Pete Weber Leads Qualifying after Two Rounds in PBA Denny’s Dick Weber Open Weber Turns to Family to Improve His Game

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (February 4, 2009) – Pete Weber averaged 227.4 to take the qualifying lead after two rounds Wednesday in the Professional Bowlers Association Denny’s Dick Weber Open at Fountain Bowl.

Weber, the son of the late Hall of Fame bowler Dick Weber, had a 2,274 10-game pinfall to hold a three-pin lead over reigning PBA Player of the Year Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, in second with 2,271. Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., is third after two rounds with a 2,249 pinfall.

 

Weber, who is tied with Mark Roth for third all-time with 34 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles and is also a member of the PBA and United States Bowling Congress Halls of Fame, is looking for his first television appearance and victory of the 2008-09 season.

 

He credited some recent instruction from his brother Rich with fine-tuning his game.

 

“Actually I’m bowling better than my performances are showing this year, but I’ve been getting some advice from several people and I think it kind of confused me,” said the 46-year-old St. Ann, Mo., resident. “Recently I went to see my brother Rich and he was able to break down in simple terms what I needed to correct so I’m coming into this tournament with a lot of confidence.”

The Denny’s Dick Weber Open, the 13^th stop on the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour features the “traditional” format used in the PBA’s early years with 15 games of qualifying determining the top 24 advancing to three eight-game blocks of round-robin match play. The top five players after match play advance to the stepladder finals.

 

“I really liked the old format,” Weber said. “I think I lot of the guys will tell you that they like bowling the longer formats.”

 

Other notables in the top 20 include Australian two-handed player Jason Belmonte, 10^th; 2007 USBC Masters Champion Sean Rash, 12^th, and the PBA’s all-time Tour titles leader Walter Ray Williams Jr., 16^th.

 

The field of 158 bowlers will return Thursday for a final five-game qualifying block to determine the 24 players who advance to match play beginning Thursday afternoon.

 

Sunday’s ESPN finals get underway at 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Pacific).

 

 

Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour

Denny’s Dick Weber Open

Fountain Bowl – Fountain Valley, Calif.

February 4, 2009

 

