This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Cheetah Championship
SEATTLE, Wash. - 11/3/2009
 
SUNDAY, NOV. 8, 1 P.M. EASTERN
 
PBA Cheetah Championship reality-style televised match play finals:
Semifinal Match One: Ryan Ciminelli, Buffalo, N.Y. vs. Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa
Semifinal Match Two: Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., vs. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.
Championship Match: Winners of match one and match two
  •  First time a PBA Tour event has been telecast in highlight or reality-style showcasing action from every round of the event.
  • Second event of 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season conducted at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich.
  • Norm Duke will be trying for his 33rd PBA Tour title for fifth place on all-time list.
  • Ciminelli,Weber and Sapp are looking for their first Tour title.
  • Competition was conducted in best-of-seven game match play format.
  • Event was conducted on PBA’s Cheetah lane conditioning pattern.
  • First PBA Tour event held in Thunderbowl Lanes’ historic arena bay in over a decade. 

 

 
Prize Money: 1.$25,000; 2. $13,000; 3. $9,000; 4. $7,000; 5. $6,000
 
How they got to the telecast:
 
Round of 28
Sapp def. Lee Vanderhoef, 4-1
Weber def. Mitch Beasley, 4-1
Duke and Ciminelli had byes in this round by virtue of finishing in the top four in qualifying.
 
Round of 16
Ciminelli def. Ryan Shafer, 4-1
Sapp def. Jack Jurek, 4-3
Duke def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 4-3
Weber def. Wes Malott, 4-0
 
Round of 8
Duke def. Chris Barnes, 4-0
Sapp def. Mike Wolfe, 4-0
Weber def. Stuart Williams, 4-2
Ciminelli def. Brian Voss, 4-2
  
 

 

 

 

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