Dino Castillo leads after PBA Cheetah Open qualifying
01/22/12
Dino Castillo (pictured left) of Carrollton, Texas, bowled two 300 games and averaged 257.33 Saturday to lead qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite at Fountain Bowl.
Castillo had games of 300, 258, 256, 279, 238, 235, 192, 300 and 258 for a 2,316 nine-game pinfall total on the high-scoring PBA Cheetah lane conditioning pattern to top 24 players who advanced to Sunday morning's match play round. In all, thirteen 300 games were bowled in Saturday's qualifying.
"It's a high-scoring pace, of course, which means you really have to concentrate on staying one step ahead." said Castillo, who has a previous best PBA Tour finish of second that came in the 2010 Japan Cup. "Your concentration really has to focus on not just hitting the pocket but getting the ball through the pins.
"For me that requires getting the ball to go right on the lane so I can get the best angle to the pocket," he added. "I tried so hard to do that a couple of times I threw it in the gutter—I guess I tried too hard."
Castillo finished 21 pins ahead of PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke (left) of Clermont, Fla., in second with 2,295. Rounding out the top five were Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 2,273; defending Cheetah Open champion Eugene McCune (right), Munster, Ind., 2,268, and two-time Tour winner Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,257.
Four players from the international field finished among the top 24, who advanced to match play. Japan's Shigeo Saitoh and Takashi Kudoh were 11th and 19th with 2,242 and 2,184, respectively.
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Players with position, hometown and 9-game total. The top 24 advance to match play.
1, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,316
2, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,295
3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 2,273
4, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,268
5, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,257
6, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,256
7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,249
8, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,247
9 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 2,246
11, Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 2,242
12 (tie), Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 2,215
14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,209
15, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,206
16, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,205
17, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,189
18, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,188
19, Takashi Kudoh, Japan, 2,184
20, Lowell Huber, Westminster, Calif., 2,182
21, Stuart Williams, England, 2,179
22, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,177
23, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,176
24, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,175
Missed Cut:
25, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,167, $900
26, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,166, $890
27, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,164, $980
28, Dom Barrett, England, 2,162, $870
29 (tie), Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Steven Smith, San Diego, 2,159, $955
31, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,158, $840
32, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,152, $830
33, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 2,148, $820
34, George Gaucin, El Paso, Texas, 2,141, $810
35, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,134, $800
36, Bobby Campagnale, Highland, Calif., 2,127, $790
37 (tie), Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., and Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,124, $775
39, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,122, $760
40, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,118, $850
41, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 2,113, $740
42, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,108, $730
43, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,105, $720
44, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,103, $710
45, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 2,102, $700
46, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,098, $700
47, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 2,092, $700
48, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,091
49, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,083
50, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,082
51 (tie), Robert Piroozshad, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Tony Knuth, Oceanside, Calif., 2,077
53, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,075
54 (tie), Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., Paul Varela, Carson, Calif., and
Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,072
57, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,069
58, Eddie Katz, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,068
59, Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., 2,067
60, Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J., 2,063
61, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,061
62, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,058
63, Will Hubner, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,055
64, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 2,053
65, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,035
66, Missy Parkin, Lake Forest, Calif., 2,032
67, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 2,028
68, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,026
69 (tie), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,025
71, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 2,021
72, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,018
73, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,017
74, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,015
75, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,014
76, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,009
77, Keith Laing, Los Angeles, 2,007
78, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 2,003
79, Chad Newman, Richardson, Texas, 1,997
