RUSSELL’S DRAMATIC VICTORY IN GERMANY FINALIZES BARBASOL PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS FIELD

INDIANAPOLIS (March 25, 2013) – Indianapolis area native Ronnie Russell waited until the last possible event, but ended a 10-year quest to win his first Professional Bowlers Association Tour title Sunday in Munich, Germany, and today is heading home, ready to bowl in the PBA’s signature tournament for the first time.

Russell’s 224-210 victory over Sweden’s James Gruffman in the Brunswick Euro Challenge Sunday qualified him for the exclusive field of 48 PBA Tour champions and five past TOC winners who will begin competition in the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions Wednesday at Woodland Bowl on Indianapolis’ north side. While Woodland Bowl has hosted almost every major PBA Tour major championship event over the years, it will host the TOC for the first time.

The only previous time the Tournament of Champions was held in Indianapolis was the very first event in 1962. That tournament, won by the late PBA Hall of Famer Joe Joseph, was held at Play Bowl – a bowling center that no longer exists.

The 2013 TOC begins with eight-round qualifying squads for all players on Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. After a third eight-game qualifying round Thursday at 10 a.m., the top 24 players based on 24-game pinfall totals will advance to round-robin match play. Match play rounds will be held Thursday at 5 p.m., and Friday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. After a total of 48 games, the top five players will advance to Sunday’s live ESPN stepladder finals at 2:30 p.m. ET.

At stake is a $50,000 first prize and the PBA’s third major championship of the 2012-13 season.

As part of Tournament of Champions week, the PBA will host its Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Indianapolis Marriott North, when Doug Kent of Newark, N.Y., and Danny Wiseman of Baltimore, will join the ranks of the PBA’s greatest players.

All qualifying and match play rounds of the Tournament of Champions (and the PBA Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Saturday night) will be covered live, exclusively on PBA’s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame. For subscription information, visit pba.com.

Following Sunday’s live TOC finals, the PBA will conduct its inaugural PBA League Elias Cup finals at 6 p.m. The four teams that earned the most points during a five-round qualifying series in Detroit in January – the New York City WTT KingPins led by franchise player Pete Weber and owned by Billie Jean King, the Motown Muscle led by franchise player Mike Fagan and owned by Jerome Bettis, the BROOKLYN STyLES led by franchise player Sean Rash and owned by Jesse Williams and the Dallas Strikers led by franchise player Norm Duke and owned by Terrell Owens – will bowl for the first Elias Cup title and a team prize of $76,000. The Elias Cup finals will air on ESPN on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET.

2013 BARBASOL PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS ROSTER
(Top 48 in order of eligibility based upon most current title plus past TOC champions who have accepted invitations to participate, as of March 17):
1, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, Brunswick Euro Challenge
2, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2013 Kuwait Open
3, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2013 USBC Masters
4, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 2013 Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship
5, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 2013 Don Carter Classic
6, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2013 Mark Roth Classic
7, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2013 Carmen Salvino Classic
8, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2013 International Bowling Championship 2013 supported by DHC
9, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2013 Qatar Open
10, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2012 PBA World Championship
11, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2012 Bowlers Journal Scorpion Championship
12, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 2012 Alka Seltzer Plus Cold Cheetah Championship
13, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2012 Vienna Open
14, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2012 XF PBA Dick Weber Playoffs
15, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge
16, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 2012 Kuwait Open
17, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2012 U.S. Open
18, Scott Newell, Daytona Beach, Fla., 2012 XF Ricart Ford Open
19, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2012 PBA XF Cheetah Open
20, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2011 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles
21, Dom Barrett, England, 2011 Scorpion Open
22, Stuart Williams, England, 2011 Bayer Viper Open
23, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2011 Dick Weber PBA Playoffs
24, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2011 Bayer USBC Masters
25, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2011 One A Day Earl Anthony Memorial Classic
26, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2010 Go RVing Match Play Championship
27, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2010 Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator
28, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2010 USBC Masters
29, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions
30, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2010 Earl Anthony Memorial Classic
31, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2009 PBA World Championship
32, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2009 Shark Championship
33, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 2009 Scorpion Championship
34, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 2009 Viper Championship
35, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2009 Dydo Japan Cup
36, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 2008 Chameleon Championship
37, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2008 Ultimate Scoring Championship
38, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2008 PBA Exempt Doubles Classic
39, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2005 PBA Dexter Tournament of Champions
40, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2005 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Open
41, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2003 Empire State Open
42, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2003 Odor-Eaters Open
43, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 2003 ABC Masters
44, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 2001 Peoria Open
45, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 1999 Greater Detroit Open
46, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1992 Florida Open
47, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 2011 Plastic Ball Championship
48, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 2007 Denny’s World Championship

