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At 70, Japan’s Junichi Yajima beats top seed Ron Mohr to win ITRC Super Senior Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:00 pm
At 70, Japan’s Junichi Yajima beats top seed Ron Mohr to win ITRC Super Senior Classic
Japan’s Junichi Yajima beat top seed Ron Mohr on Sunday to win the ITRC Super Senior Classic. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
In five decades of coming to the U.S. to compete in top tournaments, Japan’s Junichi Yajima’s top win prior to this weekend was a PBA Regional. On Sunday, the 70-year-old right-hander finally won a big one by beating top seed Ron Mohr 248-218 to win the 2016 International Training and Research Center Super Senior Classic at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas, the United States Bowling Congress reported. "I first came to the United States to bowl in 1966," Yajima, the owner of...