Bryce Oliver did not lose a match on his way to winning the PBA ELITE Central Regional 2 at JAX60 in Jackson, Michigan, on Sunday. He went 8-0 in round-robin match play and finished 314 pins ahead of runner-up Trae Henrichsmeyer.
Two more standard division titles were decided the same day.
Hayden Stippich won the East Regional 2 at Ripic's Carousel Lanes in Binghamton, New York, and AJ Chapman took the Southwest Regional 2 at Emerald Bowl in Houston. Michael Haggitt, Parker Bohn III and Tom Daugherty won the senior divisions.
It was the second round of events in the Central, East and Southwest regions on the new PBA ELITE Regional Tour.
Players bowl seven qualifying games, and the top third return for a four-game advancers round. The top eight in each division then bowl eight games of round-robin match play. The bowler with the highest total pinfall, including bonus pins earned in match play, wins the title.
Central: Oliver Goes Unbeaten in Jackson
Oliver finished with 4,666 total pins and averaged 232 over 19 games on the PBA ELITE Medium 43 oil pattern. Henrichsmeyer was second with 4,352, and Bailey Mavrick was third with 4,317. Oliver earned $7,000.
Oliver already holds 2027 PBA Tour priority status as one of the top three players on the Collegiate Bowling PBA Points List. Under PBA ELITE rules, priority players can win titles and full prize money. However, they do not earn qualifying credit for the Regional Players Invitational (RPI).
In the senior division, Michael Haggitt went 6-2 and finished with 4,274 pins, 84 ahead of Carleton Chambers. Mika Koivuniemi, who won the senior title at Central Regional 1 a week earlier, finished third with 4,164. Haggitt earned $3,000.
Final Standings & Payouts
East: Stippich Wins, Bohn III Takes Senior Title
Stippich finished with 4,634 pins and averaged 236 on the PBA ELITE Short 37 pattern. That put him 220 pins ahead of James Bennett, who had 4,414. Dylan Bowers was third with 4,387. Stippich went 5-3 in match play and earned $9,500, the largest first-place prize of the weekend.
PBA and USBC Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III won the senior division with 4,482 pins and a 6-2 record. Host Jeff Ripic finished second at his own center with 4,257. He was five pins ahead of Troy Lint, who entered the weekend leading the East senior points. Justin Bohn finished fifth in the standard division.
Final Standings & Payouts
Southwest: Chapman Edges Williams by 24 Pins
The closest race came in Houston, where the field also bowled on the Short 37 pattern. AJ Chapman and Stu Williams both went 6-2 in match play, but Chapman finished with 4,503 pins to Williams' 4,479. Spencer Robarge was third with 4,420, and Dallas Leong was fourth. Chapman earned $9,000.
Tom Daugherty won the senior division with 4,421 pins, 92 ahead of Bryan Pogor. Dino Castillo, who won the Southwest senior title at FireLake Bowling Center in September, finished third. Chris Barnes, the 2026 PBA50 Player of the Year, placed sixth.
Final Standings & Payouts
Totals include bonus pins earned in match play.
The top five finishers without PBA Tour priority status in each standard division earn a spot in the RPI. The senior division awards two spots per event. If a player who has already qualified finishes in those positions again, the spot moves down to the next finisher.
The RPI will be held December 11-13 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada, and will be shown on Bowling TV.
The tour continues with the Midwest Regional 1 at Sun Valley Lanes & Games in Lincoln, Nebraska, on October 16-18. The Central, East and Southwest regions close their schedules with these events:
Central Regional 3 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 30-November 1. East Regional 3 in Middletown, Delaware, on November 6-8. Southwest Regional 3 in Lubbock, Texas, on November 13-15.
Full standings are available for the Central Regional 2, East Regional 2 and Southwest Regional 2.
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