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Mike Shady holding Junior Gold Prep Camp at Plaza Bowl in Ripon July 9-10
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-10, just in advance of the 2025 Junior Gold Championships that will be held in that area starting July 14. Shady will be joined by special guest coach Landin Jordan, a 2-time Junior Gold champion who made the U.S. Open preliminary stepladder show earlier this year. The $300 fee includes bowling four 4-game sessions of past Junior Gold patterns with reviews afterward focused on helping players... subscribe to read more.
Save the dates: 2025 GIBA 11thFrame.com Open set for Aug. 15-17
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the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, Iowa, will be Aug. 15-17. The weekend again will feature a Friday sweeper, and the tournament Saturday and Sunday will feature a maximum field of 156 entries that annually sells out within a few days of entries opening. GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes typically releases the flyer in late June and that is when entries open. The Holiday Inn Dubuque, 450 Main... subscribe to read more.
Andres Gomez wins first title in the 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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PBA50 Tour and PBA60 titles as of June 16, 2025 — the complete historical list
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by Andres Gomez on June 16, 2025. It includes corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, who also compiled non–member winners that are included in this list, making it the most comprehensive list in existence. If anyone sees anything missing or incorrect, please message me at help@11thframe.com and I will get it added or corrected. PBA50 TITLESName (Last tournament... subscribe to read more.
Chased by giants, Brian Dennis leads 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open heading to final day
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t than the others. Dennis is a non-winner seeking his first PBA national title of any kind. The other four are multi-time winners of national PBA titles, including majors. But this is the thing: the pins they all are trying to knock down in the 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open at Highland Park Lanes in Greeley, Colorado have no idea who they are, and resumes count for exactly zero on a player’s... subscribe to read more.
Brian Dennis Leading the 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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Confident Pete Weber expands his lead again at 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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eley, Colorado, going from 10 pins after the first round to 68 pins after the second round, to 161 pins as qualifying ended with Saturday’s third round. Weber began his third round with 11 strikes and an 8-count, then followed his 298 with 247, 224, 245, 213 and 192 for a block of 1,419 and a 24-game total of 4,282, a 237.89 average and 161 pins ahead of the 4,121 of fellow Hall of... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber Expands Lead at 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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With a little help from a friend, Pete Weber increases lead in Day 2 of 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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o 68 pins after the second round at the 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open at Highland Park Lanes in Greeley, Colorado. The friend is long-time PBA Tour truck staffer Don Simonian, PBA reported in this news release. “I asked Don on the (PBA) truck if he had any ideas for this morning and he came up with two (balls) and I used both of them,” Weber said in the PBA release. “This is... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber Increases Day Two Lead in 2025 Senior U.S. Open
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Pete Weber averages 240.83 to lead Day 1 of 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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each might be beyond reach as he is approaching 63, but he’s on course for his third Senior U.S. Open after Thursday’s first round of qualifying. The Hall of Famer rolled games of 207, 227, 247, 269, 268 and 227 for 1,445 at Highland Park Lanes in  Greeley, Colorado, according to results posted here. PBA reported that after his second game, Weber never got less than a 9-count... subscribe to read more.
Katelyn Abigania, Connor Fleming to be Junior Team USA players at 2025 IBF Youth World Cup in Sweden
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Cup June 15-22 in Helsingborg, Sweden, USBC reported in this news release. Abigania, an 18-year-old right-hander from San Diego who is the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, won gold medals in doubles, trios, team and all-events at the PANAM Bowling Youth Championship 2023 in Lima, Peru. Fleming, a 21-year-old 2-handed righty from Fort Worth, Texas, will be making his debut for Junior Team USA.... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber Leads Day One in 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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PBA Launches The QubicaAMF PBA Regional EDGE String Series
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Andres Gomez wins first title at the 2025 PBA50 Senior U.S. Open
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Giant killer: Andrew Anderson takes down Jason Belmonte and E.J. Tackett (again) to win 2025 PBA Tour Finals
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ars — Andrew Anderson has become his kryptonite of a sort. It’s a foregone conclusion that Tackett will be named PBA Player of the Year for the third straight year in 2025, but after beating him in Sunday’s title match of the 2025 PBA Tour Finals Anderson moved to 2-1 in title matches against Tackett in 2025. Earlier this year, Tackett defeated Anderson in the U.S. Open title... subscribe to read more.
