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Shota Kawazoe leads 2024 PBA Shark Championship, Matt Russo tops World Championship heading to final qualifying round of World Series of Bowling XV

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, April 12, 2024 11:00 pm
Shota Kawazoe leads 2024 PBA Shark Championship, Matt Russo tops World Championship heading to final qualifying round of World Series of Bowling XV
Japan’s Shota Kawazoe in 2017. Photo by PBA.
Bowlers, officials and fans will be watching two leaderboards on Saturday at World Series of Bowling XV at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan. One is for the 2024 PBA Shark Championship, the last of three animal pattern tournaments, while the other is for the 2024 PBA World Championship, the main event of the World Series. In each of the three animal pattern tournaments, the 108-player field bowls 15 games of qualifying, with the top 16 advancing to best-of-5-games bracket matches, and...