Eighteen-time PBA Tour winner Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., averaged 238 for seven games Saturday to lead 50 players who advanced to Sunday’s cashers’ qualifying round in the PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic at Mid-County Bowling and Entertainment Center.

Jones (above) bowled a 1,669 seven-game pinfall total to lead Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., who finished the round in second just one pin behind with 1,668. Starting the round with a 299, Jones recovered after a 191 in the second game with games of 204, 262, 237, 256 and 220.

Kent (left) is currently in second in the PBA Xtra Frame Storm Cup points race trailing reigning PBA Player of the Year EJ Tackett of Huntington, Ind., by two points with one event to go after the Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic. Tackett finished eighth in the first round with 1,610.

Kent owns two PBA Tour titles this season winning the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort PBA Oklahoma Open and the Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open. Jones, who is trying for his first win of the season, finished second in the FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions in February.

Tackett (right), who has three Tour wins this season including the Tournament of Champions, is trying for his first Storm Cup Tour event win this year but has three top-five finishes in the last four events including a second to Kent in the Lubbock Sports Open.

The Xtra Frame Storm Cup series concludes with the Xtra Frame Kenn-Feld Group Classic from Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater, Ohio, Aug. 26-27. At the conclusion of the tournament $50,000 in Storm Cup bonus money will be awarded.

Rounding out the Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic top five are Tim Foy Jr., Seaford, Del., 1,655; last week’s Chesapeake Open winner Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,651, and four-time PBA Tour winner Ronnie Russell (left), Marion, Ind., 1,633.

Allen also is in contention in the Storm Cup Points race just five points behind Tackett. Five-time Tour winner Dom Barrett of England, who is third on the points list four points behind Tackett, finished the first round in 11th with 1,602.

After Sunday’s cashers’ round the field will be cut to the top 16 players for match play beginning at 1 p.m. EDT which will determine the top four players for the stepladder finals at 6:30 p.m.

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Players with position, hometown and 7-game total. Top 50 advance to Sunday’s cashers’ qualifying round. n-indicates non-PBA member.

1, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,669
2, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,668
3, Tim Foy Jr., Seaford, Del., 1,655
4, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,651
5, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,633
6, BJ Moore III, Greensburg, Pa., 1,616
7, Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 1,612
8, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,610
9, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 1,604
10, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,603
11, Dom Barrett, England, 1,602
12, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,596
13, Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 1,593
14, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,592
15, Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 1,590
16, Brent Tishuk, Belvidere, N.J., 1,569
17, Matt Taylor, Youngsville, N.C., 1,562
18, Billy Asbury, Odenton, Md., 1,559
19, (tie) Jason Stadtler, Lafayette, N.J.,
Shota Kawazoe, Japan, and
David Stouffer, Lehigh Acres, Fla., 1,554
22, Chris Blackmore, Aldie, Va., 1,548
23, Michael Tang, San Francisco, Calif., 1,546
24, Daniel Mitchell, Elkton, Md., 1,543
25, Alex Cavagnaro, Massapequa, N.Y., 1,534
26, Patrick Allen, Elmwood Park, N.J., 1,529
27, Jon Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 1,527
28, Brian Elder, Newark, Del., 1,508
29, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 1,505
30, Dwight Adams, Greensboro, N.C., 1,504
31, (tie) n-James Johnson III, Wilmington, Del., and
Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,498
33, Adam Chase, North Babylon, N.Y., 1,497
34, Chris Bolosan, Newport News, Va., 1,496
35, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,494
36, Ray Edwards, Middle Island, N.Y., 1,493
37, (tie) Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., and
Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,491
39, Paul Brion, Mansfield, Pa., 1,490
40, Michael Markis, Tafton, Pa., 1,486
41, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,485
42, Bryan Paul, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1,484
43, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,483
44, Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico, 1,481
45, Darren Tang, San Francisco, 1,480
46, Tommy Barna, Westminster, Md., 1,478
47, Ryan Galli, Binghamton, N.Y., 1,475
48, Gabriel Garcia, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1,469
49, Rick Graham, Lancaster, Pa., 1,465
50, Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 1,464

