Third Annual PBA LBC National Championships Clash Slated for September

The Duke is perhaps the most coveted trophy in bowling. This September, eight players will compete for the bronze-ified Hall of Famer in the 2025 PBA LBC National Championships Clash. 

The third annual event will take place Sept. 26-27 at Strobl Arena inside Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. The event will air live on the PBA’s YouTube channel.

The Clash and a meet and greet with Norm Duke on Sept. 27 are free for all to attend.

“It's on in Detroit for the 2025 PBA LBC National Championships Clash!” Norm Duke said. “I hope to see you at Strobl Arena at Thunderbowl, where the finalists fight it out for a place in PBA history and The Duke."

Champions of each division of the 2025 PBA LBC National Championships, contested May 31-July 13 at Bowlero Mount Prospect in Illinois, will compete in the Clash.

The Clash, featuring a $53,000 prize fund, will be a one-ball eliminator format. The finalists will compete in a four-game seeding round to determine the order of the Clash.

Tom Daugherty won the first Clash in 2023, and 17-year-old Gianna Brandolino brought home the Duke last year.

2025 PBA LBC National Championships Clash Competitors

Open Classic
Westyn Griffin, Murfreesboro, TN
1,523 total pinfall

Griffin will look to replicate Brandolino’s performance in 2024 and bring home The Duke before he can legally vote. The 17-year-old shot back-to-back 300 games en route to posting the highest six-game total in the entire event.

Women’s Classic
Stephanie Zavala, Lakewood, CA
1,420 total pinfall

Zavala is a six-time PWBA Tour champion and the 2021 PWBA Rookie of the Year. She bowled the PBA World Series of Bowling XVI earlier this year in Reno as well.

Senior Classic
Chris Barnes, Denton, TX
1,438 total pinfall

Barnes won 19 PBA Tour titles in his Hall of Fame career. This season on the PBA50 Tour, the Texan has added his seventh and eighth career senior tour titles.

PBA Exempt
Andrew Anderson, Holly, MI
1,518 total pinfall

Anderson has won two titles and finished second in points on the PBA Tour this season. He said this season was the best of his career, even superior to his 2018 Player of the Year campaign.

Men’s Handicap
Robert Morris, Stone Mountain, GA
1,250 scratch; 1,502 total pinfall

Morris tallied his division-leading pinfall on the first day of this year’s event. Seven long weekends of anxiety-plagued waiting later, he brought home the division crown.

Women’s Handicap
Karla Alsgood, Rio Linda, CA
1,014 scratch; 1,512 total pinfall

With handicap included, the 76-year-old Alsgood tallied the third-highest total pinfall of the eight finalists.

Boys Jr. Handicap
Connor Chen, Chicago, IL
1,223 scratch; 1,439 total pinfall

The 16-year-old Chicago native averaged more than 203 to punch his ticket to the Clash.

Girls Jr. Handicap
Olivia Rogers, Leeds, United Kingdom
1,209 scratch; 1,479 total pinfall

The 16-year-old Rogers will become the second international player to compete in the Clash, following fellow UK native Verity Crawley last year. She is also the first female two-handed player.

Complete standings are available here.

Optional Event Winners

Scratch Doubles
Andrew Anderson, Dan Higgins Jr.
1,566 total pinfall

Handicap Doubles
Karla Alsgood, Liz Johnson
1,523 total pinfall

Scratch Team
Andrew Anderson, Chris Barnes, Ryan Barnes, Stu Williams
2,573 total pinfall

Handicap Team
Darian Alexander, Erik Glenn, Scott Hodge, Robert Morris
2,826 total pinfall

Clash Schedule

Friday, Sept. 26
5 p.m. — Practice

Saturday, Sept. 27
2 p.m. — Seeding Round (four games)
3:30 p.m. — Meet and Greet with Norm Duke
5 p.m. — Clash Finals (one-ball eliminator format)

Clash Prize Fund

1st place — $25,000
2nd place — $10,000
3rd-8th place — $3,000
Total — $53,000

More information on the 2025 PBA LBC National Championships is available here.