Past TOC champions who have elected to participate:
49, George Branham III, Indianapolis, 1993 Firestone Tournament of Champions
50, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 1998 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions
51, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1971 Firestone Tournament of Champions
52, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1980 Firestone Tournament of Champions
53, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1988 Firestone Tournament of Champions

BARBASOL PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SCHEDULE
Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis, March 26-31
                                                                     
Tuesday, March 26
1-3 p.m. – Official practice session
Wednesday, March 27
10 a.m. – 8 qualifying games, all players
5 p.m. – 8 qualifying games, all players
Thursday, March 28
10 a.m. – 8 qualifying games, all players
  Field cut to the top 24 players for round robin match play
5 p.m. – Top 24, 8 games round robin match play
Friday, March 29
10 a.m. – Top 24, 8 games round robin match play
5 p.m. – Top 24, 8 games round robin match play
  Top five after 48 games advance to stepladder finals    
Saturday, March 30
9:30 a.m., noon, 2:30 p.m. - Pro-am squads
7 p.m. – PBA HOF induction ceremonies and dinner (Indianapolis Marriott North)
Sunday, March 31
3 p.m. - ESPN five-player stepladder finals (live)
6 p.m. – PBA League Elias Cup finals (four teams, Baker format stepladder finals taped to air
  on ESPN on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET)

About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is an organization of more than 3,200 of the best bowlers from 17 countries who compete in PBA Tour, PBA International Tour, PBA Regional and PBA50 Tour events. Nearly one million ESPN viewers watch PBA Tour on Sundays during the tour season and thousands around the world watch PBA activities on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel. PBA sponsors include Barbasol, Brunswick, Ebonite International, GEICO, Jack Link’s, MOTIV, Storm Products and the United States Bowling Congress, among others. For more information, log on to http://www.pba.com.

NEW YORK CITY WTT KINGPINS EARN TOP BERTH FOR PBA LEAGUE ELIAS CUP FINALS

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – L.A. X, a team of Professional Bowlers Association stars owned by Los Angeles Clippers all-star guard Chris Paul, struck on seven of its first eight shots to build an insurmountable lead over the top qualifiers, Terrell Owens’ Dallas Strikers, to win the PBA League Anthony round, 257-214, but it wasn’t enough to earn the team a berth in the PBA League Elias Cup finals.

L.A. X made its ESPN debut in the fifth and final qualifying round of PBA League competition, but missed the Elias Cup finals by two points. The Anthony team round aired Sunday on ESPN.

“It was a game of near misses for us all week,” L.A. X franchise player Jason Belmonte said. “We felt like there was always one game that seemed to get away from us, even in qualifying. The same thing was happening to us in the Clash eliminator rounds.

“I’m always the optimist, so I figured if we got on the main show, we’d take it and today we did. The guys bowled awesome. I’m really proud of them,” he added. “We moved up to fifth in the Elias Cup standings, but we still missed the finals. It was another near miss.”

L.A. X advanced to the Anthony round finals with a 207-206 victory over Chris Hardwick’s Silver Lake Atom Splitters. After L.A. X’s Dave Wodka missed a 10 pin in the eighth frame to give Silver Lake a 10-pin lead, Belmonte struck in the ninth and anchor Parker Bohn III threw three strikes in the 10th frame to put L.A. X back in front. Needing three strikes in his 10th frame to win by one pin, Silver Lake’s Chris Barnes threw two strikes, but left the 4-7 standing on his final shot. The Atom Splitters needed to win the Anthony round to advance to the Elias Cup finals by two points over the Dallas Strikers.