Start of an era? Tom Daugherty wins 2025 USBC Senior Masters for first PBA50 Tour title
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In recent years, players like Tom Hess and John Janawicz have made big impacts on the PBA50 Tour after turning 50. The headliner of the Class of 2025 undoubtedly is Tom Daugherty, the 4-time PBA Tour champion who remains a top PBA Tour player, ending the 2025 season 17th in points. And the thumbless 1-hander who is at the top of the speed and rev scale of the PBA50 Tour has not disappointed.... subscribe to read more.
Andrew Anderson Wins 2025 PBA Tour Finals
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Tom Daugherty Wins USBC Senior Masters Title
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Appropriately, E.J. Tackett, Andrew Anderson earn top seeds for 2025 PBA Tour Finals
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nts list. So it seems appropriate that on Saturday they earned the top seeds for Sunday’s group stepladders of the PBA Tour Finals at Steel City Bowl & Brews in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Tour Finals field consisted of the top eight players in PBA Tour points during the 2024 and 2025 PBA Tour seasons, with details in PBA’s preview here. The eight were divided into two groups... subscribe to read more.
Tackett, Anderson Earn Top Seeds for 2025 PBA Tour Finals Group Stepladders
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Tom Daugherty earns No. 1 seed for USBC Senior Masters stepladder
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No. 1 seed Parker Bohn III undefeated in USBC Senior Masters
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Parker Bohn III Earns No. 1 seed Entering USBC Senior Masters Match Play
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Stars Collide in Ultimate PBA Tour Finals
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Parker Bohn III extends lead at USBC Senior Masters
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Parker Bohn III averages 257 on Day 1 at the Senior Masters
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The Iceman Cometh
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James Campbell Wins First Title in 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic
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PBA50 Tour and PBA60 titles as of June 1, 2025 — the complete historical list
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on by James Campbell on June 1, 2025. It includes corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, who also compiled non–member winners that are included in this list, making it the most comprehensive list in existence. If anyone sees anything missing or incorrect, please message me at help@11thframe.com and I will get it added or corrected. PBA50 TITLESName (Last tournament... subscribe to read more.
James Campbell beats Pete Weber in stunning finish to win 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic
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uper Senior Classic against Pete Weber, I doubt there were many who would have given him more than a tiny chance to win. He had just two strikes and four spares in the first six frames and was looking at an open that would put him well behind Weber, who had started strike, 10-pin and spare, strike, 10-pin and spare, and double. But Campbell converted the split and Weber followed with another... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber earns No. 1 seed at Super Senior Classic
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Pete Weber, John Burkett earn 1-2 seeds for stepladder finals of 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic
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inals of the 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas. The No. 3 and 4 seeds won’t be decided until Sunday’s group stepladders under the Super Senior Classic format. The 208-player field was divided into two squads who bowled 6-game qualifying rounds on Thursday and Friday, one on fresh oil and one on burn. The top 52 after 12 games of qualifying advanced to... subscribe to read more.
New Hui Fen solves the puzzle to beat Team Singapore teammate Cherie Tan to win 2025 PWBA BowlTV Open
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tle match to win 2025 PWBA BowlTV Open at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights, Ohio on Saturday. The cut to the top 12 for match play took more than a 227 average and seven perfect games were rolled in Friday’s qualifying, the second-most in a tournament since the PWBA relaunch in 2015, behind only the 10 at the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open. As BowlTV color analyst and PWBA Tour player Sydney... subscribe to read more.
Timo Raatikainen Leading Super Senior Classic
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Third Annual PBA LBC National Championships Set to Begin in Chicago Area
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Kelly Kulick averages nearly 242 to lead qualifying at high-scoring 2025 BowlTV Open
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y and Thursday, Hall of Famer Kelly Kulick showed off her striking shoes by averaging 241.92 to lead qualifying Friday in the 2025 PWBA BowlTV Open. Kulick fired games of 248, 215, 279, 253, 258 and 238 for 1,491 in the first round, 27 pins behind leader Daphne Tan, then added 220, 217, 239, 235, 223 and 278 for 1,412 in the second round and a 12-game total of 2,903, the seventh-highest 12-game... subscribe to read more.
