Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia (pictured left) averaged a blistering 259.5 Sunday for a six-game record 1,557 pins and the first round lead in the PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages at Spanish Springs Lanes.

Petraglia posted games of 267, 248, 268, 279, 237 and 258 to regain the record he lost earlier in the day to second-year PBA Senior Bobby Johnson of Chillicothe, Ohio. Johnson, seeking his first PBA title, put a 1,523 total on the board while bowling with the B Squad in the three-squad qualifying competition, breaking the PBA Senior Tour six-game record of 1,477 set during the 2008 Senior U.S. Open by Petraglia.

Gary Hiday of Indianapolis also topped Petraglia's old record with a 1,480 total as 99 of the 125 players entered averaged 200 or better for the first six games.

"I didn't know my record had been broken until after I finished," Petraglia said. "I was just trying to knock down as many pins as I could when I had the shot. It might not be there tomorrow."

Petraglia, now classified as a Super Senior at age 62, said he discovered a flaw in his backswing last season that has rejuvenated his game.

"The last nine or 10 events have been great," he said. "I noticed on video last year that my backswing was about six inches too high. It was causing deceleration in my down swing. Once I got that fixed, my ball reaction opened up the lanes again."

The Senior Sun Bowl in the Villages format calls for two more six-game qualifying blocks on Monday and Tuesday with the top 32 players advancing to round-robin match play Wednesday. Match play continues during the day Thursday with the stepladder finals championship round scheduled for 7 p.m. Eastern.

 

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PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages - Round One Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and six-game total

1, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,557
2, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,523
3, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 1,480
4, (TIE) Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,471
6, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,457
7, Fred Ferreira, Kings Park, N.Y., 1,455
8, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,454
9, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,452
10, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 1,446
11, Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 1,439
12, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 1,437
13, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,435
14, (TIE) John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, and Gale Voshell, Dover, Del., 1,432
16, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 1,431
17, (TIE) Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., and Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla., 1,426
19, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,425
20, Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., 1,422
21, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 1,419
22, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,408
23, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,405
24, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,401
25, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,400
26, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,397
27, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,393
28, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,385
29, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 1,384
30, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,370
31, Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 1,368
32, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,366
33, (TIE) Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., and Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,364
35, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, Va., 1,358
36, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 1,356
37, (TIE) Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., and Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,354
39, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,348
40, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,345
41, Gerald Teel, The Villages, Fla., 1,343
42, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,331
43, Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., 1,330
44, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,329
45, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,326
46, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 1,325
47, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 1,324
48, (TIE) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,320
50, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 1,317
51, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,315
52, (TIE) Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., and Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,313
54, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,308
55, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 1,306
56, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,302
57, (TIE) Michael DeVore, Brandon, Fla., and Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,301
59, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,300
60, (TIE) Hugh Miller, Seattle, and Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 1,299
62, Phil Taylor, Tifton, Calif., 1,298
63, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 1,294
64, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,293
65, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 1,291
66, Rick Cashell, Dedham, Mass., 1,290
67, Ron Woods, Hudson, Fla., 1,289
68, (TIE) Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Louis Alessi, Safety Harbor, Fla., 1,284
70, Rick Bucceri, Deltona, Fla., 1,278
71, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,276
72, (TIE) Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., and Elvery Mines, New Brunswick, N.J., 1,272
74, William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 1,271
75, J. Wayne Shank, Winter Park, Fla., 1,268
76, (TIE) Tim Lawrence, Inverness, Fla., and Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,266
78, Lee Rautenberg, Boca Raton, Fla., 1,262
79, (TIE) Ed Roberts, Braintree, Mass.; Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, and James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 1,258
82, Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 1,254
83, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,251
84, (TIE) Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich.; Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., and Jim Wilson, Deltona, Fla., 1,245
87, Don Sylvia, Vero Beach, Fla., 1,242
88, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,241
89, Charles Mason, Williston, Fla., 1,240
90, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 1,239
91, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 1,238
92, Frank Tardio, Palatine, Ill., 1,237
93, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 1,233
94, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga., 1,230
95, Bruce Himschoot, Sanford, Fla., 1,229
96, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,223
97, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 1,220
98, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 1,218
99, Ronald Briick, Ormond Beach, Fla., 1,213
100, Patsy DellaPenna, Palm Harbor, Fla., 1,194
101, Sam Lorino, Groveland, Fla., 1,190
102, Daniel Young, Kathleen, Fla., 1,187
103, Vincent Oliva, Orland Park, Ill., 1,181
104, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 1,176
105, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 1,174
106, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 1,171
107, Nick Panicaro, Canton, Ga., 1,169
108, Allen Meskan, Wood Dale, Ill., 1,159
109, Xavier Pullara, Brandon, Fla., 1,158
110, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 1,146
111, Walter Sova Sr., South Daytona, Fla., 1,138
112, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,133
113, John Babbitt, Hoschton, Ga., 1,130
114, Dan Howsmon, Lutz, Fla., 1,114
115, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,113
116, Bing Davis, Bishopville, S.C., 1,110
117, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 1,106
118, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,103
119, Steve Graves, Zephyrhills, Fla., 1,096
120, (TIE) Joseph Venezio, Linden, N.J., and Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 1,090
122, Len Johnson, Ponte Vedra, Fla., 1,084
123, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 1,017
124, Rick Beighley, Levittown, Pa., 998
125, Paul Franzetti, N. Venice, Fla., 988