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Top seed Michael Martell beats Ryan Zagar to win GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2019 11:00 pm
Top seed Michael Martell beats Ryan Zagar to win GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open
Michael Martell, left, with GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes, right, after winning the February 2019 Greater Iowa Bowling Association Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open. Photo by Greater Iowa Bowling Association.
Top seed Michael Martell beat Ryan Zagar 237-192 to win the second of this season’s two Greater Iowa Bowling Association Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Opens on Sunday at Cadillac Lanes in Waterloo, Iowa. Martell, who bowls for Robert Morris-Illinois, was second in Saturday’s 7-game qualifying with 1,615 and ran away in Sunday’s 6-game semifinal round to end at 2,990, 46 pins ahead of No. 2 seed Zagar. The tournament drew 196 entries, a little shy of the...