80 (tie), Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio and Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,992
82, Mike Danielson, Portland, Ore., 1,990
83, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,989
84, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,987
85, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 1,980
86, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,976
87, Wesley Low Jr., Palmdale, Calif., 1,975
88, Brian Jones, Riverside, Calif., 1,970
89, Toshiyuki Kaneko, Japan, 1,968
90, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,967
91, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,959
92, Paul Herrera, San Jose, Calif., 1,958
93 (tie), Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 1,957
95, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 1,955
96 (tie), Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, and Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 1,948
98, Chris Grulke, Irvine, Calif., 1,944
99, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 1,941
100, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 1,940
101 (tie), Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, and Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,939
103, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,936
104, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,935
105, Vayle Floria, Cerritos, Calif, 1,931
106, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,924
107, Liwei Liu, Pasadena, Calif., 1,913
108, Shinichiro Tamai, Japan, 1,905
109, Chris Williams, Reseda, Calif, 1,902
109, Bill Ireland, Absecon, N.J., 1,902
111, Jim Harvey, Los Angeles, 1,901
112, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,900
113, Raul Rosales, El Monte, Calif., 1,898
114, Scott LaRiviere, Murrieta, Calif., 1,890
115 (tie), Naoyuki Iguchi, Japan, and Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 1,889
117, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,882
118, Ramon Estrada, San Diego, 1,881
119, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,879
120, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 1,868
121, Randy Svendsen, Volin, S.D., 1,865
122, Scott Hatmaker, Winchester, Calif., 1,864
123, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,863
124, Tracy Teeters, Beaverton, Ore., 1,853
125, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 1,850
126, Stephen Gaucin, Los Angeles, 1,849
127, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,848
128, Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 1,845
129, Harold Hill, Lakeside, Calif., 1,840
130, Mitchell Caldwell, Burbank, Calif., 1,828
131, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,819
132, Russ Simmons, Fontana, Calif., 1,817
133, Tim Ursillo, Spring Valley, Calif., 1,792
134, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,779
135, Demetrius Cash, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,759
136, John Sowell, Vista, Calif., 1,738
137, Brent Ilagan, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 1,734
138, J.T. Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,699
139, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,677
140 (tie), Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,643
140, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 1,643
142, John Murth, Simi Valley, Calif, 1,629
143, Jaime Orozco, Santa Ana, Calif, 1,548
300 games (13) - Jason Couch, Nathan Bohr, Tom Smallwood, Dino Castillo (2), Sean Rash, Mike Edwards, John Szczerbinski (2), Marv Sargent, Will Hubner, Dale Eagle, Eddie VanDaniker Jr.
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Rolls two of 13 300 games Saturday at Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, Calif.
Dino Castillo (pictured left) of Carrollton, Texas, bowled two 300 games and averaged 257.33 Saturday to lead qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite at Fountain Bowl.Castillo had games of 300, 258, 256, 279, 238, 235, 192, 300 and 258 for a 2,316 nine-game pinfall total on the high-scoring PBA Cheetah lane conditioning pattern to top 24 players who advanced to Sunday morning's match play round. In all, thirteen 300 games were bowled in Saturday's qualifying.
"It's a high-scoring pace, of course, which means you really have to concentrate on staying one step ahead." said Castillo, who has a previous best PBA Tour finish of second that came in the 2010 Japan Cup. "Your concentration really has to focus on not just hitting the pocket but getting the ball through the pins.
"For me that requires getting the ball to go right on the lane so I can get the best angle to the pocket," he added. "I tried so hard to do that a couple of times I threw it in the gutter—I guess I tried too hard."Castillo finished 21 pins ahead of PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke (left) of Clermont, Fla., in second with 2,295. Rounding out the top five were Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 2,273; defending Cheetah Open champion Eugene McCune (right), Munster, Ind., 2,268, and two-time Tour winner Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,257.
Four players from the international field finished among the top 24, who advanced to match play. Japan's Shigeo Saitoh and Takashi Kudoh were 11th and 19th with 2,242 and 2,184, respectively. Stuart Williams (left) of England was in 21st place with 2,179 and three-time world champion Martin Larsen (right) of Sweden took the 24th and last place to advance with 2,175 or an average of 241.67.
The landmark Cheetah Open is the first PBA Tour event to be streamed live exclusively on PBA's Xtra Frame online bowling channel. Three more Xtra Frame events are scheduled during the remainder of the season.
After Sunday morning's match play round, the field will be cut to the top four players who will compete in a stepladder final at 9 p.m. ET.
The landmark Cheetah Open is the first PBA Tour event to be streamed live exclusively on PBA's Xtra Frame online bowling channel. Three more Xtra Frame events are scheduled during the remainder of the season.
After Sunday morning's match play round, the field will be cut to the top four players who will compete in a stepladder final at 9 p.m. ET.
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PBA Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite - Qualifying Results
Players with position, hometown and 9-game total. The top 24 advance to match play.
1, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,316
2, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,295
3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 2,273
4, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,268
5, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,257
6, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,256
7, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,249
8, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,247
9 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 2,246
11, Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 2,242
12 (tie), Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 2,215
14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,209
15, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,206
16, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,205
17, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,189
18, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,188
19, Takashi Kudoh, Japan, 2,184
20, Lowell Huber, Westminster, Calif., 2,182
21, Stuart Williams, England, 2,179
22, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,177
23, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,176
24, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,175
Missed Cut:
25, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,167, $900
26, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,166, $890
27, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,164, $980
28, Dom Barrett, England, 2,162, $870
29 (tie), Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Steven Smith, San Diego, 2,159, $955
31, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,158, $840
32, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,152, $830
33, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 2,148, $820
34, George Gaucin, El Paso, Texas, 2,141, $810
35, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,134, $800
36, Bobby Campagnale, Highland, Calif., 2,127, $790
37 (tie), Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., and Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,124, $775
39, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,122, $760
40, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,118, $850
41, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 2,113, $740
42, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,108, $730
43, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,105, $720
44, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,103, $710
45, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 2,102, $700
46, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,098, $700
47, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 2,092, $700
48, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,091
49, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,083
50, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,082
51 (tie), Robert Piroozshad, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Tony Knuth, Oceanside, Calif., 2,077
53, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,075
54 (tie), Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., Paul Varela, Carson, Calif., and
Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,072
57, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,069
58, Eddie Katz, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,068
59, Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., 2,067
60, Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J., 2,063
61, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,061
62, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,058
63, Will Hubner, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,055
64, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 2,053
65, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,035
66, Missy Parkin, Lake Forest, Calif., 2,032
67, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 2,028
68, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,026
69 (tie), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,025
71, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 2,021
72, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,018
73, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,017
74, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,015
75, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,014
76, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,009
77, Keith Laing, Los Angeles, 2,007
78, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 2,003
79, Chad Newman, Richardson, Texas, 1,997
80 (tie), Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio and Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,992
82, Mike Danielson, Portland, Ore., 1,990
83, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,989
84, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,987
85, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 1,980
86, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,976
87, Wesley Low Jr., Palmdale, Calif., 1,975
88, Brian Jones, Riverside, Calif., 1,970
89, Toshiyuki Kaneko, Japan, 1,968
90, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,967
91, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,959
92, Paul Herrera, San Jose, Calif., 1,958
93 (tie), Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 1,957
95, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 1,955
96 (tie), Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, and Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 1,948
98, Chris Grulke, Irvine, Calif., 1,944
99, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 1,941
100, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 1,940
101 (tie), Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, and Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,939
103, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,936
104, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,935
105, Vayle Floria, Cerritos, Calif, 1,931
106, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,924
107, Liwei Liu, Pasadena, Calif., 1,913
108, Shinichiro Tamai, Japan, 1,905
109, Chris Williams, Reseda, Calif, 1,902
109, Bill Ireland, Absecon, N.J., 1,902
111, Jim Harvey, Los Angeles, 1,901
112, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,900
113, Raul Rosales, El Monte, Calif., 1,898
114, Scott LaRiviere, Murrieta, Calif., 1,890
115 (tie), Naoyuki Iguchi, Japan, and Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 1,889
117, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,882
118, Ramon Estrada, San Diego, 1,881
119, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,879
120, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 1,868
121, Randy Svendsen, Volin, S.D., 1,865
122, Scott Hatmaker, Winchester, Calif., 1,864
123, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,863
124, Tracy Teeters, Beaverton, Ore., 1,853
125, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 1,850
126, Stephen Gaucin, Los Angeles, 1,849
127, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,848
128, Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 1,845
129, Harold Hill, Lakeside, Calif., 1,840
130, Mitchell Caldwell, Burbank, Calif., 1,828
131, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,819
132, Russ Simmons, Fontana, Calif., 1,817
133, Tim Ursillo, Spring Valley, Calif., 1,792
134, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,779
135, Demetrius Cash, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,759
136, John Sowell, Vista, Calif., 1,738
137, Brent Ilagan, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 1,734
138, J.T. Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,699
139, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,677
140 (tie), Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,643
140, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 1,643
142, John Murth, Simi Valley, Calif, 1,629
143, Jaime Orozco, Santa Ana, Calif, 1,548
300 games (13) - Jason Couch, Nathan Bohr, Tom Smallwood, Dino Castillo (2), Sean Rash, Mike Edwards, John Szczerbinski (2), Marv Sargent, Will Hubner, Dale Eagle, Eddie VanDaniker Jr.
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