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gary faulkner jr. wins rolltech pba world championship; ciminelli finishes 3rd
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thursday, 12.17.2015 |
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gary faulkner jr. won his first career pba title at the rolltech pba world championship (photo courtesy pba llc)
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reno, nev. 锟?gary faulkner jr. of memphis, tenn., making his first professional television appearance, defeated top qualifier ej tackett of huntington, ind., 216-178, to win rolltech professional bowlers association world championship thursday at the national bowling stadium. he became the second african american in the pba锟絪 57-year history to win a tour title.
faulkner, a 25-year-old third-year pba member, qualified third for the world championship finals and won three straight matches to join george branham iii of indianapolis as the pba锟絪 only african american titlists. branham, now retired, won five times including the 1986 brunswick memorial world open and the 1993 firestone tournament of champions.
faulkner, who threw two bad shots in three games, threw six strikes on his first eight attempts while tackett, the only right-hander in the finals, left three splits in his first five frames to fall behind by 49 pins, and faulkner never gave him an opening.
锟絫he first shot i was nervous, but after that i didn锟絫 think about anything,锟?faulkner said. 锟絤y mind was free. i didn锟絫 watch the other guys. i don锟絫 show a lot of emotions. my goal is always to win; i didn锟絫 come here to lose.
锟給ver the past year, i felt it coming. i was making small mistakes, but i锟絛 go home and check my stats and fix my mistakes. those small pins add up over time. i knew i could do it. i visualized it. i had maybe a half hour of nervousness, but i took a nap and came over here to bowl, and that was it.锟?
faulkner said he never saw branham bowl, but he was aware he had a chance to become the second african american titlist.
锟絫hat锟絪 definitely one thing i tried not to think about, but it锟絪 amazing. to be honest, what i did think about is i wanted to shoot 300 on tv.锟?
faulkner, who anchored webber international university to the 2012 intercollegiate team championship, won his way into the title match with a 247-237 victory over ryan ciminelli of cheektowaga, n.y., derailing ciminelli锟絪 bid to win three consecutive pba titles. ciminelli also was trying for back-to-back majors after winning the bowlmor amf u.s. open in november.
faulkner, in his first game on television, started game two with 10 strikes on his first 11 shots, running away to a 262-218 win over norton, who left single pins four times that prevented him from stringing the strikes he needed to keep up. faulkner started the semifinal match with a spare and four strikes while ciminelli struck only once in the first five frames to fall into a 31-pin deficit he couldn锟絫 overcome despite rallying with a string of five strikes starting in the sixth frame. faulkner clinched the win by converting a 7 pin in the 10th frame.
in the first match, norton bowled an error-free game in defeating rhino page of orlando, fla., 215-202. page left a 7-10 split in the fourth frame and a 3-6-7 split in the sixth, failing to convert both, and couldn锟絫 recover from the open frames.
pba world series coverage on espn continues with the finals of the pba cheetah championship presented by pba bowling challenge mobile game sunday at 1 p.m. est.
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final standings
1, gary faulkner jr., memphis, tenn., $60,000.
2, ej tackett, huntington, ind., $30,000.
3, ryan ciminelli, cheektowaga, n.y., $25,000.
4, scott norton, mission viejo, calif., $20,000.
5, rhino page, orlando, fla., $15,000.
stepladder results
match one 锟?norton def. page, 215-202.
match two - faulkner def. norton, 262-218.
semifinal match 锟?faulkner def. ciminelli, 247-237.
championship 锟?faulkner def. tackett, 216-178.
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