CUYAHOGA FALLS — Ohioans Graham Fach and Michael Haggitt, seeded eighth entering the championship round, captured the title during Sunday’s PBA/PBA50 Doubles/Clutch Lanes Central Open at Clutch Lanes.
Fach and Haggitt compiled a 14-4 record during the Baker System match play, stopping Thomas Larsen and Brad Angelo 4-1 in the title match.
The top four seeds into the match-play round received first-round byes. The format was best-of-seven Baker System style matches.
Larsen and Angelo, who shot a 300 Baker game during match play, finished with a 12-8 record overall after being seeded 10th.
No. 1 seeded Ronnie Russell and Dave Wodka were eliminated in the second round by Fach and Haggitt, losing 4-1.
The teams of Tom Hess-Sean Rash and Kerry Smith-Ryan Shafer, the lone male-female team in the field, finished third and fourth, respectively, after falling during the semifinals. Hess and Rash, the No. 4 seed, had a 5-4 record after falling to Fach and Haggitt; Smith and Shafer went 9-8 from the 11th-seeded slot, falling to Larsen and Angelo.
Another Ohio pair, Vincent Bellar and John Shreve Jr., finished 11th after falling 4-1 in their opening-round match to Fach and Haggitt.
PBA/PBA50 DOUBLES/CLUTCH LANES CENRTRAL OPEN
(At Clutch Lanes)
Final standings: 1, Graham Fach-Michael Haggitt 14-4 record, $4,000 earnings; 2, Thomas Larsen-Brad Angelo 12-8, $2,000; 3, Tom Hess-Sean Rash 5-4, $1,600; 4, Kerry Smith-Ryan Shafer 9-8, $1,600; 5, Jason Couch-Matthew Ogle 3-4, $1,300; 6, Ronnie Russell-Dave Wodka 1-4, $1,300; 7, Shawn Maldonado-Pete Weber 1-4, $1,300; 8, Darryl Bower-Johnathan Bower 5-4, $1,300; 9, Dan Knowlton-Marshall Kent 3-4, $1,100; 10, Doug Kent-Tim Pfeifer 2-4, $1,100; 11, Vincent Bellar-John Shreve Jr. 1-4, $1,100; 12, Tom Adcock-Jake Peters 0-4, $1,100.