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Carlos Granados Wins 2022 PBA Regional Players Invitational

January 06, 2022

Carlos Granados Wins 2022 PBA Regional Players Invitational

BY JEF GOODGERDefeats Joe Bailey to earn the Walter Ray Williams Jr. trophy and a berth in the 2022 PBA King of the Lanes seriesLas Vegas—Carlos Granados, who two days ago was named the PBA South Region Rookie of the Year, won the 2022 PBA Regional Players Invitational for his first PBA Regional title. Granados defeated Joe Bailey in the

Graham Fach Leads RPI Field into Final Day

January 05, 2022

Graham Fach Leads RPI Field into Final Day

Graham FachGraham Fach leads all players into the final day of competitionLas Vegas—Graham Fach retained his lead through 16 games of qualifying to earn the No. 1 seed in the PBA Regional Players Invitational (RPI) match play bracket at South Point Bowling Plaza. Fach and the rest of the top eight qualifiers received byes into the round of 16, in

Fach Leads RPI, PBA Regional Award Winners Honored

January 05, 2022

Fach Leads RPI, PBA Regional Award Winners Honored

BY JEF GOODGERFach holds an 83-pin lead over second as the top regional players of 2021 are honoredLas Vegas—Graham Fach leads all players after the first eight games of qualifying in the 2022 PBA Regional Players Invitational (RPI). Fach averaged 244 to post a score of +352, 83 pins ahead of Carlos Granados, who sits in second place.“You can’t start

Born to Bowl: How the Shock of Mark Roth's Talent Changed Bowling Forever

December 06, 2021

Born to Bowl: How the Shock of Mark Roth's Talent Changed Bowling Forever

BY LYLE ZIKESLyle Zikes never will forget first seeing Mark Roth's aggressive style in person on the PBA Tour when Roth was a 19-year-old non-titlist in 1970.Still in bowling attire, the rookie sat on the edge of the bleachers at Westgate Bowl, site of the PBA’s 1970 Grand Rapids Open, watching the afternoon squad. Anxious, a pack of cigarettes by

PBA on Semiz: His 'Effortless Style was Always Recognizable'

December 01, 2021

PBA on Semiz: His 'Effortless Style was Always Recognizable'

BY JOHNNY CAMPOSNew York, N.Y - Whether Anthony “Teata” Semiz was on the bowling approach or on the mic singing karaoke, his smooth, fluid, effortless style was always recognizable and on point.He won three titles on the Professional Bowlers Association tour and eight more on the senior circuit, where he was one of the dominant players after his 50th birthday.Semiz,

PBA on Roth: 'The Sports World Lost one of its Great Competitors'

December 01, 2021

PBA on Roth: 'The Sports World Lost one of its Great Competitors'

BY JOHNNY CAMPOSNew York, NY –@The sports world lost one of its greatest competitors on Friday when Mark Roth died at the age of 70.Roth, one of the all-time greats on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour, had been battling with various health issues for the past few years and had recovered from heart attacks in 2009 and again in 2019.A

November 28, 2021

'Just Another Jewish Kid Making a Living': Bowlers Journal's 1979 Profile on Mark Roth

Trade Secret: Mark Roth told BJI in March that one of the secrets to his incredible success in 1978 was the uniqueness of the center he grew up in — Rainbow Lanes in Brooklyn.In 1978, Mark Roth, who died Friday at age 70, set a record that still stands today, winning eight titles in a single season and, by the

'I Feel Like My Heart is in My Throat': Daria Pajak on Heartbreaking Position Round at PWBA Tour Championship

October 31, 2021

'I Feel Like My Heart is in My Throat': Daria Pajak on Heartbreaking Position Round at PWBA Tour Championship

Daria Pajak says the sting of falling 41 pins shy of the 2021 PWBA Tour Championship show "is something that's going to stay with me for some time." There is a painting by Gottfreid Helnwein called "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in which actor James Dean is wandering the puddled streets of the theater district in New York City somewhere in

Stephanie Zavala on Her Magical Day in Reno

October 31, 2021

Stephanie Zavala on Her Magical Day in Reno

BY JOE JACQUEZReno, NV. – On any other day on the PWBA Tour, a bowler who started match play in a major-title event several hundred pins out of the show would have been entirely justified in assuming that a check, not a trophy, was the best she could hope for.But the final round of match play in the 2021 PWBA

"I Let My Bowling Speak for Itself": Bryanna Coté on Flying under the Radar

October 30, 2021

"I Let My Bowling Speak for Itself": Bryanna Coté on Flying under the Radar

Bryanna Coté bowling one of the two BowlTV stepladder finals on which she appeared at the 2021 PWBA Summer Classic SeriesBY JOE JACQUEZReno NV - The PWBA Player of the Year race has come down to the last event of the season, and the names that have been talked about all season are being talked about again.Verity Crawley of England.