Live-Blogging: PBA League-2022 Elias Cup Finals-Portland (ME) Lumberjacks vs. Dallas Strikers

FS 1 TV Broadcast

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Event Location: Bayside Bowl, Portland, ME

Announcers: Dave Ryan, Randy Pedersen, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Kimberly Pressler

​Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging Other Sports’. This Afternoon, it is the PBA League 2022 Elias Cup Finals. 
 
On Wednesday, the Portland Lumberjacks took the Anthony Division Finals. While the Dallas Strikers took the Carter Division Finals.
 
Now, today these two teams will play in the Baker format where each bowler rolls two frames (One frame on one lane each).
 
The focus today, will be on PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke. As he will play in his last PBA League Match.
 
This Series will be a best of 5 series. The first team to three, wins the Elias Cup.
 
Starting Lineups:

Portland Lumberjacks:
Malott, Troup, Prather, Hanrahan, Quintero
 
Manager: Tim Mack
 
Dallas Strikers:
Duke, O’Neill, Jones, Tahvananien, Ogle
 
Norm Duke is the Manager.

The lanes will have the Mark Roth Oil Pattern

1st Frame:
Duke leaves the 10 pin. ND picks up a spare. 9/, 19.
Troup leaves a 10 pin. KT picks up a spare. 9/, 19.
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2nd Frame:
O'Neill leaves a 10 pin. BO picks up a spare. 9/, 38.
Quintero leaves a 10 pin. AQ picks up a spare. 9/, 39.

3rd Frame:
Tahvananien leaves a 4 pin. ST picks up a spare. 9/, 58. 
Hanrahan gets the first strike of the Series. X, 59.

4th Frame:
Jones with Dallas' first strike of Game 1. X, 78.
Prather leaves a 1-2-4-7. KP picks up a spare. 6/, 79.

5th Frame:
Ogle leaves the 1 pin. MO picks up a spare. 9/, 97.
Malott with a strike. X, 99.

T.V. Timeout: DAL 248, POR 259

​6th Frame:
Duke leaves a 10 pin. ND picks up a spare. 9/, 116.
Troup too much head and leaves the 3-6-10. KT picks up a spare. 9/, 118. 
 
7th Frame:
O'Neill leaves a 4 pin. BO picks up a spare. 9/, 136. 
Quintero leaves a 4 pin. AQ picks up a spare. 9/, 138. 

8th Frame:
Tahvananien with a strike. X, 166. 
Hanrahan with a strike. X, 158. 

9th Frame:
Jones gets a double strike. XX, 196. 
Prather leaves a 10 pin. KP picks up a spare. 9/, 177.

10th Frame:
Ogle gets a Brooklyn Strike on the first ball. Ogle gets a strike on the second ball. Strikers shutout Lumberjacks. MO with a turkey strike, to end Game 1. XXX, 226.
Malott leaves a 10 pin. WM picks up a spare. WM leaves a 4-6. 

Game 1 Final:
DAL 226, POR 195

Strikers take Game 1.

Game 2:
1st Frame:
Troup gets a strike. X, 29.
Duke with a Brooklyn strike. X, 29.

2nd Frame:
Quintero hits a double strike, for the Lumberjacks. XX, 49.
O'Neill has a double strike for Dallas. XX, 49.

3rd Frame:
Hanrahan leaves a 4 pin. Packy picks up a spare. 9/, 69.
Tahvananien leaves a 10 pin. ST picks up a spare. 9/, 69.

4th Frame:
Prather with a strike. X 98.
Jones with a strike. X, 97.

5th Frame:
Malott drills a double strike for Portland, Maine. XX, 118.
Ogle gets a double strike, 115. 

T.V. Timeout: DAL 279, PME 279

Correction: The Two Teams stay on one lane for each game. Then in the next game, they switch lanes.

​6th Frame:
Troup leaves a 10 pin. KT picks up a spare. 9/, 138.
Duke leaves a 2-10 split. ND missed both pins. 8s-, 123.

7th Frame:
Quintero gets a strike. X, 168.
O'Neill gets a much needed strike, for Dallas. X, 153.

8th Frame:
Hanrahan gets a double strike. XX, 197.
Tahvananien shoots a double strike. XX.

9th Frame:
Prather shoots a turkey strike. XXX, 217.
Jones hits a turkey strike for Dallas. XXX.

10th Frame:
Malott had a sticky approach and left the 7 pin. WM barely picks up the 7 pin. WM with strike, to Portland a 237. XXX, 237.
Ogle gets a strike on the first ball. MO with a strike on the second ball. MO gets a strike on the third ball. XXX, 243.

Game 2 Final:
DAL 243, PME 237

Dallas Strikers lead 2022 Elias Cup Finals 2-0. 

Game 3:

1st Frame:
​Duke with a strike. X, 29.
Troup leaves a 2 pin. KT picks up a spare. 9/, 20.

2nd Frame:
O'Neill hits a double strike. XX, 49.
Quintero delivers a strike. X, 47.

3rd Frame:
Tahvananien leaves a 9 pin. ST gets a spare. 9/, 69.
Hanrahan with a double strike. XX, 67.

