Walter Ray Williams Jr. moves to the top in PBA Senior Northern California Classic
06/20/12
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) averaged 242 in Tuesday's qualifying to surge into the second round lead of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Northern California Classic presented by Track at Harvest Park Bowl.
Finishing fourth after Monday's first eight-game round with a 1,854 pinfall total, Williams had 1,936 Tuesday bowling games of 279, 237, 259, 229, 204, 225, 235 and 268. With a 3,790 16-game pinfall in qualifying, he holds a 118-pin lead over first round leader Hugh Miller (right) of Seattle in second with 3,672.
Williams is looking to improve on his two previous appearances in the Senior Northern California Classic which were a seventh-place finish in 2011 and 17th in 2010.
"I've qualified pretty well here but haven't done as well in match play," said the 52-year-old Hall of Famer from Ocala, Fla. "It's a little frustrating to bowl well in qualifying and then not finish it off in match play, but I have a good look and now I hope I can take advantage of that in match play.
"The lanes were playing pretty similar to yesterday," Williams added. "I just made a one board adjustment to the right at the beginning of the block and then moved in a little as the block went on and was able to keep the good ball reaction."
Williams, the PBA Tour's all-time career titles leader, won his third career Senior Tour title earlier this season at the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial. He finished second in the recent Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open losing to fellow Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (left) in the title match, 255-247.
"For the most part the lanes have played consistently all season," Williams added. "That has allowed me to use the same ball for the most part for the last three tournaments and I've only had to make a few tweaks in my adjustments overall."
Williams led 24 players who advanced to Wednesday's match play. Rounding out the top eight, who earned one bye, were amateur Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 3,650; amateur Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,646, Dale Traber (left), Cedar, Wis., 3,631; Wayne Webb (right), Columbus, Ohio, 3,587; Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,580, and Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,575.
Ross Packard of San Jose, Calif., Noel Vazquez of Sacramento, Calif., and Peter Knopp of Germany tied for 24th place at 3,418. Packard won a one-game roll-off 247-216.202, to advance.
Match play begins at 8 a.m. PT Wednesday with Round of 8 and championship rounds getting underway at 5 p.m.
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Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. a-indicates amateur. ss-indicates super seniors out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700.
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,790
2, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,672
3, a-Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 3,650
4, a-Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,646
5, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,631
6, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,587
7, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,580
8, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,575
9, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,535
10, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,533
11, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,530
12, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,524
13, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 3,515
14, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,510
15, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,472
16, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 3,464
17, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 3,448
18, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,441
19, Randy Shewmake, Fort Worth, Texas, 3,431
20, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,425
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,423
22, (tie) Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,420
24, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 3,418
Packard won one-game roll-off for 24th spot to advance to match play. Packard, 247; Noel Vasquez, 216; Peter Knopp, 202
Missed Cut:
25, (tie) Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., and Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,418, $900
27, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,413, $900
28, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,409, $900
29, ss-Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,401, $700
30, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 3,400
31, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 3,395
32, ss-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,389, $700
33, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,375
34, ss-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 3,374, $700
35, Joe Goldstein Sr., Hayward, Calif., 3,371
36, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,357
37, ss-Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,335, $700
38, Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., 3,324
39, ss-Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 3,319, $700
40, Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 3,311
41, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,303, $700
42, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,279
43, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,259
44, (tie) Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., and ss-Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,257, $700
46, ss-Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 3,256, $700
47, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,228
48, (tie) a-Steve Corsaro, Tracy, Calif., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 3,214
50, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 3,211
51, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 3,207
52, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,206
53, Paul Herrera, San Jose, Calif., 3,195
54, a-Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 3,192
55, a-Pat Kruse, Castro Valley, Calif., 3,189
56, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,177
57, Tim Shirlock, Mather, Calif., 3,169
58, a-Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 3,146
59, Rick Francis, Galt, Calif., 3,143
60, Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 3,135
61, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,133
62, a-Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 3,130
63, a-Gip Lentine, Chino, Calif., 3,127
64, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,110
65, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,105
66, a-Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 3,104
67, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,093
68, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 3,089
69, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 3,086
70, a-Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,083
71, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 3,069
72, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 3,056
73, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 3,039
74, a-Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 3,036
75, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 2,988
76, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,960
77, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 2,937
78, Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 2,929
79, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 2,895
80, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 2,868
81, Thomas Goodchild, Fairfield, Calif., 2,831
82, Sam Loftus, Stockton, Calif., 2,825
83, Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 2,802
84, a-Bob Rhiner, Discovery Bay, Calif., 2,799
85, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 2,795
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PBA Hall of Famer leads top 24 into Wednesday's match play
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) averaged 242 in Tuesday's qualifying to surge into the second round lead of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Northern California Classic presented by Track at Harvest Park Bowl.Finishing fourth after Monday's first eight-game round with a 1,854 pinfall total, Williams had 1,936 Tuesday bowling games of 279, 237, 259, 229, 204, 225, 235 and 268. With a 3,790 16-game pinfall in qualifying, he holds a 118-pin lead over first round leader Hugh Miller (right) of Seattle in second with 3,672.