In the opening team match, Silver Lake was nearly perfect in running away with a 279-215 victory over Jerome Bettis’ Motown Muscle. The only flaw in Silver Lake’s 11-strike performance was a 10 pin left by Dom Barrett in the fourth frame, which he converted.

The New York City WTT KingPins, owned by women’s sports legend Billie Jean King, earned the top stepladder berth for the PBA League Elias Cup finals by winning two qualifying rounds during the PBA Detroit Winter Swing and compiling 45 points to out-distance Jerome Bettis’ Motown Muscle by seven points. The BROOKLYN STyLES, owned by actor Jesse Williams, captured the No. 3 berth in the Elias Cup finals thanks to their win in the opening round. The STyLES will meet the Dallas Strikers in the Elias Cup opening match. Dallas claimed the final berth in the finals thanks to its second-place finish in the Anthony round.

PBA competition resumes with the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions and PBA League Elias Cup finals next week at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis. The two-hour Tournament of Champions finals will air live on ESPN next Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET and the Elias Cup finals will air on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. ET.

PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel will cover all qualifying and match play rounds of the Tournament of Champions, Wednesday-Friday. For subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link.

PBA LEAGUE EARL ANTHONY ROUND
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich.

Final Match (five-player Baker team format)
L.A. X (Wes Malott, Andres Gomez, Dave Wodka, Jason Belmonte, Parker Bohn III) def. Dallas Strikers (Bryon Smith, Mike Machuga, Norm Duke, Amleto Monacelli, Rhino Page), 257-214.

Semifinal Match (Baker team)
L.A. X def. Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Stuart Williams, Nathan Bohr, Josh Blanchard, Dom Barrett, Chris Barnes), 207-206.

Match One (Baker team)
Silver Lake Atom Splitters def. Motown Muscle (Ronnie Russell, Jesse Buss, Tom Smallwood, Mike Scroggins, Mike Fagan), 279-215.

Clash Eliminator (in order of players eliminated based on low one-ball total per round; last surviving player’s team advanced to stepladder finals):
Round One – Josh Blanchard, Silver Lake Atom Splitters, seven pins.
Round Two – Ryan Ciminelli, BROOKYN STyLES; Dom Barrett, Silver Lake Atom Splitters; Sean Rash, BROOKLYN STyLES, nine pins.
Round Three – Stuart Williams, Silver Lake Atom Splitters, nine pins.
Round Four – none (all strikes).
Round Five – Thomas Larsen, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits, six pins.
Round Six – John Szczerbinski, New York City WTT KingPins, nine pins.
Round Seven – Martin Larsen, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits, seven pins.
Round Eight – Patrick Allen, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits, nine pins.
Round Nine – Chris Barnes, Silver Lake Atom Splitters, eliminated Mika Koivuniemi, Philadelphia Hitmen, 8-7.

FINAL ELIAS CUP QUALIFYING STANDINGS
(After five rounds, top four teams advance to Elias Cup finals)
1, New York City WTT KingPins (owner Billie Jean King), 45 points
2, Motown Muscle (owner Jerome Bettis), 38.
3, BROOKLYN STyLES (owner Jesse Williams), 36.
4, Dallas Strikers (owner Terrell Owens), 28.
Did not advance:
5, L.A. X (owner Chris Paul), 26.
6, Silver Lake Atom Splitters (owner Chris Hardwick), 24.
7, Philadelphia Hitmen (owner Kevin Hart), 20.
8, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits (owner LaMarr Woodley), 10.

About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is an organization of more than 3,200 of the best bowlers from 17 countries who compete in PBA Tour, PBA International Tour, PBA Regional and PBA50 Tour events. Nearly one million ESPN viewers watch PBA Tour on Sundays during the tour season and thousands around the world watch PBA activities on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel. PBA sponsors include Barbasol, Brunswick, Ebonite International, GEICO, Jack Link’s, MOTIV, Storm Products and the United States Bowling Congress, among others. For more information, log on to http://www.pba.com.

