’s Series presented by
BOWL.COM
singles tournament of the season. Malott and Wendy Macpherson,
Henderson, NV, are defending Earl Anthony Memorial champions.

Finals Set for PBA Red White and Blue Open

Patrick Allen of Wesley Chapel, FL, fired the 31st and final 300 game of the tournament in the last match Friday night to jump from fifth place to the top qualifying position for the Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open presented by the United States Bowling Congress finals at Northrock Lanes.
Allen, who never led until the final game, rolled his record-setting 300 game
against Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., the Professional Bowlers
Association (PBA) record-holder for career titles (46), to finish the event with a
48-game total of 12,308 pins, including match play bonus pins.
Also advancing to the championship round were Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour
rookie Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 12,306; fifth-round leader Michael Machuga, Erie, PA, 12,279; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, TX, 12,257; Mike Fagan, Patchogue, NY, 12,253; and Williams, 12,138.

“I just hung around, won a few games in the 10th that I probably didn’t deserve
to win, and someone was going to be the odd man out,” Allen, a 13-time PBA
Tour
titlist, said. “I was just hoping it wouldn’t be me. Then guys around me
started opening in the 10th frame and I realized if I shot 300, I could actually
take the lead.”

Garber, who earned his place on Tour this year through the PBA Regional
Players
Invitational last December, was stunned by his performance. “I’m 42.
I can’t believe this,” he said. “I have no idea how I’ll do on TV, but I’ve done
pretty well at the start of each round, so I hope that continues on TV.”

“Mentally and physically, I couldn’t have bowled worse than I did tonight,”
Machuga said. “But at least I still have a shot at the title.”

Friday’s final round on the USBC Blue pattern produced three more 300 games to
boost the record for most perfect games in a PBA Tour event to 31.

The Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open presented by the USBC was conducted on
three different lane conditioning patterns the USBC plans to introduce on an
optional basis to American league bowlers in cooperation with the Bowling
Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA) for the 2010-11 winter league
season. Similar in concept to golf’s tee system, the USBC Red condition is the
most forgiving pattern, the White condition is a medium challenge and the Blue
pattern is the most challenging.

The championship round will be conducted Sunday on the Blue pattern and taped
to air on ESPN on Jan. 10. Also on Sunday’s schedule is the live finals of the PBA
World Championship, which will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern. The World
Championship finalists are Wes Malott, Pflugerville, TX; Rhino Page, Wesley
Chapel, FL; Bill O’Neill, Southampton, PA, and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, MI.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR
PESPI RED, WHITE AND BLUE OPEN PRESENTED BY USBC
Northrock Lanes, Wichita, KS, Dec. 11

FINAL MATCH PLAY STANDINGS (after 48 games, including match play bonus pins; top
six advance to ESPN television finals)
1, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 14-10, 12,308
2, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 16-7-1, 12,306
3, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 14-9-1, 12,279
4, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 12-11-1, 12,257
5, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 15-9, 12,253
6, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 15-9, 12,138
7, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 16-7-1, 12,124, $4,500
8, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 16-8, 12,070, $4,000
9, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 10-12-2, 12,030, $3,800
10, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 13-9-2, 11,996, $3,600
11, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 15-8-1, 11,972, $3,400
12, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 14-9-1, 11,938, $3,200
13, Cassidy Schaub, Ashland, Ohio, 10-14, 11,917, $3,100
14, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 12-12, 11,898, $3,000
15, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 13-10-1, 11,861, $2,900
16, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 13-11, 11,842, $2,800
17, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 8-16-0, 11,772, $2,750
18, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 8-16, 11,643, $2,700
19, David Ruder, Edmond, Okla., 9-15, 11,458, $2,650
20, Cory Simmons, Wichita, Kan., 8-15-1, 11,436, $2,600
21, Gilbert Sanchez, Mulvane, Kan., 9-15, 11,393, $2,550
22, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 10-13-1, 11,390, $2,500
23, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 5-19, 11,372, $2,450
24, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 6-17-1, 11,294, $2,400


