Defending champion Mike DeVaney (pictured left) of Murrieta, Calif., averaged 247.83 for his first six of 12 games to take the early lead in the Scorpion Championship qualifying round at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas Thursday.

DeVaney, who won his second Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title in the 2009 Scorpion Championship in Allen Park, Mich., had 1,487 pins for a 3-pin lead over Squad A leader Jason Belmonte (right), the two-hander from Down-under, who was second with 1,484.

Jack Jurek of Lackawanna, N.Y., defending champion in the Shark Championship on Friday, was third with 1,455 and was followed by Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, in fourth place with 1,441.

Kelly Kulick (left) of Union, N.J. and Pete Weber (right), St. Ann, Mo., were tied for fifth place with 1,436.

Belmonte was the best of five international bowlers in the top 16, who will advance to round robin match play after another six-game block.

Canadian Dan MacLelland was eighth with 1,423 with 3-time World Champion Martin Larsen, Sweden in 11th place (1,408), Ildemaro Ruiz (below left), Venezuela in 13th (1,402) and Andres Gomez (below right), Colombia (1,394) in 15th place.

246 of the original 252-player field will complete their 12 games on Thursday. After 12 games, the top 16 players will advance to the match play portion of the Scorpion Championship next Tuesday, Nov. 2.

"This and the Shark are the lane conditioning patterns I bowl really well on," DeVaney said. "I made up some ground today, but these guys are really good. I hit a speed bump yesterday (on the Chameleon pattern), so I have to make up some ground."

DeVaney was in 18th place in the PBA World Championship standings after 36 games, 131 pins out of the eighth and final spot for the live ESPN/ESPN2 stepladder finals for the World Championship.

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Scorpion Championship - Round 1 (six games)

The top 16 after 12 games advance to round-robin match play Tuesday, Nov. 2.
* indicates non-member bowler. INT = international. bowler.