Round 2 Qualifying (Name, Hometown, 10-game Pinfall)
1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,274
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,271
3, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,249
4, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,248
5, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 2,217
6, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,203
7, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,186
8, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,185
8, Craig Tuholski, Washougal, Wash., 2,185
10, Dave D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 2,180
10, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,180
12, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,173
12, George Lambert IV, Canada, 2,173
14, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 2,172
15, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 2,155
16, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,150
17, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,146
18, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,145
19, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 2,144
20, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 2,142
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,140
22, Vance Sisk, Sun City, Calif., 2,139
23, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,138
23, David Traber, Hebron, Ill., 2,138
25, Brian Voss, Kennesaw, Ga., 2,130
25, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 2,130
27, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,125
28, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 2,121
29, Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 2,120
30, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,118
31, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,116
32, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 2,109
33, P.J. Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 2,108
34, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,103
35, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,097
36, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,096
37, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 2,089
38, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,083
39, Jason Tehee, Fresno, Calif., 2,081
40, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 2,074
41, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2,072
42, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 2,071
42, Dave Wodka, Las Vegas, 2,071
44, Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 2,069
44, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,069
44, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,069
47, Ryan Abel, Bel Aire, Kan., 2,067
48, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, Fla., 2,066
49, Terrance Reeves, Valrico, Fla., 2,065
49, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,065
51, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 2,064
52, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 2,062
53, Isao Yamamoto, Japan, 2,060
54, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 2,058
55, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,053
55, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 2,053
55, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 2,053
58, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 2,051
59, Zack Jellsey, Fullerton, Calif., 2,050
60, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 2,047
61, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,042
62, Paul Varela, Carson, Calif., 2,039
62, Humberto Vazquez, San Pedro, Mexico, 2,039
64, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 2,034
65, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz., 2,030
66, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,027
66, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 2,027
68, Joe Bailey, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2,024
69, Michael Hornacek, Anaheim, Calif., 2,023
70, Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 2,016
71, Corey Husted, Milwaukie, Ore., 2,011
71, Tony Figuiera, Gardena, Calif., 2,011
73, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,008
74, Nick Weber, St. Charles, Mo., 2,007
75, Ken Abner, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2,004
75, Art Ramirez, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 2,004
77, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,003
78, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 2,002
79, Katsuya Kamida, Japan, 1,996
80, Beau McVey, Derby, Kan., 1,995
81, J.T. “Action” Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,988
82, Timothy Behrendt, St Louis, Mo., 1,986
83, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 1,983
84, Tony Cowan, Payson, Ariz., 1,981
85, Chester Rogers Jr, Milwaukie, Ore., 1,979
85, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,979
87, Chris Grulke, Irvine, Calif., 1,970
88, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,960
88, Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., 1,960
88, Roger Taylor, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1,960
91, Andrew Frawley, Rhodes, Australia, 1,958
92, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 1,956
93, Frank Gallo Jr., Cape Carteret, N.C., 1,955
94, Raul Rosales, El Monte, Calif., 1,951
95, Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., 1,949
96, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1,948
96, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,948
98, Nathan Urrutia, Banning, Calif., 1,934
99, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., 1,927
100, Brent Ilagan, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 1,925
101, Mark French, Ventura, Calif., 1,923
101, Patrick Smith, Bakersfield, Calif., 1,923
101, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 1,923
104, William Wilson, Yorba Linda, Calif., 1,915
105, Lowell Huber, Westminster, Calif., 1,912
106, Josh Montgomery, Cypress, Calif., 1,908
107, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,907
107, Adrienne Miller, Buffalo Grove, Ill., 1,907
109, David Kebely, Bothell, Wash., 1,899
109, Anthony Thompson, Redding, Calif., 1,899
111, Alex Cavagnaro, N.Massapequa, N.Y., 1,896
111, Leonard Huber, Santa Ana, Calif., 1,896
113, Mason Sherman, Moorpark, Calif., 1,894
114, James Grago, Rome, N.Y., 1,893
115, Patrick Berkel, Irvine, Calif., 1,892
116, Victor Meyerhoff, San Francisco, 1,884
117, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,883
118, Kevin Westerman, Riverside, Calif., 1,881
119, Joseph Bondi, Moreno Valley, Calif., 1,877
120, Wendell Sabino, Valencia, Calif., 1,874
121, Rob Edwards, Vancouver, Wash., 1,873
122, Elysia Current, Ephrata, Pa., 1,869
123, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,863
124, Robert Lee, Japan, 1,850
125, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 1,848
126, Douglas Svela, Downey, Calif., 1,840
127, Alex Medveditskov, Russia, 1,835
128, Kenneth Maxey Jr., La Habra, Calif., 1,827
129, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 1,819
130, Tyler LaBelle, Lake Forest, Calif., 1,812
131, Jason Lundquist, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., 1,809
131, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,809
133, Neil Hicks III, Bonney Lake, Wash., 1,790
133, James Scimone, Anaheim, Calif., 1,790
135, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 1,788
136, Carmen Salvino, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,782
137, Jonden Soper, Lake Havasu, Ariz., 1,779
138, Nicole Ellison, Chatsworth, Calif. 1,774
139, Michael Reichstein, Agoura Hills, Calif., 1,773
140, Demetrius Cash, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,755
141, Ernie Juarez, Burbank, Calif., 1,750
141, Brian Jones, Riverside, Calif., 1,750
141, Marc Sy, Cerritos, Calif., 1,750
144, J.P. Smith, Bakersfield, Calif., 1,748
145, Aaron Golden, Chula Vista, Calif., 1,740
145, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 1,740

 