300 Games (31) – Mitch Beasley, Tommy Jones, Todd Book (2), Leroy Willis Jr.,
Billy Oatman, Scott Newell, Michael Machuga (2), Cassidy Schaub (2), Liz
Johnson, Derek Hartnell, Cory Simmons, Gilbert Sanchez, Ritchie Allen (2),
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2), Brad Angelo, Mike Scroggins (2), Jason Sterner,
Rhino Page, Jason Couch, Wayne Garber, Wes Malott (2), David Ruder, Jeff Carter,
Patrick Allen.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Machuga Continues PBA Record Scoring Pace

Michael Machuga of Erie, PA, won six of his eight matches Friday afternoon, establishing a
Professional Bowlers Association
40-game scoring record as he maintained his lead in the Pepsi
Red, White and
Blue Open presented by the United States Bowling Congress at Northrock Lanes.

Machuga, a 33-year-old two-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist, improved his average to
252.03 for 40 games, posting an actual total of 10,081 pins to
establish a PBA record for 40 games.
Including his bonus pins after posting an
11-5 match play record, he had a total of 10,411 pins for a
136-pin lead over
rookie Wayne Garber of Modesto, CA.

Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., was third with 10,207 pins; Wes Malott of Pflugerville, TX,
fourth with a 10,156 total; Patrick Allen of Wesley
Chapel, FL, fifth at 10,153 and Mike Fagan of
Patchogue, NY, held the sixth
spot for the championship finals with 10,121 pins.

Friday morning’s White round, Machuga’s favorite, produced two more 300 games to boost the record
for most perfect games in a PBA Tour event to 28.


“I saw some different things today, but the adjustments I had to make made sense,” Machuga said.
“I struggled on a couple of pairs, but I figured things
out. Every adjustment I made worked, and
that’s been the key this week. You have
to make quick decisions and not get confused, because
you’re going to need to
throw a six- or seven-bagger every game.

“It’s nice to have a 136-pin lead, but when you’re averaging 250 and the people chasing you are
averaging 245 or so, you don’t have a comfort zone. Throw a
couple 220s in a row and lose those
matches, you’ll give away 80 pins a game.
Things can change very quickly.

“My strategy has been to try to pick up 100 pins a game. If you can come close to that, no one can
catch you and I think that strategy is why I’m where I am
right now.”

After Friday’s final eight-game round of round-robin match play on the Blue pattern, the top six will
advance to the championship round which will be taped
Sunday to air on ESPN on Jan. 10.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR - PESPI RED, WHITE AND BLUE OPEN PRESENTED BY USBC
Northrock Lanes, Wichita, KS, Dec. 11

FIFTH ROUND (after 40 games, including match play bonus pins)
1, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 11-5, 10,411
2, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 11-5, 10,275
3, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 11-5, 10,207
4, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 11-4-1, 10,156
5, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 8-8, 10,153
6, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 9-7, 10,121
7, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 6-10, 10,093
8, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 10-6, 10,017
9, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 7-9, 9,981
10, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 9-6-1, 9,974
11, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 9-6-1, 9,968
12, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 9-7, 9,957
13, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 6-8-2, 9,955
14, (tie) Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 8-8, and Cassidy Schaub, Ashland, Ohio, 6-10, 9,931
16, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 9-7, 9,824
17, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 8-8, 9,798
18, Gilbert Sanchez, Mulvane, Kan., 9-7, 9,782
19, David Ruder, Edmond, Okla., 7-9, 9,769
20, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 3-13, 9,719
21, Cory Simmons, Wichita, Kan., 6-9-1, 9,679
22, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 7-8-1, 9,570
23, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 4-11-1, 9,541
24, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 4-12, 9,521

300 Games (28) – Mitch Beasley, Tommy Jones, Todd Book (2), Leroy Willis Jr., Billy Oatman,
Scott Newell, Michael Machuga (2), Cassidy Schaub (2), Liz
Johnson, Derek Hartnell, Cory Simmons,
Gilbert Sanchez, Ritchie Allen (2),
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2), Brad Angelo, Mike Scroggins,
Jason Sterner, Rhino
Page, Jason Couch, Wayne Garber, Wes Malott, David Ruder, Jeff Carter.

