11thframe.com
Bowling's digital daily newspaper delivering news, analysis and opinion.

How Sam Cooley’s win in the 2023 PBA Springfield Classic made bowling seem like most team sports

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 pm
How Sam Cooley’s win in the 2023 PBA Springfield Classic made bowling seem like most team sports
Sam Cooley with the trophy after winning the 2023 PBA Springfield Classic. Photo by PBA.
In most team sports, there is a home team and an away team. In individual sports, that only happens if one player is competing in their home locale, and it might only become a real and noticeable factor if it turns into head-to-head competition battling for a championship. That was the case Saturday night at Enterprise Park Lanes in Springfield, Missouri, where hometown favorite Keven Williams earned the top seed and ended up facing Australia’s Sam Cooley in the title match of the 2023...