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Fire alarm clearing Oncenter Thursday night caps wild few days at 2018 USBC Open Championships headlined by Tom Hess firing perfect game, nearly taking all-events lead

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018 8:00 am
Fire alarm clearing Oncenter Thursday night caps wild few days at 2018 USBC Open Championships headlined by Tom Hess firing perfect game, nearly taking all-events lead
2011 USBC Masters champion Tom Hess fired a perfect game in singles and moved into second in all-events with 2,164 at the 2018 USBC Open Championships on Wednesday and Thursday. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Fire alarms that cleared the Oncenter late Thursday night capped a wild and wacky couple of days at the 2018 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. Tom Hess, the 2011 USBC Masters champion, was the headliner, firing a perfect game during team on Wednesday and coming within a solid 9-pin in his final frame of singles from possibly taking the all-events lead from Kurt Pilon on Thursday. Hess totaled 2,164 to finish 22 pins behind Pilon’s 2,186. But Hess was not alone in...