Machuga Sets PBA Record Leads Red White and Blue Open

Michael Machuga of Erie, PA, threw a record-tying 300 game on his way to the
Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) 32-game scoring record in taking the
fourth-round lead in the Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open presented by the
United
States Bowling Congress (USBC) Thursday night at Northrock Lanes.

Machuga, a 33-year-old two-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist, averaged
250.50 for 32 games, posting an actual total of 8,016 pins to break the PBA
record of 7,940 set by Parker Bohn III in Japan in 1999, and with his bonus pins
after posting a 5-3 won-lost record in match play, had a total of 8,166 pins for
a 67-pin lead over Patrick Allen of Wesley Chapel, FL.

Machuga, who admitted he had to sell his Jeep in order to raise money to cover
his travel expenses to bowl in Wichita, also threw the 24th perfect game of the
tournament, tying the Tour’s record for most 300s in one event. David Ruder of
Edmond, OK, then broke the record with 300 No. 25 and Walter Ray Williams Jr.
of Ocala, FL, capped first match play round on the USBC Red lane conditioning
pattern with the 26th 300 in the event. The previous record for 300s in one PBA
event was set in Peoria, Ill., in 1996.

“I got off to a rocky start,” Machuga said, “but all of a sudden, the lanes made
sense, the carry is especially easy for me to read, and I’ve used the same ball
for 28 of the 32 games. It reads the lane perfectly, no matter what the pattern
or how the lanes are breaking down.”

His 2,097 pinfall total for eight games in the opening round of match play
Thursday night exceed his career best 2,043 which he posted Wednesday on the
White oiling pattern. The final two match play rounds Thursday will be conducted
on the White and Blue patterns, respectively.

“Tomorrow was the pattern I shot my second-best round ever on, so I’m just
going to hope my leg and my hand feel good, and I’ll come back and do it the
same way,” Machuga said. “And if I can go on and win this thing, I’ll buy myself
a new Jeep.”

Trailing Patrick Allen in third place was Ritchie Allen (no relation) of Columbia,
SC, with 8,063 pins; Williams with an 8,060 total; Wes Malott of Pflugerville,
TX, with 8,004 and Wayne Garber of Modesto, CA, with a 7,997 total.

Malott, who came into the round in 23rd place, had a 2,115 total for the round,
falling 50 pins short of the oldest PBA scoring record on the books – a 2,165
eight-game round by Billy Hardwick in Japan in 1968.

After Friday’s final two eight-game rounds of round-robin match play on the
White and Blue patterns, the top six will advance to the championship round
which will be taped Sunday to air on ESPN on Jan. 10.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR
PESPI RED, WHITE AND BLUE OPEN PRESENTED BY USBC
Northrock Lanes, Wichita, Kan., Dec. 10

FOURTH ROUND (after 32 games, including match play bonus pins)
1, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 5-3, 8,166
2, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 4-4, 8,099
3, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 6-2, 8,063
4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 5-3, 8,060
5, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 7-1, 8,004
6, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 5-3, 7,997
7, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 6-2, 7,991
8, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 4-3-1, 7,988,
9, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 3-5, 7,965
10, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2-6, 7,960
11, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 5-3, 7,945
12, Cassidy Schaub, Ashland, Ohio, 3-5, 7,915
13, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 5-2-1, 7,887
14, David Ruder, Edmond, Okla., 5-3, 7,829
15, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3-4-1, 7,792
16, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 4-4, 7,750
17, Gilbert Sanchez, Mulvane, Kan., 4-4, 7,735
18, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 4-4, 7,709
19, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 4-4, 7,689
20, Cory Simmons, Wichita, Kan., 3-5, 7,631
21, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 4-3-1, 7,612
21, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 0-8, 7,612
23, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 3-5, 7,600
24, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 0-8, 7,463


300 Games (26) – Mitch Beasley, Tommy Jones, Todd Book, Leroy Willis Jr., Billy
Oatman, Scott Newell, Michael Machuga (2), Cassidy Schaub (2), Liz Johnson,
Derek Hartnell, Cory Simmons, Gilbert Sanchez, Ritchie Allen (2), Walter Ray
Williams Jr. (2), Brad Angelo, Mike Scroggins, Jason Sterner, Rhino Page, Jason
Couch, Wayne Garber, Wes Malott, David Ruder.