By JILL WINTERS
PBA Communications
MOORESVILE, N.C. — Last week after winning the PBA50 Granville Financial Open, Chris Barnes felt like his game was really coming together. That momentum already has carried over into the PBA50 Mooresville Open.
He got his eight-game block going right away with a 300 followed by 237, 207, 268, 238, 237, 196 and 280 to lead the day with 1,963 total pinfall.
In Saturday’s practice session, Barnes felt the lanes were tricky and pretty flat. He thought if he could get to +120 Sunday, he would be pretty happy. He decided to re-evaluate what he was seeing and admits he definitely didn’t see himself putting up a 300 in the first game.
“Once I saw the picture then things really got rolling,” he said. “The execution is really close to where I would like it to be. When there are a lot of shots online that certainly makes things comfortable and you feel like you can put up a big score at any point.”
Inside Victory Lanes Family Entertainment Center, Greg McMahan, of Dandridge, Tenn., posted the highest score for the B squad with 1,928 to move into second place.
Three more perfect games were shot on Day 1 of qualifying: John DiSantis and Dino Castillo in the A squad, and Parker Bohn III in Game 1 on the B squad.
Among area players, Akron’s Don Hogue is 62nd with 1,652; Wadsworth’s Dale Csuhta is 73rd with 1,597; and former Hartville resident Dick ran is 82nd with 1,555 in the 115-player field.
The B squad will begin the final eight games of qualifying starting at 9 a.m. Monday, while the A squad will get underway at 3:30 p.m. The top 38 will advance and all pins will carry forward into Tuesday’s five-game avancers round at 9 a.m. Catch all PBA50 action exclusively on BowlTV.
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PFEIFER EARNS FIRST PBA REGIONAL TITLE
CANFIELD — Tim Pfeifer compiled a tournament-best 10-2 match-play record to jump from the No. 8 position after qualifying and win Sunday’s PBA Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau/Boardman Printing Central Open.
Pfeifer, a 35-year-old Oakdale, Pa., right-hander, finished with 4,922 total pinfall at Amron Lanes, 157 pins ahead of second place Chandler Stevens of Archbold (4,764). Zac Tackett, a Huntington, Ind., right-hander was third (4,748), followd by Kyle Cook of Centerville (4.528).
Bowlers rolled eight qualifying games Saturday with the field being cut to the top 16 for 12 games of round-robin match play Sunday.
Pfeifer took the lead in match play Sunday with a 258-177 win over Mike Eaton in Game 11 and stood 68 pins ahead of Tackett, who had handed Pfeifer a 247-221 loss in his opening game of match play. Pfeifer then beat Tacket in the final position-round match 254-178 to claim the title and $2,800.
Qualifying leader Chris Colella, an Elkhart, Ind., right-hander, who averaged 235 during the eight-game block and held a three-pin lead over Jacob Baiser, finished just 3-9-0 in match play and finished 16th overall.
Northfield’s Ryan Liederbach, the only left-hander in the final 16, finished 14th with a 5-7 record and 4,292 after sitting 12th following qualifying.
Rootstown senior Dean Billings rolled the only 300 game during qualifying, but failed to make the cut, finishing 43rd with 1,610.
Among other area players, Doylestown’s Joe Bailey was 31st (1,657), Kent’s Matthew Richards was 38th (1,647), Ashland’s Tyron McKinney finished 57th (1,532), Parma’s Patrick Dombrowski was 62nd (1,486) and Carrollton’s Tyler Fox was 77th (1,365) in the 94-player field. Alliance’s Rich Stoffer withdrew after five games due to injury.
The regional tour continues May 20 to 22 with the PBA50 Ohio Lottery/Bowler X/Baldo Campana Memorial Open at Rebman Recreation in Lorain. There will be regular regional and PBA50 events the same weekend.
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