Ross Packard overcame an early blowout to win his first career PBA Senior Tour title, defeating Vince Mazzanti Jr., two-games-to-one, in the title match of the 2005 PBA Senior Northern California Classic Thursday evening at Harvest Park Bowl.

Packard, who won the $8,000 top prize, dropped the opening game against Mazzanti, 240-191, but believed he was ready to make a run. "Towards the end of the first game, I felt that I had gotten to the right spot [on the lanes] with the right equipment," said Packard, who owns 27 career PBA Wild Turkey Bourbon Regional Tour titles. "I figured that I was close, and that I had a chance to win."

Packard, San Jose, Calif., won game two, 212-200, building up a large enough lead to withstand an open 10th frame. In the deciding game, Packard began with a strike and spare before striking on his next three shots. Strikes in the 8th and 9th frames, combined with Mazzanti failing to strike in the 10th, helped Packard to win, 237-192, and his earn his first PBA Senior Tour title in 12 tries.

Mazzanti, Levittown, N.Y., was looking to become the first bowler since 2000 to win back-to-back PBA Senior Tour events after he won last week's 2005 American Bowling Congress Senior Masters in Las Vegas.

Packard punched his ticket to the title match by defeating Pat Kruse, Castro Valley, Calif., in the best-of-three games semifinal match. Coming off a 187-181 loss in game two, Packard recovered to win the third game, 258-178. Mazzanti dispatched five-time title winner Ron Winger, Westlake Village, Calif., in the semifinals, 2-1.

The PBA Senior Tour heads to Klamath Falls, Ore., for the 2005 PBA Senior Epicenter Classic, June 26-30 at the Epicenter Bowling Complex.

Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood, California
June 19-23, 2005

Championship Round:
1. Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., $8,000
2. Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., $4,000
3. Pat Kruse, Castro Valley, Calif., $2,000
(tie) Ron Winger, Westlake Village, Calif., $2,000

Playoff Results (Best-of-three games match play):
Semifinal Matches:
#13 Ross Packard def. #16 Pat Kruse, 2-1
(237-226, 171-187, 258-178)
#30 Vince Mazzanti Jr. def. #2 Ron Winger, 2-1
(208-200, 205-209, 193-181)
Championship Match:
#13 Ross Packard def. #30 Vince Mazzanti Jr., 2-1
(191-240, 212-200, 237-192)

#2 Ron Winger def. #7 Bill McCorkle, 3-2
(217-192, 199-235, 180-189, 237-225, 252-162)

#13 Ross Packard def. #5 Don Sylvia, 3-1
(199-234, 235-202, 267-158, 249-215)

#30 Vince Mazzanti Jr. def. #6 Teata Semiz, 3-2
(233-166, 181-221, 210-210 [9-10], 237-232, 204-195)

#16 Pat Kruse def. #8 Dave Soutar, 3-1
(245-211, 186-206, 279-184, 270-197)

#16 Pat Kruse def. #1 Gary Skidmore, 3-2
(215-244, 146-288, 215-190, 230-228, 221-173)

#2 Ron Winger def. #18 Bob Glass, 3-2
(173-181, 189-237, 206-145, 251-155, 215-205)

#30 Vince Mazzanti Jr. def. #3 Bob Handley, 3-1
(229-234, 211-204, 227-202, 213-190)

#13 Ross Packard def. #4 Tom Baker, 3-1
(226-165, 144-198, 240-219, 255-197)

#5 Don Sylvia def. #28 Steve Stein, 3-1
(253-247, 224-197, 172-203, 225-182)

#6 Teata Semiz def. #11 Ernie Schlegel, 3-2
(203-176, 192-203, 254-185, 185-194, 226-216)

#7 Bill McCorkle def. #23 Gary Hiday, 3-0
(209-201, 185-171, 218-170)

#8 Dave Soutar def. # 9 Dale Eagle, 3-2
(224-226, 214-187, 238-253, 244-189, 210-205)

Dale Eagle weathered an impressive run from Steve Ferraro, but the 9-time PBA Senior Tour titlist defeated Ferraro three-games-to-two in the 2005 PBA Senior Northern California Classic round of 24 at Harvest Park Bowl Wednesday evening.