Williams is looking to improve on his two previous appearances in the Senior Northern California Classic which were a seventh-place finish in 2011 and 17th in 2010.
"I've qualified pretty well here but haven't done as well in match play," said the 52-year-old Hall of Famer from Ocala, Fla. "It's a little frustrating to bowl well in qualifying and then not finish it off in match play, but I have a good look and now I hope I can take advantage of that in match play.
"The lanes were playing pretty similar to yesterday," Williams added. "I just made a one board adjustment to the right at the beginning of the block and then moved in a little as the block went on and was able to keep the good ball reaction."Williams, the PBA Tour's all-time career titles leader, won his third career Senior Tour title earlier this season at the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial. He finished second in the recent Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open losing to fellow Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (left) in the title match, 255-247.
"For the most part the lanes have played consistently all season," Williams added. "That has allowed me to use the same ball for the most part for the last three tournaments and I've only had to make a few tweaks in my adjustments overall."
Williams led 24 players who advanced to Wednesday's match play. Rounding out the top eight, who earned one bye, were amateur Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 3,650; amateur Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,646, Dale Traber (left), Cedar, Wis., 3,631; Wayne Webb (right), Columbus, Ohio, 3,587; Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,580, and Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,575.Ross Packard of San Jose, Calif., Noel Vazquez of Sacramento, Calif., and Peter Knopp of Germany tied for 24th place at 3,418. Packard won a one-game roll-off 247-216.202, to advance.
Match play begins at 8 a.m. PT Wednesday with Round of 8 and championship rounds getting underway at 5 p.m.
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PBA Senior Northern California Classic - Second Round Results
Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. a-indicates amateur. ss-indicates super seniors out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700.
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,790
2, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,672
3, a-Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 3,650
4, a-Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,646
5, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,631
6, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,587
7, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,580
8, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,575
9, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,535
10, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,533
11, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,530
12, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,524
13, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 3,515
14, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,510
15, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,472
16, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 3,464
17, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 3,448
18, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,441
19, Randy Shewmake, Fort Worth, Texas, 3,431
20, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,425
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,423
22, (tie) Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,420
24, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 3,418
Packard won one-game roll-off for 24th spot to advance to match play. Packard, 247; Noel Vasquez, 216; Peter Knopp, 202
Missed Cut:
25, (tie) Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., and Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,418, $900
27, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,413, $900
28, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,409, $900
29, ss-Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,401, $700
30, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 3,400
31, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 3,395
32, ss-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,389, $700
33, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,375
34, ss-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 3,374, $700
35, Joe Goldstein Sr., Hayward, Calif., 3,371
36, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,357
37, ss-Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,335, $700
38, Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., 3,324
39, ss-Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 3,319, $700
40, Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 3,311
41, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,303, $700
42, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,279
43, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,259
44, (tie) Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., and ss-Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,257, $700
46, ss-Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 3,256, $700
47, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,228
48, (tie) a-Steve Corsaro, Tracy, Calif., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 3,214
50, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 3,211
51, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 3,207
52, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,206
53, Paul Herrera, San Jose, Calif., 3,195
54, a-Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 3,192
55, a-Pat Kruse, Castro Valley, Calif., 3,189
56, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,177
57, Tim Shirlock, Mather, Calif., 3,169
58, a-Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 3,146
59, Rick Francis, Galt, Calif., 3,143
60, Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 3,135
61, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,133
62, a-Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 3,130
63, a-Gip Lentine, Chino, Calif., 3,127
64, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,110
65, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,105
66, a-Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 3,104
67, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,093
68, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 3,089
69, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 3,086
70, a-Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,083
71, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 3,069
72, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 3,056
73, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 3,039
74, a-Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 3,036
75, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 2,988
76, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,960
77, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 2,937
78, Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 2,929
79, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 2,895
80, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 2,868
81, Thomas Goodchild, Fairfield, Calif., 2,831
82, Sam Loftus, Stockton, Calif., 2,825
83, Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 2,802
84, a-Bob Rhiner, Discovery Bay, Calif., 2,799
85, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 2,795
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