Carlos Denot Leads Super Senior Classic
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CBS Sports Secures Media Rights to PBA World Series of Bowling in New Two-Year Agreement
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Cricket legend Virat Kohli of India announced as strategic investor in World Bowling League
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ookie Betts and Cam Lewis, his lifelong friend and business partner with The One Marketing Group, would be the owners of the first World Bowling League franchise, Team OMG, as I detailed in this story. The World Bowling League has been silent since the Betts announcement, much as it had been since announcing itself in October 2023, and saying it would launch in 2024, as I detailed... subscribe to read more.
PBA World Championship to be on broadcast CBS in new 2-year deal for World Series of Bowling, expanded PBA Tour Finals
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ncluded PBA stating that additional media partners and coverage were still to be announced. I wrote that “CBS Sports Network has covered the PBA Tour Finals for years and it seems logical to think it could be involved again, maybe even with a major or majors on broadcast CBS.”  While that statement perhaps was mostly hope, it came true on Thursday when PBA announced in this... subscribe to read more.
Left-handers rule as Brandon Bohn, Aleesha Oden win 2025 USBC U22 Masters, U22 Queens
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underbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan to the Strobl Arena inside Thunderbowl, left-handers Brandon Bohn and Aleesha Oden cruised to the 2025 USBC U22 Masters and U22 Queens on Monday. Not that the lefties had it easy by any means — they just weren’t struggling as much as the right-handers on the challenging lane patterns that were the patterns used in the 2025 USBC Masters and... subscribe to read more.
Jesper Svensson Earns Redemption with PBA Playoffs Title
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Nate Trentler leads, 3 Wisconsinites in top 5 as qualifying ends at 2025 USBC U22 Masters, Sydney Bohn tops U22 Queens
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025 USBC U22 Masters, while Sydney Bohn topped qualifying for the 2025 USBC U22 Queens, according to results posted here and here. The fields of 159 men and 82 women were divided into two squads for 7-game qualifying blocks Friday and Saturday, one on fresh oil and one on burn. The fields then were cut to the top 32 for double-elimination match play Sunday and Monday. Matches are two games with... subscribe to read more.
With heart and fight in FOX finale, Jesper Svensson beats E.J. Tackett to win 2025 PBA Playoffs
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ery possible PBA Tour title. Almost every one. One big one escaped him again on Saturday, as Jesper Svensson won a battle of future Hall of Famers to take the 2025 PBA Playoffs title. And with PBA’s partnership with FOX ending with Saturday’s show, it’s possible Tackett may never have another chance to win the PBA Playoffs, as who knows if the event will even exist in 2026 and... subscribe to read more.
Najah Owens makes history at 2025 USBC Women’s Championships with 2 perfect games
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s have shot multiple perfect games: USBC Hall of Famers Jeanne Naccarato in 2014 and 2019 and Jodi Woessner in 2023 and 2025. Najah Owens made it three players on Friday and Saturday as she became the first ever to roll two in one tournament, according to this USBC news release. The 31-year-old right-hander from Raleigh, North Carolina fired her first during team on Friday and her second on... subscribe to read more.
160 men, 82 women set to compete in 2025 USBC U22 Masters, U22 Queens at Thunderbowl
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through Monday at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan. That includes defending men’s champion Brandon Bohn, but not defending women’s champion Dannielle Henderson, who won’t be competing this year due to time constraints brought about by a collegiate internship opportunity, USBC said in this news release. The fields are divided into two squads for 7-game qualifying blocks... subscribe to read more.
Tom Hess wins 11th title in Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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Tom Hess steals 2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship title from John Janawicz to complete the PBA50 Grand Slam
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ting top seed John Janawicz and only secured the fifth and final seed for the stepladder finals by three pins over Tom Daugherty. But the tournament moved from Bowl America Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Virginia to the pair of lanes (13-14) in the basement of sponsor Bill Moore’s home for the stepladder Wednesday night. It still was the 2025 Billy Hardwick 44 lane pattern, but with a different... subscribe to read more.
