The stepladder finalists for the 2022 PBA World Championship, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Kris Prather, Tommy Jones, Jason Belmonte, Jason Sterner and Jakob Butturff. Photo by PBA.
Kris Prather came into Friday night’s final round of the 2022 PBA World Championship presented by Pabst Blue Ribbon in fourth place, 118 pins behind leader Tommy Jones, according to results posted here.
After firing games of 208, 245, 300, 279, 205 and 214 — with a 19-bagger ended by a solid-pin in the 300-279 — on the Earl Anthony 43 lane pattern, Prather edged past Jones 12,402-12,396 over 54 games at Bowlero Wauwatosa.
That made him the top seed for a second straight...