Bowlers Headquarters leads Team All-Events at 2025 Open Championships
May 09, 2025
PHOTO (from left): William Welch, James Tucker III, Joe Vrobel, Chad Kloss and Mitch Beasley
BATON ROUGE, La. – The members of Bowlers Headquarters of Neenah, Wisconsin, took over the top spot in Team All-Events by 166 pins Friday at the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, posting a 10,053 total at the Raising Cane’s River Center.
The talented crew – comprised of William Welch, James Tucker III, Joe Vrobel, Chad Kloss and 2019 Regular Singles champion Mitch Beasley – started their run toward the first 10,000 of the year Thursday in Baton Rouge, recording scores of 1,109, 1,052 and 1,081 for a 3,242 total in Regular Team to move into fourth place.
The strikes continued to add up for Bowlers Headquarters in doubles Friday, as they averaged more than 229 during the set to finish with 3,440. Tucker and Beasley vaulted into sixth place in Regular Doubles with 1,429, while Welch and Kloss teamed together to take 12th with 1,401.
The team’s scoring pace slowed down during the first two games of singles, recording 1,077 and 1,042. The group committed to a big move heading into the final game, and the trust in each other to execute in the biggest moment paid off – they finished with 1,252 to close their set, finishing singles with 3,371.
Beasley led the charge in the final game, starting with 10 strikes before a 10 pin slowed him down for 289. Welch had 258, Tucker posted 257, Vrobel rolled 227 and Kloss closed with 221.
Tucker led the team with an all-events total of 2,092 and was followed by Welch (2,057), Kloss (1,987), Beasley (1,971) and Vrobel (1,946).
Mento Produce of Auburn, New York, had held the lead in Team All-Events since April 10 with 9,887.
Four of the five team members joined forces at the USBC Open Championships for the first time in 2019, which included a big run in minors to finish fifth in Team All-Events and Beasley’s win in singles with 812.
Vrobel joined the action in 2021, helping them to a runner-up finish in Regular Team and fourth in Team All-Events.
The group hasn’t slowed down since, with top 10s in Regular Team and Team All-Events in both 2022 and 2023. In 2024, they set the early pace in both events, recording a top 30 in Regular Team and 11th-place finish in Team All-Events.
Watch the video below to hear from the teammates about their performance in Baton Rouge.
The Open Championships is celebrating its third trip to Baton Rouge in 2025 and scheduled to feature more than 58,000 bowlers and 11,600 five-player teams competing across 150 consecutive days at the River Center.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Open Championships page.
BATON ROUGE, La. – The members of Bowlers Headquarters of Neenah, Wisconsin, took over the top spot in Team All-Events by 166 pins Friday at the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, posting a 10,053 total at the Raising Cane’s River Center.
The talented crew – comprised of William Welch, James Tucker III, Joe Vrobel, Chad Kloss and 2019 Regular Singles champion Mitch Beasley – started their run toward the first 10,000 of the year Thursday in Baton Rouge, recording scores of 1,109, 1,052 and 1,081 for a 3,242 total in Regular Team to move into fourth place.
The strikes continued to add up for Bowlers Headquarters in doubles Friday, as they averaged more than 229 during the set to finish with 3,440. Tucker and Beasley vaulted into sixth place in Regular Doubles with 1,429, while Welch and Kloss teamed together to take 12th with 1,401.
The team’s scoring pace slowed down during the first two games of singles, recording 1,077 and 1,042. The group committed to a big move heading into the final game, and the trust in each other to execute in the biggest moment paid off – they finished with 1,252 to close their set, finishing singles with 3,371.
Beasley led the charge in the final game, starting with 10 strikes before a 10 pin slowed him down for 289. Welch had 258, Tucker posted 257, Vrobel rolled 227 and Kloss closed with 221.
Tucker led the team with an all-events total of 2,092 and was followed by Welch (2,057), Kloss (1,987), Beasley (1,971) and Vrobel (1,946).
Mento Produce of Auburn, New York, had held the lead in Team All-Events since April 10 with 9,887.
Four of the five team members joined forces at the USBC Open Championships for the first time in 2019, which included a big run in minors to finish fifth in Team All-Events and Beasley’s win in singles with 812.
Vrobel joined the action in 2021, helping them to a runner-up finish in Regular Team and fourth in Team All-Events.
The group hasn’t slowed down since, with top 10s in Regular Team and Team All-Events in both 2022 and 2023. In 2024, they set the early pace in both events, recording a top 30 in Regular Team and 11th-place finish in Team All-Events.
Watch the video below to hear from the teammates about their performance in Baton Rouge.
The Open Championships is celebrating its third trip to Baton Rouge in 2025 and scheduled to feature more than 58,000 bowlers and 11,600 five-player teams competing across 150 consecutive days at the River Center.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Open Championships page.