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Belmonte Concludes Historic Season With Win At 2022 PBA Tour Finals

Jason belmonte capped one of his finest seasons in style, rolling the second televised 300 of his career on the way to a win at the 2022 pba tour finals..

When Jason Belmonte declared "I'm back!" after his Professional Bowlers Association Players Championship victory in January, he meant it. 

He racked up four more titles in 2022, culminating his historic campaign with a PBA Tour Finals victory Sunday at Strikerz Bowling at Angel of the Winds Casino in Arlington, Washington.

The 38-year-old Australian capped off one of his finest seasons in style, rolling the second televised 300 game of his career in the championship match. 

Belmonte defeated Dom Barrett 2-0, earning $30,000 for the win and a $10,000 bonus for the perfect game. The win marks his 30th career title, making him the eighth player in PBA history to eclipse that threshold.

"To have 30 titles, 14 majors, maybe seven Player of the Years," Belmonte said to Randy Pederson, "Mate, there's no way as a kid you ever thought this was gonna happen. There's no way!"

With five titles in 2022, Belmonte almost assuredly will earn his seventh PBA Player of the Year award. That would tie the record set by Walter Ray Williams Jr., whose seven honors spanned from 1986 to 2010. Belmonte needed just 10 years to match Deadeye's career mark.

"Walter Ray, the man is a living legend and someone who I see as the best player that I've ever seen," Belmonte said. "To equal him is a huge accomplishment and something I'm very, very proud of. But, it also motivates me to get just one more, just one more and have that title all to myself."

Belmonte stands among those names as one of the greatest athletes in recent memory. His dominance rivals that of Tiger Woods and Serena Williams. While Belmonte doesn't compare himself to anyone else, he understands the work ethic required to be successful at the highest level.

Of the preeminent American professional sports, only Wayne Gretzky, Barry Bonds, Novak Djokovic, Woods, Williams and Williams Jr. have won at least seven equivalent honors in their respective sports.

However, the 2022 PBA Player of the Year race was far from over entering the Tour Finals. 

With two majors and five championship-round appearances, Anthony Simonsen needed one more title to put the cherry on top of a potential first career player-of-the-year campaign. Barrett, who had two titles to his name, could have snuck into the conversation himself with a win.

In the Group 2 stepladder finals, Barrett emerged victorious over Simonsen. Both players struck a ton in their two-game match, but the rabbit's foot in Barrett's backpack appeared to be the difference. He tripped roughly a half dozen 4-pins en route to a sweep of the 25-year-old two-hander.

After Barrett fired 279 in Game 1, he opened the door for Simonsen in Game 2. Simonsen squandered his early lead by missing a 7 pin in the seventh frame. He then could only watch as Barrett snow-plowed a match-clinching strike in the ninth frame.

Barrett's brilliant decision to start with reactive on the 46-foot Johnny Petraglia oil pattern, learning from his ill-fated use of urethane during qualifying, paid off handsomely as he defeated Jakob Butturff and EJ Tackett to set up a match between the two PBA Player of the Year hopefuls.

Earlier in the afternoon, top-seeded Belmonte took on the Group 1 stepladder finalists. 

In the first match, Kris Prather overcame a last-minute impairment to his urethane ball to defeat Tom Daugherty. Prather's craftiness proved futile in the next match, as Kyle Troup mounted strike after strike after strike.

In fact, Troup struck on all 12 of his shots to achieve the 33rd televised perfect game in PBA history. Belmonte's 300 in the championship match later made it the first televised event in PBA history with two perfect games.

Though Troup earned a $10,000 bonus in return for perfection, he may have traded a few hits against Prather for a couple against Belmonte in the Group 1 final match. A flurry of 9 pins cost Troup in the opening game of the race to two wins. 

Belmonte said he knew defeating Troup would not be easy, considering his tremendous ball motion and familiarity with the event's format. He refused to allow Troup any breathing room, completing the sweep to advance to the Tour Finals championship match.

After watching Barrett stampede through Group 2, Belmonte knew the championship match wouldn't be any easier.

"Watching Dom play against Anthony, I actually really liked Dom's ball motion," Belmonte said. "I thought this could be a pretty high-scoring match, too, if we both like what we see."

After shooting 300 in the first game, Belmonte didn't allow himself to celebrate the moment too much. He wanted to keep his focus sharp and avoid the roll-off at all costs. 

The lanes transitioned quicker for Barrett than Belmonte, and the Australian's strike in the 10th frame locked up his 30th career title, and fifth of the season. 

While he appreciates the privilege of competing on tour, Belmonte doesn't allow contentment to drift into his consciousness, even as the accolades continue to mount.

"I've never been complacent with where I am in the game," Belmonte said. "I'm always pushing to get more, to learn more, to practice more. Plus, my just absolute hunger to be one of the greatest to ever throw a ball down the lane. It definitely motivates and pushes me to wake up early, or to stay up late and get those extra games in."

As Belmonte chases the ghosts of PBA lore on the career titles list, he must stave off the game's rising stars. He wants to raise the bar to new heights and leave behind an indelible legacy as one of the game's greatest athletes.

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Four GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling PBA Tour ESPN Finals Set After Round of 8 Competition

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RENO, Nev . – As the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VIII presented by the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino heads down the homestretch, the finalists for four ESPN telecasts were determined Thursday at the National Bowling Stadium. The finals will be taped on Saturday and will air beginning Saturday, Dec. 18.

All four finals telecasts will use a format where the four finalists simultaneously bowl one game on the same pair of lanes with the top two scorers advancing to a head-to-head title match.

In a match that showcased one of PBA’s all-time greats, and one of its youngest stars, Player of the Year contender 19-year-old Anthony Simonsen of Austin, Texas swept PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Oxford, Fla., in the PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game best-of-five-game single-elimination Round of 8, 3-1 (224-213, 206-224, 256-203, 279-207).

Also advancing was four-time Tour winner Mike Wolfe of  New Albany, Ind., who defeated 18-time Tour winner Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, 3-2 (256-211, 223-201, 216-269, 179-225, 227-205). Wolfe is making his first Tour television appearance in four seasons.

Making his first PBA television appearance, 23-year-old Darren Tang of San Francisco, advanced by winning his match 3-2 (239-170, 195-214, 208-225, 224-171, 223-201) against 12-time Tour winner Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill.

Rounding out the top four was BJ Moore III of Greensburg, Pa., who swept four-time Tour winner Dom Barrett of England, 3-0 (214-211, 248-232, 280-187). Moore is hoping to improve on a Tour best sixth-place finish which he has accomplished three times.

The Cheetah Championship finals will be taped Saturday at noon and will air Sunday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. ET.

For the Chameleon Championship presented by HotelPlanner.com, two-time Tour winner Thomas Larsen of Sweden, the lone international player in the finals field, won his match 3-1 (225-224, 262-246, 215-256, 259-250) over PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber. It was Larsen’s second consecutive Chameleon Championship television appearance after finishing third in 2015.

Three players trying for their first Tour title also made the Chameleon finals. A.J. Johnson of Oswego, Ill., who finished second in the 2015 USBC Masters, won his best-of-five match 3-0 (290-222, 222-195, 234-228) over Brandon Novak of Chillicothe, Ohio.

