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Tom Daugherty breaks fans' hearts by beating Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr. in their PBA Tour finales to make TV show of 2021 Scorpion Championship; Kris Prather, Kyle Troup, Michael Tang also advance

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 5:00 pm
Tom Daugherty breaks fans' hearts by beating Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr. in their PBA Tour finales to make TV show of 2021 Scorpion Championship; Kris Prather, Kyle Troup, Michael Tang also advance
The TV finalists for the 2021 PBA Scorpion Championship, left to right Tom Daugherty, Kris Prather, Kyle Troup, and Michael Tang. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
More than once over four decades of competing, I was on the receiving end of one of Pete Weber’s signature sayings: “No friends on the lanes Riggs,” he would say when I’d joke about going easy on me in match play or a stepladder of a PBA Regional. The truth is that Pete is 100% right, and my version of that sentiment is that you can most honor a friendship by giving each other your best game, which also honors the sport.   I’m not sure how close Tom Daugherty...