August 7, 2022 Jill Winters

Anderson, Indiana – Chris Barnes nearly accomplished something new in his bowling career. He almost earned three century awards in one seven game block at the PBA50 David Small’s Championship Lanes Open.

On Sunday, he shot 279, 156, 257, 201, 279, 257 and 246 for 1,675, an average of 239.29. He went from the high end of Championship Lanes to the low end after game one noticing the lanes hooked a lot more. He admits he “got a little out of whack,” which resulted in some bad shots and poor choices.

“Game four, I decided I was going to try to increase my rotation to go through the pins a little better and that worked out horribly,” he said. “I couldn’t quite get a third century award in the same block, which I am pretty sure would have been the first time I would have ever done that. I am surprised I’m leading.”

Barnes, who is currently sitting in second place on the PBA50 points list this year, relied on a 900 Global Zen almost his entire block. He is aiming to keep his angles closer while competing in a bowling center that is new to him.

“I have an idea of what they are going to turn into, so I have a couple of balls in play,” Barnes said. “(900 Global) Wolverine Dark Moss, (Roto Grip) RST X-2 and the same Zen I have but just changing speed and matching up to what is going on.”

Barnes has a 14-pin lead over Lyle Kuhlmann who sits in second. Warren Eales had a chance to take over the lead from Barnes while bowling on the B-squad. He shot 267, 238, 248, 205, 266, 227 and 178 for 1,629 to move into third place. Lennie Boresch Jr. is in fourth and Christopher Keane is five pins behind him in fifth place.

All 85 players will bowl seven more games of qualifying Monday beginning with the B-squad at 10 a.m. ET followed by the A-squad at 3 p.m. After that the top 28 will move on to the advancers round Tuesday. Watch the action exclusively on BowlTV.com.

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Top 10 PBA50 David Small’s Championship Lanes Open

  1. Chris Barnes                    1,675
  2. Lyle Kuhlmann                 1,661
  3. Warren Eales                    1,629
  4. Lennie Boresch Jr.           1,617
  5. Christopher Keane           1,612
  6. Walter Ray Williams Jr.    1,604
  7. Amleto Monacelli              1,597
  8. James Campbell               1,565
  9. Dave Johnson                   1,555
  10. Parker Bohn III                  1,551

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