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Bowling News USA - January 21, 2010 Weber Makes Big Move at 2010 T of C!

STORM STAFFERS ONE-TWO IN SIN CITY...

Storm staffer Rhino Page of Dade City, Fla., averaged 233.2 for 16 games to take the second round lead in the PBATournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes Wednesday.

Page, a three-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist, had a 3,731 pinfall to hold a four-pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer and fellow Storm staffer Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo.

Page finished second in last season’s Tournament of Champions losing to defending champion Patrick Allen 267-263. Page lost the match when he threw a four-count washout in the 10th frame, handing the victory to Allen.

“I’m coming in here really focused and motivated this year,” said the 26-year-old Page. “I just have to continue to work hard and continue to do what I’ve been doing.

“The main thing right now is to get to match play which is actually my favorite part of the tournament. From there I need to get to the TV finals and hopefully this year it will be a different story.”

Weber, tied for third all-time with 34 PBA Tour titles, is trying for his ninth major. He is currently tied for second with Mike Aulby in career majors with eight. Earl Anthony is the all-time leader with 10 major titles.

Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., the first woman to earn a berth in the Tournament of Champions by winning the PBA Women’s World Championship earlier this season, is currently in sixth place with a 3,628 pinfall (226.7 average).

PBA Hall of Famer and 1994 Tournament of Champions winner Norm Duke had to withdraw because of injury.

The 63-player field will bowl one more eight-game qualifying round Thursday morning after which the field will then be cut to the top 24 qualifiers who will advance to match play Thursday evening. Match play continues with two additional rounds on Friday. The top four after 48 games will advance to Sunday’s stepladder finals which airs at 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Pacific) on ESPN.

The Tournament of Champions, one of four majors on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour, is open exclusively to Tour exempt-player champions; the winners of the most recent PBA Regional Players Championship and Regional Players Invitational; the USBC Masters winner; the USBC Senior Masters, PBA Senior U.S. Open and PBA Senior World Championship winners; all Tournament of Champions past winners, PBA Hall of Famers and the PBA Women’s World Championship winner.

PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, Nev.
Second Round (after 16 games)

1, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 3,731 (Storm)
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,727 (Storm)
3, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,701
4, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 3,681
5, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 3,655
6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 3,628
7, Mika Koivuniemi, Howell, Mich., 3,625
8, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., 3,583
9, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,578 (Roto Grip)
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,574
11, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 3,564
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 3,554
13, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 3,553
14, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,545
15, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,529
16, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3,527
17, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,508 (Storm)
18, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 3,505
19, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 3,493
20, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 3,482
21, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,470
22, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,469
23, John Nolen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 3,466
24, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,460
25, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,443
26, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,437
27, Del Ballard Jr., Keller, Texas, 3,434
28, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,428
29, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 3,427
30, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 3,417
31, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 3,416
32, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 3,413
33, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 3,410
34, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,406
35, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 3,403
35, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,403
Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 3,403
38, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 3,400
39, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 3,399
40, Christopher Collins, Savannah, Ga., 3,389
41, Rick Lawrence, Waxahachie, Texas, 3,383
Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,383
43, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 3,361
44, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 3,358
45, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 3,357
46, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 3,331 (Storm)
47, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,330
48, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 3,313 (Storm)
49, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 3,310
50, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 3,304
51, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,301
52, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 3,294
53, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 3,289
54, Mike Mineman, St Louis, 3,275
55, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,246
56, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,233 (Storm)
57, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 3,207
58, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 3,188
59, Roy Buckley, Westerville, Ohio, 3,134
60, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,084
61, Don McCune, Las Vegas, 3,066
62, Carmen Salvino, Schaumburg, Ill., 2,923
63, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., WD (Storm)

(couurtesy pba.com)

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