Milestone win in 2025 USBC Queens makes Josie Barnes title-eligible for PWBA, USBC Halls of Fame
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all of Fame and USBC Hall of Fame by winning the 2025 USBC Queens on Tuesday night. The top seeded Barnes jumped out to a huge lead and then held off a furious rally from reigning PWBA Player of the Year Sin Li Jane to win 211-198. Sin was seeking to complete the Triple Crown — the Queens, U.S. Women’s Open and PWBA Tour Championship. Since the re-launch of the PWBA Tour in 2015,... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz soars to 564-pin lead in first day of match play at 2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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tended his lead from 86 to 128 to 173 pins. The 2024 PBA50 Player of the Year was just warming up. After opening match play on Tuesday at Bowl America Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Virginia with a 214 and a loss, Janawicz fired games of 246, 245, 215, 243, 242, 231, 201, 234, 209, 205, 213, 268, 225, 244 and 177, with his only losses after the opener the 215, 205 and 177, according to results... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz Holds Significant Lead at Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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Josie Barnes a win from second major title as she tops a global stepladder finals for 2025 USBC Queens
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finals for the 2025 USBC Queens at the Suncoast in Las Vegas. Barnes went 6-0 in double-elimination match play Sunday and Monday, winning with series of 697, 683, 712, 620 and 632 before routing Malaysia’s Nur Hazirah Ramli 699-603 in the final winners bracket match for the top seed. Nur, who is competing in her first PWBA Tour event, earned the No. 2 seed for the stepladder finals, which... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz extends lead again to 173 pins heading into match play at 2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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ud Moore PBA50 Players Championship at Bowl America Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Virginia. The reigning PBA50 Player of the Year dominated the 2025 Billy Hardwick 44 lane pattern with 1,537 for his six games in the first round on fresh oil, 1,466 in the second round on double burn, and 1,432 in the third round on burn on games of 204, 244, 257, 211, 289 and 227. That gave him an 18-game total of... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz Extends Lead at Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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Players of the Year Sin Li Jane, Bryanna Coté highlight 16 left in winners bracket as 2025 USBC Queens heads to final day of match play
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the 16 players left in the winners bracket as the 2025 USBC Queens heads to Monday’s final day of match play, according to the brackets posted here. Coté and Sin went 2-0 in Sunday’s bracket match play at the Suncoast in Las Vegas, as did Lindsay Boomershine, Elysia Current, Singapore’s New Hui Fen, Cassidy Courey, Josie Barnes, Malaysia’s Natasha Roslen,... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz widens lead from 86 to 128 pins after Day 2 of 2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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nship at Bowl America Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Virginia, John Janawicz found the double burn a “tougher” go. Janawicz had 1,537 for his six games in the first round on the 2025 Billy Hardwick 44 lane pattern, and “only” 1,466 in the second round as he rolled games of 255, 225, 257, 269, 206 and 254. That gave him a 12-game total of 3,003, a 256.25 average and a 128-pin... subscribe to read more.
E.J. Tackett, Jesper Svensson sweep to spots in finals of 2025 PBA Playoffs, answer to future trivia question
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in next Saturday’s title match live on FOX at 1:30 p.m. Central time. They also earned a spot in PBA history as the answers to a future trivia question, putting themselves in the same category as Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Pete Weber. Williams beat Weber in the title match of the St. Clair Classic on June 21, 1997 in the final PBA Tour tournament on ABC-TV, ending a run that began in 1961.... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz Increases Lead at Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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Tackett, Svensson to Duel for PBA Playoffs Championship
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Breanna Clemmer takes lead, cut is plus 144 as qualifying ends at 2025 USBC Queens
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g ended Saturday at the 2025 USBC Queens at the Suncoast in Las Vegas, according to third-round qualifying results posted here. Clemmer was 17th in the 198-player field at 2,224, 137 pins behind leader Maranda Pattison after the second round, but fired games 219, 279, 279, 229 and 211 for 1,217 in the third round to jump into the lead at 3,441 for 15 games, a 229.4 average and a 21-pin lead over... subscribe to read more.
Defending champion John Janawicz opens 86-pin lead after Day 1 of 2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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2025 Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship at Bowl America Woodbridge in Woodbridge, Virginia, according to results posted here. The reigning PBA50 Player of the Year fired games of 248, 300, 248, 258, 259 and 224 on the 2025 Billy Hardwick 44 lane pattern for a 6-game total of 1,537, an average of 256.17. PBA reported that his only open frame on the day came on a split in his final game.... subscribe to read more.
