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Congratulations on His 39Th Birthday, Sean in the 10Th Frame to Have Race, Which Will Net Him a Rash Claimed His 17Th a Chance AUGUST 26, 2021 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,OWLING CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (626) 252-2985 Fax: (562) 807-2288 DANIELLE MCEWAN WINS SECOND TITLE OF SEASON AT 2021 PWBA SPOKANE OPEN SPOKANE, Wash. – body do what it knows how Danielle McEwan of Stony to do. Thankfully, the pins Point, New York, locked fell.” up her second title of the McEwan, who entered 2021 Professional Womens the stepladder as the top Bowling Association Tour seed, started the match season with a strike in her against Johnson with a final frame Saturday at the double and recorded spares 2021 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN TO PWBA Spokane Open. in the third and fourth The 29-year-old right- frames to build a slight FEATURE $100,000 TOP PRIZE hander recorded her sev- advantage, but she missed enth career PWBA Tour a 10 pin in the fifth frame FINALS COVERAGE ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK title with a 203-192 victory to hand over the lead to the ARLINGTON, Texas Park, California, will over Liz Johnson of Niaga- 25-time PWBA Tour titlist - The 2021 U.S. Wom- mark the first professional ra Falls, New York, at Lilac and United States Bowling en’s Open will feature a women’s bowling event Lanes & Casino. Congress Hall of Famer. record-setting top prize of to award its champion a She claimed $10,000 for Johnson wasn’t able to $100,000, and the finals six-figure first-place prize, the victory, and the champi- capitalize on the miscue, will be broadcast live on with the stepladder finals onship round was broadcast however, allowing McE- CBS Sports Network. airing Aug. 31 at 4 p.m.. live on BowlTV.com. delivered one of her best Professional Bowlers As- wan to showcase her resil- The 2021 U.S. Wom- The second major cham- McEwan needed a mark shots of the week. sociation/PWBA Strik- ience and recapture the lead en’s Open, which is taking pionship on the 2021 Pro- in the 10th frame to secure The 10-time Team ing Against Breast Cancer with strikes in the seventh place Aug. 24-31 at Double fessional Women’s Bowl- the win in the back-and- USA member started the Mixed Doubles event in and eighth frames. Decker Lanes in Rohnert continued on page 4 forth title match, and she month with a win at the Houston with EJ Tackett of “I was really frustrated Bluffton, Indiana. after missing that,” McE- “That shot is literally wan said. “I actually missed everything we practice and a couple of them today and SEAN RASH WINS PBA CHESAPEAKE OPEN train for every day,” McE- handed Liz an open on a wan said. “I knew exactly stupid mistake. After that, what I had to do, and I just I really had to buckle down FOR 17TH PBA TOUR TITLE cleared my mind and let my continued on page 5 Defeats top seed Tom Daugherty in championship match by Jef Goodger CHESAPEAKE, Va.— to strike on his first shot PBA Summer Tour points Congratulations On his 39th birthday, Sean in the 10th frame to have race, which will net him a Rash claimed his 17th a chance. After a re-rack, share of the $40,000 bonus Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour Rash rolled the strike he prize fund. With his sec- title by winning the PBA needed, then fired his next ond-place finish, Daugh- Chesapeake Open at AMF shot down the middle to get erty also moved inside the Western Branch Lanes. enough count to make it of- top 10, finishing one spot Rash, the No. 2 seed, elimi- ficial. Rash finished with a behind Rash in eighth. nated 20-time PBA Tour score of 228 to win his first Darren Tang, who won champion Tommy Jones title since the 2020 PBA his first PBA Tour title in the semifinal match, Cheetah Championship. last weekend in the PBA then defeated top seed Tom The victory moves Bowlerstore.com Classic Sean Rash Daugherty, who won two of Rash out of a tie with Hall presented by Moxy’s Xtra in the top 12 in four of the his four career titles earlier of Famer Jason Couch Pair, finished seventh in five Summer Tour events this season, in the champi- and into a tie with Hall of Chesapeake to clinch the to build a 35-point margin onship match. Famer Carmen Salvino in $20,000 bonus for lead- over runner-up Anthony Si- 73 year old Ed Chipp shoots House record at Daugherty finished with all-time titles. It also jumps ing the PBA Summer Tour monsen. Mira Mesa Lanes 290-300-299/889 on 8/18/21 