PBA Experience Showdown Takes Place This Weekend
The 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s regular season is over, but competition continues Sunday on ESPN with the first of two special events from the new International Training and Research Center located on the International Bowling Campus.
Eleven of the sport’s top players and six United States Bowling Congress league bowlers will compete in the PBA Experience Showdown and the PBA Women’s Series Showdown, both presented by BOWL.COM, which will air on ESPN on Sundays April 11 and April 18 at 1 p.m. Eastern, respectively.
The made-for-TV events will begin with the PBA Experience Showdown on Sunday. The PBA Experience Showdown is a unique competition, tying together USBC’s grassroots PBA Experience league program with the five PBA Tour champions who won the five PBA Experience “animal pattern” lane condition championships during the World Series of Bowling in Detroit, kicking off the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season.
The five champions are Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla. (Cheetah), Rhino Page (Viper), Bill O’Neill (Chameleon), Mike DeVaney (Scorpion) and Jack Jurek (Shark).
The PBA stars were joined in Arlington by six USBC PBA Experience league bowlers – one each representing the five “animal patterns” and a sixth representing any other Sport Bowling lane condition. The six USBC Sport Bowling members who earned trips to Arlington through a national online voting process, along with their respective league secretaries and the proprietor/manager of the center that hosted the league, were: Bill Motovina, Clearwater, Fla.; Joe Petrowski, East Syracuse, N.Y.; Kevin Reuer, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; Pattie Riddle, Palatine, Ill.; Brent Watson, Parkersburg, W. Va., and Bobby Wenger, Wooster, Ohio. In a preliminary event, the six players bowled one game on each of six different PBA Experience lane conditions, and Reuer won the qualifier, advancing to the television final where he will bowl with the five PBA stars.
Sunday’s unique Showdown format will involve all six bowlers bowling one frame on each of five lanes, each featuring a different PBA Experience pattern. In order, the frames will be Shark, Chameleon, Viper, Scorpion and Cheetah. After five frames, the group will be re-ordered, from lowest score to highest, and they’ll bowl another five frames. After one full game, the top two players will advance to a five-frame title match following the same order. The fifth frame will act as a 10th frame.
PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open Round of 16
The top 5 bowlers advance to the TV finals for stepladder format match play.
| Pos ▲ | Name | Hometown | Games | Block Pinfall | Total Pinfall |
+/- 200 |
Average | |
| 1 | Mike Scroggins | Amarillo, Texas | 53 | 1708 | 12204 | +1604 | 230.26 | |
| 2 | Pete Weber | St. Ann, Mo. | 53 | 1591 | 12150 | +1550 | 229.25 | |
| 3 | Chris Barnes | Double Oak, Texas | 53 | 1619 | 12125 | +1525 | 228.77 | |
| 4 | Brad Angelo | Lockport, N.Y. | 53 | 1449 | 12006 | +1406 | 226.53 | |
| 5 | Wes Malott | Pflugerville, Texas | 53 | 1391 | 12005 | +1405 | 226.51 | |
| 6 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. | Ocala, Fla. | 53 | 1483 | 11972 | +1372 | 225.89 | |
| 7 | Tommy Jones | Simpsonville, S.C. | 53 | 1411 | 11918 | +1318 | 224.87 | |
| 8 | Jeff Carter | Springfield, Ill. | 53 | 1657 | 11889 | +1289 | 224.32 | |
| 9 | Mika Koivuniemi | Hartland, Mich. | 53 | 1443 | 11823 | +1223 | 223.08 | |
| 10 | Joe Ciccone | Buffalo, N.Y. | 53 | 1523 | 11742 | +1142 | 221.55 | |
| 10 | Brian Waliczek | Birch Run, Mich. | 53 | 1391 | 11742 | +1142 | 221.55 | |
| 12 | Dave D’Entremont | Middleburg Heights, Ohio | 53 | 1460 | 11688 | +1088 | 220.53 | |
| 13 | Parker Bohn III | Jackson, N.J. | 53 | 1392 | 11673 | +1073 | 220.25 | |
| 14 | Doug Kent | Newark, N.Y. | 53 | 1439 | 11609 | +1009 | 219.04 | |
| 15 | Sean Rash | Wichita, Kan. | 53 | 1349 | 11598 | +998 | 218.83 | |
| 16 | Chris Loschetter | Avon, Ohio | 53 | 1396 | 11569 | +969 | 218.28 |
Tip of the Week – April 5, 2010
I’m going to be blatantly honest on this one. This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. His name is Ed Kramarcik and he claims to be an AMF staff member. In this particular video, he tries to demonstrate a five step approach, but starts on the wrong foot and only takes four steps. Somehow, he manages to still count five though. It must be the fall off step after the release that counts as step number five. I’ve seen several videos from this guy, sometimes he has decent points, but usually ends up off the mark. This is one you’ll just have to see for yourself.