SUNDAY ON ESPN: EARL ANTHONY PBA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, PBA LEAGUE ROUND 5

SUNDAY ON ESPN: Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship, PBA League Round 5

CLICK FOR PREVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4dGTtpol4k

Event: PBA Detroit Winter Swing

Tournament: Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship title match and fifth and final PBA League qualifying round to determine finalists for PBA League Elias Cup finals.

Where: Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich.

Format: Baker team stepladder finals for PBA League round; head-to-head singles match for Earl Anthony Players Championship.

Television: ESPN (Sunday at 1 p.m. ET)

Sunday’s telecast will begin with the PBA League Clash eliminator round where 11 players will compete in a one-ball, low-man-out competition. Rounds continue until one survivor remains; his team then becomes the No. 4 team in the PBA League stepladder final.

In the Clash eliminator round fourth-place Silver Lake Atom Splitters will have four players in the Clash field, the Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits will have three, the Brooklyn STyLES two and the New York City WTT KingPins and Philadelphia Hitmen one each.

The winner of the Clash round will then bowl the opening Baker team match against Jerome Bettis’ Motown Muscle (Mike Fagan, Tom Smallwood, Mike Scroggins, Ronnie Russell and Jesse Buss).

The match one winner advances to meet Chris Paul’s L.A. X (Jason Belmonte, Wes Malott, Andres Gomez, Parker Bohn III and Dave Wodka) in the semifinal.  The semifinal winner will challenge the qualifying leader, Terrell Owens’ Dallas Strikers (Norm Duke, Amleto Monacelli, Rhino Page, Bryon Smith and Mike Machuga).

The Atom Splitters or the Philadelphia Hitmen have a chance to knock out the Strikers for the fourth spot for the Elias Cup Finals. Those teams will have their work cut out for them however as they will need to defeat Dallas in the stepladder finals of the Earl Anthony Round. But to do that, a representative of these teams team will have to win the Clash Round just to gain the No. 4 spot in the stepladder.

The KingPins, the STyLES and Muscle have already secured their spots in Indy while L.A X and Pittsburgh have been mathematically eliminated from advancing. After four rounds of PBA League competition, the KingPins lead with 44 points followed by Motown Muscle and BROOKLYN STyLES tied at 33, Dallas Strikers, 20, Philadelphia Hitmen, and Silver Lake Atom Splitters, 18, L.A. X, 14 and Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits, 6.

The top four teams will advance to the Elias Cup finals. Points available in the qualifying round include 12 to the winner, 8 for second place, 6 for third place, 5 for fourth and 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the final four places.

The Elias Cup, named in honor of PBA founder Eddie Elias, will be contested at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis on March 31 following the live telecast of the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions stepladder finals, and will air on Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Concluding Sunday’s two-hour telecast will be the Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship title match between two-time PBA Tour titlist Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, Calif., and reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill.

Three easy steps to enhance your PBA telecast experience:

1) Tune into pba.com’s Xtra Frame for a free pre-game preview of the Earl Anthony Players Championship and PBA League round.

2) Watch the Earl Anthony Players Championship title match and PBA League round on ESPN Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

 

3) Tune into the post-event show at Sunday 3 p.m. ET. Xtra Frame’s post-tournament show interviews the winning player and provides in-depth ball rep analysis of the winner’s equipment selection and ball preparation.

Bowling fans can get additional Tour coverage on pba.com and provide their feedback on PBA Tour telecasts through PBA’s social networking platforms on Facebook

and Twitter

 

RASH, NORTON TO BATTLE FOR EARL ANTHONY PBA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (Jan. 25, 2013) – Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., will meet two-time PBA Tour champion Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, Calif., for the championship in the Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship, the final event of the Detroit Winter Swing.

Rash will be trying for his sixth career title and first of the 2012-13 season after averaging 238.20 over 32 games of qualifying on four different lane conditions, followed by the nine-game round robin match play final round Friday night at Thunderbowl Lanes. Rash finished with 9,976 pins for 41 games to nip Norton by two pins for the top qualifying position.

Norton, the 2010-11 PBA Rookie of the Year, won his second career title in the PBA Chameleon Championship earlier in the season during the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling.