Mitch Beasley of Clarksville, Tenn., the 2016 FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions runner-up, beat four-time Tour winner E.J. Tackett of Huntington, Ind., 3-1 (215-232, 264-247, 242-233, 239-219).

Patrick Dombrowski of Parma, Ohio, advanced to the Chameleon finals with a 3-1 (238-199, 180-226, 205-158, 203-161) victory over two-time Tour winner Mike DeVaney of Winchester, Calif.

The Chameleon Championship finals will be taped Saturday at 2:30 p.m. PT and will air Saturday, Dec. 24 at 1 p.m. ET.

In the third animal pattern lane condition event of the World Series, Moore made his second World Series final in the PBA Scorpion Championship presented by Reno Tahoe USA by sweeping Beasley, 3-0 (224-197, 243-213, 256-165).

Five-time Tour winner Jesper Svensson of Sweden made his first 2016 World Series telecast with a 3-2 (258-257, 160-188, 190-246, 248-201, 238-230) win over Tom Daugherty of Riverview, Fla. Svensson, the 2016 FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions winner and Player of the Year contender, will be trying for his fourth win of the season.

Former PBA Player of the Year and 17-time Tour winner Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C. made his first television appearance of the 2016 World Series with a 3-1 (246-199, 211-227, 224-217, 212-199) win over Tackett.

Rounding out the Scorpion field will be Novak who notched a 3-2 (184-227, 218-195, 277-256, 193-218, 242-180) win over Kris Prather of Milton, Fla., to make his first Tour television appearance.

The Scorpion Championship finals will be taped Saturday at 4:15 p.m. PT and will air Sunday, Dec. 25 at 2:30 p.m.

In the Shark Championship Round of 8, Williams advanced to the finals after beating Tackett, 3-1 (236-222, 178-243, 248-219, 223-184).

Williams, who is tied with Weber with 99 combined titles in PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA Regional and PBA50 Regional competition, kept his hopes alive to be the first to reach the 100-title mark. The PBA’s all-time Tour titles leader also will be trying for his 48th Tour title.

Canadian Francois Lavoie, the winner of the 2016 U.S. Open, advanced to the Shark final four by beating Sam Cooley of Australia, 3-0 (236-202, 221-171, 234-157).

Shark qualifying leader Andrew Cain of Phoenix advanced by beating Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 3-0 (193-191, 278-211, 204-157). Rounding out the top four was Matthew O’Grady of South Amboy, N.J., making his first Tour television appearance by sweeping Markus Jansson of Sweden, 3-0 (238-200, 205-174, 200-191). The Shark Championship will be taped this Saturday at 6 p.m. PT and will air Sunday, Dec. 25 at 3:30 p.m.

Bowling fans will also be able to watch the finals of the animal pattern events live via ESPN’s livestreaming service ESPN3.

The crown jewel of the GEICO PBA World of Series VIII will be Sunday’s live ESPN telecast of the PBA World Championship from the National Bowling Stadium at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).  Tackett, who is the top qualifier for the second consecutive year, will be joined by Barrett, Jason Belmonte, Smallwood and Simonsen in the stepladder finals.

PBA CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY PBA BOWLING CHALLENGE MOBILE GAME

National Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev., Thursday

Round of 8 (best-of-five-games, winners advance to ESPN-taped finals Saturday at noon PT. ESPN telecast Sunday, Dec. 18, 1 p.m. ET; losers earn $2,000)

Darren Tang, San Francisco, Calif., def. Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3-2 (239-170, 195-214, 208-225, 224-171, 223-201). B.J. Moore III, Greensburg, Pa., def. Dom Barrett, England, 3-0 (214-211, 248-232, 280-187). Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., def. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3-2 (256-211, 223-201, 216-269, 179-225, 227-205). Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3-1 (224-213, 206-224, 256-203, 279-207).

PBA CHAMELEON CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOTELPLANNER.COM

Round of 8 (best-of-five-games, winners advance to ESPN-taped finals Saturday at 2:30 p.m. PT. ESPN telecast Saturday, Dec. 24, 1 p.m. ET ; losers earn $2,000)

A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., def. Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3-0 (290-222, 222-195, 234-228). Thomas Larsen, Denmark, def. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3-1 (225-224, 262-246, 215-256, 259-250). Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., def. E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3-1 (215-232, 264-247, 242-233, 239-219). Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, def. Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 3-1 (238-199, 180-226, 205-158, 203-161).

PBA SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY RENO TAHOE USA

Round of 8 (best-of-five-games, winners advance to ESPN-taped finals Saturday at 4:15 p.m. PT. ESPN telecast Sunday, Dec. 25, 2:30 p.m.; losers earn $2,000)

Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., def. E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3-1 (246-199, 211-227, 224-217, 212-199). B.J. Moore III, Greensburg, Pa., def. Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 3-0 (224-197, 243-213, 256-165). Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, def. Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 3-2 (184-227, 218-195, 277-256, 193-218, 242-180). Jesper Svensson, Sweden, def. Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 3-2 (258-257, 160-188, 190-246, 248-201, 238-230).

PBA SHARK CHAMPIONSHIP

Round of 8 (best-of-five-games, winners advance to ESPN-taped finals Saturday at 6 p.m. PT. ESPN telecast, Sunday, Dec. 25, 3:30 p.m.; losers earn $2,000) 

Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J., def. Markus Jansson, Sweden, 3-0 (238-200, 205-174, 200-191). Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., def. E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3-1 (236-222, 178-243, 248-219, 223-184). Francois Lavoie, Canada, def. Sam Cooley, Australia, 3-0 (236-202, 221-171, 234-157). Andrew Cain, Phoenix, def. Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3-0 (193-191, 278-211, 204-157).

PBA Tour titles as of April 17, 2024 — the complete historical list

This list was updated after the 2024 PBA Shark Championship, which was won by E.J. Tackett on April 17, 2024 .

It is based on this list  compiled by the PBA Tour with corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, including researching the dates titles actually were won on, as PBA policy has been to report the dates shows were broadcast as the date a title was won, even if it wasn't when the competition took place.

Hartman also compiled titles won by non-members, which PBA does not recognize as titles, and they are added to the list, making it the most comprehensive in existence. 

Hartman also compiled World Bowling Tour titles and they are listed at the bottom of this list, with an explanation.

