Dick Allen earns No. 1 seed for PBA Cheetah Championship stepladder finals
10/26/14
Dick Allen (pictured) of Columbia, South Carolina, averaged 244.36.71 for 14 games Saturday to earn the top qualifying berth for the PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Challenge Mobile Game, the opening event of the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI.
The top 24 players after the first round advanced to a second seven-game qualifying round, competing for four berths in the stepladder finals which will be contested on Saturday, Nov. 1, in the new South Point Bowling Plaza for telecast on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 14.
Allen needed a double in the final frame of his last game to retain the No. 1 position, but a bigger story developed a couple of pairs of lanes away when Liz Johnson (right; photo Randy Gulley) of Cheektowaga, New York, completed a charge out of 24th place at the end of the first round to finish fourth and become the first woman to advance to a second PBA Tour national television finals.
Johnson was the first woman ever to appear on a PBA Tour television show when she finished second in the Banquet Open in Wyoming, Mich., in March 2005, losing in the title match, 219-192, to 15-time PBA Tour titlist Tommy Jones.
After a 190 game in her second game Saturday night, Johnson caught fire, rolling games of 279, 245, 278, 258 and 248 to track down PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann, Missouri, and knock him out of the four-player television finals field by 43 pins.
Brad Angelo (left; photo Randy Gulley) of Lockport, New York, who returned to competition after a year of battling injuries, qualified second with 3,414 pins, seven behind Allen, and Anthony Pepe of Elmhurst, New York, advanced to his first PBA TV final in third place with 3,412 pins, including the fourth 300 game of the tournament (pictured right, right after the perfect game; photo Randy Gulley).
Carsten Warming Hansen (left) of Denmark was the best international player in the sold-out field of 240 to finish in ninth place with 3,308, an average of 236.29.
Allen, who led the World Series field of 240 players throughout the day, is trying for his fourth PBA Tour title.
The GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI continues Sunday at South Point with seven-game qualifying rounds for the Viper Championship at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
All qualifying and match play rounds of the animal pattern events and PBA World Championship will be covered live on Xtra Frame (pictured right are commentators Mike Jakubowski, left, and Marshall Holman; photo Randy Gulley). For subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame Season Ticket link.
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Liz Johnson makes women's bowling history as she becomes the first woman to advance to a second PBA Tour national television finals
Dick Allen (pictured) of Columbia, South Carolina, averaged 244.36.71 for 14 games Saturday to earn the top qualifying berth for the PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Challenge Mobile Game, the opening event of the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI.The top 24 players after the first round advanced to a second seven-game qualifying round, competing for four berths in the stepladder finals which will be contested on Saturday, Nov. 1, in the new South Point Bowling Plaza for telecast on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 14.Allen needed a double in the final frame of his last game to retain the No. 1 position, but a bigger story developed a couple of pairs of lanes away when Liz Johnson (right; photo Randy Gulley) of Cheektowaga, New York, completed a charge out of 24th place at the end of the first round to finish fourth and become the first woman to advance to a second PBA Tour national television finals.
Johnson was the first woman ever to appear on a PBA Tour television show when she finished second in the Banquet Open in Wyoming, Mich., in March 2005, losing in the title match, 219-192, to 15-time PBA Tour titlist Tommy Jones.
After a 190 game in her second game Saturday night, Johnson caught fire, rolling games of 279, 245, 278, 258 and 248 to track down PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann, Missouri, and knock him out of the four-player television finals field by 43 pins.Brad Angelo (left; photo Randy Gulley) of Lockport, New York, who returned to competition after a year of battling injuries, qualified second with 3,414 pins, seven behind Allen, and Anthony Pepe of Elmhurst, New York, advanced to his first PBA TV final in third place with 3,412 pins, including the fourth 300 game of the tournament (pictured right, right after the perfect game; photo Randy Gulley).
Carsten Warming Hansen (left) of Denmark was the best international player in the sold-out field of 240 to finish in ninth place with 3,308, an average of 236.29.Allen, who led the World Series field of 240 players throughout the day, is trying for his fourth PBA Tour title.
The GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI continues Sunday at South Point with seven-game qualifying rounds for the Viper Championship at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time.All qualifying and match play rounds of the animal pattern events and PBA World Championship will be covered live on Xtra Frame (pictured right are commentators Mike Jakubowski, left, and Marshall Holman; photo Randy Gulley). For subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame Season Ticket link.
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PBA Cheetah Championship - Second Round Standings
Players with position, hometown/country and 14-game total; ; top four advance to ESPN finals Saturday, Nov. 1
1, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,421
2, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,414
3, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 3,412
4, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,397
L-R Dick Allen, Brad Angelo, Anthony Pepe, and Liz Johnson; photo Randy Gulley.
Missed Cut:
5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,354, $4,000
6, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,335, $3,500
7, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 3,333, $3,000
8, Dale Coleman, High Springs, Fla., 3,322, $2,500
9, Carsten Warming Hansen, Denmark, 3,308, $2,200
10, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 3,302, $2,000
11, Brian LeClair, Albany, N.Y., 3,295, $1,800
12, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 3,247, $1,800
13, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,239, $1,650
14, Shuichi Heki, Japan, 3,237, $1,600
15, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,219, $1,550
16, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 3,215, $1,500
17, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 3,187, $1,450
18, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 3,178, $1,400
19, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 3,170, $1,350
20, Mattias Olsson, Sweden, 3,139, $1,300
21, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 3,129, $1,275
22, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 3,128, $1,250
23, Jim Pratt, Glendale, Ariz., 3,089, $1,225
24, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 3,087, $1,200
Other Cashers (after 7 games):
25, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,659, $800
26, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,658, $770
27 (tie), Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,657, and E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,657, $745
29, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,656, $730
30, Stuart Williams, England, 1,653, $720
31, Perttu Jussila, Finland, 1,651, $710
32, Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 1,649, $700
300 Games (4): Stuart Williams, Jason Sterner, David Haynes, Anthony Pepe.
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