(Source: Professional Bowlers Association)

LAS VEGAS  – International twin-grip players Jason Belmonte of Australia and Osku Palermaa of Finland took the top two spots after qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association Chameleon Open Sunday at South Point Bowling Center.

Belmonte and Palermaa, the only players to have won a PBA Tour title using a two-handed delivery, will advance to the Chameleon Open televised finals which will be taped by ESPN at 3 p.m. on Nov. 18.

After 14 games of qualifying in the second tournament of the PBA World Series of Bowling, Belmonte, whose PBA title came in the 2009 Bowling Foundation Long Island Open, led with a 3,308 pinfall total (236.2 average). Palermaa, whose Tour title came in last season’s GEICO Shark Championship finished second with 3,292.

“I was bowling scared yesterday, like I was afraid to make errors which caused more errors,” said Belmonte of his disappointing 75^th place performance in yesterday’s Bayer Viper Open. “I was too cautious and I had to make sure to come out more aggressive today.

“Today was a new day and generally I had more confidence. Any time I got into a lull or I was cruising I just kept reminding myself not to bowl scared—just grab the ball and get it. This is a huge confidence builder for the rest of the tournament.”

Also advancing to the Chameleon TV finals were four-time PBA Tour champion Sean Rash in third, with a 3,267 total, and Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela in fourth with 3,183 pins. It will be the second consecutive TV finals for both players who also qualified for the Bayer Viper Open finals.

With Rash and Belmonte in the Chameleon finals, a re-match is possible from their emotional “bottlegate” confrontation during the GEICO PBA Team Shootout in June in Chicago. Both players will also go head-to-head in the World Bowling Tour finals which is also part of the World Series of Bowling lineup.

The Chameleon Open is the second leg in the PBA World Championship. In addition to competing for a spot in the Chameleon Open finals, all World Series of Bowling competitors will bowl two more eight-game qualifying rounds in the PBA’s Scorpion and Shark tournaments over the next two days to qualify for the eight-game PBA World Championship cashers round.

The top 16 players after 40 games will then advance to the World Championship ESPN-taped divisional finals scheduled for Nov. 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.

PBA CHAMELEON OPEN

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Sunday

(After 14 games; top 4 advance to ESPN finals)

1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,308.
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,292.
3, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,267.
4, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,183.

DID NOT ADVANCE (after 14 games)

5, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 3,172, $2,500.
6, John Furey, East Windsor, N.J., 3,164, $2,400.
7, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 3,162, $2,300.
8, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 3,160, $2,200.
9, Antonio Medina, Louisville, Ky., 3,122, $$2,150.
10, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 3,121, $2,100.
11, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 3,113, $2,050.
12, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,108, $2,000.
13, Patrick Girard, Canada, 3,098, $1,950.
14, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 3,065, $1,900.
15, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3,044, $1,850.
16, Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 2,970, $1,800.

DID NOT ADVANCE (after 8 games)

17, (TIE) Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,826, and Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 1,826, $1,275.

19, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 1,825, $1,200.

20, (TIE) Stuart Williams, England, 1,824, and Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1,824, $1,135.

22, Chris Cundiff, Lake Station, Ind., 1,822, $1,100.

23, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,817, $1,090.

24, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,816, $1,080.

25, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,814, $1,070.

26, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 1,812, $1,060.

27, Matthew O’Grady, South Amboy, N.J., 1,810, $1,050.

28, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,804, $1,040.

29, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,799, $1,030.

30, Dom Barrett, England, 1,797, $1,020.

31, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,795, $1,010.

32, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,794, $1,000.

33, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,791.

34, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,785.

35, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1,784.

36, Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., 1,781.

37, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,773.

38, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,771.

39, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,770.

40, (TIE) Ray Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., and Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,769.

42, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,768.

43, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,766.

44, Fawaz Abdullah, Bahrain, 1,765.

45, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,762.

46, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 1,761.

47, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,760.

48, Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 1,758.

49, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,757.

50, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,756.

51, Paola Gomez, Colombia, 1,754.

52, (TIE) Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., and Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,753.

54, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, 1,751.

55, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,750.

56, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,749.

57, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,747.

58, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,746.

59, Mathias Arup, Sweden, 1,744.

60, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,741.

61, (TIE) John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, and Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,737.

63, (TIE) Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., and Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,734.

65, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,731.

66, (TIE) Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., and PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 1,728.

68, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,727.

69, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,726.

70, (TIE) Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, and Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,722.

73, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 1,717.

74, (TIE) Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., and D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,715.

76, Siu Hong Wu, Hong Kong, 1,711.

77, Billy Rogers, Dallas, 1,709.

78, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 1,707.

79, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,705.

80, (TIE) Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., and Jong Soo Park, South Korea, 1,704.

82, Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 1,703.

83, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,702.

84, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 1,700.

85, Patrick Allen, Baltimore, 1,696.

86, (TIE) Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, and Chris Hayden, Las Vegas, 1,692.

88, David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 1,690.

89, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 1,684.

90, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 1,682.

91, Andy Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 1,680.

92, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 1,679.

93, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 1,675.

94, (TIE) Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Paul Moor, England, 1,674.

96, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,671.

97, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,665.

98, Matthew Thornton, Montgomery, Ill., 1,663.

99, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,660.

100, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,655.

101, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,652.

102, James Wallace, Hicksville, N.Y., 1,650.

103, Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, 1,649.

104, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 1,646.

105, (TIE) Isaac Amkie Amkie, Mexico, 1,645 and Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,645.

107, Joshua McBride, Wichita, Kan., 1,644.

108, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 1,639.

109, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 1,638.

110, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,636.

111, (TIE) Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., and Floyd Raymond, Gaylord, Mich., 1,635.

113, (TIE) Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., and Hameed Taqi, Bahrain, 1,633.

115, (TIE) Clara Guerrero, Colombia, Martin Paulsson, Sweden, and Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 1,631.

118, Robert Piroozshad, Ranch Santa Margarita, Calif., 1,629.

119, Tony Campagna Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn., 1,628.

120, (TIE) John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., and Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 1,627.

122, Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 1,625.

123, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 1,622.

124, (TIE) Hyun Bum Kim, South Korea, and Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,621.

126, Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,620.

127, Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 1,615.

128, (TIE) Yong-Jin Gu, South Korea, and Ji-Hyun Cha, South Korea, 1,613.

130, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 1,611.

131, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 1,603.

132, (TIE) Jimmy Mortensen, Denmark, and Jeff Toyne, Columbia, S.C., 1,602.

134, Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, 1,600.

135, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,599.

136, Kyung-Shin Park, South Korea, 1,598.

137, Erik Andersin, Sweden, 1,597.

138, Will Wells, New Zealand, 1,596.

139, (TIE) Ricky Schissler, Henderson, Colo., and Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.V., 1,594.

141, Yousif Falah, Bahrain, 1,592.

142, Adrian Anderson, Roseburg, Ore., 1,589.

143, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,588.

144, Mahd Assad, Bahrain, 1,587.

145, (TIE) Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, and Jim Horan, Oakley, Calif., 1,586.

147, Krzysztof Olesinski, Poland, 1,582.

148, Bubba Harrison, Citrus Heights, Calif., 1,580.

149, Kurt Bogner, Longview, Wash., 1,579.

150, (TIE) Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., and Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 1,577.

152, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,575.

153, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 1,566.

154, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 1,563.

155, Santiago Garcia, Colombia, 1,558.

156, Mohammed Al Swawoosh, Bahrain, 1,557.

157, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,555.

158, (TIE) Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., Masoud Saberi, Bahrain, and Adam Miller, Charlotte, N.C., 1,552.

161, Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 1,550.

162, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 1,548.

163, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,544.

164, Billy Rohde, Marietta, Ga., 1,541.

165, (TIE) Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., and William Guszczo, Orland Park, Il., 1,532.

167, Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 1,525.

168, (TIE) Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, and Michael Ciardulli Jr., Valley Stream, N.Y., 1,522.

170, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,521.

171, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 1,520.

172, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,517.

173, Kenneth Bland Jr., Germany, 1,515.