“I did alright,” Rash said. “I bowl with a lot of confidence, which is why some guys don’t like me, but I’m just trying to stay in the moment and make good shots.  I’ve been on a tear since the last World Series was held here (in 2009). My goal is to just keep making TV shows and give myself chances to win.

“I made some mistakes the second day here. I was in the show with two games to go and let some negative thoughts get to me, but I learned from them, and that’s why I made the show today. Unfortunately, you lose more times than you win, but you have to just keep giving yourself chances and that’s what I’m trying to do.”

The Detroit Winter Swing has included a series of four singles tournaments and five PBA League qualifying events, the first five-player team competition in the PBA’s 53-year history, and Rash has been a leader in both types of competition.

Earlier Friday, Rash helped his BROOKLYN STyLES team (Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y.; Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., and Jason Sterner of McDonough, Ga.) lock up the No. 1 stepladder position for the debut of PBA League competition, live on ESPN Sunday at noon ET. The STyLES posted a combined 160-game total of 36,403 pins after four rounds of qualifying on lane conditioning patterns named after PBA legends Carmen Salvino, Mark Roth, Don Carter and Earl Anthony.

“It feels great,” Rash said. “Our team was extremely consistent all week. All five guys contributed, like I thought they would when I drafted them. Everyone picked up the other guys when they needed to. It’ll be fun to be on TV as a team.”

The BROOKLYN STyLES team is owned by Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams. Also qualifying for Sunday’s PBA League debut on ESPN were the New York City WTT KingPins, owned by women’s sports legend Billie Jean King and captained by PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber; the Motown Muscle, owned by Detroit native and former Pittsburgh Steelers star Jerome Bettis and captained by Mike Fagan of Dallas; Chris Barnes and his Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters, owned by comedian Chris Hardwick, and PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke’s Dallas Strikers, owned by NFL all-pro receiver Terrell Owens.

Duke’s Dallas Strikers rallied to claim the fifth berth by 10 pins over L.A. X, owned by NBA all-star Chris Paul and captained by Australian two-handed star Jason Belmonte, after finishing eighth, seventh and seventh in the first three qualifying rounds.

“After a total of 160 games, the difference between making it or not came down to one open frame, or one spare,” Duke said. “Team-wise, we struggled the first three days, but we ground it out. We knew we had to have a great day today and we did it.”

The Dallas Strikers also led qualifying in Friday’s eight-game Anthony team round by 123 pins over L.A. X (owned by NBA star Chris Paul and captained by Australia’s Jason Belmonte) to earn the top stepladder position for the fifth and final PBA League qualifying telecast prior to the Elias Cup finals on March 31 in Indianapolis. The Motown Muscle earned the third stepladder berth in the Anthony round, which will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Thunderbowl for delayed telecast on ESPN on March 24.

EARL ANTHONY PBA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich., Jan. 25

Final Qualifying Standings (after 41 games, including match play bonus pins; top two advance to championship match)
1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 7-2, 9,976.
2, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 6-3, 9,974.
Other Match Play Cashers:
3, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 7-2, 9,771, $8,000.
4, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 3-6, 9,762, $6,000.
5, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 7-2, 9,738, $5,000.
6, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 7-2, 9,674, $4,700.
7, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 4-5, 9,657, $4,000.
8, Mike DeVaney, Hemet, Calif., 4-5, 9,631, $3,500.
9, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 5-4, 9,619, $3,000.
10, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 6-3, 9,577, $2,700.
11, Dom Barrett, England, 3-6, 9,561, $2,500.
12, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3-6, 9,455, $2,400.
13, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 3-6, 9,436, $2,300.
14, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 3-6, 9,421, $2,200.
15, Mark Milasinovich, Macomb, Mich., 3-6, 9,266, $2,100.
16, Jim Pratt, Glendale, Ariz., 1-8, 9,058, $2,000.

