By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com PARMA HEIGHTS — New format, new day, a lot on the line. The PWBA Pepsi Open moves into match play at Yorktown Lanes on Saturday with a different format from the opening event of Tour Championship Week. The 16 surviving bowlers from the 83 who rolled 12 qualifying games Friday will enterContinue reading “PWBA: Runk leads 16 into Pepsi Open match play; Restrepo-Hostetler stands fifth to advance”
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PWBA notebook: Moore looks for answers as season closes; Gramly tries to overcome ‘complicated’ season
By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com PARMA HEIGHTS — Kirsten Moore got married in late May and now is looking for full-time employment in a tough job market. That doesn’t mean she’s giving up bowling full-time on the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour. A 2025 Team USA member who helped Youngstown State University earn its first NCAA ChampionshipContinue reading “PWBA notebook: Moore looks for answers as season closes; Gramly tries to overcome ‘complicated’ season”
Bowling notebook: Johnson claims PBA regional title; JTBA kicks off in Columbus
snieronbowling.com DELPHOS — A.J. Johnson, a 33-year-old Oswego, Ill., right-hander, earned his 12th regional title by topping Brett Lloyd 217-200 in the title match of the PBA Dave & Diane Kill Central Open on Thursday at Delphos Recreation. Johnson, the No. 2 seed after Thursday’s eight-game advancers round, defeated Hayden Hale 194-192 in the semifinal matchContinue reading “Bowling notebook: Johnson claims PBA regional title; JTBA kicks off in Columbus”
PWBA: Ng becomes latest 2026 winner, tops Snodgrass for Cleveland Open title
By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com PARMA HEIGHTS — The beat goes on in the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the 2026 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour. Nine events this season. Nine different winners. And the PWBA Player of the Year Award still very much in doubt. Shayne Ng, a 36-year-old Singapore right-hander,Continue reading “PWBA: Ng becomes latest 2026 winner, tops Snodgrass for Cleveland Open title”