D.J. Archer charges into first round lead in PBA Chameleon Championship

    10/28/14

    2014 PBA Tour #9

    Ronnie Russell paces PBA World Championship qualifying after three of four rounds

    2014PBADJArcher.jpg2014PBARonnieRussell.jpgD.J. Archer (pictured left) of Friendswood, Texas, stumbled out of the gate, but righted himself quickly to charge into the first round lead in the PBA Chameleon Championship, the third of four animal pattern events in GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI, Monday at South Point Bowling Center.

    Archer, a 34-year-old, 12-year veteran who is still trying for his first PBA Tour title, rolled a 175 opening game, but rebounded quickly with a 275 followed by 264, 255, 234, 258 and 235 for a 1,696 seven-game total. Archer held a nine-pin lead over Ronnie Russell of Marion, Indiana, who was second with 1,687.

    2014EBT16DominicBarrett.jpg2014EBT16JRRaymond.jpgDom Barrett (pictured left) of England was third with 1,674 and was followed by J.R. Raymond (right) of Bay City, Mich., in fourth place with 1,665 and Jason Couch of Clermont, Fla., in fifth place with 1,643.

    Dave Wodka of Henderson, Nev., and Stuart Williams (below left) of England were tied for sixth place on 1,640.

    Eight international players made the cut to the top 24. Daniel Fransson (below right) of Sweden took the final berth with 1,557 and an average of 222.43.

    2014EBT16StuartWilliams.jpg2014EBT16DanielFransson.jpgThe top 24 advanced to a second seven-game qualifying round Monday night to decide the four players who will bowl for the Chameleon Championship title on Saturday, Nov. 1, at the new South Point Bowling Plaza.

    "What's crazy is that in practice, I threw about 20 strikes in a row, but normally when that happens, the first game is always bad and I don't know why," Archer said.

    "I said to myself, 'this isn't good,' but after that, it was just like it never happened and I bowled real well. I bowled 275 the second game and I just matched up with the right ball all day. When you get those things on the right page, you can throw a lot of strikes in this facility."

    The Chameleon Championship was the third of four qualifying events that will determine the 24-player field for the PBA World Championship match play competition Wednesday and Thursday. The seven-game qualifying rounds in the Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Tuesday's Scorpion Championships will be combined to determine the World Championship finalists.

    2014EBT04SeanRash2.jpg2014PBAPeteWeber.jpgRussell nipped Dom Barrett of England for the PBA World Championship qualifying lead by 29 pins with a 21-game total of 4,904 pins. Barrett, who led World Champion qualifying a year ago on his way to winning that event for his first PBA major title, was another 34 pins ahead over Sean Rash (left) of Montgomery, Ill., who had one of two 300 games on the Chameleon pattern.

    Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, was fourth with 4,833 and PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo., rounds out the top 5 with 4,812.

    World Series competition continues Tuesday with seven-game qualifying squads in the Scorpion Championship at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

    All qualifying and match play rounds of the animal pattern events and PBA World Championship will be covered live on Xtra Frame. For subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame Season Ticket link.

     


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    PBA Chameleon Championship - First Round Standings


    Players with position, hometown/country and 7-game total; ; top 24 advance to second round; top 5 after 14 games advance to ESPN finals Saturday, Nov. 1

    1, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1,696
    2, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,687
    3, Dom Barrett, England, 1,674
    4, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 1,665
    5, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,643
    6 (tie), Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., and Stuart Williams, England, 1,640
    8, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,628
    9, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,617
    10, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,607
    11 (tie), Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,605
    13, Richie Teece, England, 1,589
    14, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,581
    15, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,573
    16, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,569
    17, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,565
    18, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,563
    19 (tie), Gerald Marrs, Huntley, Ill., and Mattias Olsson, Sweden, 1,561
    21 (tie), Perttu Jussila, Finland, and Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,559
    23, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,558
    24, Daniel Fransson, Sweden, 1,557

    Other Cashers (after 7 games):
    25 (tie), Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,548, and Robert Andersson, Sweden, 1,548, $785
    27, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,547, $750
    28, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,546, $740
    29, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,543, $730
    30, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,541, $720
    31, Mike Armstrong Jr., Battle Ground, Wash., 1,535, $710
    32 (tie), Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,534, and Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,534, $350

