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Our 65th Year
Kovalova Wins 2021 PWBA Twin Cities Open
By:Dave Williams
By Mark [email protected]
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Two months ago this writer penned an article about Francois Lavoie, the face-masked crusader of bowling. It was a tongue in cheek title, referring to Lavoie’s incredible performance in PBA events that have been contested since the face-mask mandate became a requirement for our very existence in most states.
In the article titled Francois Lavoie, The Face-Masked Cru-sader of Bowling, reference was made to Bruce Wayne, the alter ego of Batman, who donned the famous cowl of Batman to become the Caped Crusader. In similar fashion, I compared Lavoie’s face-mask and how he became a superhero of bowling whenever he strapped on the
Face-Masked Crusader of Bowling Wins Again… Without a Mask!
By: Aaron SmithEAGAN, Minn. - After what
most would consider a success-ful run at the 2021 Professional Women's Bowling Association Kickoff Classic Series in Janu-ary, Ukraine’s Dasha Kovalova was not satisfied.
After losing in the semifinal match to eventual champion Julia Bond of Aurora, Illinois, in what she considered embar-rassing fashion at the PWBA
Hall of Fame Classic, Kovalova was determined to erase the memory of the disappointing performance and put herself back in the winner’s circle as quickly as possible.
One event later, she captured her third career PWBA title with a resounding 268-173 victory over Missy Parkin of Laguna Hills, California, in the championship match at the PWBA Twin Cities Open
at Cedarvale Lanes in Eagan, Minnesota.
The victory, broadcast live on BowlTV.com, earned Kovalova the $10,000 top prize.
"I'm driven to be the best, and losing like I did back in January was a big motivator to improve these last couple of months," said Kovalova, who had two top-five finishes at the Kickoff Classic Series in three events. "I was pretty obsessed about improving in every pos-sible way coming into the rest of the PWBA season."
Kovalova entered Saturday's championship round as the No. 2 seed after surviving a hectic finish during the last qualify-ing round. She completely dominated her two matches in the stepladder finals, winning by 97 and 95 pins, respectively.
Parkin, the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Queens champion, was looking for her first PWBA victory since the tour’s relaunch in 2015. She
After an average of 465,000 watched the U.S. Open on FS1 the week before, I wondered how many would watch the PBA Super Slam on the main Fox network Sunday April 18. The average viewership was 593,000 and 104,000 in the 18 to 49 age group, according to Nielsen ratings posted at showbuzzdaily.com, adding to what has to be the most solid ratings period the PBA has seen in years.
Among the usual recent ads for Kia, KitKat, KFC, Geico, and Apartments.com were newer advertisers like Can Am Motor Bikes, Xyzal Allergy, Domino’s Pizza, Nature’s Bounty, and Safelite Auto Glass. That’s a pretty diverse group covering pretty wide demographic group
which is a sign of programming of high demand. With this recent success of new advertis-ers, it makes one wonder who is next to discover the PBA though television advertising, tournament sponsorship, or as a PBA marketing partner.
Another interesting set of numbers will be the FS1 ratings the next three weekends for
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Tomorrow’s Stars Page 6
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By: Jerry SchneiderCLEARWATER, Fla. - PBA
Hall of Famer Jason Couch, a 16-time winner on the Guar-anteed Rate PBA Tour over a 20-year career, won the Johnny Petraglia BVL Open presented by the Law Firm of Lucas & Magazine and Brunswick Wednesday for his first PBA50 Tour title.
In only his second PBA50 Tour event (for players 50 and over), Couch, the top seed for the finals, defeated 2018 PBA50 Player of the Year and 2017 Rookie of the Year Michael Haugen Jr. 278-260 in the title match at Maple Country Lanes.
For Haugen it was his second consecutive runner-up finish after finishing second to Walter Ray Williams Jr. in last week’s PBA50 Lightning Strikes Open in which Williams won a record 15th career PBA50 Tour title.
“Because this was Johnny’s tournament I felt like there was a lot of pressure to win and the way Michael was bowling I knew I was going to have to stand on the gas and give it my best,” said Couch.
