John Petraglia (pictured), Jackson, N.J., one of the newest inductees into the USBC Hall of Fame, took the lead in the qualifying of the PBA Senior Mooresville Miller High Life Classic in North Carolina, the third of 12 events of the 2009 PBA Senior Tour.

Petraglia averaged 246.52 over eight games to lead the field of 144 players with 1972 pinfall total. Petraglia also rolled one of total eight 300 games in the round. Kim Buell, Vince Honeycutt, Stan Wells, Ron Mohr, Dennis Psaropoulas, Ron Profitt and Rodney Tramp had the others.

ABC Hall of Famer Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., was just 26 pins behind in second place with 1944. Another four players also cracked the 1900-bar: 3, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 1,935; 4, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,925; 5, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,922; and 6, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,901.

Mohr (right) won the first two stops this season, the PBA Senior Jackson Open and the PBA Senior Dayton Classic.

Competition continues with the second eight-game qualifying block on May 5. The field will then be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning May 6 at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on May 6 with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Eastern. Practice and pro-ams will take place on May 3.

 

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Qualifying Round One

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total

1, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,972
2, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,944
3, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 1,935
4, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,925
5, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,922
6, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,901
7, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,898
8, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,895
9, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 1,887
10, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,885
11, Phil Taylor, Tifton, Calif, 1,880
12, Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 1,879
13, Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., 1,875
14, Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 1,874
15, Mike Terrell, Newport News, Va., 1,865
16, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,844
17, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,842
18, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 1,841
19, Stan Wells, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,839
20, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,836
21, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 1,824
22, George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C., 1,822
23, Kim Buell, Speedway, Ind, 1,819
24, Sam Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,818
25, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,816
26, Don Sylvia, Vero Beach, Fla., 1,813
27, Wilbert Moorer, Dover, Del., 1,812
28, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla, 1,811
29, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,810
30, Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 1,808
31, Mark Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,801
32, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill, 1,795
33, Pete Bryan, Laurel, Del., 1,794
34, Gale Voshell, Dover, Del, 1,789
35, Brian Voss, Alphretta, Ga., 1,786
36, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,784
37, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,776
38, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 1,774
39, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,772
40, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,767
41, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,764
42, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 1,763
43, R Barry Ingram, Danville, Va., 1,762
44, Thomas Brown, Lexington, N.C., 1,761
45, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga, 1,759
46, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 1,757
47, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,755
48, (TIE) Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., and Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,752
50, Robert Kavanaugh, Clifton Park, N.Y., 1,751
51, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,750
52, (TIE) Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., and Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., and Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,748
55, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,746
56, Rick Salyer, Kingsport, Tenn, 1,742
57, (TIE) Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., and Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,738
59, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 1,737
60, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,735
61, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,730
62, Nick Panicaro, Canton, Ga, 1,729
63, (TIE) Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, and Henry Blough, Elizabethtown, Pa., 1,725
65, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 1,723
66, (TIE) Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, and Charlie Tomey, Spartanburg, S.C., 1,717
68, (TIE) Jim McGee, Townville, S.C., and Bob Oakes, Akron, Ohio, and Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,713
71, John Babbitt, Hoschton, Ga., 1,710
72, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,706
73, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, VA., 1,704
74, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,703
75, (TIE) George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., and Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del, 1,702
77, Richard Steinhoff, Asheville, N.C., 1,701
78, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,699
79, Terry Tuttle, King, N.C., 1,698
80, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,697
81, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,695
82, Michael Graham Sr., Norfolk, Va., 1,690
83, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,688
84, Gary Shultis, Levittown, N.Y., 1,687
85, Mark McNutt, Alpharetta, Ga., 1,685
86, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,682
87, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,672
88, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,666
89, Chris Fedden, Albany, N.Y., 1,664
90, (TIE) Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., and Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,662
92, George Turner Jr., Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1,659
93, Bradford Collins Jr., Augusta, Ga., 1,657
94, Jeff Bellinger, Columbia, S.C., 1,654
95, William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 1,651
96, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla, 1,648
97, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,645
98, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 1,640
99, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,635. 100, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 1,633
101, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 1,628
102, David Martin, Chesapeake, Va., 1,627
103, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 1,625
104, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 1,614
105, Garry Breeden, Manassas, Va, 1,612
106, David Hull, Lexington, N.C., 1,611
107, (TIE) Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., and Leo Plaia, New Orleans, and Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,610
110, Tom McBride, Cramerton, N.C., 1,606
111, Lawrence Goosney, Calabash, N.C., 1,598
112, Brian Clarke, Columbia, S.C., 1,595
113, Roy Reed, Charlotte, N.C., 1,592
114, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,588
115, Mark Bakke, Augusta, Ga., 1,585
116, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 1,582
117, Frank Tuccitto Jr., Southington, Conn., 1,575
118, Rich Giragosian, Charlotte, N.C., 1,571
119, Dennis Cooper, Hampton, Va., 1,558
120, David Robinson, Anderson, S.C., 1,554
121, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 1,550
122, Rick Hood, Stafford, Va., 1,543
123, L.V. (Skip ) Kruse, Havelock, N.C., 1,538
124, Tim Cummings, Rutherfordton, N.C., 1,532
125, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 1,530
126, Gregory Smith, Baltimore, 1,528
127, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,527
128, David Paquin, Kannapolis, N.C., 1,524
129, Tom Giffin, Martinsville, Va, 1,516
130, Hollis McMullen, Rockville, Md., 1,513
131, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 1,512
132, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 1,500
133, Bill Tidd, Troutman, N.C., 1,491
134, Cregg Bernard, Jamestown, N.Y., 1,471
135, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 1,470
136, Johnie Peak Sr., Hyattesville, Md., 1,444
137, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,438
138, Todd Wilson, Summerfield, N.C., 1,433
139, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,430
140, Johnny Cook, Oneonta, Ala, 1,401
141, Johnnie Mosley Jr., Garner, N.C., 1,389
142, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 1,343
143, David Booe, Winston Salem, N.C., 1,315
144, Daniel Jeffrey, Olin, N.C., 1,305

300 Games (8) - Kim Buell, Johnny Petraglia, Vince Honeycutt, Stan Wells, Ron Mohr, Dennis Psaropoulas, Ron Profitt, Rodney Tramp.