Tough Lanes Challenge provides laughs with competition

I won the 28th annual Tough Lanes Challenge at Schwoegler’s Entertainment Center on Sunday, which obviously was fun — winning always is fun! But I was having just as much fun when I was struggling with 85 in the sixth frame of the third game of qualifying following a 176 in game two as I was when I rallied to take the top seed and win the title match. That’s how tournaments like the Tough Lanes and Petersen Classic are. Weird leaves. Pocket splits. Gutter balls. Crazy ball re...