Two-time Collegiate Bowler of the Year Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., the only amateur in the field, won the top berth for the stepladder finals of the Professional Bowlers Association's Scorpion Championship Tuesday at South Point Bowling Center.

Kent, a student at Robert Morris University-Illinois in Chicago, averaged 227.79 for 14 games on the Scorpion lane condition, finishing with a 3,189 pinfall total to claim the top rung in the stepladder finals by 12 pins over 2010 PBA World Champion Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich.

Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Ariz., qualified third with a 3,162 total and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., earned the fourth spot in the finals with 3,146 pins, 23 ahead of three-time PBA50 Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, N.C.

Blanchard and Jones, bowling on the same pair of lanes, rolled matching 269 final games to earn their shots at the title.

Shown above from left to right: Marshall Kent, Tom Smallwood, Josh Blanchard and Tommy Jones.

The Scorpion Championship finals will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. ESPN will air the finals on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 1 p.m. ET. The Scorpion Championship was the fourth of five PBA Tour events that compose the PBA World Series of Bowling.

Kent, who finished fourth in Bowling's U.S. Open in July and owns one European Bowling Tour title, was invited to bowl in the World Series on a PBA Commissioner's Exemption because he is still in college.

Earlier Tuesday, England's Dom Barrett (right) led the field of 24 players who advanced to the PBA World Championship round-robin match play finals Wednesday and Thursday based upon combined 28-game qualifying pinfall totals from the Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion rounds.

Barrett averaged 237.67 in compiling a 6,655 pinfall total for 28 games, topping Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, by 209 pins. Shawn Maldonado of Houston, Texas, a 27-year-old two-handed bowler competing his first national professional tournament, qualified third with 6,405 pins.

The match play rounds of the PBA World Championship Wednesday and Thursday will be covered live on PBA's Xtra Frame online bowling channel, and via "live scoring" on pba.com.

 

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PBA Scorpion Championship - Semifinal Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 14-game total. The top 4 advance to stepladder finals on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. PT. Places 5-24 show earnings.

1, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 3,189
2, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,176
3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 3,162
4, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,146

Missed Cut:
5, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,123, $4,000
6 (tie), D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, and Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,113, $3,250
8, Keith Laing, Culver City, Calif., 3,111, $2,500
9, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 3,103, $2,200
10, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 3,094, $2,000
11, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,093, $1,800
12, Dom Barrett, England, 3,089, $1,800
13, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,084, $1,650
14, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,079, $1,600
15, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,047, $1,550
16, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 3,042, $1,500
17, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,024, $1,450
18, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 3,019, $1,400
19, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,994, $1,350
20, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,991, $1,300
21, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 2,964, $1,275
22, Brad Miller, St. Charles, Mo., 2,948, $1,250
23, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,915, $1,225
24, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,913, $1,200

 

PBA Scorpion Championship - First Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 7-game total. The top 24 advance to the semifinal round. Places 25-32 show earnings.

1, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 1,702
2, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,660
3, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,649
4, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,628
5, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,618
6, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,610
7, Dom Barrett, England, 1,609
8, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,600
9, Keith Laing, Culver City, Calif., 1,591
10, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,589
11, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1,588
12, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,582
13, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 1,579
14 (tie), Brad Miller, St. Charles, Mo., and Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,575
16, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1,574
17, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,573
18, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 1,568
19, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 1,566
20, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,565
21, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 1,564
22, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1,559
23, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,558
24, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,556