174, Darrell Gilbert Jr., Valparaiso, Ind., 1,506.

175, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,502.

176, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 1,501.

177, Toni Palermaa, Finland, 1,485.

178, (TIE) Sean Mamlok, San Jose, Calif., and Jason Miller, Portland, Ore., 1,479.

180, Adam Monks, San Diego, 1,476.

181, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 1,475.

182, Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., 1,470.

183, David Peterson, Plano, Texas, 1,462.

184, (TIE) Frank Boyer, Lebanon, Pa. and Jorge Tello, Colombia, 1,446.

186, Miroslaw Pajak, Poland, 1,444.

187, Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 1,442.

188, Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 1,434.

189, Rachel Vaughn, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1,430.

190, Chuck Galaviz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1,422.

191, Kevin Prior, Allen, Texas, 1,416.

192, Brett Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,413.

193, Chris Helton, Fountain, Colo., 1,405.

194, Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 1,394.

195, Don Mathey, Turlock, Calif., 1,391.

196, Sam Grihm, Portland, Ore., 1,388.

197, David Meadows, Houston, 1,379.

198, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,365.

199, J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,352.

200, Dwight Tincher, Perris, Calif., 1,344.

201, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 1,340.

202, Tyler Johnson, Surprise, Ariz., 1,329.

203, Mathew Tabor, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1,326.

204, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 1,274.

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING LEADERS

(After 16 of 32 games)

1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,931.
2, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,751.
3, Dom Barrett, England, 3,720.
4, Stuart Williams, England, 3,713.
5, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,708.
6, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 3,703.
7, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,675.
8, Patrick Girard, Canada, 3,662.
9, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3,659.
10, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,658.
11, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 3,644.
12, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,643.
13, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 3,628.
14, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 3,625.
15, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 3,623.
16, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 3,613.

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(Source: Professional Bowlers Association)

Twin-grip players made an impact after the first squad of the PBA Chameleon Open Sunday at the South Point Bowling Center with PBA Tour titlist and two-hander Jason Belmonte of Australia taking the early lead.

Belmonte fired a 1,963 eight game pinfall (245.3 average) with games of 279, 258, 211, 279, 241, 218, 177 and 300.

Belmonte, the winner of the 2009 Bowling Foundation Long Island Open, rebounded after a disappointing 75^th-place finish in Saturday’s Bayer Viper Open.

“I was bowling scared yesterday like I was afraid to make errors which caused more errors,” said the 28-year-old Belmonte. “I was too cautious and I had to make sure to come out more aggressive today.

“It’s a new day and generally I had more confidence. Anytime I got into a lull or I was cruising I just kept reminding myself not to bowl scared—just grab the ball and get it.”

Belmonte’s 300 game to end the round vaulted him around Patrick Gerard of Canada who finished the squad in second with 1,938 and also bowled a 300 game.

Two-handers Brian Valenta of Lockport, Ill. with a 1,878 pinfall and Osku Palermaa of Finland with 1,872 held down the fifth and sixth places respectively. Palermaa is the only other player with a two-handed delivery to win a PBA title capturing last year’s GEICO Shark Championship at the World Series of Bowling.

In general, international players made an impact after the first squad with a total of seven countries represented in the top 16 which also included Thomas Larsen of Denmark in a tie for 10^th with Stuart Williams of England; Dan MacLelland of Canada in 13^th; Martin Larsen of Sweden in 14^th and Andres Gomez of Colombia in 15^th.

A record 16 countries are represented in this year’s World Series.

The PBA Chameleon Open is the opening event of the 2011-12 PBA Tour season, and the second leg in the PBA World Championship. In addition to competing for a spot in the Viper Championship televised finals which will be taped by ESPN at 3 p.m. PT Nov. 18, all World Series of Bowling competitors will bowl two more eight-game qualifying rounds in the PBA’s Scorpion and Shark tournaments over the next two days to qualify for the PBA World Championship cashers round.

The top 16 players after 40 games will then advance to the World Championship ESPN-taped divisional finals scheduled for Nov. 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.

