For the fourth time this season Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (pictured left) earned top qualifier honors for a PBA50 Tour tournament by leading a field of 24 players advancing to match play in the PBA50 Northern California Classic presented by Track Tuesday at Harvest Park Bowl.

Monacelli, who successfully defended his Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Storm title June 7 for his second career PBA50 Tour win, led qualifying with a 3,942 16-game pinfall total (246.3 average). He had games of 256, 269, 277, 247, 223, 226, 225 and 237 in Tuesday's round.

"Qualifying is about getting as many pins as you can and in match play you're trying to win as many matches as you can," said the 19-time PBA Tour winner. "But where it is similar is you try to avoid watching the other guy and just concentrate on your game", Monacelli said..

"In both cases you're really bowling against the lanes and the conditions. If I make a mistake, I accept it and learn from it, and then move on. As an example, in the Senior U.S. Open I did a much better job of that than I did in the Senior Masters."

Monacelli, who also has two runner-up finishes this season, finished 21st in the USBC Senior Masters after winning the Senior U.S. Open.

Competing in his fifth PBA50 Tour tournament, amateur Pete Thomas of Oklahoma City finished qualifying in second with a 3,936 pinfall just six pins behind Monacelli.

Rounding out the top five were first round leader Ron Winger (left), Las Vegas, 3,869; reigning PBA50 Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right), Ocala, Fla., 3,865, and Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,830, who won the season opening PBA50 Pasco County Suncoast Open.

After seven tournaments this season there have been seven different winners. In addition to Monacelli, Williams and Learn, 16th place Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,675, will also be trying to become the season's first two-time winner.

Northern California Classic Match play begins Wednesday morning. Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 5:30 p.m. PT.

 

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PBA50 Northern California Classic - Second Round Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 24 advance to match play; a indicates amateur, s-super seniors out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700.

1, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,942
2, a-Pete Thomas, Oklahoma City, Okla., 3,936
3, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 3,869
4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,865
5, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,830
6, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,792
7, (tie) Hugh Miller, Seattle, and Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,768
9, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,759
10, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,741
11, a-Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 3,727
12, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,721
13, Paul Appling, Camarillo, Calif., 3,704
14, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,701
15, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 3,679
16, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,675
17, Dave Dayton, Reno, Nev., 3,673
18, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 3,669
19, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 3,659
20, (tie) Joe Goldstein Sr., San Bruno, Calif., and Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., 3,654
22, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,635
23, (tie) Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., and Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,628

Missed Cut:
25, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,623, $900
26, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,598, $900
27, Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, FL, 3,597, $900
28, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,594, $900
29, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,577, $900
30, a,s-Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 3,553, $700
31, Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, 3,552
32, s-Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,549, $700
33, a,s-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 3,543, $700
34, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp, Mich., 3,542
35, s-Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 3,535, $700
36, s-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,531, $700
37, s-Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 3,499, $700
38, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,473
39, a-Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,464
40, s-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,447, $700
41, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,445
42, a-Barry Richards, Lodi, Calif., 3,426
43, (tie) s-Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., and s-Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,418, $350
45, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,415
46, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 3,404
47, Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., 3,394
48, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,387
49, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,382
50, David Wilson, Reno, Nev., 3,375
51, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,364
52, Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 3,358
53, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,345
54, Norm Wolff, Modesto, Calif., 3,314
55, Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,307
56, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,301
57, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,293
58, Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 3,273
59, Michael Cristofani, Grass Valley, Calif., 3,271
60, Thomas Goodchild, Fairfield, Calif., 3,264
61, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 3,253
62, a-Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 3,245
63, a-Junior Self, Martinez, Calif., 3,242
64, John Gould, Orangevale, Calif., 3,235
65, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 3,215
66, Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., 3,213
67, a-Larry Dyson, Stockton, Calif., 3,202
68, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,187
69, (tie) Jeff Mann Sr., Clearlake Oaks, Calif., and Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 3,166
71, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 3,157
72, Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 3,148
73, Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 3,132
74, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 3,124
75, Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 3,069
76, Ed Cutter, Manassas Park, Va., 3,061
77, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,032
78, Keith Pridgeon, Antioch, Calif., 3,007
79, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 2,972
80, Jim Hageman, San Jose, Calif, 2,965
81, Jim Lesiuk, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 2,936
82, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 2,899
83, Rudy Garcia, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,881
84, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,880
85, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 2,796
86, Doug Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 2,734
87, Dale Ballou, Seaside, Ore., 2,639
88, Joe Salvemini, Silt, Colo., 1,580 (withdrew)