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The 90-player GEICO PBA Summer Swing field moved to AMF West Lanes in Greenfield, Wis. for this morning’s first five-game qualifying round of the Lucas Oil Wolf Open and are returning to a synthetic lane surface on the new PBA 32-foot Wolf lane conditioning pattern. Looking for his first PBA Tour win, veteran Chris Loschetter of Avon, Ohio, leads after the first round with a 1,281 pinfall total. He had games of 268, 259, 279, 247 and 228. In a nine-season career on Tour, Loschetter has finished second four times and his best finish so far this season was a fourth in the Alka Seltzer Cheetah Championship at the World Series of Bowling. After struggling on the long oil pattern in the recent Lucas Oil Badger Open, Loschetter was looking forward to the shorter Wolf oil pattern. “I really felt positive coming into this tournament,” Loschetter said. “I generally get a much better ball reaction on the shorter patterns and struggle a little bit on the longer ones. “Coming into this tournament I admit I was a little rusty but this is a good confidence builder and I’m getting sharper with every game so hopefully I’m going in the right direction for the rest of the tournament.” Rounding out the top five after the first round are: E.J. Hacket, Huntington, Ind., 1,261; Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1235; Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,234, and Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,216. The 90-player field will bowl another five game qualifying round this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. after which the top 24 will be determined for Friday’s match play rounds. The Lucas Oil Bear Open follows Sunday through Tuesday at AMF Bowlero, followed by the Lucas Oil Milwaukee Open May 29-30, also at AMF Bowlero. The Milwaukee Open will feature the top 28 qualifiers based on total pinfall after 30 qualifying games from the three animal pattern events. Stepladder finals for all four tournaments, plus the GEICO Summer King of the Swing special event, will be taped over two days by the CBS Sports Network June 1-2 at Bowlero for airing on five consecutive Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ET beginning June 11. The Badger Open stepladder finals will be conducted on June 1 at 11 a.m., the Wolf Open at 2:30 p.m. and the Bear Open at 6 p.m. on June 1. The GEICO Summer King of the Swing will include the four Summer Swing event champions plus the next highest points leader who hasn’t won a title. Those five will compete in a $25,000 stepladder final for a $10,000 first prize, concluding the summer series on June 2. QUALIFYING ROUND ONE (after 5 games; top 24 after 10 games advance to round robin match play Friday at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.) LUCAS OIL PBA WOLF OPEN AMF West, Milwaukee, Wis., May 23 1, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,281. 2, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,261. 3, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1,235. 4, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,234. 5, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,216. 6, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,206. 7, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,203. 8, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,194. 9, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 1,193. 10, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 1,191. 11, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,182. 12, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,177. 13, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 1,176. 14, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,170. 15, Kenneth Kempf, Appleton, Wis., 1,168. 16, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,157. 17, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,153. 18, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,149. 19, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,148. 20, William Guszczo, Orland Park, Ill., 1,147. 21, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,141. 22, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,137. 23, Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,135. 23, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,135. 25, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,133. 26, David Labinski, Milwaukee, 1,128. 27, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,114. 28, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,113. 29, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,111. 30, Mika Koivuni

Just wanted to note that the summer links transition in the “Author’s links” sidebar section is complete, with the Wed. Summer Mixed standings and BowlSK index added, and the winter league-related links removed.

With the Mojave Conference season complete, we now have our first 40 bowlers eligible for the 2013 Touring Players Championship! 40 more from each conference (minus overlaps) will qualify after each Invitational, and anyone in the top 60 in all-conference points will be added in after the last Invitational. Check out all the full statistics at the website, but here's the Mojave qualifier list: Acuff, Derek Atkin, Alexis Bouder, Zahn Butturff, Jakob Canfield, Ben Cardines, Cerell Cardines, Jeremy Carlson, Megan Chan, Oscar Dang, Anthony Evans, Marguerite Finkler, Kevin Franz, Joshua Galvan, David Gerencser, Joe Glazer, Leah Hatchett, Eric Hendrickson, Talon Leong, Dallas Lindeman, Curtis Lindsey, Brendan Lucente, Teddy Lusher, Donovin Myers, Mark Nagamine, Casey Pappas, Jason Peyton, Jamison Pineda, Crystalene Pollak, Nick Rock, TJ Russom, Brandon Satter, Tyler Schenck, Cortez Smith, Cameron Speiler, Randi Thompson, Austin Varholdt, Danny Watanabe, Alex Watkins, Aaron Weis, Gabriella

My Week 2 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet) My big problem was not stringing strikes together tonight, but, where I only missed one spare that wasn’t a split or washout, my spare game mostly saved me. Particularly, I left seven 10 pins tonight, and didn’t miss (the easy miss was a single 7). Result: 179-184-167=530 Average (6 games): 170 Next week’s AVG+1 score: 516 Mike joined us tonight, but two of us couldn’t repeat last week, so we were crushed in two of the games, winning only the second.