    Failed to Cash:
    34, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,532
    35, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,529
    36, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 1,526
    37, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,525
    38 (tie), Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, and Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1,524
    40, Peter Nordenson, Sweden, 1,521
    41, Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,519
    42 (tie), Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Kevin Donovan, Painted Post, N.Y., 1,517
    44, Kyle Bigelow, Troy, Ohio, 1,516
    45 (tie), Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., and Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 1,515
    47, Brian LeClair, Albany, N.Y., 1,514
    48 (tie), Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., and Mason Sherman, Northridge, Calif., 1,513
    50, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,511
    51 (tie), Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., and Eric Forkel, Henderson, Nev., 1,509
    53, Brad Miller, St. Charles, Mo., 1,507
    54, Chad Roberts, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 1,506
    55, Harvey Ramos, Colombia, 1,505
    56, Vinny D'Ambrosio III, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,501
    57, Shuichi Heki, Japan, 1,499
    58, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,498
    59, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 1,494
    60, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,493
    61 (tie), Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, and Blake Demore, Springfield, Mo., 1,492
    63, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 1,489
    64, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,488
    65, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 1,487
    66, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1,486
    67, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 1,485
    68, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,484
    69, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,482
    70, Roger Petrin, Wichita, Kan., 1,481
    71 (tie), Jim Pratt, Glendale, Ariz., and John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,480
    73, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 1,479
    74, Mitch Beasley, Nashville, Tenn., 1,474
    75, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 1,473
    76, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,471
    77, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,470
    78 (tie), Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, and Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 1,467
    81 (tie), Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., and Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 1,466
    83, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 1,464
    84, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 1,463
    85, Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 1,462
    86, Timothy Tripp, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1,461
    87 (tie), Mario Lemos, Ecuador, and Robert Townsend, Australia, 1,460
    89, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 1,459
    90, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,458
    91, Hernan Ramirez, Venezuela, 1,457
    92, Mike Keily, Golden, Colo., 1,457
    93 (tie), David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., and Carsten Hansen, Denmark, 1,456
    95, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 1,454
    96 (tie), Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., and Paul Moor, England, 1,453
    98, Gary Faulkner, Norfolk, Va., 1,450
    99 (tie), Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, T.J. Schmidt, Mishawaka, Ind., Giorgio Clinaz Jr., Venezuela, and Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 1,449
    104 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., 1,446
    106, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 1,445
    107, Kim Bolleby, Sweden, 1,444
    108, Joachim Karlsson, Sweden, 1,443
    109, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 1,442
    110, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,440
    111, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,439
    112 (tie), Amanda Greene, Romney, W.Va., and Tommy Berish, Cordova, Tenn., 1,438
    114, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 1,435
    115, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,434
    116 (tie), Rickai Binns, Bermuda, and Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 1,432
    118, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,429
    119, Richard Leon, Venezuela, 1,428
    120 (tie), Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, Sean Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, and Christopher Sloan, Ireland, 1,426
    123, Santiago Mejia, Colombia, 1,425
    124, Mike Keough, Stockton, Calif., 1,424
    125, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 1,423
    126, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,422
    127, Ivan Vallejo Jr., Ecuador, 1,421
    128, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,418
    129 (tie), Manuel Otalora, Colombia, and Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 1,417
    131, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,416
    132 (tie), John Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., and Lee Vanderhoef, Canton, Ga., 1,413
    134 (tie), Martin Paulsson, Sweden, and Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 1,410
    136 (tie), Dave Han, Orlando, Fla., and Josh Conner, Columbus, Ohio, 1,408
    138, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,407
    139, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 1,406
    140, Eric Manthei, Lumberton, Texas, 1,405
    141, Wes Newman, Panama City, Fla, 1,403
    142 (tie), Erik Gulbrandson, Wichita, Kan., and John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,399
    144, Mike Williams II, Montgomery, Ala., 1,398
    145, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,396
    146 (tie), Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Chris Watson, Australia, 1,394
    148, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,393
    149, Derek Handy, Redmond, Wash., 1,392
    150, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,391
    151, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,388
    152, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,385
    153, Austin Hunt, Kennewick, Wash., 1,382
    154 (tie), Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,380
    156 (tie), James McCleland, Venice, Fla., and Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,378
    158, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,374
    159, Lindsay Boomershine, Bingham City, Utah, 1,371
    160, Pat Nolan, Japan, 1,369
    161, Mats Maggi, Belgium, 1,368
    162 (tie), Chad Pojas, Wahiawa, Hawaii, and Joe Salvemini, Silt, Colo., 1,366
    164, David Sevier, Gilbert, Ariz., 1,365
    165 (tie), Cris Ferreira, Visalia, Calif., and Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 1,362
    167, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 1,361
    168, Rameses Chambers, Kansas City, Mo., 1,360
    169, Maria Rodriguez, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,356
    170, Michael J. Cimba, Monroeville, Pa., 1,355
    171, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,352
    172, Yuya Kato, Japan, 1,351
    173, Lin Jianfeng, China, 1,346
    174 (tie), Brian Gunn, Chicago, and Clemens Ulsamer, Germany, 1,338
    176, Scott Schmal, Dyer, Ind., 1,336
    177, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 1,333
    178 (tie), Daniel Hellmich, Germany, 1,330, and Michael L. Cimba, Monroeville, Pa., 1,330
    180 (tie), John Burkett, Southlake, Texas; Rodolfo Monacelli, Venezuela, and Robert Kelley, Auburn, Wash., 1,329
    183, Natalia Rico, Colombia, 1,327
    184 (tie), David Maycock, Bermuda, and Kristina Wendell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1,322
    186, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 1,320
    187, Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 1,319
    188, Michael Martin Jr., Cheyenne, Wyo., 1,317
    189 (tie), Stephen Carter, Australia, and Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan, 1,314
    191, Troy Kendrick, Coto de Caza, Calif., 1,312
    192, David Williams, Omaha, Neb., 1,311
    193 (tie), Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, and Jonden Soper, Lake Havasu, Ariz., 1,310
    195, Fabio Garcia, Colombia, 1,309
    196, Scott LaRiviere, Murrieta, Calif., 1,304
    197 (tie), Frankie Mazzella, Staten Island, N.Y., and Qin Xiaogang, China, 1,303
    199, Robert Lee, Japan, 1,295
    200 (tie), Jeremy Mooney, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Chris Spoo, Boyton Beach, Fla., 1,292
    202, Steven Adams, Grass Valley, Calif., 1,289
    203, Matt Watson, Australia, 1,288
    204, Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., 1,283
    205 (tie), Manuel Mrosek, Germany, and Josh Lewis, Asheville, N.C., 1,282
    207, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,281
    208 (tie), Clint Land, Richmond, Texas, and Kalani Dilliner, Las Vegas, 1,280
    210, Rob Johnson, Canada, 1,271
    211, Michael Markis, Tafton, Pa., 1,264
    212, Dale Coleman, High Springs, Fla., 1,259
    213, Emilio Molinary, Venezuela, 1,258
    214, Tim Gillick, Milford, Conn., 1,255
    215, Michael Smith, Centenniel, Colo., 1,249
    216, Mario Ortez, Visalia, Calif, 1,246
    217, Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 1,243
    218, Liu Shenyuan, China, 1,240
    219, Joe Claspell, Lexington, Ky., 1,239
    220, Brij Patel, Hollywood, Calif., 1,237
    221, Michael Ciardulli Jr., Bloomfield, N.J., 1,231
    222, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 1,228
    223, Mark Milasinovich, Macomb, Mich., 1,227
    224, J.T. "Action" Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,224
    225, Christina Hardee, Mount Dora, Fla., 1,222
    226, Mervin Hastings, British Virgin Islands, 1,220
    227, Dave Gualeni, Las Vegas, 1,215
    228, Zhu Tao, China, 1,203
    229, Jonathan Hocsman, Argentina, 1,198
    230, Ding Tianbao, China, 1,184
    231, Mauricio Chaparro, Colombia, 1,180
    232, Yumi Oyobe, Japan, 1,158
    233, Armando Santacruz, Ecuador, 1,148
    234, Li Weijun, China, 1,123
    235, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,118
    236, Adrian McCoy, British Virgin Islands, 1,025
    237, Matt Miller, England, withdrew
    238, Chris Skillings, Shawnee, Okla., withdrew

