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give Silver Lake a 10-pin lead, Belmonte struck
in the ninth and anchor Parker Bohn III threw
three strikes in the 10th frame to put L.A. X back
in front. Needing three strikes in his 10th frame
to win by one pin, Silver Lake’s Chris Barnes
threw two strikes, but left the 4-7 standing on his
final shot. The Atom Splitters needed to win the
Anthony round to advance to the Elias Cup
finals by two points over the Dallas Strikers.
In the opening team match, Silver Lake was
nearly perfect in running away with a 279-215
victory over Jerome Bettis’ Motown Muscle. The
only flaw in Silver Lake’s 11-strike performance
was a 10 pin left by Dom Barrett in the fourth
frame, which he converted.
The New York City WTT KingPins, owned by
women’s sports legend Billie Jean King, earned
the top stepladder berth for the PBA League
Elias Cup finals by winning two qualifying rounds
during the PBA Detroit Winter Swing and compil-
ing 45 points to out-distance Jerome Bettis’
Motown Muscle by seven points. The BROOK-
LYN STyLES, owned by actor Jesse
Williams, captured the No. 3 berth in
the Elias Cup finals thanks to their win
in the opening round. The STyLES will
meet the Dallas Strikers in the Elias
Cup opening match. Dallas claimed the
final berth in the finals thanks to its
second-place finish in the Anthony
round.
PBA LEAGUE EARL ANTHONY
ROUND
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich.
Final Match (five-player Baker team
format): L.A. X (Wes Malott, Andres
Gomez, Dave Wodka, Jason Belmonte,
Parker Bohn III) def. Dallas Strikers
(Bryon Smith, Mike Machuga, Norm
Duke, Amleto Monacelli, Rhino Page),
257-214.
Semifinal Match (Baker team): L.A.
X def. Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Stuart Wil-
liams, Nathan Bohr, Josh Blanchard, Dom Bar-
rett, Chris Barnes), 207-206.
Match One (Baker team): Silver Lake Atom
Splitters def. Motown Muscle (Ronnie Russell,
Jesse Buss, Tom Smallwood, Mike Scroggins,
Mike Fagan), 279-215.
Clash Eliminator (in order of players elimi-
nated based on low one-ball total per round; last
surviving player’s team advanced to stepladder
finals):
Round One – Josh Blanchard, Silver Lake Atom
Splitters, seven pins.
Round Two – Ryan Ciminelli, BROOKYN
STyLES; Dom Barrett, Silver Lake Atom Split-
ters; Sean Rash, BROOKLYN STyLES, nine
pins.
Round Three – Stuart Williams, Silver Lake
Atom Splitters, nine pins.
Round Four – none (all strikes).
Round Five – Thomas Larsen, Pittsburgh Jack
Rabbits, six pins.
Round Six – John Szczerbinski, New York City
WTT KingPins, nine pins.
Round Seven – Martin Larsen, Pittsburgh Jack
Rabbits, seven pins.
Round Eight – Patrick Allen, Pittsburgh Jack
Rabbits, nine pins.
Round Nine – Chris Barnes, Silver Lake Atom
Splitters, eliminated Mika Koivuniemi, Philadel-
phia Hitmen, 8-7.
FINAL ELIAS CUP QUALIFYING STANDINGS
(After five rounds, top four teams advance to
Elias Cup finals)
1, New York City WTT KingPins (owner Billie
Jean King), 45 points
2, Motown Muscle (owner Jerome Bettis), 38.
3, BROOKLYN STyLES (owner Jesse Williams),
36.
4, Dallas Strikers (owner Terrell Owens), 28.
Did not advance:
5, L.A. X (owner Chris Paul), 26.
6, Silver Lake Atom Splitters (owner Chris Hard-
wick), 24.
7, Philadelphia Hitmen (owner Kevin Hart), 20.
8, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits (owner LaMarr
Woodley), 10.
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