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Lefty Jake Bockstie averages nearly 240 to dominate qualifying as minus 35 makes cut at 2025 GIBA Ebonite Fall Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2025 11:00 pm
Lefty Jake Bockstie averages nearly 240 to dominate qualifying as minus 35 makes cut at 2025 GIBA Ebonite Fall Classic
Jake Bockstie with Junior Team USA in 2024. Photo by USBC.
Left-hander Jake Bockstie totaled 1,677 for seven games to lead Saturday’s qualifying by 120 pins at the 2025 GIBA Ebonite Fall Classic at Maple Lanes in Waterloo, Iowa, according to results posted here. The top 52 from the 166 entries after qualifying advanced to a 6-game semifinal round at 9 a.m. on Sunday, with pins carrying over. Another four players cashed. The top 10 after 13 games make the modified stepladder finals, which feature a 5-man stepladder with the top four making the...