April 16, 2026 Nolan Hughes

The 32-team field for the Owen's Craft Mixers PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship has been cut in half.

Sixteen teams were sent home after the first round of the single-elimination match play bracket, held at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine.

Teams competed in baker doubles matches, each the best of seven games. Each game, one player bowled on the 42-foot Roth oil pattern (left lane) and the other competed on the 38-foot Holman pattern (right lane).

The top two seeds — EJ Tackett and Marshall Kent, along with Boog Krol and Keven Williams — handled their opening match with little resistance.

The third and fourth seeds — Anthony Simonsen and Dom Barrett, and Brandon Bonta and TJ Rock, respectively — were each upset in their opening match.

Rookies CJ Petrin and Alex Horton prevailed over Simonsen and Barrett, while Nate Garcia and Julian Salinas swept Bonta and Rock.

Past champions Packy Hanrahan and Mitch Hupé, Matt Ogle and Sean Rash, and Jesper Svensson and Kyle Troup also advanced.

Defending champion Bill O’Neill with new partner Graham Fach were swept by Sean and Anthony Lavery-Spahr.

The 2021 and 2024 champions, Andrew Anderson and Kris Prather, were also bounced in the Round of 32.

 

Ryan and Chris Barnes, the father-son duo, fell behind 0-2 in their match against Sam Cooley and Ronnie Russell.

They mustered just 196 in the first game as Chris struggled to strike on the right lane. Ryan opted to switch lanes, but the struggles continued into Game 2 as they lost 198-195. 

The resilient duo responded with games of 299, 278, 256 and 219 to tally four consecutive wins and advance.

“That's what we do. We trust our process,” Ryan said. “We noticed pretty early that the right lane was going to be quite a bit harder. I thought I had a better chance of striking a lot more on that lane. It took me a minute to speak up, to say let's go ahead and flip, and then it took me a game to figure it out. It was off to the races from there.”

Chris said he never dreamed of competing on this stage with his son because Ryan didn’t start competing until his late-teens. Ryan’s emergence in the sport, Chris said, inspired him to remain on the PBA Tour.

“I probably would have been done two years ago if he didn't make it out of PBA Tour Trials,” Chris said. “I thought I would help show him the road and make some things a little bit easier. About halfway through I figured out he didn't need much of my help, other than making hotel reservations and being a chauffeur. I'm really lucky as a dad that I have a son that communicates with me respectfully and sometimes even listens to what I have to say back. I hope this goes on for a while longer, but it's awfully nice to win one (match).

“How many people get to bowl with a Hall of Fame dad?” Ryan added.

The Barnes duo will face Svensson and Troup, who won this event in 2017 and 2020, in the Round of 16.

Eight matches will begin at 11 a.m. ET followed by the remainder of the Round of 16 at 3 p.m. ET.

All matches prior to the televised championship round will be livestreamed on BowlTV.

Only the four teams who win in the Round of 8, which begins at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, will advance to the televised championship round.

During the finals, which will air live Sunday, April 19 at 4 p.m. ET on The CW, winners of each single-game match will meet in the Race-to-Two title match.

Round of 32 Results

No. 1 EJ Tackett and Marshall Kent def. No. 32 Jimmy Clark and Joe Colcord (host center spot), 4-2
No. 16 Tomas Käyhkö and Trevor Roberts def. No. 17 Matt Russo and Nick Pate, 4-0
No. 24 Alec Keplinger and Michael Davidson def. No. 9 Andrew Anderson and Kris Prather, 4-2
No. 8 Eric Jones and Deo Benard def. No. 25 Cam Crowe and Nate Stubler, 4-3

No. 29 Nate Garcia and Julian Salinas def. No. 4 Brandon Bonta and TJ Rock, 4-0
No. 13 Matt Ogle and Sean Rash def. No. 20 Thomas Larsen and Brian Robinson, 4-3
No. 12 Mitch Hupé and Packy Hanrahan def. No. 21 AJ Johnson and Tommy Jones, 4-3
No. 28 Sean Lavery-Spahr and Anthony Lavery-Spahr def. No. 5 Graham Fach and Bill O’Neill, 4-0

No. 2 Boog Krol and Keven Williams def. No. 31 Charlie Mitchell and Arturo Quintero (host center spot), 4-1
No. 15 Santtu Tahvanainen and Ethan Fiore def. No. 18 Chris Via and Darren Tang, 4-2
No. 10 Ryan Barnes and Chris Barnes def. No. 23 Sam Cooley and Ronnie Russell, 4-2
No. 7 Jesper Svensson and Kyle Troup vs. No. 28 Tun Hakim and Nate Purches, 4-2

No. 30 CJ Petrin and Alex Horton def. No. 3 Anthony Simonsen and Dom Barrett, 4-3
No. 14 Zach Wilkins and AJ Chapman vs. No. 19 Spencer Robarge and Jake Peters, 4-2
No. 11 Tim Foy Jr. and Kevin McCune def. No. 22 Justin Knowles and Jakob Butturff, 4-2
No. 27 Brad Miller and Kyle Sherman def. No. 6 Patrick Dombrowski and Bailey Mavrick, 4-2

Round of 16 Matches

Friday, April 17 at 11 a.m. ET

No. 1 EJ Tackett and Marshall Kent vs. No. 16 Tomas Käyhkö and Trevor Roberts
No. 8 Eric Jones and Deo Benard vs. No. 24 Alec Keplinger and Michael Davidson

No. 13 Matt Ogle and Sean Rash vs. No. 29 Nate Garcia and Julian Salinas
No. 12 Mitch Hupé and Packy Hanrahan vs. No. 28 Sean Lavery-Spahr and Anthony Lavery-Spahr 

Friday, April 17 at 3 p.m.

No. 2 Boog Krol and Keven Williams vs. No. 15 Santtu Tahvanainen and Ethan Fiore
No. 7 Jesper Svensson and Kyle Troup vs. No. 10 Ryan Barnes and Chris Barnes

No. 14 Zach Wilkins and AJ Chapman vs. No. 30 CJ Petrin and Alex Horton
No. 11 Tim Foy Jr. and Kevin McCune vs. No. 27 Brad Miller and Kyle Sherman

Round of 8

Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m.

Championship Round

Sunday, April 19 at 4 p.m. on The CW