“I started with the first five strikes but left the 3-9 in the sixth frame,” Couch added. “I was really pumped up which caused me to be a little too firm with that shot. It was obvious I was going to have to continue Continued on Page 5
mask.However, on Sunday April
18th, Lavoie won once again in the PBA’s Super Slam… without a face-mask! Perhaps what is just as amazing, and seemed to
Jason Couch Wins Johnny Petraglia BVL Open for First PBA50 Tour Title
Champion Dasha Kovalova
Francois Lavoie
ABC Sports April 27, 1991
Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton, Jr.
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striking so I just took a deep breath to regroup for the rest of the match.”
In the semifinal match that consisted of 22 out of a possible 24 strikes between the two players, Haugen def. Hall of Famer Chris Barnes 300-289 to advance to the title match against Couch.
In the second match Barnes defeated Dennis Rakauskus 252-203 to advance to the semi-final. In the opening match Rakauskus defeated Michael
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both shows during the Kia PBA Playoffs. The finals air on the main Fox network Sunday May 16 at 1:00 pm Central time. I’ll have a breakdown right here after that telecast.
With many sports losing viewers even at the backend of this pandemic era, the fact the PBA is doing this well is a huge feather in its cap. I don’t think we’re going to hear anytime soon about what happened to The Association. It’s all there and then some.
###### The 1991 PBA Winter Tour
swing had some odd and unique moments never seen before or since. John Mazza became the second to pick up the 7 -10 split on national television, then two moments that absolutely would have slowed down the internet if it had been around.
Del Ballard’s gutter ball on his fill shot ended the Fair Lanes Open, handing Pete Weber the title, then won two weeks later, mentioning the gutter ball as the match ended. Two weeks after Ballard’s win, Mike Miller became the first bowler to win without using his thumb, claiming the PBA National Championship. Two weeks following that came a surreal moment as Pete Weber held his second U.S Open trophy aloft, only to see the figurine on the trophy fall off
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and shatter in the telecast’s final seconds, once again prov-ing there is nothing like live television.
But what ended the winter swing at was an occurrence even Hollywood could not have assembled.
In the continuing JPA Lost Classic series of Tournament of Champions television finals in years ending in the number “1,” we stop this week at the 1991 event
Two minutes into the tele-cast, we saw a shot of outside Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio and its famed sign above the entrance doors with Schenkel, Bo Burton, and members of the Fairlawn Fire and Police Departments and scouting for the building for a bomb threat phoned in to the center minutes before airtime. Schenkel also said there had been a bomb threat the week before at Brad-ley Bowl in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, also mentioned in the Washington Post story the next day.
As a sweep of the build-ing continued, Chris and Bo said we were about to see a more pleasant moment in ToC history. For the first time since its original live airing 24 years earlier, we saw the Jack Biondolillo TV 300 game in color, starting from the fourth frame.
After authorities cleared the building, the telecast started, some forty minutes late. One question immediately hit me. What’s going to happen once
the hour and a half time frame runs out? The answer gave us what I called in my original 1998 Top 25 TV Bowling Mo-ments list and still call today, the PBA’s “Heidi Game.”
A 1968 AFL Oakland Raiders - New York Jets game ran over on time, something uncommon in the era. NBC started the special program “Heidi,” on time at 6:00pm Central Time, cutting off the last minute plus of the game with the Jets in the lead. The Raiders score two touchdowns in final minute to win, leaving viewers in Eastern and Central time zones the dark as to what happened. After NBC’s switchboard in New York blew circuits with calls of complaint, that starts to explain why Sunday prime time
programs don’t start until 7:00 pm Central these days with NFL games getting priority.
After bowling straight through to try to get all four matches in, ABC nonetheless chose to end Pro Bowlers Tour before the championship match of its biggest tournament of the year, allowing “Wide World of Sports” to start on time. Chris Schenkel told viewers he would be back with a recap during “WWoS,” which he did twice
The David Ozio – Amleto Monacelli final match was seen only by those who had a home satellite dish or who caught it later on Japanese television using the ABC feed. That is the video currently available on YouTube, seen
here as this week’s JPA Lost Classic from April 27, 1991 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOqnnolMtjI&t=52s).
What ABC did show during WWoS for updates is seen here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTI_7dHRIx4).