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(Source: Professional Bowlers Association)

 

LAS VEGAS – Trying for his third PBA Tour title, Mike Fagan of Dallas, led an international field of four players Saturday who will advance to the televised finals of the PBA Bayer Viper Open at South Point Lanes.

After 14 games of qualifying in the first tournament of the PBA World Series of Bowling, Fagan had a 3,393 pinfall (242.3 average). In Saturday’s final six-game round he bowled games of 209, 237, 246, 279, 237 and 269.

Fagan finished 90 pins ahead of second-place finisher Stuart Williams of England, who had a 3,303 pinfall. Four-time PBA Tour winner Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., finished third with 3,261 and Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela rounded out the top four with 3,240.

“I had some momentum coming into the final round and was able to get into cruise control,” said Fagan. “It’s nice to be the tournament leader but you still have to win when it counts on TV.”

Williams, whose previous best Tour finish was sixth in the 2009 PBA Cheetah Championship, felt he could capitalize on the Viper lane condition especially in Saturday’s final qualifying round.

“My goal was to stay steady for the whole round and hope to maybe catch a couple pairs where you could shoot a big game to vault up the standings and that’s pretty much what happened in that round,” said Williams.

The Bayer Viper Open is the opening event of the 2011-12 PBA Tour season, and the first leg in the PBA World Championship. In addition to competing for a spot in the Viper Championship televised finals which will be taped by ESPN at 1 p.m. PT Nov. 18, all World Series of Bowling competitors will bowl three more eight-game qualifying rounds in the PBA’s Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark tournaments over the next three days to qualify for the PBA World Championship cashers round.

The top 16 players after 40 games will then advance to the World Championship ESPN-taped divisional finals scheduled for Nov. 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.

PBA BAYER VIPER OPEN

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Saturday

(After 14 games; top 4 advance to ESPN finals)

1, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 3,393.

2, Stuart Williams, England, 3,303.

3, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,261.

4, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,240.

DID NOT ADVANCE (after 14 games)

5, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,219, $2,500.

6, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 3,215, $2,400.

7, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,206, $2,300.

8, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 3,193, $2,200.

9, Dom Barrett, England, 3,187, $2,150.

10, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 3,163, $2,100.

11, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,148, $2,050.

12, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 3,124, $2,000.

13, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,100, $1,950.

14, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,078, $1,900.

15, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 3,065, $1,850.

16, Hyun Bum Kim, South Korea, 3,054, $1,800.

DID NOT ADVANCE (after 8 games)

17, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,820, $1,300.

18, (TIE) Billy Rogers, Dallas, and Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,817, $1,225.

20, Siu Hong Wu, Hong Kong, 1,814, $1,150.

21, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,811, $1,110.

21, Andy Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 1,811, $1,110.

23, (TIE) Clara Guerrero, Colombia, and Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 1,810, $1,085.

25, (TIE) Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, and James Wallace, Hicksville, N.Y., 1,804, $1,065.

27, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,800, $1,050.

28, (TIE) Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., and Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,799, $1,035.

30, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,798, $1,020.

31, Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, 1,795, $1,010.

32, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 1,788, $1,000.

33, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,787.

34, John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, 1,786.

35, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,781.

36, Adrian Anderson, Roseburg, Ore., 1,776.

37, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 1,774.

38, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,768.

39, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 1,764.

40, (TIE) Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., and Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,762.

42, (TIE) Ray Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., and Yong-Jin Gu, South Korea, 1,761.

44, (TIE) Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., and Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,759.

46, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,758.

47, Patrick Allen, Baltimore, 1,757.

48, (TIE) Matthew O’Grady, South Amboy, N.J., and Antonio Medina, Louisville, Ky., 1,756.

50, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,754.

51, Joshua McBride, Wichita, Kan., 1,753.

52, David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 1,752.

53, (TIE) Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., and Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,751.

56, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 1,748.

57, Floyd Raymond, Gaylord, Mich., 1,743.

58, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,739.

59, (TIE) Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, and Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,737.

61, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,731.

62, (TIE) David Haynes, Las Vegas, and Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,727.

64, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 1,726.

65, Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,724.

66, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,722.

67, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,721.

68, Paul Moor, England, 1,720.

69, Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 1,718.

70, (TIE) Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., and Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,717.

72, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,716.

73, Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 1,715.

74, Ji-Hyun Cha, South Korea, 1,713.

75, (TIE) Jason Belmonte, Australia, and Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,712.

77, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,708.

78, (TIE) Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., and Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 1,706.

80, Billy Rohde, Marietta, Ga., 1,705.

81, William Guszczo, Orland Park, Il., 1,704.

82, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,701.

83, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,700.

84, Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 1,694.

85, Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 1,693.

86, (TIE) Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., and John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 1,692.

89, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,691.

90, John Furey, East Windsor, N.J., 1,689.

91, (TIE) Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., and Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,687.

93, (TIE) Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,685.

93, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,685.

95, (TIE) Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., and Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,684.

97, (TIE) Andrew Cain, Phoenix, and Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 1,682.

99, Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, 1,674.

100, (TIE) Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., and Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1,673.

102, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.V., 1,670.

103, (TIE) Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, and Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,668.

105, (TIE) Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., and Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 1,662.

107, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 1,661.

108, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,660.

109, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 1,658.

110, J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,657.

111, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 1,656.

112, (TIE) Kyung-Shin Park, South Korea, and Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,655.

114, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,652.

115, Kenneth Bland Jr., Germany, 1,646.

116, Erik Andersin, Sweden, 1,645.

117, Chris Hayden, Las Vegas, 1,641.

118, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,639.

119, Matthew Thornton, Montgomery, Ill., 1,636.

120, Robert Piroozshad, Ranch Santa Margarita, Calif., 1,635.

121, (TIE) Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, and

Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,634.

124, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,632.

125, Yousif Falah, Bahrain, 1,628.

126, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 1,626.

127, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,625.

128, Kurt Bogner, Longview, Wash., 1,621.

129, Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 1,618.

130, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,617.

131, (TIE) Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, and Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 1,615.

133, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,609.

134, Adam Monks, San Diego, 1,608.

135, (TIE) Sean Mamlok, San Jose, Calif., and Krzysztof Olesinski, Poland, 1,606.

137, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 1,605.

138, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,599.

139, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 1,597.

140, Masoud Saberi, Bahrain, 1,595.

141, (TIE) Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, and Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 1,592.

143, (TIE) Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., and Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,591.

145, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 1,590.

146, Mohammed Al Swawoosh, Bahrain, 1,589.

147, (TE) Paola Gomez, Colombia, and Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,586.

149, Jeff Toyne, Columbia, S.C., 1,585.

150, Chris Cundiff, Lake Station, Ind., 1,584.

151, (TIE) Ricky Schissler, Henderson, Colo., and Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 1,581.

153, (TIE) Brett Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas, and Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,580.

155, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,579.

156, Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., 1,576.

157, (TIE) Tony Campagna Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn., and Jimmy Mortensen, Denmark, 1,572.

159, Santiago Garcia, Colombia, 1,569.

160, (TIE) Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., and Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 1,567.

162, Fawaz Abdullah, Bahrain, 1,565.

163, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 1,564.

164, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,562.

165, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 1,559.

166, David Peterson, Plano, Texas, 1,557.

167, Mahd Assad, Bahrain, 1,553.

168, Isaac Amkie Amkie, Mexico, 1,552.

169, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,545.

170, Michael Ciardulli Jr., Valley Stream, N.Y., 1,538.

171, Jong Soo Park, South Korea, 1,532.

172, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 1,531.

173, (TIE) Jaime Monroy, Colombia, and Adam Miller, Charlotte, N.C., 1,508.

175, Bubba Harrison, Citrus Heights, Calif., 1,505.

176, (TIE) Jason Miller, Portland, Ore., and Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 1,499.

178, Mathias Arup, Sweden, 1,493.

179, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 1,492.

180, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,485.

181, Toni Palermaa, Finland, 1,477.

182, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,476.

183, Chuck Galaviz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1,475.

184, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 1,473.

