After a week full of bowling on animal patterns, the PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB) XVI has moved into the PBA World Championship phase, with competition heating up at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.
EJ Tackett continues to lead the event. After his first eight games on the Earl Anthony oil pattern, he scored 1,827, bringing his total to 13,217. Tackett leads the 50 remaining players in the field and will compete in another eight-game qualifying round before a cut to the top 16 later today.
Throughout the WSOB XVI, Tackett was the only player to make it to the Round of 16 in each of the animal pattern championships (Scorpion, Viper, Chameleon, and Shark). Jason Belmonte, Boog Krol, Matt Ogle and Jesper Svensson each advanced to the Round of 16 in three of four events.
In the Advancer Round 1 Sweden's Pontus Andersson made the biggest leap, moving into 29th place from the last 50th spot with a block of 1,958. Andrew Anderson advanced from 25th to 14th, and Kris Prather made a strong move with two 300 games, climbing from 44th to 25th.
The Advancer Round 2 begins later today, at 10 a.m. local time. The top 16 players will advance to round-robin match play after which the top five players will then compete in the championship round on Saturday, May 22, at 3 p.m. local.
Full results after the PBA World Championship Advancer Round 1 can be found here.
Full PBA World Series of Bowling XVI Schedule:
Friday, March 14
10 a.m. – PBA World Championship - Advancer Round 2 (eight games)
6 p.m. – PBA Jr. National Championships - Match Play
Saturday, March 15
9 a.m. – PBA Jr. National Championships - Match Play
12:30 p.m. – PBA Jr. National Championships - Stepladder Finals (Mixed, U18 Boys and U18 Girls)
3 p.m. on FS1 – PBA Mike Aulby Nevada Classic - Finals
7 p.m. – PBA Jr. National Championship - Finals taping
Sunday, March 16
9 a.m. – PBA Scorpion Championship - Match Play Round of 16 (best-of-five games)
11:30 a.m. – PBA Scorpion Championship - Match Play Round of 8 (best-of-five games)
5 p.m. on FS1 – PBA Scorpion Championship - Finals
Monday, March 17
9 a.m. – PBA Viper Championship - Match Play Round of 16 (best-of-five games)
11:30 a.m. – PBA Viper Championship - Match Play Round of 8 (best-of-five games)
4 p.m. on FS1 – PBA Viper Championship - Finals
Tuesday, March 18
9 a.m. – PBA Chameleon Championship - Match Play Round of 16 (best-of-five games)
11:30 a.m. – PBA Chameleon Championship - Match Play Round of 8 (best-of-five games)
4 p.m. on FS1 – PBA Chameleon Championship - Finals
Wednesday, March 19
9 a.m. – PBA Shark Championship - Match Play Round of 16 (best-of-five games)
11:30 a.m. – PBA Shark Championship - Match Play Round of 8 (best-of-five games)
4 p.m. on FS1 – PBA Shark Championship - Finals
Thursday, March 20
10 a.m. – PBA World Championship - Round-Robin Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
5 p.m. – PBA World Championship - Round-Robin Match Play Round 2 (eight games)
Saturday, March 22
12 p.m. on FOX – PBA World Championship Finals