For the record, Ozio beat 1990 Player of the Year Mona-celli 236 - 203 to highlight his 1991 Player of the Year honors with four wins and eight total television finals round appear-ances as he took a giant step toward both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.
Next week to conclude the ToC telecasts in years ending in “1,” we go to the 2011 ToC and the strangest television match of all time.
be disregarded by the announc-ers and others in attendance — no one was wearing a face-mask during that telecast! A word that comes to mind from The Bible, in reference to the omission of face-masks during the PBA telecast is… Hallelujah!
Lavoie defeated Kyle Troup in the championship match, 247 to 202, to win the $100,000 top prize in the non-title special event featuring the five cham-pions from the major tourna-ments held during the current 2021 season: the Tournament of Champions (Lavoie); the Play-ers Championship (Troup); the US Open (Chris Via); the USBC Masters (Thomas Larsen); and the World Championship (Tom Daugherty).
What’s even more impressive about Lavoie is his approach to competition. In an article posted on the PBA website by Jef Goodger, the 28-year-old
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Lavoie states: “Coming here, I was thinking this was just go-ing to be a fun event and we’re all going to have a good time. Once we started bowling, all of a sudden I’m in competition mode and I really want to win.”
Indeed. The intensity of Lavoie’s scowl at his target on the lanes is reminiscent of an eagle (or Pete Weber!), scouting their prey with an uncanny eyesight that defies human comprehension. I sometimes wondered what the others were focusing upon, as it appeared as though they were using the pins as a targeted focal point, or possibly the range finders that are located far down the lane from the traditional row of dots and arrows nearer to the approach.
Another impressive aspect of Lavoie’s game is his well-rehearsed game plan. One can only assume that he goes through a pre-tournament ritual in which he “dreams” about what he will be doing during the actual event. That always worked for me in my
bowling days, although sports writers felt that I must have been practicing a form of transcendental meditation. In reality, it probably was a form of silent meditation, going over in my mind what I wanted to accomplish on the lanes. However, I give no credit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi!
Such was not the case with Kyle Troup. In a post at 11thframe.com, Jeff Richgels suggests, “One of the things that sets the best bowlers in the world apart from us mortals is the guile and guts to make ball changes when it defies logic. Most of the time, what might leave us shaking our heads turns out to be a wise decision that leads to success. But not always. Kyle Troup made a ‘not always’ decision to start the championship match, and it effectively handed the title to Francois Lavoie.”
On this day, the Lavoie form of meditation and minor adjust-ments to his approach won out over the power game employed
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Loren Tenczar, Noll’s league mate, led the gals with a top-notch 211-221-181 = 613 set.
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WomenGenie Franklin, Forum Bowl ................................... 760Genie Franklin, JB's Allen Bowl ............................. 746Cathy Sposito, Plano Super Bowl .......................... 683Michelle Teel, Cowtown Bowling Palace ............... 678Jody Rogers, Lions Lanes ...................................... 632Loren Tenczar, Strikz ............................................... 613Troylen Howell, Red Bird Lanes ............................. 593
USBC Women’s Championships Underway in RenoBy: Aaron Smith
RENO, Nev. – The sound of pins crashing and teams cheering filled the National Bowling Stadium on Friday as the opening squad of the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championships featured the first of more than 2,700 teams.
The 2021 tournament is the 101st edition of the USBC Women’s Championships and marked the comeback of the event after the 2020 tourna-ment was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last time the Women’s Champion-ships was not held prior to 2020 was from 1943-1945 due to World War II.
Friday’s squad was preceded by an opening ceremony, which featured welcomes from several local dignitaries and represen-tatives from THE ROW Reno,
the presenting sponsor of the 2021 Women’s Championships.
Reno Vice Mayor Bonnie Weber rolled the ceremonial first ball to help kick off the competition, and the ceremony was capped by the famed Mass Ball Shot, which featured one member of each of the 28 teams on the opening squad rolling a ball down the lane at the same time.
The 2021 event marks the tournament’s 12 visit to Reno and ninth trip to the 78-lane NBS.