John Janawicz Leading Bud Moore PBA50 Players Championship
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Brittany Smith averages 239.8 to lead first round of 2025 USBC Queens
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ncoast in Las Vegas, according to results posted here. Smith, a right-hander from Van Meter, Iowa, rolled games of 246, 225, 236, 247 and 245 for a 1,199 total, four pins ahead of the 1,195 of Maranda Pattison. Malaysia’s Siti Rahman is third at 1,187, Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova fourth at 1,171, and Singapore’s Hui Fen New fifth with 1,167, four pins ahead of Alexis Runk and... subscribe to read more.
Tackett, Fach, Via, Svensson Pursue PBA Playoffs Title
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Jillian Martin seeks to be first repeat champion since 1982 as 2025 USBC Queens hits Las Vegas
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an Green Bay as the youngest Queens champion ever at 19. The University of Nebraska star can make more history by winning the 2025 USBC Queens at the Suncoast in Las Vegas, though it won’t be stand-alone history, as she would be the first repeat Queens champion since Japan’s Katsuko Sugimoto in 1981 and 1982. The difference for Martin this year is that instead of being the hunter, the... subscribe to read more.
16 U15 teams, 15 U12 teams advance to 2025 USA Bowling National Championships with arena title shows in Green Bay in July
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owling National Championships in Green Bay in July, USBC announced in this news release Wednesday. CBS Sports Network will air the U12 finals on Tuesday, July 15 at 6 p.m. Central time and the U15 finals on Tuesday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Central.   The finals of both divisions will be contested and taped for television in an arena setting at the Resch Center on July 13, the same day as the live... subscribe to read more.
PBA50 Tour and PBA60 titles as of May 13, 2025 — the complete historical list
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won by Brad Angelo on May 13, 2025. It includes corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, who also compiled non–member winners that are included in this list, making it the most comprehensive list in existence. If anyone sees anything missing or incorrect, please message me at help@11thframe.com and I will get it added or corrected. PBA50 TITLESName (Last tournament... subscribe to read more.
Brad Angelo finally breaks through to win second PBA50 Tour title, taking the 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic
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e has just one PBA50 Tour title: it’s simply mind boggling that a player as good as Angelo doesn’t have more. Since winning the 2022 PBA50 Lightning Strikes Bowl Open, Angelo has found every possible way to not win, it seems, from opponents shooting big scores against him, to breaks going against him, to making bad shots himself. That finally changed on Tuesday night at Spanish... subscribe to read more.
Brad Angelo Wins 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic
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Hall of Fame lefties Jason Couch, Parker Bohn III top 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic qualifying as top 60 advance
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final round of qualifying to finish on top as the top 60 advanced at the 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic. A year ago in the 2024 PBA50 The Villages Classic, Bohn beat Couch for the title 246-208, as I detailed in this story. Bohn came into the final round of qualifying in 19th in the 180-player field at 2,682 for 12 games, then fired games of 203, 249, 300, 247, 279 and 269 for a 1,547 block and... subscribe to read more.
Armond Sensabaugh takes singles title with 835 on last weekend of 2025 Wisconsin State USBC State Tournament
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2025 Wisconsin State USBC Open Championships — aka the State Tournament — at Dale’s Weston Lanes in Weston, according to unofficial final results posted here and here. Sensabaugh, a Milwaukee right-hander, fired games of 299, 279 and 257 to pass the 831 of prior leader Michael Hungelmann, as I detailed in this story. The other leaders at the 123rd annual State Tournament held... subscribe to read more.
Jason Couch Leading PBA50 The Villages Classic
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Svensson, Via Win Again to Advance to Semifinals
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Tom Adcock Leads Qualifying at PBA50 The Villages Classic
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E.J. Tackett, Graham Fach, Jesper Svensson in roll-offs, Chris Via in sweep advance to semifinals of 2025 PBA Playoffs
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t Jason Belmonte to advance to the semifinals of the 2025 PBA Playoffs. The Playoffs shows prior to the May 24 title match were taped late last month at Strobl Arena in Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan for airing on FS1 this month, with the Round of 12 shows airing May 3-4, as I detailed in this story. All of the playoffs are with the 2025 PBA Bat 37 lane pattern on the left lane and the... subscribe to read more.
