04/29/08
2008 PBA Senior Tour #1
Maccarone targets back-to-back titles in PBA Senior Dayton Classic
Capri Bowling Lanes in Dayton, Ohio (April 22-29, 2008)
Sam Maccarone looks forward to the prospects of not only winning his second Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Senior Tour title on Tuesday, but also the possibility of putting his daughter through college.The defending champion Maccarone averaged 226.13 on Monday to lead qualifying with a 3,637 16-game pinfall and earn the top seed for match play in the 2008 PBA Senior Dayton Classic at Capri Bowling Lanes.
By finishing in the top eight, Maccarone earned a bye through the first two rounds of match play and will need to only win three matches to reach the title match where a special $50,000 bonus is on the line.
Capri Bowling Lanes proprietor Mike Irwin has offered $50,000 to any bowler who can fire a perfect 300 game in Tuesday evening's title match. While this week's event is taking place on the normally high-scoring Cheetah pattern, just one 300 game has been thrown thus far.
Nevertheless, Maccarone looks forward to the chance to step up to the line with so much riding on every shot.
"My first priority is bowling for the title. The $50,000 would come second, but that would be pretty nerve racking," Maccarone (Glassboro, N.J.) said. "I choked today when there was just $100 (300-game bonus) on the line. I have a daughter going to college and that would be an awesome feat to win the title, shoot 300 in the title match and help my daughter go to a college of her choice."
Irwin, meanwhile, looks forward to the excitement and buzz the incentive will create at Capri Bowling Lanes Tuesday evening.
"I just woke up Thursday with this idea. I have a lot of inspiration when I'm sleeping," Irwin said. "It's good for bowling. It gives quite an incentive and it will be fun for the spectators. It's a great way to start the Senior Tour and a great way to provide an added incentive to these professional bowlers."
Maccarone, a two-time champion on the Denny's PBA Tour who won the event last year in Dayton in his rookie season, has been in a groove all week.
"I'm going to tell Mike to look for some real estate for me," Maccarone joked about Irwin. "It's two different oil patterns from this year to last year – we were on Shark last year – so I don't know what it is about this place. I was just working hard to grind it out early and get a spot in the top eight because I didn't have anything."
After finishing Sunday's first round second overall, Maccarone got off to a slow start Monday, averaging just 200.33 over the first three games. He made a ball change over the final four games, however, which resulted in games of 229, 266, 277 and 219.
"The first few games I tried to play like yesterday and it didn't work," Maccarone said. "I changed balls but wasn't comfortable and was really struggling. I went back to the ball I used yesterday and in the fifth game the lanes started hooking more so I moved in further. I was really swinging it right and finished strong the last four."
Also in a solid position to advance to the finals is Bill Henson, who averaged 249.13 on Monday to move from 33rd to second and secure two byes. Henson (Westerville, Ohio) started the day with a 289 and never looked back, also firing two games of 279 along the way.
The other six bowlers who earned byes were Michael Llaneza (Columbus, Ohio), Dale Traber (Cedarburg, Wis.), Ron Mohr (Eagle River, Alaska), Dale Csuhta (Wadsworth, Ohio), Henry Gonzalez (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Patrick King (Yankton, S.D.).
The 2007 PBA Senior Rookie of the Year Sam Zurich (Grant, Fla.), who fired the only 300 game of the week so far, finished ninth to just miss the byes by five pins but still advanced to match play. Three-time defending PBA Senior Player of the Year Tom Baker (King, N.C.), a PBA Hall of Famer who is exempt on the Denny's PBA Tour, finished 11th and will look to win his ninth PBA Senior Tour title.
The top 32 bowlers based on 16-game total pinfall advanced to single-elimination match play on Tuesday. Qualifiers 17-32 face off at 9 a.m. ET with the winners advancing to face qualifiers 9-16. Those winners will face the top eight from qualifying at 1:30 p.m.
The final eight bowl best-of-three at 5:30 p.m. at Capri Bowling Lanes followed immediately by the single-game semifinal and title matches. The winner will take home $8,000 with a $50,000 bonus going to a bowler if he shoots 300 in the title match.
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Round Two Qualifying
Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. Positions 1-32 advance to match play. Positions 33-53 cash. $700 indicates Super Senior check – 60 years and older.