Pos	Player	State/Country	Squad	Games	Total	Average	+/- 200
1.	Mike DeVaney	Murrieta, Calif.	B	6	1487	247.83	287
2.	Jason Belmonte (INT)	Australia	A	6	1484	247.33	284
3.	Jack Jurek	Lackawanna, N.Y.	A	6	1455	242.50	255
4.	Chris Barnes	Double Oak, Texas	A	6	1442	240.33	242
5.	Kelly Kulick	Union, N.J.	B	6	1436	239.33	236
(tie)	Pete Weber	St. Ann, Mo.	A	6	1436	239.33	236
7.	Tom Smallwood	Saginaw, Mich.	B	6	1430	238.33	230
8.	Dan MacLelland (INT)	Canada	A	6	1423	237.17	223
9.	Eugene McCune	Munster, Ind.	A	6	1418	236.33	218
10.	John DeBenedetta Jr.	Las Vegas	A	6	1412	235.33	212
11.	Martin Larsen (INT)*	Sweden	A	6	1408	234.67	208
12.	Brian Kretzer	Dayton, Ohio	B	6	1407	234.50	207
13.	Ildemaro Ruiz (INT)	Venezuela	B	6	1402	233.67	202
14.	Eddie VanDaniker Jr.	Essex, Md.	B	6	1395	232.50	195
15.	Andres Gomez (INT)	Colombia	A	6	1394	232.33	194
16.	Jesse Buss	Wichita, Kan.	B	6	1393	232.17	193
17.	Jason Sterner	McDonough, Ga.	B	6	1390	231.67	190
18.	Kim Jun-Yung (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1388	231.33	188
19.	Bill O'Neill	Southampton, Pa.	A	6	1385	230.83	185
20.	Chad Kloss	West Allis, Wis.	A	6	1384	230.67	184
21.	Amleto Monacelli (INT)	Venezuela	B	6	1380	230.00	180
22.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	B	6	1379	229.83	179
23.	Tommy Jones	Simpsonville, S.C.	B	6	1376	229.33	176
24.	Chris Loschetter	Avon, Ohio	A	6	1375	229.17	175
25.	Osku Palermaa (INT)	Finland	A	6	1374	229.00	174
26.	Sean Rash	Wichita, Kan.	B	6	1373	228.83	173
27.	David Haynes	Las Vegas	B	6	1369	228.17	169
(tie)	George Lambert IV (INT)	Canada	B	6	1369	228.17	169
(tie)	Scott Newell	Deland, Fla.	B	6	1369	228.17	169
30.	Chris Warren	Grants Pass, Ore.	B	6	1368	228.00	168
31.	David O'Sullivan	Orlando, Fla.	A	6	1366	227.67	166
32.	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	Ocala, Fla.	B	6	1365	227.50	165
33.	Kris Koeltzow	Wheat Ridge, Colo.	B	6	1364	227.33	164
34.	Dominic Barrett*	England	A	6	1363	227.17	163
35.	Steve Jaros	Yorkville, Ill.	A	6	1361	226.83	161
36.	Mike Scroggins	Amarillo, Texas	A	6	1360	226.67	160
37.	Paul Moor (INT)*	England	A	6	1355	225.83	155
38.	Kurt Pilon	Warren, Mich.	A	6	1353	225.50	153
39.	Mike Fagan	Patchogue, N.Y.	A	6	1352	225.33	152
40.	Randy Weiss	Columbia, S.C.	B	6	1350	225.00	150
(tie)	Jouni Helminen (INT)	Finland	A	6	1350	225.00	150
42.	Nathan Bohr	Wichita, Kan.	A	6	1344	224.00	144
43.	Paola Gomez (INT)*	Colombia	A	6	1343	223.83	143
44.	Lonnie Waliczek	Wichita, Kan.	B	6	1342	223.67	142
45.	Martin Paulsson (INT)*	Sweden	B	6	1338	223.00	138
46.	Bobby Hall II	Landover, Md.	A	6	1337	222.83	137
47.	Stevie Weber	Chalmette, La.	A	6	1336	222.67	136
(tie)	Jeff Carter	Springfield, Ill.	B	6	1336	222.67	136
(tie)	Jeong Tae-Hwa (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1336	222.67	136