Eagle won the opening game, 277-216, before Ferraro shot 279 in both games two and three to take a 2-1 lead in the match. "I didn't even think about getting discouraged," said Eagle, who's looking to become just the fourth bowler to reach 10 career PBA Senior Tour titles. Eagle went on to win game four, 213-202, then took the deciding game, 259-199.

"[Ferraro] wore me out … it was a lot of work. He's just as good as his brother," Eagle commented about Ferraro, whose brother, Dave, won nine PBA Tour titles in the late 1980s and early '90s.

In other matches, the 2004 PBA Senior Player of the Year Bob Glass defeated Edward Silva, 3-1. Glass dropped the first game, 188-185, but needed just a 206.33 average to win the final three games.

PBA Hall of Famer Ernie Schlegel needed five games to defeat Henry Gonzalez. After dropping game four, 246-214, Schlegel captured the match with a 265-227, game five win. Looking for his second title of the season, Vince Mazzanti Jr. beat Ted Staikoff, 3-0. Mazzanti averaged just 202.00 in his first two games before winning game three, 258-203.

The best-of-five games match play round of 16, which begins Thursday at 8 a.m. PT, features the round of 24 winners against the top eight qualifiers. The semifinals and finals begin Thursday at 3 p.m. and will feature best-of-three games match play, with the winner taking home the $8,000 top prize.

#9 Dale Eagle def. #24 Steve Ferraro, 3-2
(277-216, 254-279, 258-279, 213-202, 259-199)

#23 Gary Hiday def. #10 Roger LeClair, 3-0
(201-192, 211-183, 233-189)

#11 Ernie Schlegel def. #27 Henry Gonzalez, 3-2
(278-247, 200-213, 225-209, 214-246, 265-227)

#28 Steve Stein def. #12 John Shreve Sr., 3-1
(207-177, 154-193, 223-160, 225-224)

#13 Ross Packard def. #29 Ronald Garr, 3-1
(197-254, 258-204, 210-210 [19-17], 237-215)

#30 Vince Mazzanti Jr. def. #14 Ted Staikoff, 3-0
(205-195, 199-191, 258-203)

#18 Robert Glass def. #15 Edward Silva, 3-1
(185-188, 211-191, 217-164, 191-176)

#16 Pat Kruse def. #17 Dennis Jones, 3-1
(221-214, 257-206, 159-242, 216-210)

#17 Dennis Jones def. #32 Dave Kangas, 3-0
(199-183, 200-180, 200-189)

#18 Robert Glass def. #31 Michael Henry, 3-1
(183-218, 222-186, 214-191, 209-173)

#30 Vince Mazzanti Jr. def. #19 Rohn Morton, 3-1
(255-167, 202-209, 223-222, 187-184)

#29 Ronald Garr def. #20 Harley Trumbull, 3-0
(224-161, 204-190, 268-188)

#28 Steve Stein def. #21 Bob Chamberlain, 3-0
(246-209, 201-170, 212-211)

#27 Henry Gonzalez def. #22 Roger Kossert, 3-2
(268-258, 254-192, 170-219, 204-224, 264-191)

#23 Gary Hiday def. #26 Larry Graybeal, 3-0
(258-184, 279-240, 223-196)

#24 Steve Ferraro def. #25 Matt Surina, 3-2
(171-195, 156-203, 224-191, 212-162, 180-158)

300 Games - (Rounds 32 and 24) None.

Gary Skidmore averaged 237.50 over eight games Tuesday at Harvest Park Bowl to lead qualifying in the 2005 PBA Senior Northern California Classic with a 3,691 16-game pinfall.

