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Madison’s Chris Gibbons falls just short of Jacob Boresch’s all-events lead at 2017 Open Championships

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, April 30, 2017 11:00 pm
Madison’s Chris Gibbons falls just short of Jacob Boresch’s all-events lead at 2017 Open Championships
Chris Gibbons after winning the 2015 Madison Bowling Association Masters. Photo by Bill Dennis.
Madison Bowling Association Hall of Famer Chris Gibbons started his USBC Open Championships minor events on Sunday with two opens, failing to convert 2-4-8-10 and 2-7 splits. “I had 18 in the second and I’m going, ‘This is so bad!’ ” Gibbons said in a phone interview. The right-handed power spinner then overcorrected and tossed a Brooklyn strike. “I told myself to just settle down and I made a slight adjustment and moved in a little bit to get away from...