4th Frame:
Jones hits a strike. X, 97.
Prather leaves a 3-6-10. KP picks up a spare. 7/, 87.

5th Frame:
Ogle nails a double strike. XX, 117.
Malott hits a strike. X, 117.

T.V. Timeout: DAL 279, PME 267

​6th Frame:
Duke leaves a 3-10 split. ND picks up a spare. 8s/, 137. 
Troup picks up a double strike. X, 146.

7th Frame:
O'Neill hits a strike. X, 162.
Quintero shoots a turkey strike. XXX, 166.

8th Frame:
Tahvananien delivers a double strike. XX, 181.
Hanrahan leaves the 7 pin. Packy gets a spare. 9/.

9th Frame:
Jones went too hard, with a 1-2-4-6-10 split. TJ leaves the 6 pin. 5s4, 190.
Prather leaves a 4 pin. KP gets a spare. 9/. 

10th Frame:
Ogle leaves a 4 pin. MO picks up a spare. MO leaves the 4 pin. 9/9, 209.
Malott gets 9 pins, to win Game 3. WM picks up a spare. WM leaves a pin. 9/9, 223.

Game 3 Final:
DAL 209, PME 223

Strikers lead 2022 Elias Cup Finals 2-1.

Game 4:

1st Frame:
​Troup nails a strike. X, 30.
Duke leaves a 4 pin. ND picks up a spare. 9/, 20.

2nd Frame:
Quintero hits a double strike. XX, 59.
O'Neill shoots a strike. X, 50.

3rd Frame:
​Hanrahan shoots a turkey strike for the Lumberjacks. XXX, 79.
Tahvananien nails a double strike. XX, 79.

4th Frame:
Prather leaves a 9 pin. KP picks up a spare. 9/, 98. 
Jones bounces back with a turkey. XXX, 99.

5th Frame:
Malott leaves a 10 pin. WM picks up a spare. 9/, 117.
Ogle leaves a 10 pin. MO picks up a spare. 9/, 119.

T.V. Timeout: DAL 268, PME 268

6th Frame:
Troup leaves a 10 pin. KT picks up a spare. 9/, 137. 
Duke with a strike X 148.

7th Frame:
Quintero nails a strike. X, 167.
O'Neill hits a double strike. XX, 168.

8th Frame:
Hanrahan delivers a double strike. XX, 196.
Tahvananien leaves a 10 pin. ST picks up a spare. 9/, 186. ​

9th Frame:
Prather gets a turkey strike. XXX.
Jones leaves a 2-10 split. TJ leaves both pins. 8s-, 194.

10th Frame:
Malott leaves a 10 pin. WM picks up a spare. WM leaves a 10 pin. 9/9, 235.
Ogle leaves a 2-4-5-8. MO picks up a spare. MO gets a strike. 6/X, 214.

Game 4 Final:
DAL 214, PME 235

Game 5:

1st Frame:
​Duke leaves a 3-4-6 split. ND leaves a 3-4. 6s1, 7.
Troup with a strike. X, 30.

2nd Frame:
O'Neill leaves a 2 pin. BO picks up a spare. 9/, 28. 
Quintero with a double strike. XX, 60.

3rd Frame:
Tahvananien with a strike. X, 48.
Hanrahan gets a turkey strike. XXX, 89.

4th Frame:
Jones leaves a 10 pin. TJ picks up a spare. 9/, 68.
Prather hits a 4-bagging strike. XXXX, 109.

5th Frame:
Ogle nails a strike. X, 98.
Malott leaves a 10 pin. WM picks up a spare. 9/, 129.

6th Frame:
Duke gets a double strike. XX.
Troup hits a strike. X, 148.

7th Frame:
O'Neill shoots a turkey strike. XXX.
Quintero leaves a 4-10 split. AQ picks up the 4 pin. 8s1, 157.

8th Frame:
Tahvananien leaves a 2-10 split. ST leaves both pins. 8s-, 152.
Hanrahan leaves a 7-10 split. Packy gets a 7 pin. 8s1, 166.

9th Frame:
Jones gets a strike. X.
Prather leaves a 9 pin. KP opens the Frame!. 9-, 175.

10th Frame:
Ogle leaves the 7 pin. MO missed the spare. 9-, 180.
Malott gets 9 pins, to give the Portland (ME) Lumberjacks the 2022 Elias Cup Finals. WM picks up a spare. WM gives Norm Duke his last shot. Norm Duke gets a strike.  


Game 5 Final:
DAL 180, PME 195

Portland (ME) Lumberjacks win 2022 Elias Cup Finals 3-2. Lumberjacks win their 3rd consecutive Elias Cup.

Final Thoughts:
What a Series! What a Game 5! The final game came down to the last half of the game. Quintero, Tahvananien, Hanrahan, split. Then Prather opens the 9th Frame. Only for Matt Ogle to open in the 10th Frame. And Wes Malott needed 6 pins. He got 9, to give the Maine Version of Portland their 3rd Consecutive Elias Cup.

Kyle Troup wins the Mark Roth MVP Trophy. Troup wished that trophy went to Arturo Quintero.

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