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Trying to follow in father’s footsteps, Jacob Kent takes first-round lead at 2018 USBC Masters

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:59 pm
Trying to follow in father’s footsteps, Jacob Kent takes first-round lead at 2018 USBC Masters
Jacob Kent leads the USBC Masters after the first round with 1,140 for five games. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
It’s the easiest cool story in the world to write, but also 100 percent legitimate: A son following in his father’s sporting footsteps. In the case of the United States Bowling Congress Masters, we have Doug Kent Hall of Famer with two Masters titles and his son, Jacob Kent, who on Tuesday took the first-round lead in the 2018 Masters. As USBC reported in this news release, 26-year-old Jacob was born the year Doug won his first Masters, adding even more zest to the story, along...