ALLIANCE — Kevin Schott averaged 199.75 over four games on four separate oil patterns to earn his first adult title during the first AL League Skills tournament Sunday at AL Leasure Lanes inside American Legion 166.
The 21-player field bowled on four different oil patterns in the four-lane center — 30-foot, 40-foot and 45-foot blocks and a reverse block — during the four-game event.
Schott, a 23-year-old Alliance right-hander, finished with 799 total pins for a 69-pin advantage over second-place Adam Kutz (730) and third-place Rob Weary (712). They were the only three players to break 700.
“The bowling alley is named after my father, who took care of it for free for 40 years,” Canton resident and tournament director Alan Leasure said. “It was on four wooden lanes. I did this to raise money for parts and for people to see what it’s like to bowl on lanes for the 1960. It was very humbling, but fun. We hope to continue this tradition.”
Only 10 players were able to combine more than a 600 series. Other top 10-finishers included Jerry Thompson 663, Ryan Leasure 648, Justin Hackney 640, David Bollinger 639, Chuck Spencer 603, Jack Reed 601 and Brian Buehler 600.
PBA CENTRAL REGION: Fach’s regional roll continues
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Urbana’s Graham Fach captured his 10th regional title and fourth this season with a huge comeback during the position round en route to victory in the PBA Pleasant Day Schools-Suburban Lanes Central Open on Sunday
Fach stood fourth following match play after compiling a 6-5-0 record and was 97 pins behind Australian Sam Cooley heading the final game at Suburban Lanes.
The 30-year-old left-hander faced Tim Pfeifer in the position round and gained a 246-204 win. Meanwhile, Justin Knowles took down Cooley 201-163.
The resulting scoring plus 30 bonus pins for the victory gave Fach the overall win by just five pins over Knowles 4,579-4,574, with Cooley finishing third (4,563). Fach earned $2,600 for the win.
“I’m still speechless! After a grueling tournament, and an unpredictable final game, I find myself back in the winners circle,” Fach posted on Facebook.
Fach, who stood 12th after Saturday’s eight-game qualifier with 1,697 total pinfall, averaged 218.45 for the 20 games. Knowles, who was the cut to match play at 16th after finishing in a tie with Chris Arcaro at 1,666 in qualifying, averaged 215.20. Knows, Cooley and Daniel Farish posted the top match-play marks at 9-3-0.
Kennon McFalls of Cayce, S.C., was the qualifying leader with 1,855. He finished 13th overall after a 3-9-0 match-play mark.
Bailey Mavrick earned the final cash spot in 23rd place with 1,601 for $450.
The next regional event is a PBA50 Central-Midwest combined event July 23-24 at Al_mar Lanes in Bowling Green.
For complete results, go to:
https://www.pba.com/tournaments/2022/pba-pleasant-day-schoolssuburban-lanes-central-open
REGIONAL QUALIFIER: A regional qualifier will be held at 10 a.m. July 24 at AMF Stardust Lanes in Grove City for the PBA Bowlero-Grove City Central Open, which is set for Aug. 19-20. Entry fee is $75, with the field limited to 35 players. The top seven will earn spots in the regional. For information, contact Jason Lundquist via Facebook.