Daniel Miyamoto sets the pace on Wednesday with 726

    02/09/06

    5th Annual Super Bowl Mini Eliminator

    Squad 9 - Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 1pm

    Nine bowlers from the first qualifying squad on Wednesday, the ninth squad overall, have qualified for the Daily Finals of the 5th Annual Super Bowl Mini Eliminator here in Las Vegas, Nev.

    Leading the 82 players of all seven divisions was Daniel Miyamoto from Mililani, HI, with 726 three-game total in the Open Division. Qualifying continues today with three more squads on 3pm, 5pm and 7pm.

    The player with the highest daily 3-game series from each of the five main divisions (39 and under, 40-49, 50-59, 205 and under, Open) will be seeded into the Grand Finale. They do not bowl in the Daily Finals. 1 in 8 players will advance every day to the Daily Finals. The five divisional winners of the Daily Finals also advance to the Grand Finale and are guaranteed a minimum of $1,250 each.

    Cuts to the finals for the woman and the 60 and over is done on a daily basis. All advancing women will bowl in their appropriate age division in the Daily Finals, while the Senior and the Super Senior division will be combined.

    The only time the five divisions are combined is for the finals shootout game of the Grand Finale. The final shootout game will feature the five division champions, each of whom have earned a minimum of $10,000 and will bowl one game for the $50,000 top prize.


    Squad 9 - 39 and under Division

    1 Futrell, Jay - Derby, KS, 675 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Holota, William - Bolton, CT, 661 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Hashimoto, Hiroshi, 650
    4 Tulley, Eric - Southfield, MI, 617
    5 Stafursky, Danny - Athen, PA, 617
    6 Yockman Jr., Joe - Kapolei, HI, 607
    7 Diaz, Bruno - San Juan, PR, 606
    8 Raymond, Floyd - Gaylord, MI, 606
    9 Flynn, David - Placerville, CA, 576
    10 Pfeifer, Sean - Denver, CO, 554
    11 Akau, David - Aiea, HI, 545
    12 Kouchi, Chouji, 525
    13 Tsutsui, Katsuhiko - Japan, 475
    14 Nishimura, Hiroyuki - Japan, 455
    15 Miki, Hiroyuki - Japan, 442

    Squad 9 - 40-49 Division

    1 Simonis, Karl - Mesa, AZ, 650 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Garrett, Tim - Garden City, MI, 629 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Kazmierski, Bill - Pinconning, MI, 599
    4 Ray, Cornell - Calumet Park, IL, 595
    5 Watanabe, Sadahiko - Japan, 593
    6 Shore, Michael - Stafford, VA, 592
    7 Wyatt, Ken - Sterling Heights, MI, 565
    8 Sands, Kevin - Edinburgh, UK EH139QB, 565
    9 Faliero, Mike - W Seneca, NY, 558
    10 Nishijima, Hideki - Japan, 543
    11 Welte, Terry - Midvale, UT, 523
    12 Tribbett, Randy - Tacoma, WA, 497
    13 Scrivens, Ray - Athens, PA, 494

    Squad 9 - 50-59 Division

    1 Hickman, Murray - Las Vegas, NV, 657 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Estes, Mark - Grapevine, TX, 641 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Carter, Sam - Ben Lomond, CA, 627
    4 Ohashi, Hiroshi - Henderson, NV, 614
    5 Marion, Tony - Rochester, NY, 583
    6 Fulford, Kerry - Fort Hood, TX, 583
    7 Wagner, Jim - Ofallon, MO, 564
    8 Chinn, Gerry - Castaic, CA, 558
    9 King, Roger - Sarasota, FL, 539
    10 Sutton, Manly - Wellington, FL, 517
    11 Demeter, Stephen - Livonia, MI, 501
    12 Mariani, Tom - Halandale, FL, 499
    13 Kitano, Katsuhiko - Japan, 454
    14 Flynn, David R. - Tone, CA, 454
    15 Watabe, Naoto - Japan, 416

    Squad 9 - 205 and under Division

    1 Worthington, Donnie - Livonia, MI, 610 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Loredo, Gerardo - Mexico, 590 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Wiltse, Darris - Rose City, MI, 590
    4 Jones, Brian - Ottumwa, IA, 580
    5 Karlberg, Geir, 574
    6 Ninomiya, Akihiko - Japan, 545
    7 Tesh, Don - Winston-Salem, NC, 527
    8 Ritt, Dwayne - Springfield, MO, 525
    9 Nishimura, Toru - Japan, 518
    10 Stanley, Chris - Las Vegas, NV, 503
    11 Rubio, Danilo R. - Las Vegas, NV, 500
    12 Barrow, Kyle - Puyallup, WA, 497
    13 Johnson, Todd - Hawthorne, CA, 497
    14 Nagase, Emiko - Japan, 458
    15 Tanabe, Yoshinori - Japan, 427

    Squad 9 - Open Division

    1 Miyamoto, Daniel - Mililani, HI, 726 Advance to Grand Finale
    2 Keefauver, Shane - Canton, IL, 685
    3 Smith, Bryon - Roseburg, OR, 656
    4 Richmond, Evan - Ruffin, NC, 625
    5 Smith, Nick - Canyon Country, CA, 599
    6 Burton, Steve - Fremont, CA, 574
    7 Williams, Fero - Gardena, CA, 561
    8 Bock, Dan - Albert Lea, MN, 532

    Squad 9 - Super Senior Division

    1 Shank, Robert - Fort Wayne, IN, 634
    2 Strommen, Ed - Anaconda, MT, 627
    3 Beavers, Jerry - Oklahoma City, OK, 602
    4 Johnson, Dustin - Chatsworth, CA, 597
    5 Halling, Torbjorn - Sweden, 535
    6 Byrd, Russell - Rochelle, IL, 517
    7 Yokokawa, Tadao - Japan, 486

    Squad 9 - Women's Division

    Laura Lee Daniel.jpg 1 Daniel, Laura Lee (pictured) - Corona, CA, 609
    2 Kinney, Christina - Las Vegas, NV, 578
    3 Hjerten, Barbro - Sweden, 572
    4 Asbaty, Diandra - Chicago, IL, 554
    5 Shimabukuro, Yuriko, 497
    6 Watabe, Minako - Japan, 480
    7 Iwashita, Katsumi - Japan, 475
    8 Takenami, Ritsuko - Japan, 473
    9 Meyer, Mindie - Alexandria, MN, 438