PBA TOUR TITLES Name (last tournament won)

47 Titles Walter Ray Williams Jr. (USBC Masters – 2/14/10)

43 Titles Earl Anthony (ABC Masters – 5/12/84)

40 Titles Norm Duke (Jonesboro Open – 3/3/19)

37 Titles Pete Weber (Barbasol Tournament of Champions – 3/31/13)

35 Titles Parker Bohn III (Cheetah Championship – 12/19/15)

34 Titles Mark Roth (IOF Foresters Open – 4/15/95)

31 Titles Jason Belmonte (PBA Tournament of Champions – 3/19/23)

30 Titles Dick Weber (King Louie Open – 2/19/77)

29 Titles Mike Aulby (Silicon Valley Open – 1/21/01)

26 Titles Don Johnson (Midas Open – 2/12/77)

25 Titles Brian Voss (Bayer Don & Paula Carter Mixed Doubles – 2/21/10)

22 Titles Marshall Holman (Ebonite Classic – 10/15/96) E.J. Tackett (Shark Championship – 4/17/24)

20 Titles Tommy Jones (Hall of Fame Classic – 1/19/20) Amleto Monacelli (DHC Japan Invitational – 1/17/16) Dick Ritger (AMF Magicscore Open – 2/3/79) Wayne Webb (Bud Light Championship – 4/12/97)

19 Titles Chris Barnes (Lubbock Sports Open – 6/10/18)

18 Titles Nelson Burton Jr. (Angle Open – 2/11/84) Dave Davis (Fresno Open – 7/3/78) Billy Hardwick (Monro-Matic Open – 4/10/76) Dave Soutar (Syracuse Open – 11/9/82)

17 Titles Sean Rash (Chesapeake Open – 8/22/21) Carmen Salvino (Miller High Life Classic – 1/6/79)

16 Titles Jason Couch (Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship – 3/6/11)

15 Titles Steve Cook (Cleveland Open – 3/21/92)

14 Titles Mike Durbin (Quaker State Open – 1/26/85) Dave Husted (National/Senior Doubles – 1/15/00) Mika Koivuniemi (Viper Open –  11/1/14) Bill O'Neill (PBA Players Championship – 1/15/24) Johnny Petraglia (PBA National Championship – 3/29/80) Anthony Simonsen (Pete Weber Missouri Classic – 2/18/24) Jim Stefanich (Denver Open – 1/24/76)

13 Titles Bill Allen (Newark Open – 9/22/68) Patrick Allen (Dydo Japan Cup – 4/25/09) Del Ballard Jr. (U.S. Open – 4/10/93) Randy Pedersen (Pepsi Open – 11/24/02) Wayne Zahn (Showboat Invitational – 1/17/76)

12 Titles Larry Laub (Kessler Open – 10/16/79) Harry Smith (Denver Open – 7/18/65) *Jesper Svensson (David Small's Best of the Best Championship – 2/9/22) Kyle Troup (Just Bare Indiana Classic – 2/24/24) Danny Wiseman (Exempt Doubles Classic – 2/3/08)

11 Titles Joe Berardi (Budweiser Challenge – 10/28/89) Jim Godman (Quad Cities Open – 8/5/80) John Guenther (Ford Open – 1/3/76) David Ozio (AMF Dick Weber Classic – 11/1/95)

10 Titles Barry Asher (Tucson HBO Open – 7/20/76) Tom Baker (PBA World Championship – 3/21/04) Dom Barrett (Colorado Springs Open – 3/24/22) Bryan Goebel (Medford Open – 1/12/03) Steve Hoskins (Lone Star Open – 11/21/00) Tommy Hudson (Seattle Open – 6/5/82) Doug Kent (Denny's PBA World Championship – 3/25/07) Wes Malott (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship – 2/15/15) Mike McGrath (Winston-Salem Invitational – 12/14/73) George Pappas (Buffalo Open – 8/14/84)

9 Titles Paul Colwell (Doubles Classic – 7/11/76) Dave Ferraro (Great Lakes Classic – 11/2/94)

8 Titles Jakob Butturff (Scorpion Championship – 4/18/23) Ryan Ciminelli (Gene Carter's Pro Shop Open – 8/18/19) Gary Dickinson (U.S. Open – 4/2/83) John Mazza (Ebonite Challenge – 10/29/97) Don McCune (Japan Gold Cup – 9/23/73) Mike Scroggins (Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator – 3/7/10) Guppy Troup (Austin Open – 7/24/85)

7 Titles Dick Allen (Cheetah Championship – 3/19/19) Roy Buckley (Buffalo Open – 7/28/81) Don Carter (Rochester Open – 11/4/62) Steve Jaros (Dexter Tournament of Champions – 4/10/05) *Marshall Kent (Illinois Classic – 2/10/24) Steve Martin (Greater Los Angeles Open – 1/12/85) Hugh Miller (Dream Bowl 2002 – 9/2/02) Ernie Schlegel (ABC Masters – 5/4/96) Robert Smith (CLR Windy City Classic – 11/25/07) Bob Strampe (Waukegan Open – 8/18/68) Mark Williams (Merit Mixed Doubles Championship – 12/15/96)

6 Titles Dave D’Entremont (Wichita Open – 10/13/02) Skee Foremsky (Columbia 300 Open – 11/4/74) Don Genalo (Molson Golden Bowling Challenge – 7/30/86) Don Glover (Portland Open – 6/14/70) Billy Golembiewski (Mobile Sertoma Open – 2/6/65) Mike Limongello (PBA National Championship – 10/16/71) Andy Marzich (San Diego Open – 10/4/64) Rhino Page (U.S. Open – 11/1/17) Ron Palombi Jr. (Bud Light PBA National Championship – 2/27/93) Kris Prather (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship – 4/14/24) Les Schissler (Portland Open – 6/18/67) Gary Skidmore (Showboat Invitational – 1/25/86) Butch Soper (PBA National Championship – 6/8/96) Jess Stayrook (Kingpin Classic – 6/22/96) Jim St. John (Buckeye Open – 2/18/67) Ricky Ward (Medford Open – 1/13/02) Chris Warren (Florida Open – 2/29/92)

5 Titles Glenn Allison (Oxnard Open – 9/27/64) Mike Berlin (Columbia Doubles Classic – 6/4/78) Roger Bowker (Columbia 300 Open – 2/7/98) George Branham III (Cleveland Open – 10/9/96) Pete Couture (Kessler Open – 6/18/83) Tim Criss (PBA National Championship – 2/27/99) Tom Crites (Kessler Classic – 7/5/89) Mike Fagan (PBA World Championship – 1/11/15) Eric Forkel (Brunswick Long Island Open – 5/1/99) Butch Gearhart (Brut Open – 11/13/73) Bob Handley (Columbia 300 Open – 8/2/90) Michael Haugen Jr. (Xtra Frame Gene Carter's Pro Shop Classic – 8/21/16) Don Helling (Monroe Max-Air Open – 3/22/75) George Howard (Camden Open – 11/25/67) Earl Johnson (Madison Open – 3/13/65) Francois Lavoie (KIA Tournament of Champions – 2/28/21) Bob Learn Jr. (Japan Cup 2001 – 9/9/01) Marc McDowell (Rochester Open – 10/28/92) Tom Milton (Miller Lite Classic – 2/13/88) Osku Palermaa (Bowling World Open – 7/12/15) Ed Ressler Jr. (Houston Open – 8/4/79) Ryan Shafer (Xtra Frame Gene Carter's Pro Shop Classic – 8/23/15) Harry Sullins (Tums Classic – 3/26/94) Billy Welu (ABC Masters – 5/26/65) Mike Wolfe (Cheetah Championship – 12/10/16)

