Category Archives: PBA / PWBA

By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com COLUMBUS — At a center that has been good to him in the past, Ryan Liederbach referred to his most recent performance as “just getting real lucky with the breaks.” The 29-year-old Northfield two-handed lefty averaged 240.5 over eight games — including a 194 in Game 7 — to lead qualifying duringContinue reading “Ohio Masters: Northfield’s Liederbach leads top 24 into match play”

By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com PARMA HEIGHTS — Shocking. Surreal moment. So many adjectives come to mind when describing what 22-year-old Stow right-hander Jillian Martin accomplished Tuesday night at Yorktown Lanes. Martin, who just graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May, captured the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour Championship with a 247-221 win over BirgitContinue reading “PWBA: Martin claims historic win during Tour Championship”

By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com PARMA HEIGHTS — The storylines run deep as the five stepladder finalists prepare to do battle Tuesday in the Professional Women’s Bowling Association’s final major of the 2026 season. Looking from the No. 5 seeded position to No. 1, we have: A lot is on the line as the three-event week endsContinue reading “PWBA: Five finalists all have own stories entering Tour Championship stepladder finals; New claims POY, average awards”

By DONOVAN GRUBAUGH PWBA Communications PARMA HEIGHTS  – Twenty-four players began their journey to the final title of the 2026 Professional Women’s Bowling Association National Tour season Sunday at Yorktown Lanes as the 2026 PWBA Tour Championship began with the first eight of 24 games of round-robin match play. Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova, now living inContinue reading “PWBA: Zavjalova leads after first match-play round of Tour Championship”