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Round 2 was conducted at Westway
Lanes and scoring was good ...
actually the scoring was the best
ever. The 137 participants averaged
211.45 for the day's 685 games
breaking the record of 210.06 from
the 1999 qualifier at Rolling
Meadows. Also, 99 bowlers averaged
over 200 on the day breaking the
record of 93 from the 1995 Qualifier
at Rolling Meadows. In the end 91
bowlers averaged over 200 for the
10-game qualifier which is 3 more
than the previous record of 88 from
the 2006 Qualifier at Westway and
Eastway.
Beaver Clark not only lead the way
with a 5-game total of 1,256 but
also captured the Qualifying Title
of the 46th Times-News Open
with a 10-game total of 2,373. He
bested defending champion Lee Eighmy,
Jr. by 17 pins. Lee was seeking his
3rd consecutive qualifying title.
Both bowlers competed on the B
squad.
Tom
Petroff, second after round one
dropped a spot to 3rd finishing with
2,347. Dave Ward, a finalist last
year, completed the qualifier in 4th
with 2,330. First round leader Dave
Mackowski, Jr. slipped a bit but
still qualified in the 5th position
with 2,324.
Dave
Bille (2311), Cory Bithell (2303),
and Lou LaFuria (2301) all eclipsed
the 2300 mark and finished 6th, 7th,
and 8th respectively.
The
only other former champion in the
field is Pat Malone, the 4-time
titlist finished 9th with 2,396.
Jeff McKinley, making his second
consecutive trip to the finals
rounded out the top 10 with a score
of 2,291.
4-time Champion Mike Shady finished
strong with games of 256-226 and 279
but it was not enough to recover
from a poor start as Shady finished
20th with 2,249. 6-time Champion Ron
Palombi, Jr. was also a victim, but
he was not cut until the final
frame. Needing 278 to make the final
field, Palombi began the final game
with 7 strikes before leaving a 4
pin. A spare and a strike later and
he was in a position where 2 strikes
and 9 count would give him the 16th
and final qualifying position. It
was not to be, leaving Jim Moats and
Jeff Wieser, both of whom competed
on the morning squad, tied for the
16th spot with a score of 2,256.
There will be a 1 game rolloff
between the two of them to decide
who will compete in the finals and
who will finish 17th. The rolloff
will commence at 11:00am next
Saturday at Classic Lanes.
The
finals begin at Classic Lanes on
Saturday at noon and conclude at
Rolling Meadow Lanes on Sunday at
noon. There are 8 bowlers from the A
squad qualifier and 8 from B. There
are two past champions and three
first time finalists (Dunkle, Klick
and either Moats or Weiser). 5 of
this year's finalists were finalists
last year.
Check out the all the scores
here.
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