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Canada’s Zach Wilkins 'burns' up lanes for first-round lead at 2016 U.S. Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, November 4, 2016 11:00 pm
Canada’s Zach Wilkins 'burns' up lanes for first-round lead at 2016 U.S. Open
Canada's Zach Wilkins totaled 1,906 to lead the 2016 U.S. Open after the first round. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
You might not know Zach Wilkins, but he bowled like anything but an unknown in taking the first-round lead Friday at the 2016 U.S. Open at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas. Serious bowling fans know that Wilkins is a Canadian who won gold medals in trios and all-events at the 2016 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships in Cali, Colombia, in September. Those medals came against a U.S. team that featured some of the top stars of the PBA Tour. So it should come as no...