a 212 game, forcing Rash Rash into seventh in the points race. Tang finished continued on page 5 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM August 26, 2021 MOHR COLLECTS 12TH NORM DUKE WINS ALL FOUR LOUSY BOWLER STEPLADDER MATCHES TO TOURNAMENT! SENIOR TITLE AT PBA60 CAPTURE PBA50 DAVID Entry Fee $20 Per Bowler & Receive A FREE LOUSY BOWLER T–SHIRT DICK WEBER CLASSIC SMALL’S JAX 60 OPEN TITLE by Jill Winters by Jerry Schneider SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 JACKSON, Michigan – Ron Mohr is one of the JACKSON, Mich. – Hall of Famer Norm Duke won 3 Divisions: 176 & above / 175–136 /135 & above most prolific senior bowlers and he just added an- all four stepladder matches while battling through an ____________________________________ other title to his impressive career. on-going wrist injury Sunday to win the PBA50 David Small’s JAX 60 Open for his first PBA50 Tour title of The PBA Hall of Famer had a pretty perfect Thurs- the season. day, which included a 300 game in match play, at the 15th 2021 PBA60 Dick Weber Classic. He earned the top Duke, the No. 4 seed for the finals, defeated top spot in the stepladder finals and just waited for his seed Brad Angelo 238-227 in the championship LAUGHLIN BLAST! opportunity to get back in the winner’s circle. It just match for his sixth career title on the tour for players Senior No–Tap Doubles Handicap Event so happens this was the same building where he won 50 and over. his first senior title. SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022 “You pray every shot because you never know Mohr met John Kirker Jr. who was coming off of when it’s going to be your last,” said the 57-year-old Contact & Information: three-straight wins against Todd Kjell, Walter Ray Duke. “It’s also added incentive to throw strikes be- Joyce Dalton–Jensen (619) 251–9660 Williams Jr. and Robert P. Brown. Kirker seemed to cause that’s less shots you have to make.” www.Laughlinblast.com have the championship lanes figured out after rolling clean games of 225, 258 and 258, but the transition In the opening match Duke def. local favorite No. got the best of him. Mohr defeated Kirker 207-162 to 5 seed Larry Verble 197-171 but the injury didn’t be- pick up his third PBA60 title and his 12th PBA/Senior come readily apparent until the second match when Tour title overall. he struggled through the pain to beat No. 3 seed Ryan Shafer 268-171. BOOK SWEEPERS/GROUP RESERVATIONS/BIRTHDAYS/CORPORATE PARTIES The 65-year-old admits he rarely gets emotional, but he did have to fight back some tears after the “When you bowl as many games as we do every 1.888.590.2695 victory because “you never know when it might be day, all day, you just hope you don’t do irreparable RiversideResort.com your last.” damage,” said Duke, whose forearm was heavily taped for the finals. “Anytime you win anything with Dick Weber’s name on it, how could you get a greater honor than It was in the second match against Shafer that RiversideLanes.Aug2021.BowlingNews.indd 1 8/19/21 9:16 AMthat,” Mohr said. “He was the Parker Bohn of that era. Duke had to pull up on the approach during his deliv- The perfect ambassador like Parker is right now.” ery midway through the match but was able to hang on to the ball as he crossed the foul line to avoid a The former air traffic controller credits his former foul. “It (the pain) really wasn’t an issue until that shot profession with helping him focus on what is impor- but I was able to hang in and manage it,” Duke said WANTED tant and staying in the moment. That has benefited of the injury. him on tour as he has transferred those skills to mak- Looking for Energetic, Committed ing rapid decisions as lanes transition. Mohr had In the semifinal match Duke beat Eugene Mc- and Responsible Employees bowled several games on the championship pair this Cune 248-235 to advance to the title match. McCune week, so he was familiar with their characteristics. earned the No. 2 seed thanks to an 11-1 record and in Southern California 237 average in match play earlier Sunday to make a “The key on that pair was to stay deep enough on surge from 20th in qualifying to make the finals. Mechanics the right lane and to stay ahead on the left lane,” he said. “That was one of the lowest scores I had bowled Duke’s sixth career title ties him with Steve Neff, Desk, Bar, Food Service all week, but I made eight or nine quality shots and Dick Weber and Parker Bohn III on the all-time list.
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