After a 43rd-place finish in the FloBowling PBA Fall Swing’s Wolf Open, England’s Richie Teece averaged 235 for six games to bounce back and take the Bear Open first round lead Wednesday in the second of three events that make up the Fall Swing at The Lanes at Coffee Creek in Owasso, Okla.

Teece (featured photo) posted a 1,410 six-game pinfall total on PBA’s 39-foot Bear lane condition pattern with games of 217, 267, 236, 255, 244 and 191.

“I wasn’t miles away from where I needed to be in the Wolf tournament so I was pretty optimistic coming into the Bear,” Teece said. “I looked at it as a new tournament and I was able to take advantage of making a fresh start.

“These oil patterns make you work hard for sure,” Teece continued. “I’ve made a few changes to my physical game where I’m concentrating more on reading the lane conditions more front to back than side to side which has helped me make smaller and more accurate adjustments.

Teece (right) won his first Go Bowling! PBA Tour title in the 2017 World Series of Bowling Shark Championship but has struggled somewhat this year with best finishes of 10th in the Storm Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles and 12th in the Xtra Frame Kenn-Feld Classic.

“It’s been a steady year but not a great year,” the 28-year-old Teece said. “I haven’t really met the goals I’ve set for myself. I want to feel that buzz again that you get when you make a stepladder final.”

Teece holds a 16-pin lead over fellow Englander Stuart Williams (left) who finished the round in second with a 1,394 pinfall.

Anthony Simonsen (right), who won the Wolf Open for his second title of the season and fifth of his career, struggled in the first round of the Bear Open finishing tied for 36th with a 1,205 pinfall.

Fresh off his third-place finish in the Wolf Open Tuesday, Kris Prather (left) of Plainfield, Ill., holds the lead in Tulsa Open qualifying after 18 games (12 games in the Wolf Open and the first six in the Bear Open) with a 4,096 pinfall (227.5 average). He bowled games of 238, 279, 246, 223, 177 and 170 in Bear Open first round.

“Obviously I’m disappointed with the way I finished the round but in general I’m still pretty confident,” Prather said. “The challenge of bowling multiple tournaments like this is that it just gets harder and harder to repeat good shots.”

The field returns for the second Bear Open six-game round Thursday that will determine the top five players who will advance to the stepladder finals at 7:30 p.m. CT.

The players also are competing to make the cut to the top 18 for the match play rounds of the Tulsa Open which begin on Friday. The top 18 scorers after 24-game qualifying totals from the Wolf and Bear events will advance to match play which consists of two six-game round robin match play rounds on Friday and the final six-game round on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. After match play the top five players advance to the Tulsa Open stepladder finals Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

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FloBowling PBA Fall Swing Bear Open – First Round Qualifying Results

Players with position, hometown and 6-game total

1, Richie Teece, England, 1,410
2, Stuart Williams, England, 1,394
3, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,362
4, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 1,356
5, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,351
6, JR Raymond, Clinton Twp., Mich., 1,347
7, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,340
8, Francois Lavoie, Canada, 1,338
9, Kris Prather, Plainfield, Ill., 1,333
10, Matt Kuba, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 1,312
11, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 1,303
12, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 1,300
13, Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 1,299
14, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,295
15, Arturo Quintero, Mexico, 1,291
16, Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 1,290
17, EJ Tackett, Bluffton, Ind., 1,288
18, Michael Tang, San Francisco, 1,278
19, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 1,277
20, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,269
21, DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1,268
22, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,266
23, (tie) Ryan Ciminelli, Clarence, N.Y., and
Dick Allen, Lexington, S.C., 1,265
25, (tie) AJ Johnson, Oswego, Ill., and
Matt O’Grady, Rahway, N.J., 1,263
27, Dom Barrett, England, 1,257
28, Matt Sanders, Indianapolis, 1,233
29, Darren Tang, San Francisco, 1,229
30, (tie) Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., and
Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,226
32, (tie) Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., and
Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,217
34, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,211
35, Kyle King, Glendale, Ariz., 1,209
36, (tie) Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, and
Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,205
38, (tie) Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., and
Zachery Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,204
40, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,200
41, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,199
42, Dakota Vostry, Chicago, Ill., 1,197
43, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,196
44, Russ Oviatt, Chandler, Ariz., 1,193
45, (tie) Nicholas Pate, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and
Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 1,191
47, (tie) Zeke Bayt, Westerville, Ohio, and
Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 1,190
49, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,189
50, (tie) Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas,
Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, David Krol, Nixa, Mo., and
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., and
Zach Doty, Campbellsville, Ky., 1,183
55, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 1,179
56, Charlie Brown Jr., Grandville, Mich., 1,177
57, (tie) Jason Belmonte, Australia, and
Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,176
59, (tie) Francois Louw, South Africa,
John Furey, Howell, N.J., and
Kamron Doyle, Brentwood, Tenn., 1,175
62, Sam Cooley, Australia, 1,174
63, Christopher Sloan, Ireland, 1,173
64, Nick Kruml, Downers Grove, Ill., 1,172
65, Rhino Page, Orlando, 1,171
66, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,169
67, Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz., 1,163
68, Tim Foy Jr., Seaford, Del., 1,159
69, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 1,153
70, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1,151
71, Kenneth Ryan, Morganville, N.J., 1,146
72, Brad Miller, Lees Summit, Mo., 1,144
73, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,140
74, (tie) Stephen Pavlinko Jr., Sewell, N.J.,
Daniel Fransson, Sweden, and
Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 1,136
77, Michael Davidson, Versailles, Ohio, 1,131
78, Trey Ford III, Bartlesville, Okla., 1,129
79, (tie) Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., and
Andrew Silverman, Akron, Ohio, 1,128
81, Graham Fach, Canada, 1,127
82, AJ Chapman, St Paul, Minn., 1,110
83, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,105
84, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,100
85, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 1,099
86, Markus Jansson, Sweden, 1,093
87, Nate Garcia, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1,087
88, Stephen Hahn, Sterling, Va., 1,080
89, (tie) Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, and
Pontus Andersson, Sweden, 1,077
91, Jim Pratt, Avondale, Ariz., 1,069
92, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,061
93, George Duke, Vidor, Texas, 1,053
94, Kenneth Bland Jr., San Antonio, Texas, 1,036
95, Matt Wozney, Clayton, Del., 1,029
96, Michael Duran, Banning, Calif., 1,021
97, James Sitters, Australia, 997
98, Keven Williams, Springfield, Mo.,, 978
99, Steve Britton, Grand Prairie, Texas, 915
100, Michael Foster, Tulsa, Okla., 912

