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Round 2 was conducted at Lake City Lanes with the Squad B bowlers
kicking off the day and Squad A
completing the qualifying round in
the afternoon shift. First
round leader David Warren picked up
right where he left off with a
279-262-235 start and a comfortable
lead on his first qualifying title
but Mike Shady still had his 3rd
consecutive title in sight and he
cut Warren's 59 pin lead after game
8 to just 17 with one game to go.
Warren managed only 163 the last
game opening the door for Shady to
capture his record 6 qualifying
title. Shady finished with
267-255-234-248-207-1,211=2,369.
Warren ended 3rd with 2,342. The
high block of the day went to Dan
Francis. Francis, who made the
finals last year in a one-game
rolloff with Dick Litz was on fire
the entire squad. He finished a
single pin ahead of Warren with
games of
257-246-278-225-257-1,263=2,343 4-time
champion Lee Eighmy,
Jr. was 4th
with 1,196-2,339. The fifth finalist
position was captured by T.J.
Mitchell. T.J. had the highest score
from the A squad, 1,160-2,277. 2001
champ Steve Benke finished 6th with
1,164-2,274 and first time finalist
Dave Kilpatrick was next with
1,129-2,261.  The
high game of the game came from Jeff
McKinley who bowled a perfect game
in game 8 and, coupled with 258 in
game 7 and 256 in game 10, he
finished with the second highest
score of the day, 1,249 for a ten
game total of 2,228. (Click
picture to enlarge)
The
biggest move of the day came from
Tom Lytle. He started the day in
76th place at -38. Three games
later, 223-257-259 and he was +101.
He would add 62 more pins to that
total and finish 14th, a jump of 62
spots. The
2012 finals will include the
youngest qualifier ever. Kylle
Twaroski who will turn just 17 next
month took advantage of competing on
his home lanes. Kylle shot 1,179
which included a clutch double in
the tenth frame of the final game to
secure a spot in the finals. He
finished 15th. The
final spot came down to the final
frame of the qualifier. With all
other contenders on the A squad
mathematically eliminated Cory
Bithell set his sights on the score
of 2,157 which was held by Beaver
Clark and would be the final
finalist unless Cory could do
something about it. Do something he
did striking in the 9th and 10th to
put himself in position. A good
break and a 9 count meant that a
spare would secure his spot. He
converted the 10 pin, placing
himself just one pin ahead of Clark. The
defending champion, Pat
Malone, hovered around the
cut line during the entire shift
until a poor finished dropped him to
21st. 6-time champion Ron
Palombi, Jr. would also miss
the cut. He finished at +115 in 28th
place. Places
17 through 26 represent the prize
winning non-finalists. The score to
claim a prize was at +129. All
prizes will be distributed at the
award ceremony at the conclusion of
the finals.
Check out the all the scores
here.
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