185, Dwight Tincher, Perris, Calif., 1,461.

186, Darrell Gilbert Jr., Valparaiso, Ind., 1,452.

187, Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 1,450.

188, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,436.

189, Chris Helton, Fountain, Colo., 1,427.

190, Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 1,426.

191, Jim Horan, Oakley, Calif., 1,418.

192, Kevin Prior, Allen, Texas, 1,407.

193, Will Wells, New Zealand, 1,403.

194, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 1,402.

195, Frank Boyer, Lebanon, Pa, 1,401.

196, Hameed Taqi, Bahrain, 1,381.

197, Sam Grihm, Portland, Ore., 1,379.

198, Mathew Tabor, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1,369.

199, David Meadows, Houston, 1,362.

200, Miroslaw Pajak, Poland, 1,356.

201, Don Mathey, Turlock, Calif., 1,323.

202, Jorge Tello, Colombia, 1,304.

203, Rachel Vaughn, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1,294.

204, Tyler Johnson, Surprise, Ariz., 1,206.

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LAS VEGAS — Fresh off their battle in Friday’s Bowlersdeals.com All-In Showdown, Sean Rash and Tommy Jones took the first two spots after Saturday’s A squad qualifying of the PBA Bayer Viper Open at the South Point Bowling Center.

Rash took the early lead with a 1,976 eight-game pinfall (247 average) with games of 247, 222, 220, 205, 279, 234, 290 and 279. He leads Jones, a 13-time Tour champion and the winner of the All-In Showdown, in second with 1,892.

“The Viper is a pretty good condition for me — it’s consistent and I bowled well on it last year,” said Rash, a four-time PBA Tour titlist. “I don’t think I’ve made a (Tour) show on it but I’ve won a regional on it and I qualified third here last year.”

With B squad yet to bowl this afternoon, top 16 players will advance to a final six-game round this evening at 8 p.m. After a total of 14 games, the top four players will advance to the Bayer Viper Open ESPN eliminator finals which will be taped at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 at South Point.

“It’s like a sprint,” Rash added. “Tonight it’ll be 16 players who bowled well all day. It’s nice to be the leader in the clubhouse with a number to shoot at but nobody is going to be able to afford to slow down.”

In yesterday’s All-In Showdown Jones defeated Rash in the final two-game match 446-226 to win the $45,000 winner-take-all jackpot.

The Bayer Viper Championship qualifying round is the opening event of the 2011-12 PBA Tour season, and the first leg in the PBA World Championship. In addition to competing for a spot in the Viper Championship eliminator finals, all PBA World Series of Bowling competitors will bowl three more eight-game qualifying rounds on the PBA’s Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark tournaments over the next three days to qualify for the PBA World Championship cashers round.

The top 16 players after 40 games will advance to the World Championship ESPN-taped divisional finals scheduled for Nov. 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.

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If you didn’t see the All-in showdown on Xtra  frame you missed something really special. Eight of the best bowlers in the world put up $5,000 of their own money for a chance at $45,000. It came down to the last frame between Tommy Jones and Sean Rash and Jones needed a triple in the 10th to lock out Rash. He threw the first one but couldn’t carry the next giving Rash a shot at the big pot. All Sean needed was a double and good count to claim the 45g. He threw what looked like a perfect ball and got frozen by one of the only true wraps in the game, the dreaded 9 pin. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Which leads be to believe the WSOB will be the best one to date, with over 200 of the best bowlers in the world, it will be an exciting two weeks. When the PBA gave me the incredible chance to compete in last year’s WSOB I really didn’t know what to expect. When I arrived for the first day of practice I couldn’t believe I was bowling with the best in the world.  I knew it would be hard, and all I wanted to do was not make a fool out of myself. The guys really made me feel right at home which helped me for the week.

Looking at this years WSOB, I would have to say that Tommy Jones and Sean Rash would be at the top of my list to win at least one of the tournaments. I think some of the others at the top of my list are Bill O’Neill, Norm Duke and Walter Ray Williams, Jr. I think we found out where the action is – it’s at the South Point Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Enjoy!

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