4 Titles Andrew Anderson (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship – 4/14/24) Mal Acosta (Lite Beer Open – 3/22/86) Mark Baker (Oregon Open – 5/26/90) Bob Benoit (El Paso Open – 7/17/93) Tom Daugherty (Scorpion Championship – 3/17/21) Scott Devers (El Paso Open – 7/21/90) John Gant (Brunswick World Tournament of Champions – 1/25/97) Brian Himmler (Earl Anthony Medford Classic – 1/8/06) Dennis Horan Jr. (Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players Championship – 2/27/00) Joe Hutchinson (PBA Regional Champions Classic – 10/13/81) Mats Karlsson (Brunswick Memorial World Open – 11/19/88) Steve Neff (Houston Open – 7/31/78) Jim Pencak (Showboat Atlantic City Open – 4/14/90) Marty Piraino (Columbia 300 Open – 8/20/73) Gene Rhoda (St. Paul Open – 3/12/66) Ronnie Russell (Fall Classic Team Challenge – 11/1/16) David Traber (Peoria Open – 2/14/98) Art Trask (Fair Lanes Open – 4/16/83) Bill Tucker (Lions Club Open – 9/17/67) Tony Westlake (La Mode Classic – 8/8/91) Ron Williams (Cleveland Open – 2/20/93) Steve Wilson (Flagship Open – 2/24/02)

3 Titles Dave Arnold (Miller High Life Open – 10/9/01) Jack Biondolillo (Japan Gold Cup Invitational – 10/3/71) Josh Blanchard (Xtra Frame Reality Check Open – 3/19/17) Ray Bluth (Buckeye Open – 3/15/69) Ed Bourdase (Seattle Open – 6/18/74) Allie Clarke (San Jose Open – 1/6/73) Dale Eagle (Ebonite Firebolt Open – 6/25/86) Palmer Fallgren (King Louie Open – 3/19/88) Steve Fehr (ABC Masters – 5/7/94) Andres Gomez (Xtra Frame Pensacola South Open – 6/21/15) Ted Hannahs (True Value Open – 2/23/85) Tim Harahan (Rochester Open – 9/2/68) Patrick Healey Jr. (Dexter Tournament of Champions – 12/14/03) Tom Hennessey (Canadian Open – 6/2/62) Justin Hromek (Hilton Hotels Classic – 1/21/95) Bobby Jacks (Waukegan Open – 8/21/66) Dennis Jacques (Southern California Open – 7/10/85) Thomas Larsen (USBC Masters – 4/4/21) Robert Lawrence (U.S. Open – 4/11/92) Randy Lightfoot (Denver Open – 8/10/82) Eugene McCune (Xtra Frame Cheetah Open – 1/22/12) Mike Miller (Don Carter Classic – 1/30/99) Louie Moore (Syracuse Open – 11/8/76) Scott Norton (Earl Anthony Players Championship – 1/27/13) Jimmie Pritts Jr. (King Louie Open – 3/14/87) Joe Salvemini (Columbia 300 Open – 7/26/89) Curt Schmidt (Fair Lanes Open – 2/14/76) Teata Semiz (Burger King Open – 4/3/77) Tom Smallwood (PBA Players Championship – 2/25/18) Bill Spigner (City of Roses Open – 5/30/81) Rick Steelsmith (PBA National Championship – 3/29/97) Jason Sterner (FloBowling Illinois Open – 8/31/19) Matt Surina (Tucson Open – 6/19/81) Charlie Tapp (Toyota Classic – 11/11/89) Pete Tountas (ABC Masters – 4/24/68) Tommy Tuttle (Grand Rapids Open – 8/16/71) Steve Westberg (Amarillo Open – 7/24/78) Steve Wunderlich (Showboat Doubles Classic – 6/2/90)

2 Titles Brad Angelo (Viper Championship – 11/10/12) DJ Archer (PBA/PBA50 South Shore Doubles – 8/8/15) Sam Baca (Ebonite Open – 3/4/67) Bill Beach (ABC Masters – 4/19/72) Jeff Bellinger (Lite Beer Championship – 4/2/88) Bob Chamberlain (Hammer Open – 7/31/85) Dennis Chapis (Eastern Open – 12/6/65) Bill Coleman (Columbia 300 Open – 9/2/80) Sam Cooley (Springfield Classic – 2/11/23) Darylee Cox (Portland Open – 9/22/63) Tommy Delutz Jr. (Long Island Open – 11/18/01) Mike DeVaney (Scorpion Championship – 9/6/09) Vern Downing (Alton Open – 7/21/63) Frank Ellenburg (Syracuse Open – 11/10/81) Ralph Engan (Cougar Open – 2/22/69) Mark Fahy (ABC Masters – 5/10/86) Buzz Fazio (Northern California Open – 12/14/64) Sam Flanagan (Fresno Open – 7/7/79) Henry Gonzalez (Southern California Open – 7/14/79) Packy Hanrahan (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship – 5/11/23) Carsten Hansen (Scorpion Championship – 10/5/20) Bud Horn (Mercury Open – 11/16/70) Jason Hurd (Pepsi Open – 11/28/04) Fred Jaskie (Brunswick Regional Champions Classic – 10/9/79) Steve Jones (Quad Cities Open – 9/4/78) Joe Joseph (Tournament of Champions – 5/20/62) Jack Jurek (Shark Championship – 9/6/09) Gus Lampo (Mercury Cougar Open – 2/5/72) Rick Lawrence (BowlersParadise.com Open – 11/21/04) Fred Lening (Parkersburg Open – 2/12/65) Chris Loschetter (Fall Classic Team Challenge – 11/1/16) Alvin Lou (Miller High Life Open – 4/5/80) Sam Maccarone (Molson Golden Bowling Challenge – 8/10/88) Mike Machuga (Chameleon Championship – 11/16/08) Shawn Maldonado (Lubbock Sports Open – 7/25/21) Pete McCordic (Miller Lite Challenge – 7/6/88) Johnny Meyer (Boston Open – 8/15/65) Rowdy Morrow (Senior/Touring Pro Doubles Championship – 8/23/90) Paul Moser (Syracuse Open – 11/7/77) Warren Nelson (ARC Alameda Open – 1/5/80) Matt Ogle (Shark Championship – 4/19/23) Jay Robinson (Great Adventure Open – 8/24/76) Matt Russo (Scorpion Championship – 4/16/24) Rick Sajek (Miller High Life Open – 3/24/84) Al Savas (Southern California Open – 7/8/62) Kyle Sherman (Cheetah Championship – 3/14/22) J.B. Solomon (New Orleans Coca-Cola Open – 3/16/63) Bill Straub (Rolaids Open – 2/13/82) Bob Vespi (ABC West Lanes Open – 8/20/92) Kent Wagner (Austin Open – 7/15/87) Lonnie Waliczek (Odor-Eaters Open – 3/2/03) Del Warren (Showboat Doubles Classic – 6/10/87) Stuart Williams (FloBowling Tulsa Open –10/20/18) Billy Young Jr. (Tums Classic – 4/20/91) Les Zikes (Waukegan Open – 8/30/83) Sam Zurich (Buffalo Open – 8/16/83)    