50.	Norm Duke	Clermont, Fla.	A	6	1335	222.50	135
51.	Don Allen III	Vancouver, Wash.	B	6	1333	222.17	133
52.	Gu Yong-Jin (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1326	221.00	126
53.	Son Won-Lak (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1325	220.83	125
54.	David Evers	Lakewood, Wash.	B	6	1324	220.67	124
55.	Jeffrey Voght	Canojahaire, N.Y.	A	6	1322	220.33	122
56.	John Cicero	Colorado Springs, Colo.	A	6	1321	220.17	121
57.	D.J. Archer	Mineral Wells, Texas	B	6	1319	219.83	119
58.	Mika Koivuniemi (INT)	Finland	A	6	1318	219.67	118
59.	David Canady (INT)*	Germany	A	6	1315	219.17	115
60.	Tony Reyes	San Bruno, Calif.	A	6	1310	218.33	110
61.	Ronnie Russell	Marion, Ind.	A	6	1309	218.17	109
62.	Mark Buffa (INT)*	Canada	A	6	1307	217.83	107
63.	Chris Cundiff	Portage, Ind.	A	6	1304	217.33	104
64.	Tyler Jensen	Ft. Worth, Texas	A	6	1303	217.17	103
65.	Wes Malott	Pflugerville, Texas	B	6	1299	216.50	99
66.	John Nolen	Waterford, Mich.	A	6	1298	216.33	98
67.	Robert Harvey	Boise, Idaho	B	6	1297	216.17	97
(tie)	Dino Castillo	Carrollton, Texas	B	6	1297	216.17	97
69.	J.R. Raymond	Saginaw, Mich.	A	6	1296	216.00	96
70.	Dave Arnold	Dublin, Calif.	B	6	1293	215.50	93
71.	Eddie Graham	Centerville, Ohio	B	6	1292	215.33	92
72.	Patrick Girard	Canada	A	6	1290	215.00	90
73.	Noel Vazquez	Sacramento, Calif.	A	6	1287	214.50	87
74.	Jim Tomek Jr.	Camp Hill, Pa.	B	6	1285	214.17	85
(tie)	Choi Won-Young (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1285	214.17	85
76.	Dennis Horan Jr.	Temecula, Calif.	B	6	1284	214.00	84
(tie)	Scott Norton	Costa Mesa, Calif.	A	6	1284	214.00	84
78.	Michael Steil	Wheeling, Ill.	A	6	1282	213.67	82
(tie)	Brett Spangler	New Castle, Ind.	B	6	1282	213.67	82
80.	Brian Voss	Alpharetta, Ga.	A	6	1280	213.33	80
81.	Danny Wiseman	Baltimore	B	6	1278	213.00	78
82.	Brian LeClair	Athens, N.Y.	B	6	1275	212.50	75
83.	Mitch Beasley	Puyallup, Wash.	B	6	1272	212.00	72
84.	Brian Himmler	Cincinnati	A	6	1271	211.83	71
85.	Eric Acon (INT)	Venezuela	B	6	1270	211.67	70
(tie)	Parker Bohn III	Jackson, N.J.	B	6	1270	211.67	70
87.	Ryan Ciminelli	Cheektowaga, N.Y.	A	6	1267	211.17	67
88.	Joe Ciccone	Buffalo, N.Y.	B	6	1266	211.00	66
89.	Brad Angelo	Lockport, N.Y.	B	6	1265	210.83	65
90.	Kimmo Lehtonen (INT)	Finland	B	6	1264	210.67	64
91.	Anthony LaCaze	Melrose Park, Ill.	A	6	1263	210.50	63
(tie)	Del Powell Jr.	San Antonio	B	6	1263	210.50	63
(tie)	Jason Tehee	Fresno, Calif.	B	6	1263	210.50	63
94.	Frank Bellavia Jr.	Niagara Falls, N.Y.	A	6	1262	210.33	62
(tie)	Frank Guccione	Castle Rock, Colo.	A	6	1262	210.33	62
(tie)	Jason Poli	West Des Moines, Iowa	A	6	1262	210.33	62
(tie)	Lee Vanderhoef	Greenville, S.C.	A	6	1262	210.33	62
