Roll-off victory over Keven Williams sends Lavoie into PBA Players Championship Finals Jupiter, Fla.—Top seed François Lavoie advanced to the PBA Players Championship Finals, striking in a one-ball, sudden-death roll-off to defeat third seed Keven Williams. As the higher seed, Lavoie had the choice of order and lane for the roll-off. He opted to bowl […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – Julia Bond of Aurora, Illinois, has enjoyed success at every level of her bowling career, and she raised the bar again Tuesday as she claimed her first Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour title at the 2021 PWBA Hall of Fame Classic. Just two days shy of her 25th birthday, Bond rebounded from a […]

Southwest Region Finals air Sunday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. ET on FS1 New York, NY—Two-time U.S. Open champion François Lavoie will need to win one game in the Southwest Region Finals to advance to the PBA Players Championship Finals and earn a chance at his third career major title. With four career PBA Tour […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – After 16 games of round-robin match play at the 2021 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame Classic, Lindsay Boomershine of Perry, Utah, has emerged as the player to beat. Boomershine successfully navigated a challenging 41-foot oil pattern at the International Training and Research Center on the way to a 13-3 record and […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – Jacqueline Evans of Acton, Massachusetts, said she loves the pressure of stepping onto the approach and knowing exactly what she needs to do to win. When the opportunity presented itself Sunday night at the International Training and Research Center with her first professional title on the line, she came through. The 25-year-old right-hander […]

Defeats Kris Koeltzow to win the West Region Jupiter, Fla.—Anthony Simonsen earned a berth in the PBA Players Championship Finals by winning the West Region with a 279 game over fifth-seeded Kris Koeltzow, who averaged 263 in his prior three matches to earn a spot in the final match. “I had two game plans coming […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – After almost five years, three heartbreaking runner-up finishes and a global pandemic, Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona, found her way back to the winner’s circle on the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour. Everything about the 34-year-old right-hander’s journey to the trophy this week at the 2021 PWBA ITRC Classic was different than her […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – In case anyone had questions about how the events of the last year affected Shannon O’Keefe and her momentum on the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour, the two-time reigning PWBA Player of the Year offered a quick reminder that she’s still the player to beat by winning the 2021 Bowlers Journal Classic, the […]

PBA Tour Returns to FOX Sports’ FS1 on Sunday, Jan. 24 New York, NY – The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today that Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the country, has signed on as the Title Sponsor of the 2021 PBA Tour season when it returns to FOX Sports on Sunday, Jan. 24. “We’re thrilled to […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour will make its return to the lanes this week at the International Training and Research Center as the 2021 season gets underway with the start of the PWBA Kickoff Classic Series. The Kickoff Classic Series, which features three national tour stops and one regional event, will run […]