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Top 2 seeds Jakob Butturff, E.J. Tackett make second straight show at World Series of Bowling XIV as stacked 2023 Scorpion Championship stepladder includes Santtu Tahvanainen, Anthony Simonsen, Jesper Svensson

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 11:00 pm
Top 2 seeds Jakob Butturff, E.J. Tackett make second straight show at World Series of Bowling XIV as stacked 2023 Scorpion Championship stepladder includes Santtu Tahvanainen, Anthony Simonsen, Jesper Svensson
The stepladder finalists for the 2023 PBA Scorpion Championship, left to right from first to fifth: Jakob Butturff, E.J. Tackett, Santtu Tahvanainen, Anthony Simonsen and Jesper Svensson. Photo by PBA.
World Series of Bowling XIV looks to be setting up to be decisive in the 2023 PBA Player of the Year race. E.J. Tackett and Anthony Simonsen are the leading contenders, Tackett has made both the Cheetah Championship (second seed) and Scorpion Championship (second seed) shows, Simonsen made the Scorpion show (fourth seed), and both are in position to make the World Championship (first tied and fourth) after 40 of 72 games. But even though he has no titles this year, left-hander Jakob Butturff...