Skidmore, who earned a bye into the best-of-five-games match play Round of 16, fired a 279 in his opening game. After a 172 in game four, the six-time PBA Tour title winner rebounded with scores of 246, 255, 231 and 269 to close out his round.

Skidmore owns six PBA Tour titles, but is looking for his first career PBA Senior Tour victory. "It's the reason I'm bowling. It's a validation of a career," Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., said of the possibility of winning this week. "To show I was good on the [National] Tour, then to be able to take it to the next level on the Senior Tour would be huge."

Ron Winger, a five-time title winner from Westlake Village, Calif., was second while Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., was third with 3,644. Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., was 8th with 3,494. The seven-time PBA Senior Tour titlist beat out Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., by four pins for the final bye into the round of 16 on Thursday.

Dave Kangas, Gwinn, Mich., finished four pins ahead of Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., for the 32nd and final match play spot. Kangas, 69, finished qualifying with 3,324.

The top 32 qualifiers advance to match play, with the top eight receiving a bye into the round of 16. Qualifiers 17-32 will begin the best-of-five games match play round of 32 Wednesday at 1 p.m. PT. Qualifiers 9-16 will bowl those winners in the match play round of 24 immediately following. The semifinals and finals on Thursday will feature best-of-three match play, with the winner taking home the $8,000 top prize.

1. Gary Skidmore, 3691, 230,69
2. Ron Winger, 3650, 228,13
3. Bob Handley, 3644, 227,75
4. Tom Baker, 3612, 225,75
5. Don Sylvia, 3584, 224,00
6. Teata Semiz, 3517, 219,81
7. Bill McCorkle, 3510, 219,38
8. Dave Soutar, 3494, 218,38
9. Dale Eagle, 3490, 218,13
10. Roger LeClair, 3467, 216,69
11. Ernie Schlegel, 3461, 216,31
12. John Shreve Sr. 3451, 215,69
(tie) Ross Packard, 3451, 215,69
14. Ted Staikoff, 3434, 214,63
15. Edward Silva, 3431, 214,44
16. Pat Kruse, 3427, 214,19
17. Dennis Jones, 3417, 213,56
(tie) Robert Glass, 3417, 213,56
19. Rohn Morton, 3397, 212,31
20. Harley Trumbull, 3389, 211,81
21. Bob Chamberlain, 3388, 211,75