    300 Game (2): Sean Rash, Mike Keily.

     


    PBA World Championship Qualifying Standings


    Top 50 after 21 games in Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon Championships; Scorpion rounds will be conducted Tuesday. Top 24 after 28 combined games advance to PBA World Championship match play rounds Wednesday and Thursday

    1, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 4,904
    2, Dom Barrett, England, 4,875
    3, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 4,841
    4, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 4,833
    5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 4,812
    6, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 4,807
    7 (tie), D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, and Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 4,795
    9, Stuart Williams, England, 4,792
    10, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 4,782
    11 (tie), Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, and Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 4,774
    13, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 4,758
    14 (tie), E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., and Shuichi Heki, Japan, 4,754
    16, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 4,753
    17, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 4,739
    18, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 4,731
    19, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 4,729
    20, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 4,726
    21, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 4,715
    22, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 4,710
    23, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 4,708
    24, Perttu Jussila, Finland, 4,707
    25, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 4,706
    26, Brian LeClair, Albany, N.Y., 4,691
    27, Patrick Girard, Canada, 4,688
    28, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 4,683
    29, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 4,676
    30, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 4,668
    31, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 4,664
    32, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 4,662
    33, Peter Nordenson, Sweden, 4,658
    34, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 4,655
    35, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 4,653
    36, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 4,647
    37 (tie), Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 4,642
    39, Jim Pratt, Glendale, Ariz., 4,641
    40, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 4,640
    41, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 4,635
    42, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 4,634
    43, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 4,632
    44, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 4,627
    45 (tie), Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 4,625
    47, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 4,624
    48 (tie), Mattias Olsson, Sweden, and Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 4,623
    50, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 4,608

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