Marshall Kent 1 win away from making stepladder finals, Simonsen-Tackett battle set for Round of 16 at 2024 PBA Illinois Classic

E.J. Tackett took the lead at the 2024 PBA Illinois Classic in the second round of qualifying and held a 154-pin lead over Marshall Kent heading into the third and final round. But in the third round, Kent fired games of 268, 238, 256, 258 and 209 to Tackett’s 235, 244, 223, 207 and 217 to pull within 51 pins with a game to go. And Kent then closed to a 253 to Tackett’s 175 to move past with a 4,348 total (241.56 average) to Tackett’s 4,321. In most PBA Tour tournaments that wo...