COLUMBUS — Despite shooting just a combined 453 during the final qualifying game, Fero Williams and Zach Wilkins earned a 42-pin victory in the doubles portion of the $10,000 Shovel City Motorsports HP Lanes MEGA event Thursday night at HP Lanes.
Wilkins, a 26-year-old two-handed lefty and Canadian native, and Williams, a 42-year-old Norman, Okla., right-hander, started with 538 in Game 1 to sit second behind Graham Fach and Matt Sanders before shooting 534 and 523 in Games 2 and 3 on the house oil pattern to jump ahead of the pack.
The pair, who finished with 2,048 total pinfall in the four-game event, claimed $1,800 for the victory.
Fach, an Urbana left-hander, and Sanders, a 29-year-old Evansville, Ind., left-hander, finished second with 2,006 after shooting a team-high 568 in Game 1 in the 50-team field.
Chris Hankins and Mike Vandiver were third with 1,970, followed by Benjamin Sobel and Jeffery Scott with 1,962.
The final cash spot in 10th place went to Ryan Liederbach and Andre Gonzales with 1,880.
Friday will be the four-bowler team event at HP Lanes, with the MEGA singles opening with two eight-game qualifying rounds Saturday. The field is then cut to the top 1-in-5 for Sunday’s Cashers Round of six games before the field again is cut to the top eight for a modified stepladder finals.
MEGA DOUBLES
(Thursday, at HP Lanes, Columbus)
After four-game event: 1, Fero Williams-Zach Wilkins 2,048, $1,800 winnings; 2, Graham Fach-Matt Sanders 2,006, $1,200; 3, Chris Hankins-Mike Vandiver 1,970, $1,100; 4, Benjamin Sobel-Jeffery Scott 1,962, $1,000; 5, Keith Schooler-JT Cherpeski 1,954, $900; 6, CJ Petrin-Devean John 1,937, $800; 7, Bryce Oliver-Justin Bohn 1,911, $700; 8, Ty McKinney-Ryan Ashby 1,897, $600; 9, Mykel Hollman-AJ Rice 1,887, $500; 10, Ryan Liederbach-Andre Gonzales 1,880, $400.
