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RENO, Nev. - For the first time all week, there is a new leader at the U.S. Open. Puerto Ricos Cristian Azcona averaged more than 250 during the first eight games of match play Friday night at the National Bowling Stadium, including a 298 game, to surge into the lead with a 9,262 total. His score includes 40 games of pinfall across four lane conditions and 30 bonus pins for each of his six wins in the opening round of matches. It took Azcona 39 games to climb his way up the standings, and he s...

RENO, Nev. - When Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, said he was going to be comfortable on the lane condition being used for the third round of qualifying at the 2021 U.S. Open, choosing him to lead for a third consecutive day wouldve been the safest bet at any sportsbook near the National Bowling Stadium. Now, the 26-year-old left-hander will have a few more days to try to parlay his qualifying success into the first U.S. Open win of his career, a title that has eluded him, despite equally do...

BY MIKE PANOZZO Three times Tim Foy Jr. trailed his opponent in the final frame during match play at the USBC Masters, and three times he stared down defeat with critical conversions.  Of course, it’s probably safe to say the 34-year-old Delaware native isn’t easily intimidated, given his day job as a corrections officer at the Maryland State Penitentiary in Baltimore.  “No matter what kind of challenge I’m facing on the lanes, it’s nothing compared with what I have to face in my ...

RENO, Nev. - Since joining the Professional Bowlers Association, Jesper Svensson has been a rising star and one of the premier left-handers on the PBA Tour. He has found the winners circle each year since 2015 in a variety of formats - singles, doubles and PBA League competition - and hes now in position to claim the second major title of his career at the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Masters, where he will be the top seed for Sundays live TV finals. The Masters stepladder will be broa...

RENO, Nev. - It may be possible that the only thing at the National Bowling Stadium this week louder than one of Spencer Robarges outfits is his strike ball, and both are making plenty of noise during the 2021  United States Bowling Congress Masters, where the 18-year-old phenom is among the 16 undefeated players in match play. The  Junior Team USA member from Springfield, Missouri, finished 16th among more than 200 competitors to qualify for the events 64-player double-elimination match-pl...