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Chris Gibbons edges Doug Leikness for 30th annual Tough Lanes Challenge title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, December 27, 2015 8:00 pm
Chris Gibbons edges Doug Leikness for 30th annual Tough Lanes Challenge title
Here's the kind of thing you see at the Tough Lanes Challenge: a 3-7-8-10 left by Dave Erickson. Photo by Jeff Richgels.
Chris Gibbons edged Doug Leikness 183-176 in the title match to win the 30th annual Tough Lanes Challenge at Schwoegler’s on Sunday. Neither player doubled in the title match, and the only opens were a missed 10-pin by Gibbons in the sixth and a 4-9 in the fourth and a 4-6-7 in the eighth by Leikness. After Leikness left a 10-pin and spared it in the 10th, forcing Gibbons to mark, Gibbons left a 6-pin and spared it. First was $400 and second $225. The Tough Lanes Challenge...