1, Sam Maccarone, Glassboro, N.J., 3,637
2, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,635
3, (TIE) Michael Llaneza, Columbus, Ohio, and Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,621
5, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,595
6, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 3,550
7, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,531
8, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 3,489
9, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 3,484
10, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,473
11, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,464
12, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla, 3,430
13, Kenny Parks, East Chicago, Ind., 3,406
14, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,389
15, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 3,373
16, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,364
17, (TIE) Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, and Karl Wolf, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 3,361
19, Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 3,352
20, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, VA., 3,345
21, Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, Nev, 3,339
22, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 3,336
23, Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., 3,331
24, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,330
25, Ted Hannahs, Zanesville, Ohio, 3,321
26, Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 3,305
27, (TIE) Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill, and Gary Burz, Fairview Park, Ohio, and Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill, 3,300
30, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,298
31, (TIE) Teata Semiz, North Brunswick, N.J., and Andy Ippolito, Forest Hills, N.Y., 3,292
33, Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 3,285, $900
34, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 3,284, $900
35, Mike Swackhamer, Parkersburg, W.V., 3,275, $900
36, Patrick Cahalan, Gilbert, Ariz., 3,267, $900
37, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,265, $900
38, (TIE) Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, and Perry Keplinger, Amherst, Ohio, 3,264, $900
40, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb, 3,247, $900
41, (TIE) John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., and Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 3,242, $900
43, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 3,240, $900
44, Ken Konczos, Sagamore Hills, Ohio, 3,234, $900
45, Vic Portalatin, Jackson, Mich., 3,232, $900
46, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,229, $900
47, Stan Eaton, Beavercreek, Ohio, 3,225, $900
48, (TIE) Chuck Haus, Linden, Mich., and Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 3,224, $900
50, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,219, $900
51, (TIE) Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., and Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,213, $900
53, Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 3,211, $900
54, Dave Frame, Stockton, Kansas, 3,207, $700
55, Mark Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 3,194
56, John Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J., 3,193, $700
57, (TIE) Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, and Doug Evans, Southgate, Mich., 3,180, $700
59, (TIE) William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., and Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo., 3,160
61, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,159, $700
62, Mark Roth, Fulton, N.Y., 3,152
63, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 3,145
64, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,142
65, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 3,141, $700
66, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 3,128
67, Thomas Ochs, Salisbury, N.C., 3,127
68, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 3,125
69, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,122, $700
70, (TIE) Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Jay Aono, Boise, Idaho, 3,121
72, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 3,119
73, Jerry Owens, Beavercreek, Ohio, 3,117
74, Henry Blough, Elizabethtown, Pa., 3,111, $700
75, Fred Ferreira, Kings Park, N.Y., 3,107
76, Dick Gran, Hartville, Ohio, 3,104
77, (TIE) David Benchic, Dayton, Ohio, and Fred McClain, Lincoln Park, Mich., 3,100, $700
79, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 3,086
80, Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 3,083, $700
81, Ronald Sandusky, Blue Jay, Calif., 3,080
82, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla, 3,076
83, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,072
84, Kenneth Gibson, Greenville, S.C., 3,065
85, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,064
86, Michael Meehan, Jacksonville, Fla., 3,063
87, Pete Bryan, Laurel, Del., 3,056
88, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 3,049
89, Tom Farley, Charlotte, N.C., 3,048
90, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 3,047
91, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 3,038
92, Roy Ellsberry, Cincinnati, 3,036
93, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,034
94, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 3,030
95, Stephen Bruck, Cincinnati, 3,029
96, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,028
97, (TIE) Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., and Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 3,025
99, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,021
100, (TIE) George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., and Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 3,017
102, Frank Fiscello, Bloomfield, N.J., 3,016
103, Ed Quinn, Roanoke, Va, 3,010
104, (TIE) Phillip Moros, Lombard, Ill., and Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., and Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,006
107, Tom McBride, Morrisville, N.C., 3,004
108, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 3,002
109, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 2,999
110, Rick Vittone, Canada, 2,997
111, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 2,996
112, Gene Vincent, Decatur, Ill., 2,994
113, James Stanley, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2,992
114, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 2,986
115, Jackie Miller, Bermuda, 2,976
116, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 2,975
117, Len Gray, Cincinnati, 2,973
118, William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 2,970
119, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 2,954
120, Leo Scantamburlo, Riverview, Mich., 2,952
121, (TIE) Leo Plaia, New Orleans, and Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 2,948
123, Bob Brissette, Toledo, Ohio, 2,947
124, John Hunt, Grayling, Mich., 2,925
125, (TIE) Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., and Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla, 2,917
127, Jim Shuck, Huntingdon, Pa., 2,914
128, Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 2,912
129, Dowell Milliken, Lake Grove, N.Y., 2,903
130, Jamie Lawrence, Camillus, N.Y., 2,900
131, John Sudduth, Jacksonville, Fla., 2,888
132, Mike Wiggins, Parkersburg, W.Va., 2,884
133, Gary Newcomb, Vandalia, Ohio, 2,883
134, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 2,879
135, Charlie Juliano, Batavia, N.Y., 2,875
136, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 2,865
137, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,862
138, Gary Badders, Dayton, Ohio, 2,855
139, Doug Arden, Havelock, N.C., 2,846
140, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,840
141, Terry Hockstad, Shelby Twp, Mich, 2,809
142, Bob Oakes, Akron, Ohio, 2,806
143, Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 2,795
144, (TIE) Greg Wilmoth, Wadsworth, Ohio, and Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 2,771
146, Jim Ragnoni, Creston, Ohio, 2,769
147, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va, 2,759
148, Brian Buczek, Brighton, Mich., 2,728
149, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 2,675
150, Tom Giffin, Bassett, Va, 2,662
151, Allen Meskan, Wood Dale, Ill., 2,649
152, Walter Sova Sr., South Daytona, Fla., 2,645
153, Gary Bell, Cincinnati, 2,592
154, James Scott, Villa Park, Ill, 2,590
155, Oliver Mabry, West Bloomfield, Mich., 2,570
156, Gregory Popham, Crestview Hill, Ky., 2,535
157, Donnie Todd Sr., Somerset, Ky., 2,274 (WD)
158, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,550 (WD)
159, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga, 1,541 (WD)
160, Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., 544 (WD)
300 games (1) - Sam Zurich.
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