22. Roger Kossert, 3385, 211,56
23. Gary Hiday, 3380, 211,25
24. Steve Ferraro, 3378, 211,13
25. Matt Surina, 3368, 210,50
26. Larry Graybeal, 3364, 210,25
27. Henry Gonzalez, 3350, 209,38
28. Steve Stein, 3340, 208,75
29. Ronald Garr, 3336, 208,50
30. Vince Mazzanti Jr., 3334, 208,38
(tie) Michael Henry, 3334, 208,38
32. Dave Kangas, 3324, 207,75
33. Ray Cobb, 3320, 207,50
34. Gregory Waldon, 3309, 206,81
35. Jerry Walls, 3304, 206,50
36. *Larry Galloway, 3295, 205,94
37. *Dennis Greene, 3268, 204,25
38. Marc Clyburn, 3266, 204,13
39. Chuck Best, 3257, 203,56
40. Chuck Collondrez, 3256, 203,50
41. *Dick Baker, 3245, 202,81
42. William Roeben, 3242, 202,63
43. Chuck Fairchild Jr., 3226, 201,63
44. Jere Schweikert, 3225, 201,56
45. Dennis Amato, 3220, 201,25
46. Richard Holmes, 3209, 200,56
(tie) *Jan Kravcheno Sr. 3209, 200,56
48. Harv Pallas, 3207, 200,44
(tie) *Syd Magargal, 3207, 200,44
50. James Slaughter, 3197, 199,81
51. Norb Wetzel, 3188, 199,25
52. Conway Sunell, 3180, 198,75
53. *Kirk Tupper, 3179, 198,69
54. Bill Argenbright, 3177, 198,56
(tie) *Jocko Mangin, 3177, 198,56
56. *Robert Teeters, 3176, 198,50
57. Robert Rogers, 3175, 198,44
58. Murray Hickman Sr. 3172, 198,25
(tie) Jim Gordin, 3172, 198,25
60. Brendan Bierch, 3163, 197,69
61. Sal Bongiorno, 3162, 197,63
62. Lee Rautenberg, 3158, 197,38
63. *Ken Waters, 3151, 196,94
64. D.A. Carbone, 3145, 196,56
65. Garrie Yacap, 3144, 196,50
66. Paul Herrera, 3135, 195,94
67. Sam Perrotta, 3132, 195,75
68. Will Friedrich, 3131, 195,69
69. Robert Smith, 3126, 195,38
70. Tim Pierce, 3123, 195,19
71. John Hunt, 3122, 195,13
72. Randy Niehaus, 3120, 195,00
(tie) Richard Rathjen Sr. 3120, 195,00
74. Bill Stempke, 3116, 194,75
75. Michael Davenport, 3103, 193,94
76. Perry Keplinger, 3097, 193,56
77. Bob Andersen, 3095, 193,44
78. David Prunty, 3084, 192,75
79. Patsy DellaPenna, 3047, 190,44
80. Dale Ballou, 3046, 190,38
81. George Lord, 3044, 190,25
82. Robert Lite, 3028, 189,25
83. Paul Plummer, 3011, 188,19
84. Dan Clausse, 3000, 187,50
85. Charles Sitko, 2984, 186,50
86. Mel Wolf, 2965, 185,31
87. Ray Randall, 2924, 182,75
88. Fred Baldwin, 2902, 181,38
89. Hubert Harrison, 2889, 180,56
90. Leland Olmstead, 2879, 179,94
91. Charlie Moore, 2840, 177,50
92. Cowboy Jim Hamilton, 2817, 176,06
93, Dennis Fitzsimonds, 2657 (WD)

