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

Defending champion Dino Castillo eliminated, legends Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete Weber among the unbeaten at 2023 USBC Senior Masters

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023 10:00 pm
Defending champion Dino Castillo eliminated, legends Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete Weber among the unbeaten at 2023 USBC Senior Masters
Pete Weber, left, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., right, are among the 16 unbeaten players heading to the final day of match play at the 2023 USBC Senior Masters. Photo by USBC.
Double-elimination match play can be a cruel format in that qualifying scores have no meaning so long as you make the cut and huge scores can lose and low scores win matches. Defending USBC Senior Masters champion Dino Castillo dominated qualifying and defeated Andrew Lomuscio 692-566 in his opening match, as he looked poised to make a run a second straight title. But then Dan Peters whipped Castillo 606-537 to knock him to the losers bracket and Michael Haggitt eliminated Castillo 720-547....