Sean Rash of Anchorage closed strong to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region of the PBA Tour Players Championship. The 17-time tour champion held off AJ Johnson of Illinois by a mere 15 pins after 28 grueling games of qualifying, with the final game...
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Alec Dudley bowls seventh-highest closing total among hundreds at Warhawk Open
Anchorage’s Alec Dudley overcame finicky lane conditions better than most at the Warhawk Open in Addison, Illinois. The University of St. Francis bowler rolled back-to-back 200 games to wrap up his six-game series and finish inside the top 40 among 300 bowlers at the...
Weigle juggles golf, bowling as two-sport athlete for Waldorf
Anchorage’s Harry Weigle is one of many two-sport college athletes from Alaska. But he's unique. He's the only golfer-bowler combo. Weigle is entering his third season of competing in both sports for Waldorf University, an NAIA school in Forest City, Iowa. “I am lucky...
Rash comes up clutch in final frame to win 17th PBA Tour title
Anchorage bowling star Sean Rash has come up clutch so many times it oughta be his middle name. The 16-year PBA Tour vet did it again to win the Chesapeake Open in Virginia, where he rallied in the final frame to snatch victory from top seed Tom Daugherty of Florida....
Weigle bowls to third-place effort at NAIA tournament in Iowa
Anchorage’s Harry Weigle grabbed a third-place finish out of 71 college bowlers at the season-opening Mustang Invitational in Sioux City, Iowa. The Waldorf University sophomore racked up a four-game series total of 850, just two pins off second place and 10 away from...
Rash wins first World Series of Bowling for 16th PBA Tour title
The wait is finally over for Anchorage's Sean Rash. After numerous close calls in the past, the 38-year-old won a World Series of Bowling title for the first time in his 11-year career. Rash beat top seed EJ Tackett of Indiana 229-215 in the championship match of the...
Rash flirts with perfection, wins 15th PBA title in Oklahoma
Anchorage’s Sean Rash beat four consecutive opponents, including top qualifier Ryan Ciminelli of South Carolina in the championship match, to win the PBA Oklahoma Open for his 15th career title. Rash rolled 10 consecutive strikes in the final to score a 289-234...
Rash rolls to Wolf Open title for 14th career PBA championship
Anchorage’s Sean Rash beat three consecutive opponents in the stepladder finals to win the PBA Wolf Open in Aurora, Illinois. Rash capped his title run with a 257-193 victory over No. 1 seed and defending tournament champion Anthony Simonsen of Texas in the...
Survive and advance: Rash pulls out tight match in PBA Playoffs
Anchorage’s Sean Rash was perfect when the moment called for it, and now he is closer to winning the biggest first-place prize of the season after advancing in the PBA Playoffs. The 13-time Tour champion threw strikes on all four balls in the two-frame tiebreaker...
Rash rolls to victory in PBA playoffs, advances to quarterfinals
Anchorage’s Sean Rash defeated Missouri’s Kyle Sherman in a battle of champions during the PBA playoffs Round of 16 Race to 2 Points matches that aired on FS1 from Portland, Maine. The sixth-seeded Rash knocked off the No. 11 seed by scores of 227 to 175 and 237 to...
Anchorage’s Williams and Dudley bros are high rollers in college
Anchorage’s Logan Williams of Robert Morris University of Illinois qualified and then won his first bracket match at the U.S. Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles Championship in Dayton, Ohio. The senior right-hander finished 12th in a 24-man qualifying round...