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Nick Pate keeps it on the lane this time, beats Brady Stearns at Ten Pin Alley to win first PBA Regional

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:00 pm
Nick Pate keeps it on the lane this time, beats Brady Stearns at Ten Pin Alley to win first PBA Regional
Nick Pate is all smiles after winning his first PBA Regional title on Saturday at Ten Pin Alley in Fitchburg. Photo from Facebook.
The last time Nick Pate and Brady Stearns met in the title match of a PBA Regional, it produced what might be the most bizarre — and famous — ending to a PBA Regional ever. As detailed in this PBA news release and seen in this video, in the PBA Mermaid Lanes Midwest Open presented by Columbia 300 in Mounds View, Minnesota, Stearns defeated Pate 240-239 when Pate guttered on his fill ball after a spare in his 10th frame, which happened after Stearns guttered after a double in his...