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Lefty Michael Martell takes all-events lead, former college players grab team lead at 2021 USBC Open Championships

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2021 11:30 pm
Lefty Michael Martell takes all-events lead, former college players grab team lead at 2021 USBC Open Championships
Michael Martell smiles after taking the all-events lead at the 2021 USBC Open Championships. Photo by USBC.
After we bowled the 2021 USBC Open Championships on Friday and Saturday, I told friends that I didn’t think the team leading score of 3,287 and singles leading score of 759 would win, but that the leading scores of 1,399 in doubles, 2,161 in all-events, and 9,831 in team all-events might hold. The one caveat I offered was that a really good left-hander like Jakob Butturff or Matt McNeil might blow by that all-events score, a conclusion I came to after watching the ball reaction of Steve...