1 Title Rich Abboud (Senior/Touring Pro Doubles Championship – 5/15/93) Eric Adolphson (Seattle Open – 5/30/92) Dick Agee (Las Vegas Open – 4/28/62) *Ahmed Al-Awadhi (Kingdom of Bahrain International Bowling Championship – 3/9/16) *Shaker Al-Hassan (Kingdom of Bahrain International Bowling Championship – 3/7/14) Scott Alexander (Chevrolet PBA National Championship – 2/25/95) Bryan Alpert (Kessler Open – 6/22/88) Annop Arramsaranon (Busan Cup – 5/26/18) Cristian Azcona (Xtra Frame Wilmington Open – 5/20/18) Dick Battista (Grand Rapids Open – 8/17/70) Mitch Beasley (Chameleon Championship – 12/10/16) Dave Beckmann (Seattle Open – 7/1/80) Ron Bell (Fair Lanes Open – 4/8/89) Deo Benard (Cheetah Championship – 4/15/24) Don Bickford (Oak Hills Open – 3/31/62) Alan Bishop (Quaker State Open – 2/1/92) Glenn Blakesley (Akron Coca-Cola Open – 2/17/62) J.B. Blaylock (El Paso Open – 7/19/71) Brian Boghosian (ABC Masters – 5/8/99) Sal Bongiorno (Portland Open – 6/18/75) DeeRonn Booker (USBC Masters – 3/31/24) Terry Booth (Tucson Open – 7/16/69) Leroy Bornhop (Budweiser Classic – 11/28/87) Bo Bowden (True Value Open – 3/28/81) Darryl Bower (True Value Open – 11/16/85) Bill Bunetta (Fairless Hills Open – 5/19/60) Neil Burton (ABC Masters – 5/25/80) Lou Campi (Empire State Open – 5/24/59) Tony Cariello (Kessler Open – 6/26/85) Jeff Carter (GEICO Plastic Ball Championship – 2/22/09) Jimmy Certain (Columbia Doubles Classic – 6/4/78) Wayne Chester (Salt Lake Open – 7/10/78) Jim Chestney (ABC Masters – 4/23/69) Bob Collatos (Las Vegas Open – 10/15/65) Chris Collins (Pepsi Championship – 3/5/06) Fred Conner (Waukegan Open – 8/27/78) Toby Contreras (AC-DELCO Classic – 1/22/83) Bobby Cooper (BPAA All-Star – 5/29/70) Brian Davis (Greater Harrisburg Open – 8/19/93) John Denton (Toledo Open – 4/16/77) Joe Dignam (Huntsville Open – 7/27/69) Dick Downey (Labor Day Classic – 9/3/62) Mike Edwards (IOF Foresters Bowling For Miracles Open – 4/16/94) Ray Edwards (El Paso Open – 7/6/91) Graham Fach (Barbasol PBA Players Championship – 2/21/16) Gary Faulkner Jr. (Rolltech PBA World Championship – 12/17/15) Steve Fields (Seattle Open – 6/12/93) Joe Firpo (Showboat Doubles Classic – 6/10/87) Duane Fisher (Budweiser Touring Players Championship – 12/1/90) John Forst (Columbia Senior/Touring Pro Doubles Championship – 10/20/84) Dave Frame (Buffalo Open – 8/10/76) Jim Frazier (New England Open – 8/17/76) Kevin Gillette (Canadian Open – 8/26/80) Yong-Jin Gu (Scorpion Championship – 11/6/10) Peter Hakim (Long Island Open – 4/12/86) Jerry Hale (Southern California Open – 12/21/64) Bruce Hamilton (True Value Open – 2/15/92) John Handegard (Northwest Classic – 7/11/95) Tom Harnisch (Bertrand Open – 8/29/65) Chris Hayden (VIA Bowling Open – 2/16/03) Roger Helle (Tennessee Open – 3/29/63) Tom Hess (USBC Masters – 2/13/11) Bob Hood (Home Box Office Open – 7/16/74) Dick Hoover (Colt Open – 2/10/62) Mitch Hupé (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship – 5/11/23) Mike Jasnau (ARC Alameda Open – 1/2/88) A.J. Johnson (Storm Lucky Larsen Masters – 9/10/23) Bill Johnson (All-American Classic – 2/23/63) Jim Johnson Jr. (Oregon Open – 2/28/97) Jimmy Johnson (Brunswick Memorial World Open – 4/18/90) Ken Johnson (ABC Masters – 5/2/92) Liz Johnson (Chameleon Championship – 11/18/17) John Juni (Tucson Open – 1/7/67) Yuya Katoh (Round1 Japan Cup – 11/30/13) Jimmy Keeth (Tums Classic – 4/18/92) Johnny King (Hialeah Open – 12/23/63) Bobby Knipple (King Louie Open – 2/3/73) Brian Kretzer (GO RVing Match Play Championship – 3/21/10) David "Boog" Krol (Delaware Classic – 3/3/24)  Kelly Kulick (Tournament of Champions – 1/24/10) Anthony LaCaze (Earl Anthony Memorial Classic – 1/17/10) Charlie Lacy (True Value Open – 11/3/84) Dennis Lane (Portland Open – 6/7/77) Yannaphon Larpapharat (PBA/WBT Thailand – 10/6/17) Mike Lastowski (USBC Masters – 5/14/83) Larry Lichstein (Ebonite Open – 2/6/71) Bill Lillard (Miller High Life Open – 3/5/66) Jeff Lizzi (Brunswick Memorial World Open – 11/11/92) *Francois Louw (Kingdom International Open – 12/7/15) Roy Lown (National Invitational – 5/13/61) Ed Lubanski (Chicago Open – 8/12/62) Gary Madison (Bellows-Valvair Open – 6/7/71) Gary Mage (Seattle Open – 6/5/72) Gary Martineau (Nashville Kiwanis Open – 9/19/65) Jeff Mattingly (Tucson Open – 7/17/78) Jerry McCoy (Seattle Coca-Cola Open – 6/21/64) Kevin McCune (PBA Players Championship – 5/14/23)  Cliff McNealy (Cleveland Open – 2/24/79) Bobby Meadows (Fair Lanes Open – 2/26/72) Norm Meyers (Seattle Coca-Cola Open – 9/29/63) James Miller (Showboat Invitational – 1/16/82) Mike Mineman (Bayer Classic – 2/25/07) Paul Moor (Balmaster Open – 1/11/15) B.J. Moore (Wilmington Open – 8/14/19) C.K. Moore (Columbia 300 Open – 2/2/96) Jeff Morin (Seattle Open – 6/6/81) Mark Mosayebi (AC/DELCO Challenge – 10/6/99) Jim Murtishaw (Bowlers Journal Florida Open – 2/21/87) Doug Myers (ABC Masters – 5/23/79) Andy Neuer (Bud Light Hall of Fame Championship – 2/19/94) Scott Newell (Ricart Ford Open – 2/19/12) John Nolen (USBC Masters – 2/15/09) Jon O’Drobinak (Quaker State Open – 2/1/86) Matt O'Grady (Tournament of Champions – 2/18/18) Morrie Oppenheim (Southern California Open – 9/1/60) Ray Orf (All-American Classic – 7/22/62) Kyung Shin Park (Round1 Japan Cup – 11/15/14) Anthony Pepe (Cheetah Championship – 11/1/14) Jake Peters (Lucas Oil Badger Open – 6/1/13) Connor Pickford (Roth/Holman Doubles Championship –  12/19/15) Kurt Pilon (Peoria Open – 9/25/01) Jason Queen (ABC Masters – 5/3/97) Lewis Ray (Baltimore Open – 6/8/63) Tony Reyes (Motor City Classic – 11/5/06) Philip Ringener (Bud Light Championship – 4/20/96) Andy Rogoznica (Birmingham Open – 3/10/62) Takeo Sakai (Japan Cup – 10/10/88) Matt Sanders (Billy Hardwick Memorial Open – 6/25/17) Lou Scalia (ABC Masters – 5/3/67) Alex Seymore (STP Classic – 3/2/74) Mike Shady (Earl Anthony Open – 5/23/92) Kyle Shedd (Ford Open – 2/23/80) Emmett Shutes (Showboat Invitational – 1/13/79) Gil Sliker (Showboat Doubles Classic – 7/28/83) Bryon Smith (ABC Masters – 1/19/03) Robert Spaulding (Quaker State 250 – 2/4/95) Darren Tang (Bowlerstore.com Classic – 8/15/21) Ken Taniguchi (Japan Cup – 10/6/85) Richie Teece (Shark Championship – 11/18/17) Jon Van Hees (Scorpion Championship – 12/19/15) Chris Via (U.S. Open – 4/11/21) Skip Vigars (Cleveland Coca-Cola Open – 2/24/62) Tom Warren (Showboat Best-Ball Doubles – 7/25/76) Cameron Weier (Qatar Open – 12/2/15) John Wilcox (Syracuse Open – 11/10/75) Keven Williams (Shark Championship – 3/16/22)  Dave Wodka (Greater Detroit Open – 10/27/99) Brett Wolfe (ABC Masters – 1/20/02) Tom Wright (Buffalo Open – 8/15/77) *Cho Young-Seon (World Bowling Tour Thailand – 10/1/12) *Kim Jun Yung (It's Daejeon International Open Bowling Tournament – 7/13/13) Brian Ziesig (GEICO Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship – 3/28/10)

