By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com AKRON — AJ Rice has been all over social media recently with various controversies surrounding his bowling exploits near his new home in Holly, Mich. “You know, people view me as a house hack … a house bowler … but just look at everything I’ve done,” said the 35-year-old two-handed left-hander, whoContinue reading “Akron Open Singles: Rice claims title, stops Böncü in finale”
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Akron Open notebook: Pennington, Scott come up short in finals bids
By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com AKRON — The four semifinalists moved to fresh oil for the semifinals of Sunday’s Akron Open Singles at Station 300. Two matches — lefty on lefty and righty on righty. The problem was, one from each side had a better look — and carry — than the other. Columbus 39-year-old right-handerContinue reading “Akron Open notebook: Pennington, Scott come up short in finals bids”
Akron Open Singles: It’s down to the final 64 for match play — and a title
By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com AKRON — The eighth edition of the revamped Akron Open Singles features a cross-section of bowlers at the top of the leaderboard. But beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday, they all go back to zero again — and it’s down to man against man when the lights come on. Sixty-four players madeContinue reading “Akron Open Singles: It’s down to the final 64 for match play — and a title”
Akron Open Singles: Lefties Gohagan, Gonzales top first-shift qualifying at Station 300
By BILL SNIER snieronbowling.com AKRON — Different day, different equipment. That sums up decisions made by a pair of left-handers who topped the field during Saturday’s early qualifying squad for the Akron Open scratch singles at Station 300. A field of 156 players rolled six qualifying games on the first shift. Their scores will be combinedContinue reading “Akron Open Singles: Lefties Gohagan, Gonzales top first-shift qualifying at Station 300”