Missed Cut:
25, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,555, $785
25, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,555, $785
27 (tie), Thomas Larsen, Denmark, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,554, $745
29, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,553, $730
30 (tie), Jim Pratt, Glendale, Ariz., and David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 1,549, $715
32, Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 1,548, $700
33 (tie), Andrew Cain, Phoenix, and Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,546
35 (tie), Patrick Girard, Canada, and Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,545
37, Giorgio Clinaz Jr., Venezuela, 1,544
38, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,541
39, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,539
40 (tie), Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., and Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,534
42 (tie), PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., and Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 1,533
44, Sean Lavery-Spahr, Denton, Texas, 1,532
45, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,529
46 (tie), Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, and Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,527
48, Scott Halvarson, Lakewood, Wash., 1,523
49, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 1,522
50, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,520
51, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,517
52, Pat Nolan, Japan, 1,516
53, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,513
54, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,511
55, Jeff Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 1,510
56, David Stouffer, Lehigh Acres, Fla., 1,506
57, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,504
58, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,503
59, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,502
60, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,499
61, Shota Kawazoe, Japan, 1,497
62 (tie), Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, and Eric Forkel, Henderson, Nev., 1,496
64, Paul Moor, England, 1,494
65, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,493
66, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 1,489
67, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,488
68 (tie), Christopher Sloan, Ireland, and Kyle Paxson, Orlando, Fla., 1,486
70, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,484
71, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,481
72, Lee Rathjen Jr., Naples, Fla., 1,479
73, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,476
74, Justin Stevens, Aiea, Hawaii, 1,475
75, Curtis Woods Jr., Santa Rosa, Calif., 1,474
76, Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., 1,473
77, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 1,471
78, Dale Coleman, High Springs, Fla., 1,470
79 (tie), Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., and Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,469
81, Jeremy Mooney, West Palm Beach, Fla., 1,468
82, Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., 1,467
83 (tie), Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., and Chad Pojas, Wahiawa, Hawaii, 1,466
85, Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 1,465
86, Randy Pedersen, Clermont, Fla., 1,459
87, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,456
88, Hyun Bum Kim, Korea, 1,455
89, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,454
90, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 1,453
91, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 1,449
92, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,445
93 (tie), Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., and Brian LeClair, Albany, N.Y., 1,443
95 (tie), Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., and Vinny D'Ambrosio III, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,442
97, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,440
98, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,438
99, Clarence White, Tracy, Calif., 1,436
100, Meen Woo Kim, Korea, 1,434
101, Anthony Colosimo, Pembroke Pines, Fla., 1,432
102, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 1,431
103, Gary Haines, West Babylon, N.Y., 1,430
104, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,429
105, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,427
106, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,423
107, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,417
108, Jacob Heger, Spring, Texas, 1,414
109, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,413
110, Robert Lee, Japan, 1,412
111 (tie), Jay Hess, Ocoee, Fla., and Fumihiro Yoshida, Japan, 1,408
113 (tie), Kim Bolleby, Sweden, and Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 1,406
115, Alejandro Reyna, Costa Rica, 1,405
116, Sandra Andersson, Sweden, 1,404
117, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,402
118, Timothy Tripp, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1,401
119 (tie), Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., and James Wallace, Hicksville, N.Y., 1,400
121, Gary Baker, England, 1,397
122 (tie), Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis.; Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, and Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,396
125, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 1,395
126, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 1,394
127 (tie), Clara Guerrero, Colombia, and Gabriel Sanchez, Puerto Rico, 1,391
129, T.P. Peterson, Evergreen Park, Ill., 1,390
130, Stuart Williams, England, 1,387
131, Mike Moore, Oviedo, Fla., 1,386
132, Hadley Morgan, England, 1,385
133 (tie), Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., and Mark Milasinovich, Macomb, Mich., 1,384
135 (tie), Mike Williams II, Montgomery, Ala., and Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 1,382
137, Wesley Edwards, Blue Springs, Mo., 1,380
138, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,378
139, Tim Gillick, Milford, Conn., 1,376
140 (tie), Gerald Marrs, Huntley, Ill., and Carsten Hansen, Denmark, 1,374
142 (tie), Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C.; David Maycock, Bermuda, and Travis Anderson, Washington, Ill, 1,373
145, Kalani Dilliner, Las Vegas, 1,372
146, Mike Bailey, Allen, Texas, 1,371
147, Mike Keily, Golden, Colo., 1,370
148, Raymond Watts, Orange, Calif., 1,368
149, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 1,367
150, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 1,365
151, Matt Watson, Australia, 1,363
152, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,362
153, Kelvin Wiggins, Rocky Mt., N.C., 1,361
154, Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 1,359
155, Mike Armstrong Jr., Battle Ground, Wash., 1,357
156 (tie), Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, and Josh Lewis, Asheville, N.C., 1,356
158, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,355
159 (tie), Junia Yoshida, Japan, and William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 1,353
161, Austin Hunt, Kennewick, Wash., 1,352
162, Stephen Pavlinko Jr., Sewell, N.J., 1,350
163, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,348
164, Mik Stampe, Denmark, 1,345
165, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 1,343
166, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 1,334
167, Jason Miller, San Antonio, 1,330
168, Jonathan Sellers, Stratford, Conn., 1,329
169, Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine, 1,328
170, Vladimir Sverchkov, Russia, 1,326
171, Armando Santacruz, Ecuador, 1,324
172 (tie), Kevin Beers, Reinholds, Pa., and Jonathan Hocsman, Argentina, 1,320
174, Matt Schermerhorn, El Segundo, Calif., 1,315
175, Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 1,310
176, Chris Watson, Australia, 1,307
177, Calvin Sellers, Stratford, Conn., 1,306
178, Hernan Ramirez, Venezuela, 1,304
179 (tie), Ken Truong, Canada, and Bob Markiewicz, San Diego, 1,303
181, Kenneth Bland Jr., Lorton, Va., 1,302
182 (tie), David Knight Jr., Folcroft, Pa., and Clint Land, Richmond, Texas, 1,297
184, Douglas Yu, Canada, 1,296
185, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,291
186, Gregory Thompson Jr., Dublin, Calif., 1,286
187, Luis Rovaina Jr., Venezuela, 1,285
188 (tie), Chris Cundiff, Lake Station, Ind., and Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 1,281
190, Dave Nebe, Richmond, Va., 1,277
191, Myles Duty, Modesto, Calif., 1,276
192 (tie), Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., and Ariachizu Kamalu, Chicago, 1,275
194, Kevin Kullman, Tinley Park, Ill., 1,274
195, James McCleland, Venice, Fla., 1,270
196, Aaron Ramsden, Pleasant Valley, Mo., 1,263
197 (tie), Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, and Jon Wheatley, Australia, 1,261
199, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,260
200, Justin Bychkowski, Fairfield, Conn., 1,259
201, Tommy Berish, Cordova, Tenn., 1,258
202, Scott Dull, Cresson, Texas, 1,256
203, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 1,246
204, Jon King, Australia, 1,240
205, Ryan Appel, Cinnaminson, N.J., 1,235
206, Bryan Viator, Friendswood, Texas, 1,232
207, Keith Bullock, Moscow Mill, Mo, 1,231
208, Rob Shepherd, Sierra Vista, Ariz., 1,229
209 (tie), Ashley Warren, Australia; Robert Piroozshad, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Ed Cutter, Manassas Park, Va., 1,224
212, Rameses Chambers, Kansas City, Mo., 1,214
213 (tie), Matt Villegas, Phoenix, and Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 1,211
215, Matthew Graham, Emeryville, Calif., 1,207
216, J.D. Sommers, San Jose, Calif., 1,202
217, Gustavo Viramontes Jr., Mexico, 1,197
218, Adam Wilson, Reno, Nev., 1,190
219, Will Garber, Modesto, Calif., 1,189
220 (tie), Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., and Stephen Carter, Australia, 1,187
222, Richard Lupo, St. Charles, Mo., 1,167
223, Cameron Zacher, Australia, 1,165
224, Craig LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 1,146
225, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Kennesaw, Ga., 1,123
226, Alvaro Infante, Venezuela, 1,117
227, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,115
228, Terrell Owens, Studio City, Caif., 1,106
228, Dustin Sherman, Petaluma, Calif., 1,106
230, J.T. "Action" Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,035