*WORLD BOWLING TOUR The World Bowling Tour started in 2011, but the deal between PBA and World Bowling (now the IBF) that made them PBA Tour title events didn’t begin until March 2012. As with other PBA Tour title events, PBA designated them only as PBA Tour titles for PBA members, and for female PBA members designated them only as PBA Tour titles if the women were PBA members and didn’t take the 8 pins per game handicap that World Bowling allowed women to take (all of the female winners took the handicap).

PRE-MARCH 2012 (non-PBA Tour title events) Name (tournament ) Chris Barnes (WTBA International Open – 2/5/12) Jason Belmonte (PTT Thailand Tournament – 9/30/11) Wu Siu Hong (AMF Australian Masters – 10/22/11) Tommy Jones (International Bowling Championship 2012 – 2/11/12) Mika Koivuniemi (Brunswick Ballmaster Open – 1/9/11) Chris Loschetter (Kuwait Open – 3/22/11) Bill O'Neill (Brunswick Ballmaster Open – 1/15/12) Jeong Seung-Joo (Daejeon International Bowling Tournament – 8/26/11)

POST-MARCH 2012 NON-PBA MEMBER WINS (would count as a PBA Tour title if they were PBA members – added to PBA Tour titles list with an asterisk) Name (tournament) Ahmed Al-Awadhi (Kingdom of Bahrain International Bowling Championship – 3/9/16) Shaker Al-Hassan (Kingdom of Bahrain International Bowling Championship – 3/7/14) Marshall Kent (Brunswick Euro Challenge – 3/23/14) Francois Louw (Kingdom International Open – 12/7/15) Jesper Svensson (Brunswick Ballmaster Open – 1/13/13) Cho Young-Seon (World Bowling Tour Thailand – 10/1/12) Kim Jun Yung (It's Daejeon International Open Bowling Tournament – 7/13/13)

FEMALE WINS (all took 8 pins handicap per game, making them ineligible for a PBA Tour title) Name (last tournament won) 2 titles Danielle McEwan (WBT Thailand – 9/28/18)

1 Title Clara Guerrero (Brunswick Euro Challenge – 3/13/11) Song Si Ra (It's Daejeon International Open Bowling Tournament – 11/22/14) Tannya Roumimper (H.H. Emir Cup – 2/27/15) Jenny Wegner (Brunswick Euro Challenge – 3/18/18) Diana Zavjalova (Qatar Bowling Open – 12/16/16)

Goshen bowler makes PBA Cheetah Championship

GOSHEN, Ind. (WNDU) - Mikey Schlabach has been chasing his dream of bowling professionally for a decade now.

“You are scrapping for pennies a lot. The first couple years on the Regional Tour where I actually made money, I was sleeping in my car,” he said.

His dad had pro dreams, too, as he turned down an offer to race motocross to take care of his family, which is something that inspires Mikey to this day.

“I wear the 119 in honor of my dad to thank him for all of the sacrifices he made to help me pursue my dreams. I owe that man more than I could ever give him on this Earth, that’s for sure,” Schlabach continued.

Mikey has been bowling on the PBA Regional Tour, which is like the minor leagues, and three years ago, he won his first title.

But recently, the results started to stagnate as he tried to get to the National Tour.

“I’ve dealt a lot with mental demons the past couple years, of like, ‘Am I ever going to make it?’” he explained. “‘Am I ever going to be good enough?’ At one point in time, I was spending 45 to 50 hours in or around bowling, trying to make progress some way while still working a full-time job. I’m just like, ‘Am I just not going to be good enough to compete at this level?’ I have no problem admitting that, I just want to make sure I try.”

Now, he’s reached the PBA Cheetah Championship Finals, where he’ll bowl in a nationally televised event on Monday for the first time in his career.

“To have it all fall into place and for me to be able to go out and compete at the highest of high levels and then give myself a chance not only to bowl on TV but to win a PBA title, it just makes everything I’ve done worth it.”

It shows that the dream has been worth the chase.

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Sports on TV for April 20 - 21

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Saturday, April 20

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)

FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Brisbane

AUTO RACING

FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.

FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: The General Tire 200, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.

FOX — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Ag-Pro 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.

USA — IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship: The Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.

2:55 a.m. (Sunday)

ESPN — Formula 1: The Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai

BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE

NBATV — City Oilers vs. Bangui SC, Cairo

NBATV — Al Ahly Ly vs. Al Ahly, Cairo

FS1 — PBA: The WSOB PBA World Championship - Semifinals, Allen Park, Mich.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

SECN — Auburn at Mississippi St.

ESPNU — TCU at Texas

ACCN — Louisville at Miami

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FOX — Michigan Spring Game: From, Ann Arbor, Mich.

PEACOCK — Notre Dame Spring Game: From South Bend, Ind.

ACCN — Wake Forest Spring Game: From Winston-Salem, N.C.

BTN — Illinois Spring Game: From Champaign, Ill.

PAC-12N — Oregon St. Spring Game: From Corvallis, Ore.

ACCN — Florida St. Spring Game: From Tallahassee, Fla.

BTN — Michigan St. Spring Game: From East Lansing, Mich.

PAC-12N — California Spring Game: From Berkeley, Calif.

ACCN — Duke Spring Game: From Durham, N.C.

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)

ABC — NCAA Championships: Finals, Fort Worth, Texas

COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)

ACCN — North Carolina at Notre Dame

CBSSN — Boston U. at Lehigh

ESPNU — Virginia at Syracuse

ESPNU — Maryland at Johns Hopkins

BTN — Michigan at Ohio St.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

ESPN2 — LSU at Tennessee

SECN — South Carolina at Florida

SECN — Missouri at Georgia

SECN — Kentucky at Auburn

PAC-12N — UCLA at Stanford

ESPN — Alabama at Arkansas

PAC-12N — Oregon St. at Oregon

SECN — Alabama at Arkansas

FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2024 MAXAM Tire Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Palatka, Fla.

