former buffalo native tom baker (r) accepts congratulations on his 10th pba50 win from proprietor johnny lemaster
(photo courtesy pba llc)
the pba hall of famer defeated 10-time pba tour titlist bryan goebel of shawnee, kan., 227-226, in the title match for his 10th career pba50 tour title and his first since winning the pba senior pepsi open in decatur, ill. in august of 2010. his 10 pba50 titles now matches his 10 pba tour titles.
锟絠 knew it was just a matter of time before i锟絛 win again, i just didn锟絫 think it would take this much time,锟?said the 58-year-old baker. 锟給ver the past few years i was always qualifying well, but couldn锟絫 seal the deal in match play. i finally got it done today.锟?
gestao de banca sportingbet in a stepladder final made up of three of the professional bowlers association锟絪 all-time greats, hall of famer walter ray williams jr. of ocala, fla., prevailed to win his fifth career pba50 tour title by capturing the sun bowl in the villages presented by hammer title tuesday at spanish springs lanes.
williams, the reigning pba50 player of the year, defeated fellow hall of famer and 2012 pba50 rookie of the year amleto monacelli of venezuela, 276-216, in the championship match to win the second tournament of the 2013 pba50 tour season.
williams found it necessary to implement the unusual technique of using a different ball on each lane of the championship pair in the title match to get the desired ball reaction on each lane.
锟絠t锟絪 not something i normally do, but i practiced with a few balls and was able to determine that if i needed to make a change like that i had the equipment i could do it with,锟?williams said. 锟絠t turned out that i made the right decisions at the right time and amleto had a couple bad breaks and i was fortunate to get the win.锟?
williams advanced to the title match by defeating bo goergen of sanford, mich., 258-191, in the semifinal. goergen, who was trying for his first pba50 tour win, made a dramatic jump from seventh in the match play position round to make the final stepladder spot.
lennie boresch jr. captures second career pba50 title at miller high life classic
down by more than 30 pins halfway through the title match, lennie boresch jr. of kenosha, wis., came back to win the pba50 miller high life classic presented by columbia 300 by one pin wednesday at george pappas锟?victory lanes.
boresch won his second career pba50 tour title by defeating mike henry of brunswick, ohio, 211-210, in the title match. in 2012 boresch won in his pba50 tour debut capturing the senior sun bowl in the villages title.
after boresch made his run to take the lead heading into the 10th frame, henry still had a chance to win by throwing a double in the 10th frame. he got the first strike but threw a seven count on the second ball handing the win to boresch.
锟絠 figured i was done but then mike threw a bad shot and then i started thinking, well, you never know what can happen.锟?boresch said. 锟絠t was kind of early in the match and i looked up at the scoring monitor and saw i could strike out for 232. i didn锟絫 strike out but i put enough strikes together to put a little pressure on mike.锟?