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Tommy Jones averaged 243 over 14 games to lead the South Region halfway through qualifying in the 2022 PBA Players Championship, more than doubling the closest competitor in his region and posting the highest score among players in all regions. Sean Rash (Midwest), Dom Barrett (Southwest), Brandon Runk (East) and Jason Belmonte (West) lead their respective regions with the final two rounds of qualifying to play.
Four of the five regional leaders are multi-time PBA Tour major champions. Jones is already in the Hall of Fame and the others—Rash, Barrett and Belmonte—all have Hall of Fame credentials for eventual consideration.
Jones holds a 352-pin advantage over second-place Colin Champion in the South Region. Rash leads AJ Johnson by 133 pins in the Midwest Region and Belmonte has a 13-pin advantage over Jakob Butturff in the West Region.
Brandon Runk was recently named the 2021 PBA East Region Rookie of the Year and now finds himself on top of the East Region field through 14 games. Runk averaged 233.93 and sits nine pins ahead of second-place Graham Fach.
After 28 total games of qualifying, the top five players from each region advance to the televised regional finals that begin airing on Fox Sports’ FS1 on Jan. 22. The winners of each region will then advance to the PBA Players Championship Finals airing Jan. 29, on FS1.
East Region Top 10 Through 14 Games
Bowlero West End – Richmond, Va.
Brandon Runk +475
Graham Fach +466
Kyle Troup +406
Paul Smith +397
Bill O’Neill +396
Parker Bohn III +327
John Furey +325
Zeke Bayt +311
Michael Martell +305
Nathan Ruest-Lajoie +302
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South Region Top 10
AMF University Lanes – Tampa, Fla.
Tommy Jones +606
Colin Champion +254
David Stouffer +252
DJ Archer +235
Nate Garcia +230
Dick Allen +219
Tom Daugherty +215
Norm Duke +209
Toby Sambueno +209
Carlos Granados +208
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Midwest Region Top 10
AMF West Lanes – Milwaukee, Wis.
Sean Rash +540
AJ Johnson +407
Ronnie Russell +378
Zach Weidman +360
Bailey Mavrick +359
Kris Prather +342
Tom Hess +331
Mitch Hupé +270
Wes Malott +263
Scott Matthies +250
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Southwest Region Top 10
AMF Garland Lanes – Garland, Texas
Dom Barrett +525
Richie Teece +422
Kyle Sherman +390
François Lavoie +339
Shawn Maldonado +249
Anthony Lavery-Spahr +246
Arturo Quintero +243
Packy Hanrahan +242
Dimitri Cruz +239
Raymond Lussier +237
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West Region Top 10
Bowlero Cerritos – Cerritos, Calif.
Jason Belmonte +315
Jakob Butturff +302
Tyler Cortez Schenck +258
Wesley Low Jr. +244
Jake Peters +181
Sam Cooley +168
Deeronn Booker +122
Anthony Simonsen +83
Michael Fitzgerald +73
Morgan Moore +52