One of the four-player teams to hit the lanes Friday was Rock N’ Rowdy Rollers of Gun Barrel City, Texas, which also bowled on the opening squad at the 2019 Women’s Champion-ships in Wichita, Kansas.
“We were very excited to be out here, and it’s always a privilege to come out on the
first day,” Dina Feld said. “We always like to do big things in Texas, and there’s nothing bigger than the first day.”
The team included Feld, Connie Harlan, Kaye Walker and Debbie Hammack and put up a big number for the Sapphire Division. The group finished its team event with a 1,868 total, seven pins short of the winning Sapphire total from the 2019 event.
Harlan led a consistent team effort with a 489 series and helped the group to games of 581, 686 and 601. Walker had 482, Hammack added 452 and Feld finished with 445.
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At JB’s Allen Bowl – Cooper Powell 135-375, Adrian Allen 175-424, Evan Tran 170-459, Zakary Fales 201-479, Tanner Beshers 132-304, Richie Duvall 161-422, Cooper Powell 130-352, Adrian Allen 148-379, Bryan Coggins 130-345, Lydia Breidenthal 147-403, Heather Hubbard 142-374.
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Charisse Graham headed the Fort Worth-area USBC Youth bowling last week with a super strong 248/706 Forum Strikers series at Forum Bowl.
William Jewell III, Graham’s league mate, led the guys with a power-packed 246/656 set.
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At Strikz – Colton Bervig 220-594, Tyler Keeton 222-549, Jake Sullivan 195-542, Matthew Bervig 188-529, Michael Mendez 211-525, Matthew Lopez 230-516, Roman Reece 189-515, Logan Solis 180-471, Wyatt Curtis 152-431, Kevin Martinez 187-490, Lee Whitney 171-442, Seth Mendez 174-495, Nico Smith 204-457, Patrick Thomas, Jr. 175-487, Matthew Sifford 178-409, Enrique Arredondo 169-419, Brandon Moon 156-419, Joey Maulhardt 177-422, Turner Spofford 172-484, Madison Damer 224-580, Tori Franklin 212-560, Emily Mendez 152-431, Shriya Janolkar 114-340, Julia Rouse 134-307,
BoysWilliam Jewell III, Forum Bowl ..........................656Jake Swift, Cowtown Bowling Palace ...............655Brandon Ingram, Plano Super Bowl .................628Colton Bervig, Strikz ..........................................594Zakary Fales, JB's Allen Bowl ...........................479Charlie Rogers, Lions Lanes .............................461
GirlsCharisse Graham, Forum Bowl .........................706Tori Franklin, Plano Super Bowl ........................642Morgan Hopkins, Lions Lanes ..........................609Madison Damer, Strikz .......................................580Gracie Hinz, Cowtown Bowling Palace .............514Lydia Breidenthal, JB's Allen Bowl ...................403
YOUTH HONOR ROLL
Gabriela Gamboa 133-336, Alexia Moon 179-464, Ireland Spofford 131-374, Russ Johnson 120-293, Isaiah Reece 106-245, Jude May 92-249, Alyssa Eller 59-145, Caleb Cunningham 111-296, Anthony Gamboa 103-294.
by Troup. Both young men have the wherewithal to represent professional bowling for many years to come. In the case of Francois Lavoie — there are very few pros that have won over $500,000 in their career, and even fewer that have won 5 career titles (not counting the Super Slam, and two televised 300 games)… with three of the five being majors, in less than six years!
With or without the face-mask, Francois Lavoie is destined for greatness in bowling.
XXXXXXXRichard “Dick” Kumma
1947-2019 - A couple of weeks ago, I shared excerpts from an article by Ken Lowman that appeared in the January 2, 1981 edition of California Bowling News. During the course of my editorial (“Maybe We Should Call Them Avenues”), I made reference to Dick Kumma of Moxee, Washington. I wondered to myself whatever happened to Mr. Kumma and after searching the internet found that he passed away in 2019, at the age of 71. In his obituary it mentions that Dick joined the PBA after returning from Vietnam. He later became a salesman for AMF, where he was most proud of assisting bowling proprietors with the construction of new locations in Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
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Mike Moscato, from the Forum Classic league, led the leader board at Forum Bowl this week with a rock solid 257-269-279 = 805 series.
