The road to New York City's Grand Central Terminal and the Grand Championships in the 15th annual Teen Masters gets underway today at Freeway Lanes in suburban Cleveland.

After qualifying and match play rounds that continue through Thursday, the top four boys and top four girls in the High School Boys and Girls divisions will advance to the unique championship rounds on a specially-installed lane in Vanderbilt Hall inside New York's busy transit hub Aug. 5-8.

Boys and girls in Under-14 divisions also will compete at Freeway Lanes. The Professional Bowlers Association will provide live scoring on pba.com for the Teen Masters qualifying rounds in all four divisions through Wednesday.

The Teen Masters, originated by Killer "B" Promotions founder Gary Beck, is a unique youth tournament, testing player skills on a combination of long- and short-oiled lane conditions as well as bowling equipment limitations which require players to make adjustments in their techniques rather than relying on ball technology.

Each competitor will be allowed to use two bowling balls – an Ebonite Pursuit (or Pursuit S) and an Ebonite Cyclone. More than 170 youth bowlers will compete for more than $100,000 in scholarship money.

Qualifying begins with six games on a 42-foot oiling pattern for all players. High school boys will bowl at 9 a.m. with high school girls and both under-14 groups bowling at 2 p.m. (all times are Eastern).

All groups return at the same times Tuesday for another six games on a shorter 35-foot pattern. All qualifying scores will be posted as they happen on pba.com under its Live Scoring tab. After 12 games, the top one-third of the high school boys' field, top 16 high school girls, top five U14 boys and top four U14 girls will move on.

Wednesday's challenge for the survivors will be a final six-game "mixed pattern" round at 9 a.m., where one lane will use the long-oil pattern and the other lane will use the short-oil pattern. Eight-game round-robin match play rounds in both high school divisions will follow at 7 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Thursday. Total pinfall after 34 games will determine the four high school boys and four girls who will bowl in New York City.

The U14 Boys and Girls Championships will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.

PBA.com's Xtra Frame, a subscription-based on-line video streaming service, is providing live coverage of the final three days of match play eliminations from Grand Central Terminal Aug. 6-8.

 

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15th Annual Teen Masters Schedule

Freeway Lanes, Wickliffe, Ohio, July 9-12 (all times Eastern)

Monday, July 9, 2012
9 a.m. – High School Boys, 6 qualifying games (long oil)
2 p.m. – High School Girls, U-14 Boys and Girls, 6 qualifying games (long oil)

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
9 a.m. – High School Boys, 6 qualifying games (short oil)
2 p.m. – High School Girls, U-14 Boys and Girls, 6 qualifying games (short oil)
Top 1/3 in each division advances
7 p.m. – Optional Bowling Friends & Foes event

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
9 a.m. – All surviving players, 6 qualifying games (one lane long oil, one lane short oil)
2 and 4 p.m. – Second chance sweepers
7 p.m. – High School Boys and Girls, 8 games round-robin match play
8 p.m. – Optional Plastic Ball Challenge

Thursday, July 12, 2012
1 p.m. – U-14 Boys and Girls Championships
1 and 2 p.m. – Optional Double Trouble squads
2 p.m. - High School Boys and Girls, 8 games round-robin match play
Top four boys and top four girls after 34 games advance to Grand Championships
3 p.m. – BFF optional event (top 20 percent advance)
4 p.m. – BFF finals
8 p.m. – Teen Masters After Party

 

Teen Masters Grand Championships

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, Aug. 5-8, 2012

Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012
5 p.m. – Charity Event
8 p.m. – Grand Championships Welcome Dinner

Monday, Aug. 6, 2012
10 a.m. – Practice Session
1 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies
2 p.m. – Charity/Celebrity Match

"Best of two-game" matches:
3 p.m. – Match One: Boy A versus Boy D
4 p.m. – Match Two: Girl A versus Girl D
5 p.m. – Match Three: Boy B versus Boy C
6 p.m. – Match Four: Girl B versus Girl C
7 p.m. – Back To School Fashion Show

Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012
"Best of two-game" matches:
10 a.m. – Match Five: Boy A versus Boy C
11 a.m. – Match Six: Girl A versus Girl C
Noon – Match Seven: Boy B versus Boy D
1 p.m. – Match Eight: Girl B versus Girl D
3 p.m. – Match Nine: Boy A versus Boy B
4 p.m. – Match 10: Girl A versus Girl B
5 p.m. – Match 11: Boy C versus Boy D
6 p.m. - Match 12: Girl C versus Girl D
7 p.m. – Back To School Fashion Show

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
"Best of three-game" matches:
11 a.m. – High School Girls Championship
1 p.m. – High School Boys Championship
4 p.m. – Back To School Fashion Show
5 p.m. - Grand Championship: High School Girls champion vs. High School Boys champion