Other Cashers:
17, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 7,303, $1,500.
18, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 7,302, $1,450.
19, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 7,286, $1,400.
20, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 7,283, $1,350.
21, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 7,280, $1,320.
22, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 7,277, $1,300.
23, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 7,272, $1,280.
24, Patrick Girard, Canada, 7,271, $1,260.
25, Frankie Calca, Elmont, N.Y., 7,270, $1,240.
26, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 7,268, $1,220.
27, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 7,267, $1,200.
28, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 7,261, $1,180.
29, Mason Brantley, Detroit, 7,254, $1,160.
30, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 7,248, $1,150.
31, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 7,244, $1,140.
32, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 7,242, $1,130.
33, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 7,236, $1,120.
34, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 7,231, $1,110.
35, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 7,223, $1,100.
36, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 7,218, $1,090.
37, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 7,195, $1,080.
38 (tie), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 7,162, $1,065.
40, Stuart Williams, England, 7,160, $1,050.
41, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 7,157, $1,040.
42, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 7,154, $1,030.
43, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 7,141, $1,020.
44 (tie), Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., and Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 7,138, $1,005.

PBA LEAGUE EARL ANTHONY ROUND
Final Earl Anthony PBA League Qualifying Standings (after 8 games; top 3 teams advance to Baker format stepladder finals; teams 4-8 will bowl a one-ball Clash eliminator round to determine the fourth team in the stepladder finals)
1, Dallas Strikers (owner Terrell Owens), Dallas, 9,461.
2, L.A. X (owner Chris Paul), Los Angeles, 9,318.
3, Motown Muscle (owner Jerome Bettis), Detroit, 9,279.
4, Silver Lake Atom Splitters (owner Chris Hardwick), Silver Lake, Calif., 9,236.
5, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits (owner LaMarr Woodley), Pittsburgh, Pa., 9,219.
6, BROOKLYN STyLES (owner Jesse Williams), Brooklyn, N.Y., 9,129.
7, Philadelphia Hitmen (owner Kevin Hart), Philadelphia, 9,063.
8, New York City WWT KingPins (owner Billie Jean King), New York, 8,928.

PBA LEAGUE THUNDERBOWL FINALS ROUND
Final Standings after 32 team games; top five teams advance to live ESPN Baker format stepladder finals Sunday at noon ET)
1, BROOKLYN STyLES, 36,403 (Sean Rash 7,604, Ryan Ciminelli 7,231, Ryan Shafer 7,244, Walter Ray Williams Jr.  7,162, Jason Sterner 7,162).
2, New York City WTT KingPins, 36,174 (Pete Weber 7,283, Tommy Jones 7,117, Scott Norton 7,629, Jack Jurek 6,841, John Szczerbinski 7,304).
3, Motown Muscle, 36,167 (Mike Fagan 6,954, Tom Smallwood 7,236, Mike Scroggins 7,302, Ronnie Russell 7,537, Jesse Buss 7,138).
4, Silver Lake Atom Splitters, 36,049 (Chris Barnes 7,108, Dom Barrett 7,371, Josh Blanchard 7,272, Stuart Williams 7,160, Nathan Bohr 7,138).
5, Dallas Strikers, 35,938 (Norm Duke 7,261, Rhino Page 7,092, Amleto Monacelli 7,403, Bryon Smith 6,902, Mike Machuga 7,280).
6, L.A. X, 35,928 (Jason Belmonte 7,324, Wes Malott 7,304, Andres Gomez 7,092, Parker Bohn III 7,067,  Dave Wodka 7,141).
7, Philadelphia Hitmen, 35,886 (Bill O’Neill 7,277, Mika Koivuniemi 7,303, Chris Loschetter 7,154, Mike DeVaney 7,385, Dick Allen 6,764). 
8, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits, 35,564 (Osku Palermaa 7,248, Martin Larsen 7,070, Dan MacLelland 6,946, Patrick Allen 7,364, Thomas Larsen 6,936).

300 Games: Mike DeVaney, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Tommy Jones, Wes Malott, Kurt Pilon, Brian Kretzer, Tom Baker.

About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is an organization of more than 3,200 of the best bowlers from 17 countries who compete in PBA Tour, PBA International Tour, PBA Regional and PBA50 Tour events. Nearly one million ESPN viewers watch PBA Tour on Sundays during the tour season and thousands around the world watch PBA activities on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel. PBA sponsors include Brunswick, Ebonite International, GEICO, Jack Link’s, MOTIV, Storm Products and the United States Bowling Congress, among others. For more information, log on to http://www.pba.com.