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October 22, 2015 BOWLING NEWS Page 1 California Thursday December 24, 2015 B7502 E Florence Ave,owling Downey, CA 90240 • Online: www.californiabowlingnews.com • Email: [email protected] n ews• Office: (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Parker Bohn III Wins PBA Cheetah Gary Faulkner Jr. Wins Rolltech PBA Championship for 35th Tour Title World Championship for First Title Hall of Famer breaks tie with Mark Roth for fifth place on all-time PbA titles list Memphis left-hander becomes second African American to win PbA Tour title RENO, NV – Parker Bohn, a 52-year-old left- ninth frame,” Bohn said. RENO, NV – Gary the finals, left three splits was aware he had a chance Bohn III of Jackson, N.Y., hander, survived a 6-7 split “I hung up just a little bit, Faulkner Jr. of Memphis, in his first five frames to to become the second Afri- defeated England’s Paul in the ninth frame and threw enough to leave the 6-7, and Tenn., making his first fall behind by 49 pins, and can American titlist. Moor, 210-206, to win the a strike on his first ball in I said to myself, ‘Are you professional television ap- Faulkner never gave him an “That’s definitely one Professional Bowlers As- the 10th after Moor failed kidding? You just handed pearance, defeated top opening. thing I tried not to think sociation’s Cheetah Cham- to throw a third consecutive (Moor) the title.’ At that qualifier EJ Tackett of Hun- “The first shot I was ner- about, but it’s amazing. To pionship at the National strike on his first shot in his point, all I could do was sit tington, Ind., 216-178, to vous, but after that I didn’t be honest, what I did think Bowling Stadium and move 10th frame to give Bohn a on the bench and hope. win Rolltech Professional think about anything,” about is I wanted to shoot into sole possession of fifth chance. With his 35th ca- “When I left the 7 pin, I Bowlers Association World Faulkner said. “My mind 300 on TV.” place on PBA’s all-time reer PBA Tour title, the had a chance and that’s all Championship Thursday at was free. I didn’t watch the Faulkner, who anchored PBA Tour titles list. PBA Hall of Famer broke a you can ask for. I knew I the National Bowling Sta- other guys. I don’t show a Webber International Uni- The Cheetah Champi- tie with fellow hall of famer needed a mark to win and dium. He became the sec- lot of emotions. My goal versity to the 2012 Inter- onship, presented by PBA Mark Roth for fifth place the best way to get a mark ond African American in is always to win; I didn’t collegiate Team Champion- Bowling Challenge Mobile on the career titles list. He is to throw a strike.” the PBA’s 57-year history come here to lose. ship, won his way into the Game, was the first of four trails only Walter Ray Wil- Breaking the titles tie to win a Tour title. “Over the past year, I title match with a 247-237 “animal pattern” champion- liams Jr. (47 titles), the late with Roth, Bohn said, “is The PBA World Cham- felt it coming. I was mak- victory over Ryan Ciminel- ships contested during the Earl Anthony (43), Norm something I never, ever pionship, the crown jewel ing small mistakes, but I’d li of Cheektowaga, N.Y., GEICO PBA World Series Duke (38) and Pete Weber dreamed would be possible. of the GEICO PBA World go home and check my stats derailing Ciminelli’s bid to of Bowling VII presented (37). But no matter how many Series of Bowling VII pre- and fix my mistakes. Those become the first player to by Silver Legacy. The finals “I didn’t exactly make a titles I win, and hopefully sented by Silver Legacy, small pins add up over win three consecutive PBA aired Sunday on ESPN. good pass at the ball in the continued on page 13 was the culmination of 66 time. I knew I could do it. titles on American soil since games of qualifying and I visualized it. I had maybe PBA Hall of Famer Johnny match play contested on a half hour of nervousness, Petraglia accomplished that five different lane condi- but I took a nap and came feat in 1971. Ciminelli also FULL TIME tions. The finals aired live over here to bowl, and that was trying for his third title on ESPN. was it.” of the year and back-to- B Mechanic Needed Faulkner, a 25-year-old Faulkner said he never back majors after winning third-year PBA member, saw Branham bowl, but he continued on page 7 qualified third for the World Championship finals and won three straight matches to join George Branham Bowling news III of Indianapolis as the Honor Roll PBA’s only African Ameri- Name Score Date Center KAITLIN MAYALL 300 12-07-15 BUENA LANES can titlists. Branham, now ROBERT SMITH 800/300 12-07-15 BUENA LANES Winnetka bowl Mike CHARRON 300 12-14-15 SANDS BOWL retired, won five times in- BOBBY LYONS 300 12-17-15 FOOTHILL LANES cluding the 1986 Brunswick MATT SCHERMERHORN 300 12-17-15 KEYSTONE LANES MIKE FOWLER 816/300 12-18-15 LA HABRA “300” BOWL Medical/Dental Benefits & 401k Memorial World Open and DANNY LY 812/300 12-18-15 ACTION LANES JULIE MARVIN 762 12-18-15 UPLAND BOWL the 1993 Firestone Tourna- randy page 300 12-18-15 winnetka bowl ment of Champions. 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Bowling VII presented by Silver Legacy when each of the eight team managers draft two players in a serpentine draft in the reverse order of how they finished in 2015. Earlier in “Frustrated” may be put- the fall, each manager had protected three players from their 2015 rosters. ting it a bit mildly. The first highlight of Thursday’s draft was the selection of two women who have After leaving the dread- had success in PBA competition in addition to the newly-revived Professional Women’s ed 7-10 split, this woman Bowling Association. PWBA Player of the Year Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., the picked up two bowling winner of the 2015 USBC Queens and Bowlmor AMF U.S. Women’s Open, and the only balls – one in each hand – woman ever to advance to two PBA television finals, was selected in the final round of the and slung them one after draft by Portland Lumberjacks manager Tim Mack. With the next-to-last pick in the draft, another at the two pins as Barbasol Motown Muscle manager Del Ballard Jr. added PWBA Tour Championship and her fellow bowlers looked recent PBA Regional titlist Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., to his roster. on in astonishment. But before the final pick of the draft, Dallas Strikers’ player-manager Norm Duke Her first shot landed pulled off a trade with Portland, sending red-hot left-hander Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektow- safely in the gutter and her aga, N.Y., and Johnson to Portland in exchange for Texas two-hander Shawn Maldonado second shot crashed into and North Carolina’s BJ Moore III. the sweep bar – fortunately bouncing off and causing The first player off the draft board, which consisted of more than 60 PBA members no damage. who had expressed their desire to be part of the 2016 draft, was 2014 PBA Rookie of the Year Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., by GEICO New York City WTT KingPins man- This show of disrespect Tom Daugherty showed grace and good humor during his ager Carolyn Dorin-Ballard. Motown then selected 18-year-old two-handed player An- for the game happens more disastrous loss in the 2011 Tournament of Champions.