Genie Franklin led the ladies with a crafted 236-279-245 = 760 Fast Lane Trio set.
D J Garrett, Jesse Jones and Anthony Simmons shared high-game accolades with award-winning 12-baggers.
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Moscato fires 805,Franklin crafts 760Garrett, Jones, Simmons 300’s
Steve Patterson outscored the competition last week at JB’s Al-len Bowl with a solid 227-300-258 = 785 Wednesday Match Play league series.
Genie Franklin paced the ladies with a robust 253-235-258 = 746 Thursday Lunchtime Doubles set.
HONOR ROLLSteve Ray 237-706, Alan Eden 236-
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Hooper 179-497, Arnie Andreacchi 216-634, Luz Englert 173-421.
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Patterson leads at 300/785, Franklin tosses 746 Pete Seibel booked a banner
258-257-215 = 730 Ennis Mixed Classic series to head the leader boards last week at Lions Lanes.
Jody Rogers, also from the En-nis Mixed Classic group, rolled a sparkling 218-204-210 = 632 set.
HONOR ROLLRandy Hawks 279-700, Ryne
McKenrick 205593, Jeff Macon 247--689, Missy Samson 217-592, Cody Taylor 256-699, April Hopkins 93-519, Roger Zaeske 219-617, Kristi Wagner 193-5512.
Bobby Kennedy 214592, Mary Sikes 188-488, Mary Kennedy 168-488.
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Seibel drills 730,Rogers crafts 632
Haggitt 248-205 to advance to the second match against Barnes.
Pete Weber, who led quali-fying, dropped to 16th after posting a 5-7 record in match play.
The PBA50 Tour travels to The Villages, Florida for the Florida Blue Medicare PBA50 National Championship presented by Spanish Springs Lanes, the season’s first major April 25-29.
Final standingsJason Couch, Clermont, Fla.,
earns $7,500Michael Haugen Jr., Phoe-
nix, $4,000
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Tim Crowe, from the Track Classic Trio group, pocketed power-laden, award-winning 245-265-299 = 809 numbers en route to earning high-series honors the week at Plano Super Bowl.
Cathy Sposito headed the ladies’ leader board with a note-worthy 203-256-224 = 683 Las Vegas Doubles set.
Taylour Hill and Geoff Martin shared high-game honors with award-winning 12-baggers. Kert Dudek shared runner-up honors with Crowe as each recorded near-perfect 299 solos.
HONOR ROLLPhirum Phan 266-650, Genie
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Mark Peet (4 games) 231-809, Erin DeGray-Kutz (4 games) 178-669, Scott Boyd 252-713.
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At Plano Super Bowl
Crowe shoots 299/809, Sposito slays 683Hill, Martin 300's
Adam Beasley headed the hon-or roll for the week at Cowtown Bowling Palace with a powerful 246-227-300 = 773 Monday Mix-ers series.
Michelle Teel, from the Wednesday Winners group, pounded out a solid 256-200-222 = 678 set to lead the ladies high-set chart.
Leonard Harris shared high-game honors Beasley with an award-winning perfecto.
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Fania Cobo 225-618, Ronnie White 257, Halley Coffer 202, Matthew Suarez 257-741, Chris Dugan 242, James Ramsey 267, Michelle Teel 256-678, Darrell Hart 266, Amy Hart 229, Josh Michael 256-691.
Jamie Hines 217, Monroe Maddux 279-755, Leonard Harris 727, Cathy Nelson 237, Tom Crawford 269, Diane Dudley 235-584, Jimmy Gardner 269-738, Cherie Deleon 232, Merito Gutierrez 288.
Amy Adams 242-664, Darrell Hart
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Beasley blasts 300/773, Teel handles 678Harris 300
287, Grady Adams 269-723, Doug Estes 255, Mark DeBoer 249, Ginny Wenck 209-566, Frankie Mata, Jr, 247, Amy Adams 204, Ray Ballaro 242, Jamie Hines 201.
Ronnie White 255-656, Ginny Wenck 195-538, TC Thompson 245, Harlan Tunnell 245.