98.	Andy Mortensen	Irving, Texas	B	6	1260	210.00	60
99.	David Beres	Waukesha, Wis.	B	6	1259	209.83	59
100.	Quinton Bohlen	Decorah, Iowa	B	6	1258	209.67	58
101.	Michael Machuga	Erie, Pa.	A	6	1257	209.50	57
(tie)	Jim Huddleston	New Castle, Ind.	B	6	1257	209.50	57
103.	Brian Thompson	Flat Rock, Mich.	B	6	1255	209.17	55
104.	Andrew Cain	Phoenix	B	6	1254	209.00	54
(tie)	Marc Heninger	Tonganoxie, Kan.	B	6	1254	209.00	54
106.	Ryan Shafer	Horseheads, N.Y.	A	6	1250	208.33	50
(tie)	Tom Sorce	Blasdell, N.Y.	B	6	1250	208.33	50
(tie)	Richard Langton	Tallahassee, Fla.	B	6	1250	208.33	50
(tie)	Justin Williams	Bartlett, Tenn.	B	6	1250	208.33	50
110.	Wayne Garber	Modesto, Calif.	A	6	1247	207.83	47
(tie)	Erik Childress	Elk Grove Village, Ill.	A	6	1247	207.83	47
112.	Dave D'Entremont	Middleburg Heights, Ohio	A	6	1245	207.50	45
(tie)	Brian Valenta	Lockport, Ill.	A	6	1245	207.50	45
114.	Robert Lawrence	Austin, Texas	A	6	1244	207.33	44
115.	Andy Patterson	Tyler, Texas	A	6	1243	207.17	43
116.	Dave Wodka	Chatsworth, Calif.	B	6	1242	207.00	42
(tie)	Liz Johnson	Cheektowaga, N.Y.	A	6	1242	207.00	42
118.	Gregory Thompson Jr.	Dublin, Calif.	A	6	1241	206.83	41
(tie)	Jason Couch	Clermont, Fla.	B	6	1241	206.83	41
(tie)	Tommy Gollick	Oberlin, Pa.	A	6	1241	206.83	41
121.	Michael Haugen Jr.	Carefree, Ariz.	B	6	1240	206.67	40
122.	Bryon Smith	Roseburg, Ore.	B	6	1238	206.33	38
(tie)	Chuck Tillson	Rohnert Park, Calif.	B	6	1238	206.33	38
(tie)	James Roberts	Richmond, Va.	A	6	1238	206.33	38
125.	Robert Andersson (INT)*	Sweden	B	6	1237	206.17	37
(tie)	Kip Roberts	Glenallen, Va.	A	6	1237	206.17	37
(tie)	Mike Edwards	Tulsa, Okla.	A	6	1237	206.17	37
128.	Jaime Monroy (INT)*	Colombia	A	6	1236	206.00	36
129.	Ramon Estrada	San Diego	B	6	1233	205.50	33
(tie)	Mathias Ã…rup (INT)*	Sweden	A	6	1233	205.50	33
131.	Kevin Croucher	Grants Pass, Ore.	B	6	1232	205.33	32
132.	Billy Oatman	Chicago	A	6	1230	205.00	30
(tie)	Craig Hanson	Orlando, Fla.	A	6	1230	205.00	30
(tie)	Peter Ljung (INT)*	Sweden	A	6	1230	205.00	30
135.	Steven Lach	Sloan, N.Y.	A	6	1229	204.83	29
136.	Joe Paluszek	Bensalem, Pa.	B	6	1227	204.50	27
137.	Kang Hyun-Jin (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1226	204.33	26
138.	Bo Goergen	Sanford, Mich.	B	6	1224	204.00	24
139.	Patrick Allen	Wesley Chapel, Fla.	B	6	1223	203.83	23
140.	Wayne Stellick	Aurora, Colo.	B	6	1219	203.17	19
(tie)	Daryn Young	Danville, Calif.	B	6	1219	203.17	19
142.	Courtney Miller	Charleston, S.C.	B	6	1217	202.83	17
143.	Luis Olivo (INT)*	Venezuela	B	6	1213	202.17	13
(tie)	Ritchie Allen	Columbia, S.C.	B	6	1213	202.17	13
(tie)	Isao Yamamoto (INT)*	Kanagawa, Japan	A	6	1213	202.17	13
146.	Rickey Smith	Gulf Breeze, Fla.	A	6	1211	201.83	11
147.	Lennie Boresch Jr.	Kenosha, Wis.	B	6	1209	201.50	9