FUTSAL (MEN’S)

FS2 — CONCACAF Championship: Costa Rica vs. Guatemala, Third-Place Match

FS2 — CONCACAF Championship: Cuba vs. Panama, Final

GOLF — PGA Tour: The RBC Heritage, Third Round, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.

CBS — PGA Tour: The RBC Heritage, Third Round, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Corales Puntacana Championship, Third Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Club), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

NBC — LPGA Tour: The Chevron Championship, Third Round, The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Invited Celebrity Classic, Second Round, Las Calinas Country Club, Irving, Texas

HORSE RACING

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

ESPNU — NLL: Buffalo at Las Vegas

MLB BASEBALL

MLBN — Tampa Bay at NY Yankees

FS1 — NY Mets at LA Dodgers

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Atlanta OR Baltimore at Kansas City

NBA BASKETBALL

ESPN — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Orlando at Cleveland, Game 1

ESPN — Western Conference First Round Playoff: Phoenix at Minnesota, Game 1

ESPN — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Philadelphia at New York, Game 1

ABC — Western Conference First Round Playoff: LA Lakers at Denver, Game 1

TBS — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: NY Islanders at Carolina, Game 1

TRUTV — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: NY Islanders at Carolina, Game 1 (BetCast)

TBS — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Toronto at Boston, Game 1

TRUTV — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Toronto at Boston, Game 1 (BetCast)

OLYMPIC TRIALS

USA — 2024 U.S. Summer Olympic Trials: Wrestling Finals Championship Series, State College, Penn.

CBS — PBR: Bucking Battle, Tacoma, Wash. (Taped)

RUGBY (MEN’S)

FS1 — NRL: Canberra at Brisbane

SOCCER (MEN’S)

USA — Premier League: Brentford at Luton Town

USA — Premier League: Arsenal at Wolverhampton

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

CBS — NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham FC at Washington Spirit

ION — NWSL: Bay FC at Kansas City Current

ION — NWSL: Houston Dash at Portland Thorns FC

TENNIS — Barcelona-ATP, Munich-ATP, Bucharest-ATP, Stuttgart-WTA, Rouen-WTA Semifinals

TRACK AND FIELD

CNBC — IAAF World Athletics Diamond League: The Wanda Diamond League Xiamen, Xiamen, China (Taped)

UFL FOOTBALL

ABC — Memphis at St. Louis

FOX — Regional Coverage: D.C. at Birmingham OR Michigan at San Antonio

Sunday, April 21

FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: The GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.

USA — NTT IndyCar Series: The Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.

1 a.m. (Monday)

CNBC — AMA Supercross Series: Round 14, Nashville, Tenn. (Taped)

FOX — PBA: The WSOB PBA World Championship - Finals, Allen Park, Mich.

ESPNU — Oklahoma St. at Kansas St.

PAC-12N — Washington at Utah

COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)

ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Louisville at Virginia Tech, First Round

BTN — Northwestern at Michigan

ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Pittsburgh at Clemson, First Round

ESPNU — Alabama at Arkansas

BTN — Indiana at Iowa

PAC-12N — Washington at California

ACCN — Syracuse at Pittsburgh

ESPN2 — UCLA at Stanford

PAC-12N — Arizona St. at Arizona

ACCN — Clemson at Notre Dame

COLLEGE TENNIS (MEN’S)

SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Championship, Baton Rouge, La.

COLLEGE TENNIS (WOMEN’S)

SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Championship, Athens, Ga.

CNBC — UCI: The Liege Bastogne Liege, 158 miles, Liege, Belgium

GOLF — PGA Tour: The RBC Heritage, Final Round, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.

CBS — PGA Tour: The RBC Heritage, Final Round, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Club), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

NBC — LPGA Tour: The Chevron Championship, Final Round, The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Invited Celebrity Classic, Final Round, Las Calinas Country Club, Irving, Texas

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Tampa Bay at NY Yankees OR Houston at Washington

MLBN — Regional Coverage: NY Mets at LA Dodgers (4:10 p.m.) OR Toronto at San Diego (4:10 p.m.)

ESPN — Texas at Atlanta

ABC — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: TBD at Boston, Game 1

ABC — Western Conference First Round Playoff: Dallas at LA Clippers, Game 1

TNT — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Indiana at Milwaukee, Game 1

TRUTV — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Indiana at Milwaukee, Game 1 (BetCast)

TNT — Western Conference First Round Playoff: TBD at Oklahoma City, Game 1

TRUTV — Western Conference First Round Playoff: TBD at Oklahoma City, Game 1 (BetCast)

ESPN — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Tampa Bay at Florida, Game 1

ESPN — Eastern Conference First Round Playoff: Washington at NY Rangers, Game 1

ESPN2 — Western Conference First Round Playoff: Colorado at Winnipeg, Game 1

ESPN — Western Conference First Round Playoff: Nashville at Vancouver, Game 1

CBSSN — PBR: Round 2 & Championship Round, Tacoma, Wash.

FS2 — European Champions Cup: Harlequins at Sale

FS2 — MLR: Utah at San Diego

USA — Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Everton

ESPN2 — Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia Dortmund

USA — Premier League: Liverpool at Fulham

CBSSN — Serie A: Fiorentina at Salernitana

FS1 — MLS: Minnesota United FC at Charlotte FC

FS1 — MLS: San Jose at LA Galaxy

CBSSN — NWSL: North Carolina Courage at Angel City FC

TENNIS — Barcelona-ATP, Munich-ATP, Bucharest-ATP, Stuttgart-WTA, Rouen-WTA Finals

FS1 — Arlington at Houston

VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

CBSSN — Pro Volleyball Federation: Atlanta at Orlando

PBA World Series of Bowling XV World Championship

Sunday, April 14 - Sunday, April 21 View Television Times

World Championship Finals Set at Thunderbowl

Tournament leader Matt Russo, defending champion EJ Tackett headline nine-player stepladder finals

The marathon of the PBA World Series of Bowling XV has reached its final destination as PBA World Championship qualifying has completed at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich.

Matt Russo led the field in the season’s fourth major championship with a blistering 14,198 (+2,718) total pinfall. He averaged over 239 for his 61 games — 15 on the 35-foot Cheetah pattern, 15 on the 42-foot Scorpion pattern, 15 on the 48-foot Shark pattern and 16 on the 43-foot Earl Anthony pattern.

Russo will be joined in Sunday’s championship round (noon ET on FOX) by Jesper Svensson, Graham Fach and defending champion EJ Tackett.

Justin Knowles qualified fifth to earn top seed for Saturday’s semifinal stepladder (7 p.m. ET on FS1), where the fifth through ninth qualifiers will compete for the final berth in Sunday's finals.

Knowles will await the winner of 19-year-old Eric Jones, Kyle Sherman, Packy Hanrahan and Michael Martell.

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Russo led the left-handed-heavy field primarily using reactive equipment. He used urethane on the short Cheetah pattern and in Friday’s final round of match play — which he said was a safety move to hold onto the lead — and reactive equipment for the vast majority of the other 46 games.

