Pete Weber wins back-to-back PBA50 Tour titles

05 May, 2016

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Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Pete Weber won the PBA50 Tour’s Mooresville Ford Open presented by Columbia 300 and Miller High Life Wednesday night at George Pappas’ Victory Lanes, notching back-to-back titles and his sixth career PBA50 title to tie his late father, Dick Weber, on the all-time “senior tour” titles list.

Pictured above is Pete Weber with Victory Lanes manager Paul Kreins.

In winning the title, the reigning PBA50 Player of the Year spoiled Jack Jurek‘s (right) bid to defend his 2015 Mooresville title after the Lackawanna, N.Y., veteran won all six matches in the final match play round to run away with the top berth for the stepladder finals.

Unconverted splits in the first two frames put Jurek in a hole, which he almost escaped, but back-to-back strikes by Weber in the ninth and 10th frames locked up his 212-198 victory.

“I had my first 500-over (a 200 average) round here two years ago and finished third,” Weber said. “Last year I was second, and now I’m first. This is now my favorite place to bowl.”

Weber, who ended the 2015 season battling chronic back and knee problems, has bowled virtually pain free in 2016, including his romp to victory in the PBA50 UnitedHealthcare Sun Bowl In The Villages a week earlier.

“I’m feeling really good,” Weber said. “I’ve had no pain at all this spring, and now I’m looking forward to bowling in New York because I led there last year, too.”

Weber advanced to the title match with a 266-205 victory over 61-year-old Tom Baker (left) of King, N.C., ending Baker’s bid for a 13th PBA50 Tour title. Baker started the stepladder finals with a 227-203 win over Robert Brown of Cody, Wyo., followed by a 279-257 slugfest with Sam Maccarone (right) of Blackwood, N.J., in match two.

A global audience watched the Mooresville finals on PBA’s Xtra Frame online video-streaming service. The PBA50 Tour and Xtra Frame’s next event will be the PBA50 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open presented by Brunswick at Farmingdale Lanes in Farmingdale, N.Y., starting Sunday.

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2016 PBA50 Tour Schedule & Champions

PBA50 Mooresville Ford Open – Final Standings

George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., USA (May 1-4, 2016)

Championship Round:
1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 478 (2 games), $7,500
2, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 198 (1 game), $4,000
3, ss-Tom Baker, King, N.C., 712 (3 games), $2,500
4, ss-Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 257 (1 game), $2,000
5, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 201 (1 game), $1,750

Playoff Results:
First Match: Baker def. Brown, 227-203
Second Match: Baker def. Maccarone, 279-257
Semifinal Match: Weber def. Baker, 266-206
Championship: Weber def. Jurek, 212-198

PBA50 Mooresville Ford Open – Modified Match Play Round 2

Players with position, hometown and 6-game total, including match play bonus pins; top five advanced to stepladder finals; places 6-16 show earnings

1, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 6-0, 1,742
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 4-2, 1,580, $100
3, ss-Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 4-1-1, 1,571
4, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 3-3, 1,515
5, ss-Tom Baker, King, N.C., 4-2, 1,511

Missed Cut:
6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3-3, 1,488, $1,700
7, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 3-3, 1,476, $1,600
8, Stoney Baker, Canton, Ga., 4-2, 1,466, $1,600
9, Ralph Brunt Jr., Jensen Beach, Fla., 3-3, 1,432, $1,400
10, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1-4-1, 1,426, $1,400
11, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3-3, 1,400, $1,400
12, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1-5, 1,399, $1,400
13, ss-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1-5, 1,375, $1,400
14, ss-George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C., 3-3, 1,368, $1,400
15, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2-4, 1,343, $1,500
16, Bob Spaulding, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2-4, 1,329, $1,400

PBA50 Mooresville Ford Open – Modified Match Play Round 1

Players with position, hometown and 5-game total, including match play bonus pins; top 16 advance to second round; places 17-32 show earnings

17, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3-2, 1,146, $1,250
18, ss-Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2-3, 1,136, $1,250
19, Doug O’Bryant, Ball Ground, Ga., 4-1, 1,132, $1,250
20, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3-2, 1,119, $1,250
21, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 2-3, 1,110, $1,250
22, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 2-3, 1,096, $1,250
23, ss-Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 2-3, 1,072, $1,250
24, Don Herrington, Ballston Lake, N.Y., 3-2, 1,067, $1,250
25, ss-Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1-4, 1,064, $1,150
26, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3-2, 1,059, $1,150
27, ss-Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2-3, 1,053, $1,150
28, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 1-3-1, 1,049, $1,150
29, Keith Lesko, Indian Land, S.C., 0-5, 1,025, $1,150
30, ss-Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1-3-1, 1,020, $1,150
31, Dave Han, Hoover, Ala., 1-4, 1,005, $1,150
32, ss-John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 0-5, 1,002, $1,150

PBA50 Mooresville Ford Open – Other Cashers

Players with position, hometown after five-game cashers’ round; ss-denotes PBA60 player; n-denotes non-member

33, ss-Ken Gibson, Greenville, S.C., 1,121, $1,075
34, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,112, $1,075
35, ss-Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 1,111, $1,075
36, Kenneth Bland Jr., Cibilo, Texas, 1,107, $1,075
37, Joe Scarborough, Charlotte, N.C., 1,096, $1,075
38, ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,093, $1,075
39, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,084, $1,075.
40, James Hansen, Anchorage, Alaska, 1,078, $1,075
41 (tie), ss-Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass.; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, and ss-Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,052, $1,000
44, ss-Greg McMahan, Dandridge, Tenn., 1,048, $1,000
45, Mac Sanders, Taylors, S.C., 1,037, $1,000
46, ss-William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 1,036, $1,000
47, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,015, $1,000
48, Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 1,011, $1,000
49, Ken Shealy, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 1,001, $1,000
50, ss-Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 992, $1,000
51, ss-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 983, $1,000
52, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 981, $1,000
53, ss-Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, 980, $1,000
54, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 979, $1,000
55, Curt Guinn, Greenwood, S.C., 963, $1,000
56, Pete Arruda, Gilbert, S.C., 951, $1,000
57, n-ss-Charlie Gadd, Lake Worth, Fla., 947, $1,000
58, Robert Leonard Sr, Lockwood, N.Y., 887, $1,000