148.	Kasey Normandin (INT)	Canada	B	6	1208	201.33	8
149.	Don Moser	Murrieta, Calif.	A	6	1207	201.17	7
150.	Mike Wolfe	New Albany, Ind.	B	6	1205	200.83	5
151.	Kim Ko-Woon (INT)*	Korea	A	6	1204	200.67	4
152.	Justin Stevens	Aiea, Hawaii	A	6	1203	200.50	3
(tie)	Kevin Gallagher	Torrance, Calif.	A	6	1203	200.50	3
154.	Matt Murtishaw	Menifee, Calif.	A	6	1199	199.83	-1
(tie)	Nick Kokenos	St. Clair Shores, Mich.	B	6	1199	199.83	-1
156.	Brian Nicodemus	Akron, Ind.	A	6	1198	199.67	-2
157.	Carleton Chambers	Detroit	A	6	1197	199.50	-3
158.	Jason Wojnar	Chicago	A	6	1194	199.00	-6
159.	PJ Haggerty	Roseville, Calif.	A	6	1192	198.67	-8
160.	Manuel Otalora (INT)	Colombia	A	6	1191	198.50	-9
(tie)	Matt Freiberg	Simpsonville, S.C.	B	6	1191	198.50	-9
162.	Chad Pojas	Wahiawa, Hawaii	B	6	1190	198.33	-10
163.	Karen Marcano (INT)*	Venezuela	B	6	1188	198.00	-12
164.	Vayle Floria	Cerritos, Calif	A	6	1186	197.67	-14
(tie)	Tim Mack	Indianapolis	B	6	1186	197.67	-14
166.	Travis Celmer	Wernersville, Pa.	A	6	1185	197.50	-15
167.	Jason Weaver	Denver, Pa.	A	6	1181	196.83	-19
168.	J.T. Jackson	Tarzana, Calif.	A	6	1179	196.50	-21
169.	Aaron Ramsden	Pleasant Valley, Mo.	A	6	1177	196.17	-23
170.	Jeff Zaffino	Warren, Pa.	A	6	1175	195.83	-25
(tie)	Kevin Eppele	Las Vegas, Nev.	B	6	1175	195.83	-25
(tie)	Brandon Baker	Tempe, Ariz.	A	6	1175	195.83	-25
(tie)	Javier Pardi (INT)	Venezuela	B	6	1175	195.83	-25
174.	George Gaucin	El Paso, Texas	B	6	1173	195.50	-27
175.	David Czajka	Marysville, Wash.	B	6	1169	194.83	-31
176.	Glen Nakagawa	Highland Village, Texas	B	6	1167	194.50	-33
177.	Alicia Marcano (INT)*	Venezuela	B	6	1161	193.50	-39
178.	Leonard Lopez Jr.	Citrus Heights, Calif.	A	6	1159	193.17	-41
179.	Rob Rice	Sunnyside, Wash.	B	6	1158	193.00	-42
180.	Paul Nilsen Sr.	Murrieta, Calif.	A	6	1157	192.83	-43
181.	Joe Salvemini	Henderson, Nev.	B	6	1156	192.67	-44
(tie)	Andre Eubanks	Los Angeles	A	6	1156	192.67	-44
183.	Zack Hattori*	Las Vegas	A	6	1153	192.17	-47
184.	Rhino Page	San Diego	B	6	1150	191.67	-50
185.	Tony Rodriguez Jr.	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.	B	6	1149	191.50	-51
186.	Steven Arehart	Chesapeake, Va.	A	6	1146	191.00	-54
187.	Josh Chambliss	Charleston, S.C.	B	6	1145	190.83	-55
188.	Jesper Agerbo (INT)*	Denmark	B	6	1142	190.33	-58
189.	David Newcomer	Pearcy, Ark.	A	6	1139	189.83	-61
190.	Lindsay Baker	Amherst, N.Y.	A	6	1138	189.67	-62
(tie)	George Woodill	Orlando, Fla.	B	6	1138	189.67	-62
192.	Rusty Minar	Atlanta	B	6	1136	189.33	-64
193.	Hank Boomershine	Brigham City, Utah	A	6	1134	189.00	-66
194.	Vince Kuzmicki	Miami, Fla.	A	6	1126	187.67	-74
195.	Carl Labayan	Long Beach, Calif.	B	6	1125	187.50	-75
196.	John Conroy	Mahopac, N.Y.	A	6	1124	187.33	-76
197.	Curtis Foss	Medina, N.Y.	B	6	1123	187.17	-77