Here's the first of many videos from this weekend... will Jamison shoot his first 300? Check all our videos out at YouTube today! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw3RHubzjCQJBT at Texas 5-18-13 Jamison Peyton front 10 (junior pro bowwww.youtube.comWill Jamison shoot his first 300?

Ever-evolving technology continues to provide new-and-improved ways for bowling fans to follow the Professional Bowlers Association, live in real time. One of the special features that more and more fans are discovering is the live frame-by-frame coverage of PBA Tour events on pba.com, the PBA’s official website. A function of the live scoring includes mapping of pin leaves, which provides fans with a way to follow the action as it happens in a way never before available. It’s more comprehensive than even television or radio could possibly provide. To experience the depth of detail, visit pba.com during the next live round of coverage (especially during match play rounds), click on the “live scoring” link and then open the “live links” to specific players or matches. Live scoring on pba.com is free, and provides a great supplement to the live online video coverage and commentary provided by the PBA’s subscription-based bowling channel, Xtra Frame. The next rounds of PBA Tour competition on pba.com will include the GEICO PBA Summer Swing’s Lucas Oil Wolf Open qualifying rounds Thursday at noon and 6 p.m. ET followed by round-robin match play rounds Friday at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET. NEW MULTI-PLAYER VERSION OF PBA BOWLING CHALLENGE NOW AVAILABLE Concrete Software, developers of PBA Bowling Challenge, one of the most popular electronic games for mobile device users, has launched a new multi-player version on Google Play that allows users to play against each other. The new multi-player version was announced at Google’s annual developers’ conference, Google I/O. Following an outstanding initial release in 2012, leading to over 2.8 million downloads and a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars on the Google Play store, the long-awaited multi-player update to PBA Bowling Challenge has arrived. "Multi-player was the obvious next step for the title," said Keith Pichelman, CEO of Concrete Software. "It was by far the most user-requested feature and something we had intended to include from the beginning, but finding a multi-player service that would meet our needs proved to be difficult. We were very fortunate that the release of Google Play game services happened to coincide with our plans for the game. We were able to integrate quickly and easily with their services to give our users the ability to bowl in one-on-one, real-time matches against their friends." In addition to multiplayer functionality, the integration of Google Play game services will provide Concrete Software with other features, such as cloud saving, that will be incorporated into future updates to PBA Bowling Challenge, Pichelman said. The new version is available at Google Play. BARNES, WEBER TO PARTICIPATE IN CHRIS PAUL CELEBRITY EVENTS PBA stars Chris Barnes and Pete Weber have been invited to participate in Chris Paul's Celebrity Poker Tournament at Club Nokia/LA on July 7 and the Chris Paul Celebrity Golf Classic benefitting CP3 Foundation at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on July 8. Both events are fundraisers for the NBA all-star point guard’s charitable foundation, which he founded in 2005 in memory of his late grandfather. Paul, the owner of the L.A. X team in the new PBA League and host of the annual Chris Paul Celebrity All-Stars bowling event, is a two-time winner of the National Basketball Association’s Community Assist Award for his numerous charitable programs. For more information on his community efforts, as well as the upcoming golf and poker events, visit cp3foundation.org. NO 900 FOR BILL O’NEILL Bill O’Neill admitted visions of duplicating Joe Scarborough’s 900 series danced into his head, but not until after the fact. The four-time PBA Tour titlist from Langhorne, Pa., kicked off the PBA Lucas Oil Badger Open, the first event in the GEICO PBA Summer Swing presented by Lucas Oil, with 21 consecutive strikes before leaving a solid 8 pin on the new, untested 52-foot Badger lane conditioning pattern on natural wood l

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Pac NW points are now updated through Sunset. There are some incredibly close races for Bowler of The Year, Invite byes, Invite eligibility, and TPC eligibility. The season finale at Kenmore and Pac NW Invitational the day after at Kenmore will be awesome- you have a month to make plans to bring your 25 closest bowling friends and you there! Thoughts / predictions on the point races? http://www.juniorbowlerstour.com/013_pnw_points.htm013 PNW Pointswww.juniorbowlerstour.comThe top 32 point scorers after the last regular season event qualify for the 2013 Pacific Northwest Invitational tournament, featuring a $1,000 top scholarship prize.