300 Games: None

Roger LeClair endured a rough start to eventually take the lead in the 2005 PBA Senior Northern California Classic with a 1,845 eight-game pinfall Monday at Harvest Park Bowl. LeClair, looking for his first career PBA Senior Tour title, opened with a 236, but followed that up with scores of 157 and 160 in games two and three, respectively. A ball change helped him average 258.40 the rest of the way.

"It would mean the world," LeClair, Clackamas, Ore., said of the possibility of winning his first PBA Senior Tour title. "To be a Senior PBA titlist with the others who have won in the past - Earl Anthony, Dick Weber, [John] Handegard, [Gene] Stus ... just to have a banner up there, that would help make a bowling career."

LeClair entered the final game of the day 5th in his squad and 48 pins behind the leader, Dale Eagle. LeClair fired a 264 to finish his set while Eagle settled for a 210 in his final game. Eagle, looking to become just the fourth bowler to reach 10 career PBA Senior Tour titles, is second with 1,839.

1. Roger LeClair, 1845, 230,63
2. Dale Eagle, 1839, 229,88
3. Don Sylvia, 1822, 227,75
4. Tom Baker, 1816, 227,00
5. Edward Silva, 1799, 224,88
6. Bob Handley, 1798, 224,75
7. Gary Skidmore, 1791, 223,88
8. Henry Gonzalez, 1781, 222,63
9. Ernie Schlegel, 1780, 222,50
10. Robert Glass, 1770, 221,25
11. Ray Cobb, 1763, 220,38
12. Jerry Walls, 1738, 217,25
13. Steve Stein, 1732, 216,50
14. Dennis Jones, 1729, 216,13
15. Roger Kossert, 1725, 215,63
16. Bill McCorkle, 1715, 214,38
17. Jan Kravcheno Sr. 1707, 213,38
18. Ron Winger, 1706, 213,25
19. David Prunty, 1705, 213,13
20. Michael Henry, 1704, 213,00
21. Teata Semiz, 1701, 212,63
22. Gregory Waldon, 1697, 212,13
23. Pat Kruse, 1694, 211,75
24. James Slaughter, 1693, 211,63
25. Chuck Fairchild Jr., 1682, 210,25
26. Harley Trumbull, 1680, 210,00
27. Ross Packard, 1679, 209,88
28. Syd Magargal, 1678, 209,75
29. Dennis Greene, 1676, 209,50
30. Gary Hiday, 1675, 209,38
31. Tim Pierce, 1673, 209,13
32. Chuck Best, 1672, 209,00
33. William Roeben, 1669, 208,63
34. Brendan Bierch, 1665, 208,13
35. Jere Schweikert, 1664, 208,00
36. Chuck Collondrez, 1658, 207,25
37. Robert Rogers, 1656, 207,00
38. Harv Pallas, 1654, 206,75
(tie) Kirk Tupper, 1654, 206,75
40. Robert Teeters, 1653, 206,63
(tie) John Shreve Sr. 1653, 206,63
(tie) Lee Rautenberg, 1653, 206,63
43. Robert Smith, 1650, 206,25
44. Will Friedrich, 1637, 204,63
45. Dave Soutar, 1636, 204,50
46. Larry Graybeal, 1633, 204,13
47. Ted Staikoff, 1632, 204,00
48. Michael Davenport, 1628, 203,50
49. Jim Gordin, 1623, 202,88
(tie) Jocko Mangin, 1623, 202,88
51. Dennis Fitzsimonds, 1612, 201,50
52. Vince Mazzanti Jr., 1610, 201,25
53. Ronald Garr, 1609, 201,13
54. Marc Clyburn, 1606, 200,75
55. Leland Olmstead, 1605, 200,63
56. Steve Ferraro, 1601, 200,13
57. Rohn Morton, 1598, 199,75
58. Dave Kangas, 1595, 199,38
59. Bill Argenbright, 1593, 199,13
60. Bob Chamberlain, 1592, 199,00
61. Robert Lite, 1579, 197,38
(tie) Matt Surina, 1579, 197,38
63. Paul Herrera, 1576, 197,00
64. John Hunt, 1575, 196,88
65. Richard Rathjen Sr. 1574, 196,75
66. Perry Keplinger, 1569, 196,13
(tie) Sal Bongiorno, 1569, 196,13
68. Richard Holmes, 1568, 196,00
(tie) Conway Sunell, 1568, 196,00
(tie) Murray Hickman Sr. 1568, 196,00
71. D.A. Carbone, 1564, 195,50
72. Dale Ballou, 1553, 194,13
73. Dick Baker, 1547, 193,38
74. Dennis Amato, 1542, 192,75
75. Norb Wetzel, 1534, 191,75
76. Larry Galloway, 1530, 191,25
77. Garrie Yacap, 1529, 191,13
(tie) Fred Baldwin, 1529, 191,13
(tie) Ken Waters, 1529, 191,13
80. Randy Niehaus, 1525, 190,63
81. George Lord, 1515, 189,38
82. Dan Clausse, 1504, 188,00
83. Mel Wolf, 1503, 187,88
84. Sam Perrotta, 1498, 187,25
85. Bob Andersen, 1494, 186,75
86. Bill Stempke, 1489, 186,13
87. Ray Randall, 1485, 185,63
88. Paul Plummer, 1460, 182,50
89. Charles Sitko, 1445, 180,63
90. Patsy DellaPenna, 1441, 180,13
91. Hobo Boothe, 1431 (WD)
92. Cowboy Jim Hamilton, 1406, 175,75
93. Hubert Harrison, 1368, 171,00
94. Charlie Moore, 1333, 166,63

300 Games - None.