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USBC Masters top seed Anthony Simonsen 1 win from being youngest major champion ever

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2016 11:59 pm
 USBC Masters top seed Anthony Simonsen 1 win from being youngest major champion ever
The TV finalists for the 2016 USBC Masters, left to right and in seeding order 5 to 1: Tom Daugherty, Wes Malott, Chris Loschetter, Dan MacLelland and Anthony Simonsen. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Years from now when Anthony Simonsen is being inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame, I will be lucky enough to recall being there when his star was born (assuming I still am of sound mind and body). I wasn’t there when Simonsen and Mark Sleeper Jr. won the doubles Eagle at the 2015 USBC Open Championships, although I did write about it here. But as great as an Eagle is, Simonsen’s star truly was born at GEICO World Series of Bowling VII in Reno in December when the 2-handed...