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Matt Ogle earns top seed for PBA Shark Championship, Anthony Simonsen and Santtu Tahvanainen make second shows of World Series of Bowling IV; Jakob Butturff leads World Championship into match play
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 11:00 pm
The stepladder finalists for the 2023 PBA Shark Championship, left to right from first to fifth: Matt Ogle, Packy Hanrahan, Anthony Simonsen, Santtu Tahvanainen, and Sam Cooley. Photo by PBA.
After the grind of 60 games of qualifying at World Series of Bowling XIV on Bowlero Wauwatosa’s aging and beat-up lanes ended Friday, only one thing about the 2023 Player of the Year Race is clear: Jason Belmonte will need an unfathomable finish to become the first player with eight Player of the Year crowns.
Coming into the World Series, Belmonte was a clear third behind E.J. Tackett and Anthony Simonsen in the POY Race, and only because he had won the Tournament of Champions in his lone...