“I just can’t believe how well I bowled the last week and a half,” Russo said. “I think it'll all set in when I bowl on Sunday. From missing the first cut, to winning a title and making another show, to now bowling for a major championship is phenomenal. 

“To me, this is a win already,” Russo added. “I've won a title this week and led the World Championship. I'm gonna bowl for a major. I can't control what anybody else does. The only thing I can do is bowl my best game on that pair that I’ve bowled on a decent amount and if the pins go my way, fantastic.”

Svensson, who qualified second, said he tried to stay present as he transitioned from fighting Russo for the top seed to staving off Fach, Tackett and Knowles for the second seed.

“I never felt there was anybody more deserving of the top seed than Matt. Throughout the week he bowled fantastic. I feel like second was the best I could get and I’m definitely happy with that,” Svensson said. “When I won my only major title (the 2016 PBA Tournament of Champions), I was the No. 2 seed so I’ve got good memories from that. I've lost a couple of majors from the one-seed, so I'll take the two-seed for now and see how that works out.”

Fach began the day in 16th place, sitting 236 pins behind third place. The Canadian southpaw shot 300 in the first game of match play and said “We’ve got nowhere to go but up. Why not climb high?”

“My arm swing was loose because there was nowhere to go but up. I just would not let myself believe than I was in 10th, eighth, sixth, third,” Fach said. “It still hasn’t sunk in yet. In my mind, I was still 16th and thinking I still had nothing to lose. Obviously that mentality worked, so I'm going to try and hold on to it for as long as I can.”

Tackett led qualifying in this event a year ago. He defeated Jason Belmonte in a thrilling title match to win the 2023 World Championship, the capstone to his dominant Player of the Year campaign. With a win on Sunday, following his Shark Championship victory on Thursday night, Tackett could skyrocket to the forefront of the 2024 Player of the Year conversation.

“This wasn’t one of those deals where I matched up. I bowled really well,” Tackett said. “I got nine a lot this week. These pins were hard to knock down. I just kept myself in it and that was pretty much all I did this whole week.”

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In the 2023 U.S. Open, Knowles earned the No. 9 seed and climbed the ladder, losing to No. 5 seed Kyle Troup. On Saturday, in a bowling center about an hour from his home of Okemos, Knowles gets a chance at redemption.

“I got maybe too comfortable with all the wins, and I forgot to have that killer instinct,” Knowles said of his loss to Troup. “I felt, especially late in that match with Kyle, I got too easy with it, too lackadaisical. I wasn't hungry for it, wasn’t chasing it. I was just enjoying the moment. Now I feel like let's work on it. Let's chase it. I'm going to attack it with a different mindset.”

The 19-year-old Jones earned the No. 6 seed and will make his TV debut on the national tour, but his rise to the national tour spotlight has been years in the making.

As a non-member, Jones became the youngest player to win a PBA Regional Tour title at 15 in Oct. 2020. Five months later, he competed in the 2021 PBA Junior National Championship, falling to Landin Jordan in the televised finals. He finished fourth in the 2021 PBA Jonesboro Open (coincidentally Russo's first career title) in a non-televised stepladder.

Looking back on his PBA Jr. experience, Jones drew an interesting lesson: “Don’t bowl that good.”

“Every single shot I threw that show was on top of the others and it made the lanes so cliffed,” Jones said. “I need to be smarter in practice. I couldn’t have bowl better; it's probably the best game I've ever bowled. I’m confident with how I handle myself on TV. I just need to set the pair better for myself.”

The seventh-seeded Sherman finds himself in a similar position to Jason Belmonte in Tuesday’s Scorpion Championship as the lone right-hander in a stepladder. While Sherman did not cash, let alone make the cut, in any of the three animal pattern events, he performed consistently well all week.

• Cheetah: 22nd place, five pins behind 21st and 45 pins behind 16th
• Scorpion: 24th place, 22 pins behind 21st and 92 pins behind 16th
• Shark: 23rd place, eight pins behind 21st and 36 pins behind 16th

The 30-year-old has battled numerous injuries over the years and spends 60-90 minutes before every round of competition warming up his body. He said his main focus this week was finishing qualifying and trying to keep his body in line as he battles injuries that get progressively worse as he bowls.

Injuries haven’t been the only reason Sherman only suited up for two PBA Tour events this season before the WSOB: Sherman said he and his girlfriend Amanda Greene welcomed their daughter, Mya, into the world seven weeks ago.

Sherman also said he received added motivation after the New Jersey KingPins dropped him from the PBA Elite League last month.

Hanrahan, who finished as the runner-up in the Scorpion Championship to Russo, will have to win seven consecutive matches to set up a rematch.

The final player on Saturday’s show, Martell, would have won the 2023 USBC Masters at Thunderbowl Lanes had it not been for the fire-breathing dragon known as Anthony Simonsen.

“This building has always given me what I like. We always joke about me moving to Detroit because I match up that well in this building,” Martell said. “It was calming to know I was in a setting that I had bowled well in before — and that was about the only calming thing about those last couple of games.”

After the first game of the second round of match play, Martell sat in fifth place. He then dropped to seventh, then eighth, then 11th. The one-handed southpaw hovered between 11th and ninth until the position round.

“I thought I was dead with a couple games to go,” Martell added. “I was not bowling well. I did not know what to expect. I kept looking at scores, which I usually don't do, and it got tighter and tighter and tighter. The last game, four of us were bowling for two spots.”

Martell found himself in a battle with Hanrahan, Belmonte and Keven Williams for the final two berths in the position round. Hanrahan shot 238 on the high end of Thunderbowl to lock himself onto the show, unbeknownst to the other three competitors on the low end.

Martell squeaked by Belmonte with a 208-204 win, but Williams had an opportunity to go around both players with a strike in his 10th frame. The two-handed lefty knocked over seven pins and came up four pins shy of Martell.

“I didn't believe it just because his ball reaction on that pair had been really, really good,” Martell said. “He missed a spare earlier in that game, so it shouldn't even come down to that if I'm being honest. He had thrown the previous three shots as perfectly as he could throw. I wasn't expecting him to throw it the way he did (in the 10th). All you need is a pulse, and I'm very grateful that he was the one to give me the lifeline.”

Martell will kick off Saturday’s semifinal stepladder against Hanrahan Saturday at 7 p.m. Eastern on FS1.

The player who emerges from that stepladder will advance to Sunday’s championship round, airing live at noon ET on FOX.

World Championship Standings

• Matt Russo, 14,198 (+2,718)
• Jesper Svensson, 14,664 (+2,464)
• Graham Fach, 14,603 (+2,403)
• EJ Tackett, 14,541 (+2,341)
• Justin Knowles, 14,472 (+2,272)
• Eric Jones, 14,445 (+2,245)
• Kyle Sherman, 14,392 (+2,192) 
• Packy Hanrahan, 14,219 (+2,019)
• Michael Martell, 14,195 (+1,995)
• Keven Williams, 14,191 (+1,991)
• Jason Belmonte, 14,172 (+1,972)
• Nate Purches, 14,071 (+1,871)
• Nicola Pongolini, 14,068 (+1,868)
• Deo Benard, 13,992 (+1,792)
• Zach Wilkins, 13,831 (+1,631)
• Mikey Schlabach, 13,677 (+1,477)

Full standings are available here .

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