300 Games: Dom Barrett, PJ Haggerty.

 

PBA World Championship Qualifying - Final Standings after four events

Top 59 of 235 players with position, hometown and 28-game total; the top 24 advanced to World Championship round robin match play, places 29-59 show earnings.

1, Dom Barrett, England, 6,655
2, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 6,446
3, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 6,405
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 6,389
5, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 6,374
6, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 6,367
7, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 6,305
8, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 6,303
9, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 6,300
10, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 6,299
11, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 6,292
12 (tie), D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, and Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 6,280
14, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 6,274
15, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 6,263
16 (tie), Paul Moor, England, and Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 6,236
18, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 6,233
19, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 6,231
20, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 6,228
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 6,207
22, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 6,204
23, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 6,199
24, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 6,198

Missed Cut:
25 (tie), Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 6,190,
$2,375
27, Patrick Girard, Canada, 6,184, $2,300
28 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Osku Palermaa, Finland, 6,172, $2,225
30, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 6,168, $2,150
31, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 6,166, $2,100
32, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 6,162, $2,050
33, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 6,155, $2,000
34, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 6,152, $1,950
35, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 6,142, $1,900
36, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 6,137, $1,850
37, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 6,136, $1,800
38, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 6,114, $1,750
39, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 6,112, $1,700
40, Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 6,111, $1,650
41, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 6,106, $1,600
42, Stuart Williams, England, 6,103, $1,550
43, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 6,098, $1,500
44, Sean Lavery-Spahr, Denton, Texas, 6,096, $1,480
45, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 6,090, $1,460
46, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 6,087, $1,440
47, Dale Coleman, High Springs, Fla., 6,086, $1,420
48, Mike Moore, Oviedo, Fla., 6,082, $1,400
49, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 6,079, $1,380
50, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 6,078, $1,360
51, Mike Keily, Golden, Colo., 6,074, $1,340
52, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 6,068, $1,320
53, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 6,065, $1,300
54, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 6,052, $1,280
55, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 6,047, $1,260
56, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 6,037, $1,240
57, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 6,032, $1,220
58, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 6,026, $1,200
59, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 6,023, $1,200