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ONOLD - RIOS EDGE WINSTON - RUTHERFORD
CAPTURE BAKER-DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
| Final
Results | Championship Round
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Third seeded Dan Unold and Keith Rios defeated second seeded Keith
Winston and Jim Rutherford 459 - 425 to claim championship honors in the IAA's 7th annual
baker doubles bowling tournament. Unold and Rios overcame an eight pin deficit
after the first game of the two game match with a huge 244 finale that featured some
"unbelievable" strikes, leaving the Winston - Rutherford tandem stunned. The
champions collected $400 while the runners-up were awarded $220.
The event held at Plaza Lanes attracted 39 teams featuring a 6-game qualifying segment,
followed by a single elimination match-play championship round comprised of the top eight
qualifying teams. Brothers Mike and Bryan Miloshoff controlled the qualifying segment with
a 1,480 total highlighted by an opening game 279. Match play was not as favorable to the
top seeds as they were defeated by Winston - Rutherford and by the eventual champions in
the semi-finals. Mike Hipp and Mike Rossi claimed the fourth seed with a 1,449 total,
while Samantha Hansen and Billy Pitchford powered their way to the fifth seed with 1,437,
closing with an impressive 269. Mike Pollard and John Yanak's 1,437 claimed the sixth
seed, while Julie Unold and Lynn Rios grabbed the seventh seed with a 1,430 total. In the
tournaments most impressive run, Jerry Michalak and LeeAnn Petree jumped from 32nd place
to 8th place by firing final games of 247, 280, and 242 to finish at 1,429 leaving the
tandems of Erik Howard - Mike Urbanczyk (1,417), Mike Babbitt- Tom Brankin (1,407), and
Fred Cox - Jeff DeRolf (1,401) on the outside looking in.
Match play action began with Michalak-Petree defeating Pollard - Yanak 205 -188 and Hansen
- Pitchford dismantling Unold - Rios 268 - 210. Hipp - Rossi then defeated
Hansen-Pitchford while Michalak-Petree fell to the eventual champions. Rossi - Hipp were
then mauled by the champions as were the top seeded Miloshoff brothers. This marks the
third time in three IAA 2003 events were the top-seeded team has failed to win a game in
the pressure filled match play round.
High Game side-pots were won by Janee Babbitt - Carmilla Trevino (292), Mitch Ward - Jose
Martinez (279), Denny Starzak - Jason Starzak (287), Mike Pollard - John Yanak (295),
Rossi - Hipp (290), and Erik Howard - Mike Urbanczyk (260).
In the tournament's super bracket, Winston - Rutherford defeated Mike Babbitt - Tom
Brankin to claim the $400 first prize. Other cashiers Babbitt - Brankin secured $200 for
second. Other cashiers included the Miloshoffs ($100), Mike Vanerakker - Brian Betts
($100), Joe Hussey Jr - Joe Hussey III ($100), and John Skrunds - Bill Gulley ($50). Vic
Giammona won the drawing for the bowling ball.
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