Tom Adcock takes lead after Day 2 of 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic
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PBA50 The Villages Classic at Spanish Springs Lanes in The Villages, Florida, according to results posted here. In Saturday’s first round Adcock fired games of 235, 235, 256, 259, 268 and 212 to total 1,465, two pins behind lead Andres Gomez. In Sunday’s second round, Adcock was even better with games of 246, 237, 235, 278, 226 and 255 for 1,477, giving him a 12-game total of 2,942,... subscribe to read more.
For second straight year, Andres Gomez leads after Day 1 of PBA50 The Villages Classic
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s story. In Saturday’s first round of the 2025 PBA50 The Villages Classic, Gomez again was the leader, firing games of 278, 269, 243, 239, 245 and 193 for a 1,467 total, a 244.5 average and a 2-pin lead over 2024 Villages Classic champion Tom Adcock, according to results posted here. Gomez just has to hope that what follows in 2025 isn’t what followed in 2024, when he injured his... subscribe to read more.
Andres Gomez Earns Day One Lead at PBA50 The Villages Classic
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Tackett, Fach Advance to Semifinals
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Bowlers Headquarters leaves with another lead after firing 10,053 in team all-events at 2025 USBC Open Championships
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event and ended up second to the 3,400 of Kyle Troup’s Before the 1st Frame 1. At the 2024 Open Championships, the team that is based in the Milwaukee area rolled 3,206 to take the team lead and 9,915 to take the team all-events lead, though those scores finished well off the ultimate winning scores of 3,373 and 10,226. Team member Chad Kloss also rolled a perfect game in... subscribe to read more.
No transparency for bowlers or consequences for centers from USBC tiered certification program
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ion program announced Thursday afternoon at the USBC Convention Annual Meeting. USBC said in this news release that “These changes aim to provide greater clarity, reduce costs and streamline the inspection process for centers nationwide.” While the last two items may be true, bowlers will gain zero clarity from the program — unless centers choose to provide it to them.... subscribe to read more.
USBC doesn’t see a dues increase being needed until at least 2030, Chad Murphy says at Annual Meeting
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phy said at the organization’s Annual Meeting on Thursday at South Point in Las Vegas. That is the year USBC’s cash reserves are expected to fall to the 6 months of operating spending that the USBC Board of Directors requires. USBC has been burning down its cash reserves and it shouldn’t hit the 6 months level until 2029-30 or 2030-31 seasons, Murphy told convention delegates in... subscribe to read more.
Lucky Strike Entertainment stock falls 13.17% Thursday after Q3 earnings, revenue miss analysts’ expectations
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orted fiscal third-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ expectations, according to reports. Lucky Strike Entertainment reported quarterly earnings of $41.26 million or $0.07 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.23 per share. The figures are adjusted for non-recurring items, Zacks.com reported in this story. The PBA Tour owner reported quarterly revenue of $339.88, missing... subscribe to read more.
Gillian Lim of Malaysia leads PTQ as 11 players advance to complete field for season-opening 2025 PWBA Go Bowling Topeka Open
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eld for the season-opening 2025 PWBA Go Bowling Topeka Open at West Ridge Lanes in Topeka, Kansas, according to results posted here. Lim rolled games of 221, 201, 249, 219, 241 and 199 for a 1,330 total, a 221.67 average and a 4-pin lead over the 1,326 of countrymate Natasha Roslan. Others advancing were 2-hander Nora Johansson of Sweden at 1,310, Arianne Tay Singapore 1,290, Estefania Cobo of... subscribe to read more.
PBA50 Tour and PBA60 titles as of May 8, 2025 — the complete historical list
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n by Jon Rakoski on May 7, 2025. It includes corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, who also compiled non–member winners that are included in this list, making it the most comprehensive list in existence. If anyone sees anything missing or incorrect, please message me at help@11thframe.com and I will get it added or corrected. PBA50 TITLESName (Last tournament won)... subscribe to read more.
