2024 PBA World Championship Stepladder Set

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The field of 16 at the PBA World Championship has been cut down to the final nine for an extended stepladder finals. While most PBA events feature a five-person stepladder this is unique in that it features nearly double the usual field.

The first stepladder with seeds 5-9 includes, Michael Martel,Packy Hanrahan, Kyle Sherman, Eric Jones and Justin Knowles.

Matt Russo, Jesper Svensson, Graham Fach and EJ Tackett will be the second stepladder finishing in seeds 1-4. That stepladder will take place on Sunday April 21, 2024, and include the winner of Saturday’s. stepladder.

Russo is the top seed for the event after having a great World Series, that also saw him win a title at the Scorpion Championships. He should be an early favorite to win this major title. Tackett won the Shark Championship just a couple days ago and is always a threat to win anytime he makes the show. Cheetah Championship winner Deo Bernard didn’t make the show finishing in 14th place.

Roth/Holman Doubles champions for 2024, Andrew Anderson and Kris Prather also missed the show, though neither of them made the cut to the top 16 for this event. However, the field is still stacked and should be a great event. Who will come out on top in the last event of the 2024 World Series of Bowling?

2024 PBA Cheetah Championship Stepladder Finals

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We have our five finalists for the 2024 Cheetah Championship. 16 bowlers competed in the bracket stage of single elimination matches after 15 games of qualifying.

Marshall Kent earned the top seed for the stepladder. Kent qualified in second place and then won matches over Jesper Svensson and Cody Shoemaker to make it to stepladder. Kent overcame 0-2 deficits in best of five matches during both rounds to persevere and make it to the top of the stepladder.

Mikey Schlabach is the number two seed after winning a pair of best of five matches was well. He is making his television debut.

Deo Bernard is the third spot on the stepladder. Bernard is back on television after being on the PBA All-Star Weekend show. He even shot a 300 game during his round of eight match.

Alec Keplinger takes the fourth spot in the stepladder. Keplinger was the 16th and final qualifier for the bracket. Yet he defeated Justin Knowles, the top qualifier for the bracket 3-1. He then defeated Nate Purches in the round of eight to make the finals.

BJ Moore earned the final spot. Moore lost during the round of eight, however as the highest seed to lose during the round of eight he received the fifth and final seed. Moore led this tournament last year and was the top seed for the finals before falling to EJ Tackett.

The finals can be viewed on Monday April 15th, at 7 pm. The World Series of bowling then moves onto the Scorpion championship starting today.

USBC Masters Stepladder Final Set

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The field has been cut down to five at this weeks USBC Masters. Let’s take a look at who will qualified for the stepladder finals.

Our top seed is Deeronn Booker. Booker entered the bracket as the 58th seed, but he didn’t let that stop him. He went 6-0 including wins over Sam Cooely, EJ Tackett and Anthony Simonsen on his way to the top seed.

Patrick Dombrowski is the number two seed with his only loss in bracket play coming against Booker. Jason Belmonte, Sam Cooley and Richie Teece also made the stepladder finals.

Tackett cam up just short finishing sixth, as he missed out on making the stepladder for the sixth consecutive time.

The stepladder finals takes place at 1:30 PM on FOX.