Friday, November 26, 2010

This Sunday on ESPN:
Brunswick Pro Bowling
Cheetah Championship

SUNDAY, NOV. 28, 1 P.M. EASTERN

The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour begins its telecast season Sunday, Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN with the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship from South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

The Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship is one of the five animal pattern events recently conducted during the PBA World Series of Bowling and will be followed by ESPN telecasts of the Pepsi Viper (Dec. 5), Chameleon (Dec. 12), Scorpion (Dec. 19) and GEICO Shark Championships (Dec. 26) also to be aired at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.

Cheetah Championship stepladder finals qualifiers:

Match 1:
No. 5 Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan. vs. No. 4 Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz.
Match 2:
Winner Match 1 vs. No. 3 Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.
Match 3:
Winner Match 2 vs. No. 2 Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C.
Championship Match
Winner of Match 3 vs. No. 1 Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind.

Defending Cheetah Championship winner and PBA Hall of Famer Duke will be trying for his 34th PBA Tour title.
McCune set a PBA 9-game scoring record of 2,468 (274.22 average) to claim the No. 1 qualifying position for a TV final for the first time in his career. He's looking for his second PBA Tour title with his first coming in 2002.
Waliczek, Haugen and Allen will all be trying for their third career Tour titles.

Tournament Recap: Two 6-game qualifying rounds with top 16 advancing to 9-game match play round.

First round leader (after 6 games qualifying): Mike DeVaney, 1,510
Second round leader (after 12 games qualifying): Ritchie Allen, 3,020
Third round leader (after 21 games qualifying and match play): Eugene McCune, 5,612

Additional PBA Tour coverage may be accessed by visiting pba.com and its Xtra Frame subscription video service.

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