Missed Cut:
51, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,459
52, (tie) Theodore Fedder III, Berwick, Pa, and
Kevin Donovan, Painted Post, N.Y., 1,455
54, Victor Florie Jr, Richmond, Va., 1,454
55, Josh Schmehl, Millsboro, Del., 1,449
56, Jim Tomek Jr., New Cumberland, Pa., 1,448
57, Rusty Thomsen, Cateret, N.J., 1,438
58, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,436
59, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz, 1,434
60, Kristian Rogers, Salisbury, N.C., 1,430
61, Jack Bogan, Kensington, Md., 1,428
62, (tie) Cody Shoemaker, Hanover, Pa., and
Paul Nickle III, Rising Sun, Md., 1,427
64, (tie) Andrew Klingler, Grand Rapids, Mich., and
Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 1,426
66, Matthew O’Grady, Rahway, N.J., 1,425
67, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 1,424
68, Louis Gaudio, Morganville, N.J., 1,421
69, Robert Mockenhaupt, Rutherford, N.J., 1,415
70, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,412
71, n-Tom Norris, Elkton, Md., 1,411
72, Bradley Hoffman, Lemoyne, Pa, 1,408
73, (tie) Craig Schneider, Marcy, N.Y., and
Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 1,404
75, David Asbury, Ellicott City, Md., 1,403
76, Zeke Bayt, Westerville, Ohio, 1,398
77, Mike McDonnell, Chesterfield, Va., 1,395
78, (tie) Scott Denlinger, Lancaster, Pa. and
Isaac Kim, Lebanon, Pa., 1,394
80, Chris Arcaro, Carolina Beach, N.C., 1,392
81, Ben Zakrocki, Philadelphia, 1,391
82, Paul Bajorski, West Babylon, N.Y., 1,390
83, Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 1,387
84, (tie) AJ Johnson, Oswego, Ill., and
Jay Davis, Silver Spring, Md., 1,381
86, Justin D’Amico, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,379
87, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,377
88, Tim Gillick, Milford, Conn., 1,374
89, Doug Scheidig, Royersford, Pa., 1,371
90, (tie) Ethan Gray, North East, Md., and
Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,370
92, n-Jeffrey Roberts, Clermont, Fla., 1,363
93, w-Stephanie Sheridan, Factoryville, Pa., 1,361
94, Jeffrey Voght, Canojaharie, N.Y., 1,349
95, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 1,346
96, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,345
97, Ervin Raines, New Cummberland, Pa., 1,342
98, Jeremy Domingo, Sewell, N.J., 1,340
99, (tie) Clifton Wolfe, West Grove, Pa., and
Gary Haines, West Babylon, N.Y., 1,339
101, Darryl Carreon, Woodbridge, Va., 1,335
102, Frank Gray Jr., North East, Md., 1,334
103, John Mertz III, Lancaster, Pa., 1,332
104, Ronnie Horton, Christiansburg, Va., 1,331
105, (tie) Stephen Dieter, Palmerton, Pa., and
Rob Hoffman, Freehold, N.J., 1,328
107, Bob Caruso, Dayton, N.J., 1,326
108, Benjamin Thompson, New Castle, Del., 1,325
109, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 1,324
110, Brandon Hinderer, York, Pa., 1,323
111, Scott Canfield, Mountville, Pa., 1,320
112, Andrew Suscreba, Clifton, N.J., 1,319
113, Rocco Serpico, Hazlet, N.J., 1,317
114, Larry Ivey, Berwick, Pa., 1,312
115, Zulmazran Zulkifli, Malaysia, 1,305
116, Adam Travis, Cockeysville, Md., 1,300
117, Jackson Getting, Portsmouth, N.H., 1,292
118, Hector Medina, Woodbridge, Va., 1,291
119, (tie) Michael Vella, Bellport, N.Y., and
Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 1,289
121, Stephen Haas, Enola, Pa., 1,280
122, Stephen Pavlinko Jr., Sewell, N.J., 1,279
123, Thad Rand, Rapidan, Va., 1,278
124, Vincent Wright, New York, N.Y., 1,277
125, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa., 1,276
126, Tommy Dakouvanos, N. Middletown, N.J., 1,270
127, Michael Houtz, Myerstown, Pa., 1,268
128, Robert Perniciaro Jr., Yardley, Pa., 1,262
129, Fran Luzzi, Geneva, N.Y., 1,253
130, Joseph Rzemieniewski, Middletown, Del., 1,251
131, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,249
132, Geordin Krupski, Newtonville, N.J., 1,246
133, n-Terry Wiley, Vienna, Va., 1,244
134, n-Arthur Nowlin, New Castle, Del., 1,240
135, Rob Manley Jr., Newark, Del., 1,230
136, n-Jonathon Bush, Clermont, Fla., 1,227
137, Mike Lattuca, Harrisburg, Pa, 1,208
138, Collin Raineri, Gilbertsville, Pa., 1,203
139, Christopher Clay, Woodbridge, Va., 1,197
140, Joshua Marino, Forest Hills, N.Y., 1,176
141, Nathan Johnson, Elmira, N.Y., 1,174
142, Nathan Lidke, Elkton, Md., 1,166
143, Austin Boone, Blackwood, 1,155
144, Williard Isaacs Jr, Kenton, Del., 1,149
145, Richard Walker, Owings Mills, Md., 1,148
146, James Scott, Manassas, Va., 1,147
147, Mike Gossman, Allentown, Pa., 1,121
148, Matthew Wozney, Clayton, Del., 1,109
149, Joseph Steuber, Lakehurst, N.J., 1,100
150, Brian Bradley, Fredericksburg, Va., 1,067