Round 1 Qualifying (Name, Hometown, 5-game Pinfall)
1, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,159
2, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 1,157
3, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,143
4, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 1,138
5, P.J. Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 1,134
6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,133
7, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 1,132
8, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,124
9, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,119
9, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 1,119
11, George Lambert IV, Canada, 1,116
12, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 1,115
13, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 1,114
13, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,114
15, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,113
16, Craig Tuholski, Washougal, Wash., 1,108
17, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,103
18, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 1,098
19, J.T. “Action” Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,097
20, Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 1,095
21, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz., 1,089
22, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 1,087
23, Dave Wodka, Las Vegas, 1,083
24, Vance Sisk, Sun City, Calif., 1,081
25, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,080
26, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,078
26, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,078
28, Dave D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,074
28, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,074
30, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,073
30, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 1,073
32, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,068
33, Zack Jellsey, Fullerton, Calif., 1,067
33, David Traber, Hebron, Ill., 1,067
35, Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 1,065
36, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1,064
36, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,064
38, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,058
39, Jason Tehee, Fresno, Calif., 1,057
40, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 1,054
41, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,051
41, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,051
43, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 1,047
44, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 1,046
44, Joe Bailey, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1,046
44, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 1,046
47, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 1,040
48, Tony Figuiera, Gardena, Calif., 1,039
49, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,038
50, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,036
51, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, 1,035
52, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,034
52, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,034
54, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,033
55, Paul Varela, Carson, Calif., 1,032
56, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,031
57, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 1,030
58, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,029
59, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,027
60, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 1,023
61, Beau McVey, Derby, Kan., 1,020
62, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,018
63, Roger Taylor, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1,015
64, Isao Yamamoto, Japan, 1,010
65, Raul Rosales, El Monte, Calif., 1,009
65, Brian Voss, Kennesaw, Ga., 1,009
67, Tom Sorce, Blasdell, N.Y., 1,008
68, Art Ramirez, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., 1,007
68, Chester Rogers Jr., Milwaukie, Ore., 1,007
68, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 1,007
71, Ken Abner, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1,003
71, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,003
71, Nick Weber, St. Charles, Mo., 1,003
74, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,002
74, Nathan Urrutia, Banning, Calif., 1,002
76, Edward VanDaniker Jr, Essex, Md., 1,001
76, Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., 1,001
78, Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., 1,000
79, Michael Hornacek, Anaheim, Calif., 998
80, Corey Husted, Milwaukie, Ore., 996
81, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 995
81, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, 995
83, Ryan Abel, Bel Aire, Kan., 993
84, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 991
85, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 990
86, Patrick Smith, Bakersfield, Calif., 989
87, Lowell Huber, Westminster, Calif., 985
88, Joseph Bondi, Moreno Valley, Calif., 984
89, Brent Ilagan, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 981
90, Timothy Behrendt, St Louis, Mo., 979
90, Frank Gallo Jr., Cape Carteret, N.C., 979
90, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 979
93, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 978
94, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 974
95, Andrew Frawley, Rhodes, Australia, 973
96, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., 968
96, Wendell Sabino, Valencia, Calif., 968
98, Elysia Current, Ephrata, Pa., 966
99, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 963
100, Josh Montgomery, Cypress, Calif., 962
101, Leonard Huber, Santa Ana, Calif., 961
102, Adrienne Miller, Buffalo Grove, Ill., 960
103, James Grago, Rome, N.Y., 958
104, Terrance Reeves, Valrico, Fla., 956
105, Douglas Svela, Downey, Calif., 953
106, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 952
107, Victor Meyerhoff, San Francisco, 951
108, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 949
109, Mason Sherman, Moorpark, Calif., 948
110, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 946
111, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 943
112, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 941
113, Matthew Ridgway, Lake Elsinore, Calif., 937
114, Anthony Thompson, Redding, Calif., 935
115, Alex Cavagnaro, N. Massapequa, N.Y., 934
116, Chris Grulke, Irvine, Calif., 931
117, Patrick Berkel, Irvine, Calif., 929
118, David Kebely, Bothell, Wash., 928
118, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 928
120, Alex Medveditskov, Russia, 927
121, Katsuya Kamida, Japan, 926
122, Rob Edwards, Vancouver, Wash., 923
123, Tony Cowan, Payson, Ariz., 920
124, Robert Lee, Japan, 919
125, Marc Sy, Cerritos, Calif., 916
126, Nicole Ellison, Chatsworth, Calif. 915
127, Kenneth Maxey Jr., La Habra, Calif., 905
128, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 901
129, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 899
130, William Wilson, Yorba Linda, Calif., 896

131, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 893
132, Mark Ellel, Goleta, Calif., 890
133, Brian Jones, Riverside, Calif., 888
134, Ernie Juarez, Burbank, Calif., 886
135, Kevin Westerman, Riverside, Calif., 884
136, James Scimone, Anaheim, Calif., 883
137, Aaron Golden, Chula Vista, Calif., 881
137, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 881
139, Drew Parkin, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 879
140, Mark French, Ventura, Calif., 878
141, Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 876
142, Jason Lundquist, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., 873
142, Michael Reichstein, Agoura Hills, Calif., 873
144, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 872
145, Tyler LaBelle, Lake Forest, Calif., 869
146, Jonden Soper, Lake Havasu, Ari.z, 868
146, Neil Hicks III, Bonney Lake, Wash., 868
148, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 860
149, Demetrius Cash, Costa Mesa, Calif., 855
150, Carmen Salvino, Schaumburg, Ill., 844
151, Brandon Platz, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 824
152, Micheal Fell, Riverside, Calif., 816
153, J.P. Smith, Bakersfield, Calif., 813
154, Lamont Hanna, Salt Lake City, 793
155, William Jackson Jr., Gardena, Calif., 787
156, Lawrence Pena, West Covina, Calif., 781
157, Syd Magargal, LaJolla, Calif., 774
158, Jim Griffiths, Riverside, Calif., 756

 

 

About the PBA

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and will award over $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour.  The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Bayer, Brunswick, CLR, Denny’s, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com.  This season marks the 50^th Anniversary of the PBA Tour.

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