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“I haven’t had a whole lot of competition reps, so being on TV again is a little nerve-racking, but to be able to come away with the victory tonight is huge.”Ī tight match early, Prather credits a ball change during the commercial break as the difference in the match. Prather, the defending PBA Playoffs champion, moved into the quarterfinals with a win over four-time PBA Tour champion Marshall Kent. Simonsen earns a rematch with Kris Prather, who eliminated Simonsen in last season’s Playoffs semifinals. I was fortunate enough to throw a few strikes together.” I just tried to make good shots and keep the pocket in play. “I threw a couple mediocre shots in the beginning and got away with one, but I bowled a pretty solid game. “I decided pretty early urethane was going to be the play,” said fourth-seeded Simonsen of his bowling-ball strategy. Then, if I could get one more, I knew Jakob had to find a triple or a four-bagger, so that triple for me was really critical.”īutturff struck twice in the 10th frame to force Belmonte to mark, which he did, moving him into the PBA Playoffs quarterfinals for the second straight year.Īnthony Simonsen rolled the second-highest game on the telecast as he eliminated seven-time PBA Tour champion Dick Allen, 258-204. When I got a light hit on the left lane in the sixth frame, it was imperative to me that I doubled. “I knew if he could work it out, he had a really good chance of striking a lot. “Halfway through the game, Jakob’s ball motion through the pins was a lot more high flush than mine,” said Belmonte, a three-time winner in 2020. Belmonte cited a turkey in the middle of the game which was crucial to take out the 17th-seeded Jakob Butturff, 205-195. Lavoie advances to face top-ranked Jason Belmonte in the quarterfinals.
He’s a great player, very accurate, and I guess he really likes to bowl against me.” Open, he started with the front five when the pair was impossible and now this. “I’ve bowled (Lavoie) twice now and he just strikes at me,” added Rash. I bowled a really good game and probably could have bowled a bigger score, but I still would have lost. (Lavoie) and I were going to play a similar part of the lane, so we knew the scores could get pretty high. “I try to find the most miss room and out-strike my competitors. “I like to set the lanes up so I can get off to a big start,” said Rash of his penchant for being involved on either side of perfection. Rash, who bowled 236 in a losing effort, has been involved in a PBA-record six televised perfect games, rolling two and opposing four. Lavoie’s 300 was the 29th televised perfect game in PBA history and third of the 2020 PBA Tour season, joining Tommy Jones, who achieved perfection in the championship match of the Hall of Fame Classic in January, and Jakob Butturff, who bowled 300 during the qualifying round of the PBA Tour Finals in July. I’m sure it will be from the next match on, but I’m ready to keep going.” I took a look at the bracket before we started and I knew it was going to be a tough road, and it has been so far. “In the last two matches, I’ve been able to do that. “I bowl my best when I’m able to create some miss room in the middle part of the lane,” said Lavoie. Through his first two PBA Playoffs matches, Lavoie rolled 21 of a possible 24 strikes in defeating Norm Duke in the Round of 24 and Rash in the Round of 16. I was still very nervous and I’m glad I was able to come through again.” Open if I was nervous,” said Lavoie, referring to his first televised perfect game in the 2016 U.S. Lavoie joins Sean Rash, the man he eliminated, on the exclusive list.
– Francois Lavoie rolled a perfect 300 game in the PBA Playoffs Round of 16 to become the second player in PBA history to have bowled two career televised perfect games in title events. Jason Belmonte, Anthony Simonsen, Kris Prather Also AdvanceĬentreville, Va.