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Ryan Ciminelli dominates on redesigned Cheetah lane pattern that punishes rest of PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open field

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, June 3, 2017 11:00 pm
Ryan Ciminelli dominates on redesigned Cheetah lane pattern that punishes rest of PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open field
Ryan Ciminelli dominated Saturday's qualifying in the PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
There was more than one big story during Saturday’s qualifying of the PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open at Jonesboro Bowling Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. One was that the usually high-scoring Cheetah lane pattern had been redesigned and no longer was high scoring — at least for everyone in the 113-player field other than Ciminelli. The new Cheetah was so brutal — just 19 players averaged 200 or better in qualifying — that I started receiving...