FloBowling PBA Fall Swing Tulsa Open – Standings after 18 games

Top 18 scorers after 24-game qualifying totals from the Wolf and Bear events will advance to match play.

1, Kris Prather, Plainfield, Ill., 4,096
2, Francois Lavoie, Canada, 4,067
3, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 4,063
4, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 4,038
5, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 4,020
6, EJ Tackett, Bluffton, Ind., 4,009
7, Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, 4,008
8, Stuart Williams, England, 3,999
9, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,975
10, Darren Tang, San Francisco, 3,968
11, JR Raymond, Clinton Twp., Mich., 3,965
12, Matt Sanders, Indianapolis, 3,963
13, Richie Teece, England, 3,958
14, Dom Barrett, England, 3,931
15, Arturo Quintero, Mexico, 3,924
16, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,909
17, Michael Tang, San Francisco, 3,897
18, Nick Kruml, Downers Grove, Ill., 3,882
19, Rhino Page, Orlando, 3,881
20, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 3,867
21, AJ Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 3,861
22, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3,860
23, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 3,849
24, Graham Fach, Canada, 3,848
25, Dick Allen, Lexington, S.C., 3,847
26, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 3,837
27, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 3,825
28, Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 3,823
29, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,822
30, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,820
31, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 3,816
32, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 3,815
33, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 3,810
34, Ryan Ciminelli, Clarence, N.Y., 3,801
35, DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 3,799
36, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 3,798
37, Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 3,780
38, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 3,778
39, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 3,775
40, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 3,774
41, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 3,773
42, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 3,765
43, Brad Miller, Lees Summit, Mo., 3,762
44, Zeke Bayt, Westerville, Ohio, 3,752
45, Markus Jansson, Sweden, 3,748
46, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,745
47, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 3,744
48, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,743
49, Matt O’Grady, Rahway, N.J., 3,741
50, Matt Kuba, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 3,739
51, Kamron Doyle, Brentwood, Tenn., 3,729
52, Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz., 3,723
53, Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 3,718
54, Francois Louw, South Africa, 3,713
55, Charlie Brown Jr., Grandville, Mich., 3,701
56, AJ Chapman, St Paul, Minn., 3,699
57, Zachery Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3,694
58, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 3,689
59, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,686
60, Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 3,677
61, Christopher Sloan, Ireland, 3,670
62, Sam Cooley, Australia, 3,668
63, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 3,643
64, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,642
65, Keven Williams, Springfield, Mo., 3,641
66, John Furey, Howell, N.J., 3,634
67, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 3,632
68, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 3,621
69, (tie) Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, and
Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 3,602
71, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,595
72, (tie) Zach Doty, Campbellsville, Ky., and
Daniel Fransson, Sweden, 3,593
74, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 3,575
75, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,573
76, Nicholas Pate, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 3,566
77, Pontus Andersson, Sweden, 3,558
78, Tim Foy Jr., Seaford, Del., 3,554
79, Dakota Vostry, Chicago, Ill., 3,541
80, David Krol, Nixa, Mo., 3,531
81, Kyle King, Glendale, Ariz., 3,527
82, Michael Davidson, Versailles, Ohio, 3,521
83, Jim Pratt, Avondale, Ariz., 3,518
84, (tie) Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, and
Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 3,482
86, Trey Ford III, Bartlesville, Okla., 3,469
87, Stephen Pavlinko Jr., Sewell, N.J., 3,450
88, Russ Oviatt, Chandler, Ariz., 3,437
89, Nate Garcia, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 3,436
90, Kenneth Ryan, Morganville, N.J., 3,417
91, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 3,333
92, George Duke, Vidor, Texas, 3,311
93, Stephen Hahn, Sterling, Va., 3,251
94, Matt Wozney, Clayton, Del., 3,234
95, Kenneth Bland Jr., San Antonio, Texas, 3,221
96, Michael Duran, Banning, Calif., 3,149
97, Andrew Silverman, Akron, Ohio, 3,142
98, Steve Britton, Grand Prairie, Texas, 2,907
99, James Sitters, Australia, 2,792
100, Michael Foster, Tulsa, Okla., 2,517