198.	Ingellimar Contreras (INT)*	Venezuela	B	6	1118	186.33	-82
199.	Jerry Johnson Jr.	Las Vegas	B	6	1117	186.17	-83
200.	John Baskett	Palm Coast, Fla.	B	6	1112	185.33	-88
(tie)	Brian Menini	Brookfield, Mo.	B	6	1112	185.33	-88
202.	Brett Cooper	Euliss, Texas	A	6	1109	184.83	-91
203.	Jack Nealon	Bowie, Md.	B	6	1108	184.67	-92
204.	Murray Hickman Sr.	Las Vegas	B	6	1105	184.17	-95
205.	Brian Cave	Marion, Ind.	A	6	1103	183.83	-97
206.	Ray Cobb	Highland, Calif.	B	6	1102	183.67	-98
207.	Brian Penn	LaChine, Mich.	B	6	1100	183.33	-100
208.	Michael Hutchens	New Castle, Ind.	B	6	1098	183.00	-102
209.	John Oliva	Simi Valley, Calif.	B	6	1097	182.83	-103
210.	Mark Payne Sr.	Amarillo, Texas	A	6	1096	182.67	-104
(tie)	Brian Lake	Warren, Mich.	B	6	1096	182.67	-104
212.	John Wilcox	Kirkland, Wash.	A	6	1094	182.33	-106
213.	Dan Roberts	Brentwood, Calif.	A	6	1092	182.00	-108
(tie)	Mike Keily	Lakewood, Colo.	B	6	1092	182.00	-108
215.	Christopher Keane	New City, N.Y.	A	6	1091	181.83	-109
216.	Alan Mojado	Pala, Calif.	A	6	1089	181.50	-111
217.	Mark Fennell	Seattle	A	6	1088	181.33	-112
218.	Tim Porritt	Anaheim, Calif.	A	6	1086	181.00	-114
219.	Aaron Billingsley	El Paso, Texas	A	6	1085	180.83	-115
220.	Scott Salem*	Oradell, N.J.	B	6	1082	180.33	-118
221.	Corey Husted	Milwaukie, Ore	B	6	1078	179.67	-122
222.	Jim Horan	Mountain View, Calif.	B	6	1071	178.50	-129
(tie)	Frank Lomotan	Las Vegas	B	6	1071	178.50	-129
224.	Morgan O'Brien*	Lomira, Wis.	B	6	1069	178.17	-131
(tie)	Robb Helt	Fort Smith, Ark.	A	6	1069	178.17	-131
226.	Mike Armstrong Jr.	Tucson, Ariz.	A	6	1065	177.50	-135
227.	Eric Malone	Brewster, N.Y.	B	6	1063	177.17	-137
228.	Ivo Raul Chiriboga	Miami	A	6	1061	176.83	-139
229.	John Perry	Nuevo, Calif.	B	6	1059	176.50	-141
230.	Travis Thomas	Lumberton, N.C.	A	6	1057	176.17	-143
231.	Jaime Gonzalez (INT)*	Colombia	A	6	1052	175.33	-148
232.	Geordin Krupski	Newtonville, N.J.	B	6	1045	174.17	-155
233.	Adam James	Redmond, Wash.	B	6	1043	173.83	-157
234.	Gary Simon	Philippi, W.Va.	A	6	1035	172.50	-165
235.	Robert Mushtare	Carthage, N.Y.	B	6	1032	172.00	-168
236.	Kenneth Bland Jr.	Norway	B	6	1031	171.83	-169
237.	Phil Gessner	Spring, Texas	A	6	1029	171.50	-171
(tie)	Reydnier Chavez (INT)*	Venezuela	B	6	1029	171.50	-171
239.	Dave Han	Orlando, Fla.	B	6	1020	170.00	-180
240.	Caesar Brannon II	Midland, Texas	B	6	1019	169.83	-181
241.	Kevin Bostrom	Muskegon, Mich.	A	6	1002	167.00	-198
242.	Kelvin Douthard	Birmingham, Ala.	B	6	994	165.67	-206
243.	Ed Campbell	Rochester Hills, Mich.	A	6	972	162.00	-228
244.	Tim Arnold	Wilmington, Del.	B	6	960	160.00	-240
245.	Ralph Chavez	Las Vegas	B	6	957	159.50	-243
246.	Chris Messmer	Albion, N.Y.	A	6	952	158.67	-248
247.	Chino Lander (INT)*	Venezuela	B	2	328	164.00	WD