Jon Rakoski Earns “Priceless” Win At 2025 PBA50 Fort Myers Classic
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Jon Rakoski averages nearly 255 to jump into lead after Day 2 of season-opening 2025 PBA50 Fort Myers Classic
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nd to jump into the lead as qualifying ended and the top 60 advanced at the 2025 PBA50 Fort Myers Classic at Lightning Strikes Bowl in Fort Myers, Florida. Rakoski fired games of 246, 248, 215, 268, 201, 246, 182 for 1,606 in Monday’s first round to be 15th, then slammed games of 254, 258, 210, 257, 300, 246 and 259 for 1,748 in Tuesday’s second round for a 14-game total of 3,390, a... subscribe to read more.
Incredible series puts Marc McDowell in position to make possible history at 2025 USBC Open Championships
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e doubles Eagle, making possible tournament history, as I detailed in this story. The Poelzers were the second father-son to win doubles — Walt and Bob Roy of Glenwood Springs, Colorado were the first in 1977 — and the win also made 62-year-old Clark Poelzer one of the oldest ever to win an Eagle — USBC doesn’t keep an official record. It would not surprise me to learn... subscribe to read more.
Jon Rakoski Leads After Qualifying at PBA50 Fort Myers Classic
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Brad Angelo averages 246-plus to lead after Day 1 of season-opening 2025 PBA50 Fort Myers Classic
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assic at Lightning Strikes Bowl in Fort Myers, Florida. Angelo fired games of 269, 249, 234, 278, 247, 224 and 224 for a 1,725 total to lead the 181-player field at the 2025 PBA Tour season-opening tournament, according to results posted here. Angelo won his only PBA50 Tour title at Lightning Strikes in 2022, and finished second to Tom Hess last year. “I think because it is usually the... subscribe to read more.
Devastating loss for bowling: Madison Area USBC Hall of Famer Mark Henry killed, wife Cherise critically injured in crash near Rockford, Illinois
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Friday and Saturday in Baton Rouge. Saturday’s 7 a.m. minors squad will be one I remember forever, as my teammate Marc McDowell took the lead in singles with a remarkable 795 (299-196-300). (Story to come and link will be added here.) It took only a few minutes for heartbreak to be added to the euphoria of Mac’s incredible series, as I hurried to get our car, load my bowling balls,... subscribe to read more.
Brad Angelo On Top at PBA50 Fort Myers Classic
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Anthony Simonsen and Kyle Troup in sweeps, Jesper Svensson and Chris Via in roll-offs advance to quarterfinals of 2025 PBA Playoffs
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the quarterfinals of the 2025 PBA Playoffs. The Playoffs shows prior to the May 24 title match were taped last week at Strobl Arena in Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan for airing on FS1 this month, with the Round of 12 shows airing on Saturday and Sunday, as I detailed in my preview. All of the playoffs are with the 2025 PBA Bat 37 lane pattern on the left lane and the 2025 PBA Billy... subscribe to read more.
Brittany Pollentier beats Amanda Turner to win 2025 Badger Queens in all-Madison Area USBC title match
49 days ago

he 2025 Badger Queens at Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley on Sunday. The Badger Queens format was changed this year to six games of qualifying, with the top 16 bowling bracket match play with the matches being two games determined by total pins. Emily Newbauer led qualifying with 1,384 (185-223-237-269-223-247), followed by Amber Gehrke 1,374, Alyssa Henrickson 1,327, and Melissa Lang 1,317. Pollentier... subscribe to read more.
Top Eight of PBA Playoffs Filled by Svensson and Via
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TD’s Debut Headlines PBA50 Tour Season-Opener in Florida
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Simonsen, Troup Advance to PBA Playoffs Quarterfinals
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Richie Benninghoff in singles is latest in week of lead changes at 2025 USBC Open Championships
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the singles lead changed hands again, matching the two lead changes in doubles this week. Richie Benninghoff, a 32-year-old 2-hander from South Bend, Indiana, fired games of 277, 259 and 257 for 793 to edge past the 789 of prior leader Chris Karlin. Benninghoff rolled 617 in team on Thursday at Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and on Friday after starting with 167 in... subscribe to read more.
2026 PWBA Tour again will have 12 tournaments as it visits familiar locales
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ey will be in familiar locales to fans of professional bowling. The 2026 schedule that was announced Thursday in this news release starts in Rockford, Illinois, at Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Illinois, April 30-May 2. The PWBA Northern Colorado Open at Highland Park Lanes in Greeley, Colorado is next May 7-9, followed by the season’s first major, the USBC Queens at the Gold Coast Bowling... subscribe to read more.