Pete Weber Wins PBA Marathon Open
As the #1 seed in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open, Mike Scroggins had the privilege of deciding which oil pattern the bowlers would bowl on in the TV finals. Scroggins decided that they would bowl on the PBA Dick Weber pattern.
The opening match had #4 Brad Angelo bowing against #5 Wes Malott. Angelo won the match, 207-192, and went on to face #3 Chris Barnes. Brad Angelo defeated Barnes, 256-227, and earned his way to the next match against #2 Pete Weber. Weber defeated Angelo, 233-212, and went on to face #1 seed Mike Scroggins. Weber continued to bowl well on the pattern named after his father and defeated Scroggins, 268-224.
Weber won the $25,000 for first place and his 35th PBA title and his first in the last three years. Scroggins had an opportunity to become the 2009-2010 PBA Player of the Year by winning this event, but fell just short. This year’s PBA Player of the Year is Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
Scroggins Leads PBA Marathon Open Into TV Finals
Mike Scroggins used a huge 7-game score of 1708 today on the PBA Dick Weber pattern to take over the lead in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open. Scroggins’ final 53 game score is 12,204 (+1604, 230.26 Average). Scroggins will lead the field of five finalists in the TV finals, which will take place live on ESPN on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 1:00 PM. Pete Weber is in second place with 12,150 headed into the stepladder finals. Chris Barnes heads into the show in third place at 12,125. Brad Angelo makes the show in fourth place with 12,006. Wes Malott had the lead headed into this final 7-game set, but only had a score of 1391 to fall into fifth place, which still makes the TV finals.
In the opening match, Wes Malott will bowl against Brad Angelo, with the winner going on to face Chris Barnes. This winner will go on to bowl against Pete Weber, with the final winner going on to bowl against Mike Scroggins for the championship. The champion will take home the first prize of $25,000. All seven of the PBA patterns have been used throughout this week. The #1 seed, Mike Scroggins, gets to pick which pattern will be used for the TV finals.
See the full results for the round of 16 of the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open.
MichiganBowling.com New Site
MichiganBowling.com has an all new website. The site has been completely redone and has been updated. The new site features a tournament calendar as well as results from recent Michigan tournaments. Check out the new site at MichiganBowling.com.
Malott Leads Going into Final Day of Qualifying of PBA Marathon Open
Wes Malott has been able to hold on to his lead in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open. On Friday, the bowlers bowled on the PBA Scorpion pattern and the PBA Earl Anthony Pattern. Malott used his 7-game scores of 1648 and 1459 to hold on to his lead and bring his total 46-game score of 10,614 (+1414, 230.74 Average). Pete Weber heads into the final day of qualifying in second place with 10,559 and Brad Angelo is in third with 10,557. Other bowlers in the top five are Tommy Jones (10,507) and Chris Barnes (10,506).
The 39-game cut score to the top 24 was 8608 (+808, 220.72 Average). The 46-game top 16 cut score was 10,170 (+970, 221.09 Average). Bowlers will now bowl seven games on the PBA Dick Weber Pattern. This block is currently underway and Chris Barnes has started to make a big charge for the lead. We’ll have to see how this plays out throughout the day.
Norm Duke Towel Shot
This is Norm Duke’s famous “towel shot.” Norm demonstrates how he does it and how he holds the towel.
Malott Holds Lead in PBA Marathon Open
Wes Malott used a 7-game score of 1578 on the PBA Chameleon pattern to hold on to his lead in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open. Malott currently sits at a total score of 7507 (+1107, 234.59 Average). Chris Barnes is close behind in second with 7416 and Walter Ray Williams, Jr. is in third at 7366. Rounding out the top five are Brad Angelo (7359) and Tommy Jones (7349).
The cut score to the top 32 is 6932 (+532, 216.63 Average). The top 32 bowlers will bowl 7 games on Friday with the top 24 bowling another 7 game set on Friday evening. The top 16 bowlers will bowl a final 7 game set on Saturday, before cutting to the top 5 bowlers for the live TV finals on ESPN on Sunday, April 4, 2010.
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