Johnny Petraglia Wins PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages

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Johnny Petraglia Wins PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages



THE VILLAGES, Fla., (May 13, 2009) – In dominating record-breaking fashion, Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia of Jackson, N.J., won the PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages at Spanish Springs Lanes for his first Senior Tour title of the season.



Petraglia defeated Hugh Miller of Seattle, 278-225, in the championship match Wednesday to win the seventh Senior Tour title of his career.



Leading the tournament wire-to-wire, Petraglia set four scoring records (six and 12-game qualifying pinfall and 36-game pinfall with and without bonus pins). He had a 13-5 match play record which also helped him earn the top qualifying position for the stepladder finals.



“It’s very gratifying to bowl this well throughout the whole tournament and bring home a win,” the 62-year-old Petraglia said. “It would have been very disappointing to be the top qualifier and lose it all in one match.



“I had to bowl a good game,” said the left-hander who also owns 14 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles. “If Hugh would have thrown a 290 game to beat me that wouldn’t feel so bad, but if he wasn’t going to bowl the big game I had to make sure I did.”



It was in last year’s PBA Senior U.S. Open that Petraglia felt the disappointment of leading the entire tournament only to lose in the championship match to Wayne Webb 204-172.



Petraglia earned $8,000 for his Villages win while Miller, who owns one Senior Tour and seven national PBA Tour titles, earned $4,500 for second.



In the semifinal match, Miller defeated Kevin Croucher of Grants Pass., Ore., 227-220. In the opening match Croucher defeated Roger Kossert of Lithia, Fla., 224-213.



The next stop on the PBA Senior Tour will be the Senior Northern California Classic May 24-27 in Brentwood, Calif.





2009 PBA SENIOR SUN BOWL IN THE VILLAGES

Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.

May 13, 2009



Final Standings

1, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 278 (one game), $8,000

2, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 452 (two games), $4,500

3, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 444 (two games), $3,000

4, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 213 (one game), $2,500



Stepladder Results

Match One – Croucher def., Kossert, 224-213

Semifinal Match – Miller def. Croucher, 227-220

Championship – Petraglia def. Miller, 278-225



Round 5

(After 36 games, including match play record, total pins with bonus and money earned)



1, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 13-5, 9,395

2, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 13-4-1, 9,042

3, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 13-4-1, 9,000

4, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 13-4-1, 8,788

5, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 13-5, 8,745, $2,000

6, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 13-4-1, 8,712, $1,750

7, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., 9-9, 8,687, $1,600

8, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 10-8, 8,676, $1,550

9, Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 8-8-2, 8,665, $1,500

10, Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., 8-9-1, 8,597, $1,450

11, John Shreve, Elyria, Ohio, 8-8-2, 8,580, $1,425

12, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 8-10, 8,557, $1,400

13, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 9-9, 8,532, $1,375

14, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 9-8-1, 8,475, $1,350

15, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 6-11-1, 8,456, $1,325

16, Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., 8-9-1, 8,405, $1,300



Round 4

(after 27 games, including match play record, total pins with bonus and money earned)



17, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 5-3-1, 6,314, $1,150

18, Jeff Schrum Cherryville, N.C., 4-5, 6,310, $1,140

19, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 4-5, 6,304, $1,130

20, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 5-4, 6,295, $1,120

21, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 5-4, 6,293, $1,110

22, Gerald Teel, The Villages, Fla., 3-5, 6,244, $1,100

23, Tim Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 5-4, 6,183, $1,095

24, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 4-5, 6,163, $1,090

25, (TIE) Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 2-7, and Mitch Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 4-5, 6,121, $1,082

27, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 3-6, 6,118, $1,075

28, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 2-7, 6,111, $1070

29, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla., 3-6, 6,064, $1,065

30, (TIE) Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 3-6, and Ron Woods, Hudson, Fla., 1-8, 5,902, $1,057

32, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 0-9, 5,819, $1,050





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Johnny needs to make some kind of appearance down here or I need to figure out how to get to where he is. I've wanted him to autograph my LT-48 for years. It's why I've hung onto it. I want to see how it compares to the "autograph" engraved on the ball.