If the PBA50 Northern California Classic used the traditional qualifying-match play-stepladder format with pins carrying over all the way through prior to the stepladder, Amleto Monacelli could almost coast to the top seed.
Monacelli, who won last year’s Northern California Classic for his eighth PBA50 Tour title, was the first-round leader with 1,901 for eight games on the Don Johnson 40 lane pattern, then rolled games of 214, 208, 244, 203, 279, 300, 257 and 248 for 1,953 in the second...