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Former Wichita State University teammates Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Ariz., and Jake Peters of Decatur, Ill., claimed the top two positions for the Professional Bowlers Association Badger stepladder finals Tuesday night at AMF Waukesha. Blanchard, the 2011-12 PBA Rookie of the Year, won seven of his eight matches Tuesday night to post a 26-game total of 6,426 pins, clinching the top berth in the June 1 Badger Open stepladder finals by 10 pins over Peters. Peters, who started the day in first place, plunged to 18th after the morning match play round, but surged back into contention by also winning seven of his final eight matches for a 6,416 total. Blanchard and Peters, who won a pair of Intercollegiate Men’s Team Championships with Wichita State in 2009 and 2010, are both trying for their first PBA Tour titles. Saginaw (Mich.) Valley State collegiate bowler Aaron Lorincz of Belleville, Mich., the 2013 Intercollegiate Singles Champion, qualified third with 6,327 pins. Rounding out the stepladder finals in the first of four GEICO PBA Summer Swing tournaments will be Michael Haugen Jr. of Phoenix and Kurt Pilon of Warren, Mich. “I told my wife last week I thought I could be really strong on this pattern,” Blanchard said of the 52-foot Badger lane condition, the longest oil pattern the PBA Tour has ever used. “I really felt like I could win on it. I haven’t won yet, but… The longer we went tonight, the stronger I got. I could have gone another eight games.” Blanchard said the most valuable lesson he has learned in his first full year as a PBA Tour player has been “creating loft in my game. It worked tonight. I was able to keep my ball straighter and carry better, and that was the difference.” Peters, also a second-year PBA Tour player, had never finished higher than 19th place, but despite his roller coaster performance, he was elated. His plunge in the standings “was really exhausting,” he said, “but it might have really helped because after the way I bowled in the morning, I had nothing to lose and I made some really aggressive moves I probably wouldn’t have made had I not bowled so bad. “As bad as I bowled in the morning, I was only 160 pins out of the TV show, and my fiancé and ball reps told me to just hang in there and see what happens. So I never gave up.” Lorincz. 23, was surprised to make the TV finals, but said, “You practice and practice to get to this moment and to get here is awesome. I’ve been running out shots with these guys since I was 10 years old.” Making the CBS Sports Network finals on June 1, however, will disrupt his plans. “I’m scheduled to bowl (the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships in Reno, Nev.) on June 1,” he said. “I think I’m going to have nine unhappy teammates.” The GEICO PBA Summer Swing now moves to AMF West in Milwaukee for the Wolf Open with practice and pro-ams scheduled for Wednesday, two five-game qualifying rounds Thursday and two eight-game match play rounds Friday The Bear Open follows Sunday through Tuesday at AMF Bowlero, followed by the Milwaukee Open May 29-30, also at AMF Bowlero. The Milwaukee Open will feature the top 28 qualifiers based on total pinfall after 30 qualifying games from the three animal pattern events. Stepladder finals for all four tournaments, plus the GEICO Summer King of the Swing special event, will be taped over two days by the CBS Sports Network June 1-2 at Bowlero for airing on five consecutive Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ET beginning June 11. The GEICO Summer King of the Swing will include the four Summer Swing event champions plus the next highest points leader who hasn’t won a title. Those five will compete in a $25,000 stepladder final for a $10,000 first prize, concluding the summer series on June 2. PBA BADGER OPEN AMF Waukesha, Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday Final Match Play Standings (after 26 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder finals on June 1 at AMF Bowlero) 1, Josh Blanch

Josh Blanchard sits in the top spot for the Badger Open Finals, edging his former Wichita State teammate Jake Peters by 10 pins through 10 games of qualifying, 15 games of match play and a position round....Read Full Post