JUSTIN KNOWLES WINS MICHIGAN STATE MASTERS TOURNAMENT
AT THUNDERBOWL LANES IN ALLEN PARK
Defending champion Justin Knowles of Okemos west back-to-back as he won the 2022 Michigan State USBC Masters Tournament at Thunderbowl Lanes by defeating Mason Brantley of Detroit 543-406.
Knowles qualified third with a six-game score of 1471. In match-play he stayed in the winner’s bracket with wins over John Robertson of Waterford 464-371, Carleton Chambers of Detroit, 511-485, Scott Matthies of Owosso 508-408, and Brantley 487-460.
Brantley qualified ninth with 1390. He defeated Michael Calhoun of Wyandotte 487-454, Robert Wood Jr of Waterford 472-420, and 2022 Senior Master’s champion Gerald Sikora of Ecorse 364-326. Brantley was knocked to the loser’s bracket by Knowles, but advanced to the championship match by defeating Scott Matthies of Owosso 450-390.
Wood Jr. qualified first by averaging 254.5 for a six-game series of 1527. He defeated 2012 Masters champion Brian Waliczek of Frankenmuth 498-439, and then lost to Brantley. In the losers bracket, Wood Jr was sent home by Lonnie Jones of Ypsilanti 509-443