Matt McNiel wins 11thFrame.com Open for 2nd time
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 8/23/2015, 11:00 PM
Left to right, some old guy in a cool shirt, with 11thFrame.com Open champion (again) Matt McNiel, Cherry Lanes Manager Bob Hochrein, and runnerup Daron Hansen. Photo by Jennifer Wittenburg.
By the third game of Saturday’s qualifying, I firmly believed I’d be seeing Matt McNiel bowling for the title of this weekend’s 11thFrame.com Open at Cherry Lanes in Dubuque, Iowa.
I crossed with McNiel in qualifying and after a game in the 190s to open, the Brunswick staffer switched to a MASTERMIND SCHOLAR and followed with a pair of games in the 250s.
His reaction was very good and as one of 20 or so left-handers in the 156-player field I knew it wouldn’t change anyw...