Friday, July 22, 2016

WEBER EYES 100 TITLE MARK

Weber Eyes 100 Title Mark in PBA Competition
in PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Championships

WELCH, Minn. (July 21, 2016) – After qualifying for two PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino presented by Storm Championship stepladder finals Thursday, PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber has his eyes set on the career milestone of 100 career titles in PBA competition.

Weber, who along with fellow hall of famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. currently has 98 combined career titles in PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA regional and PBA50 regional tournaments, qualified for the finals of the Viper and Scorpion Championships during Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship week at Island Xtreme Bowl. Each championship awards a PBA50 regional title to the winner.

Weber will have another opportunity to add to his career mark when he enters the match play portion of the World Championship Saturday morning in third place in hopes of advancing to the stepladder finals for the opportunity to win his third consecutive PBA50 Tour major of the season.

Weber’s current titles total breaks down as follows: PBA Tour, 37; PBA50 Tour, 9; PBA regional, 48, and PBA50 regional, 4.

“It’s an impressive record to have but my approach is to bowl the best I can and it will come – if not this week, eventually,” said the 53-year-old Weber. “I suppose that if I can win the first one I’ll start thinking about it more. What it does make me think about are all the second-place finishes I have had throughout my career.”

Earning the top qualifier spot for the Viper Championship was two-time PBA50 Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Las Vegas who had a 4-1 record in match play and 2,510 overall pinfall total with bonus pins. The Viper finals opening match will feature Weber and PBA50 Tour veteran Tom Carter of Columbus, Ohio, with the winner of that match meeting Williams in match two. The winner of the second match will take on 2015 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, Texas in the semifinal.

Top qualifier for the Chameleon Championship stepladder final was PBA50 Tour rookie Brian Kretzer of Dayton, Ohio, with a 4-0-1 record in match play and a 2,606 pinfall. The Chameleon finals opening match will pit Ricky Schissler of Brighton, Colo. against Bo Goergen of Sanford, Mich., with the winner meeting Ron Nelson of Bridgeview, Ill., in the second match. The winner will face Andrew Frawley of Australia in the semifinal.

Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III earned the top qualifying position for the Scorpion stepladder finals with a 5-0 match play record and a 2,573 pinfall. Paul McCordic of Sugar Land, Texas will meet Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli in the opening match with the winner taking on Weber in the second match. The winner will then face Nelson in the semifinal.

Williams also can reach the 100 title mark with a win in the Viper Championship and a win in the World Championship, but he will have his work cut out for him in the World Championship when he enters match play in 23rd position. He holds the all-time lead in career PBA Tour titles with 47, 10 PBA50 Tour titles, 32 PBA regional and nine PBA50 regional titles.

World Championship competition resumes Saturday morning with the 24 match play finalists competing in the first of two six-game match play rounds that will determine the five players who will advance to the stepladder finals at 8 p.m. ET.

Bowling fans can catch all the action on pba.com’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame.  Click on www.xtraframe.tv for subscription and schedule information.

PBA50 TREASURE ISLAND RESORT & CASINO CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY STORM
Island Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minn., Thursday

VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLAY RESULTS
(Includes match play record and 10-game pinfall totals including bonus pins. Top five advance to stepladder finals Friday on Xtra Frame at 1:30 p.m. ET)
1, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 4-1, 2,510.
2, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 4-1, 2,462.
3, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 4-1, 2,455.
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3-2, 2,454.
5, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3-2, 2,424.
6, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 4-1, 2,407, $500.
7, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2-3, 2,404, $475.
8, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3-2, 2,368, $450.
9, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 2-3, 2,355, $425.
10, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3-2, 2,347, $400.
11, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 3-2, 2,338, $380.
12, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3-2, 2,332, $370.
13, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 2-3, 2,330, $360.
14, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1-4, 2,316, $350.
15, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 4-1, 2,279, $340.
16, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 2-3, 2,261, $330.
17, Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 1-4, 2,256, $320.
18, James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 2-3, 2,225, $310.
19, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2-3, 2,216, $300.
20, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3-2, 2,199, $295.
21, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3-2, 2,150, $290.
22, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 1-4, 2,107, $285.
23, Dave Han, Hoover, Ala., 1-4, 2,062, $280.
24, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 0-5, 2,040, $275.

CHAMELEON CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLAY RESULTS
(Top five advance to stepladder finals Friday on Xtra Frame at 4 p.m. ET)
1, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 4-0-1, 2,606.
2, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 3-2, 2,586.
3, Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 3-1-1, 2,508.
4, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 4-1, 2,505.
5, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 2-2-1, 2,503.
6, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3-1-1, 2,468, $475.
7, Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 3-2, 2,456, $450.
8, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 4-1, 2,417, $425.
9, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3-1-1, 2,413, $400.
10, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 3-2, 2,381, $380.
11, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3-2, 2,364, $370.
12, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1-3-1, 2,320, $360.
13, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3-2, 2,311, $350.
14, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 1-3-1, 2,299, $340.
15, n-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 1-3-1, 2,288, $330.
16, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3-2, 2,273, $320.
17, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 2-2-1, 2,255, $310.
18, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 2-2-1, 2,216, $300.
19, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1-4, 2,212, $295.
20, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1-4, 2,210, $290.
21, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 2-3, 2,206, $285.
22, Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 2-3, 2,154, $280.
23, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 0-5, 2,123, $275.
24, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1-4, 2,118, $200.

SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLAY RESULTS
(Top five advance to stepladder finals Friday on Xtra Frame at 6:30 p.m. ET)
1, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 5-0, 2,573.
2, Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 2-2-1, 2,470.
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3-2, 2,460.
4, ss-Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 4-1, 2,425.
5, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3-2, 2,391.
6, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 4-1, 2,359, $475.
7, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 2-2-1, 2,336, $450.
8, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 4-1, 2,332, $425.
9, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3-2, 2,318, $400.
10, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3-2, 2,312, $380.
11, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3-2, 2,279, $370.
12, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2-3, 2,273, $360.
13, Mike Keough, Stockton, Calif., 3-2, 2,247, $350.
14, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 2-3, 2,234, $340.
15, Danny Clark, New Palestine, Ind., 2-3, 2,233, $330.
16, Bobby Nelson, Las Vegas, Nev., 2-3, 2,204, $320.
17, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 2-3, 2,197, $310.
18, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1-4, 2,190, $300.
19, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 2-3, 2,161, $295.
20, ss-Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 3-2, 2,116, $290.
21, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 1-4, 2,102, $285.
22, Gary Alstott, Washington, Ill., 1-4, 2,099, $280.
23, Dave Han, Hoover, Ala, 1-4, 2,089, $275.
24, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 1-4, 2,071, $200.

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