SENIORSJohnny Zaskoda 290-761, Sandy
Bell 222-590, Luis Morales 268, Jackie Glover 201, Charles James 258, David Pruitt 222-635, Mary Womack 178, Eddie Hall 213, Luis Guthrie 231-645.
Laura Guthrie 197-504, Ken Eilert 224, Phil Howell 219.
Beverly Houston 188-538, Brandon Moore 257-711, Lannis Nelson-Moon 190-523, Nick Wyatt 265-721, Rhonda Nerison 171-506, Scott Hube 258-739, Lois Abrego 226-618, Taylour Hill 706.
Kert Dudek (4 games) 1033, Amber Hoyle (4 games) 269-961, Darius Colvin 257-719, Dan Metevier 244-688, Jody Muskett 234-647.
Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, $3,000
Dennis Rakauskus, Apopka, Fla., $2,500
Michael Haggitt, Springfield, Ohio, $2,200
Stepladder ResultsMatch 1 – No. 4 Rakauskus
def. No. 5 Haggitt, 248-205Match 2 – No. 3 Barnes def.
Rakauskus, 252-203Semifinal match – No. 2
Haugen def. Barnes, 300-289Championship match – No. 1
Couch def. Haugen, 278-260
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captured the No. 1 seed after averaging more than 220 for 24 games over two days.
In the final, Kovalova opened with a barrage of four straight strikes, while Parkin struggled to find the range, trailing by 52 pins after five frames. Another string of strikes following a spare in the fifth frame sealed the victory early for Kovalova.
“I tried taking a completely different approach during the finals this time,” Kovalova said. “I reminded myself to breath, stay calm and think through my choices, and it worked out very well.”
KOVALOVAContinued from Page 1
Six-time PWBA champion Kelly Kulick of Union, New Jersey, was the No. 4 seed and opened the stepladder finals with a 245-226 victory over No. 3 seed Erin McCarthy of Elk-horn, Nebraska. Like Kovalova, McCarthy also was making her third championship-round appearance of the 2021 PWBA Tour season.
Once Kovalova stepped in to take on Kulick in the semifinal, she asserted her dominance with a 258-161 victory and continued to roll in the title match.
“Now that I’m living in Michigan, I’ve been able to spend a lot of time at Bruns-wick’s facility,” Kovalova said. “I’ve been learning more about my equipment, practicing how
to read lane transition to make quicker adjustments and get-ting myself in better physical condition.”
The tour resumed this week after a nearly three-month hiatus following the season-opening PWBA Kickoff Classic Series. Twenty titles will be awarded in the 2021 season, and the Twin Cities Open marked the beginning of a 14-event run that goes through the end of August.
The 2021 PWBA Tour season will continue starting April 29 with the PWBA Lincoln Open in Lincoln, Nebraska.
For more information on the PWBA, visit PWBA.com.
2021 PWBA Twin Cities Open
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Eagan, Minn.Saturday’s resultsFINAL STANDINGS1, Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine,
526 (two games), $10,0002, Missy Parkin, Laguna
Hills, Calif., 173 (one game), $5,000
3, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 406 (two games), $3,500
4, Erin McCarthy, Elkhorn, Neb., 226 (one game), $2,500
STEPLADDER RESULTS
Match No. 1 – Kulick def. McCarthy, 245-226
Semifinal – Kovalova def. Kulick, 258-161
Championship – Kovalova def. Parkin, 268-173
QUALIFYING - ROUND 41, Missy Parkin, Laguna
Hills, Calif., 5,294. 2, Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine, 5,280. 3, Erin McCarthy, Elkhorn, Neb., 5,273. 4, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 5,228.
Teams in the Sapphire Divi-sion have combined entering averages of 544 and below.
The members of Rock N’ Rowdy Rollers credited their team unity and ability to pick each other up in helping put together the big score.
The 2021 Women’s Cham-pionships will run for 73 days, with the final doubles and singles squad taking place July 4. During the course of the event, the Women’s Champion-ships will take a break in May to welcome the USBC Queens to the NBS.
The Queens, the first major on the 2021 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour schedule, is scheduled to take place May 12-18.
For more information on the USBC Women’s Champi-onships, visit BOWL.com/WomensChamp.
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