Welcome to French King Entertainment Center in Irving, Massachusetts. For this Western New England Candlepin Association Pro Tour event we're in the first round of step ladder match play and the two bowlers in this match are Steven Reno Jr. and Richie Myrick. Steven is on lane 13 and Richie is going to start off on lane 14. In the five string qualifying round Steven Reno Jr. qualified fifth with 629 and Richie Myrick had 637. The third place qualifier was Ed Tringelli with 640. Rich Bober is the second seed with 646 and the top seed is last year's bowler of the year Dave DePouille with 671. On the bottom of the screen you can see the other bowlers who competed in this event and what their scores were in qualifying. So Richie starts off with a 10 and Steven Reno Jr. starts off with a 7 box. Rich Myrick bowls out of Canal lanes in Southampton and Steven Reno bowls out of Bogey lanes in East Brookfield and also I think colonial in Worcester. Richie Myrick is a member of the crazy train team in the world team championships and Steven Reno bowls for extreme TNT. Richie will a nice bid there on the 1-24-79 but not quite able to make it. He does get a 10 box and Steven Reno Jr. matches him with a 10 so it's a three pin lead for Richie Myrick 20-17 after two frames. Rich Myrick punches through the head pin punches through the middle leaving the 2-3-6-10. He's a wood behind and to the left of the two but it's probably not going to come into play. Meanwhile Steven Reno with a light hit on the head pin he's got the 37 and 9 and some wood that he might be able to use. And he tries it but he caught a little bit too much of the wood and not quite enough of the three pin so both guys are going to be open here on the 3rd. Rich with an 8 box Steven with a 9 so Rich Myrick leads by 2 after three frames. As I'm sure you know both of these guys are past winners of Western New England tour events. They're regular in the match play segments. Richie Myrick with a nice bid on that. It's barely but once again one pin stands it's the 4 pin it wouldn't go. So both guys are going to be open through the first 4. 10 box for Rich Myrick and a 10 4 Steven so Steven Reno Jr. So Richie Myrick still leads 38 to 36 after 4. Richie misses the head pin to the right. He ends up with a makeable spare but not necessarily an easy one. He's got the 1479 with some wood to the left of the head pin and a plank in front of the 47. And Steven Reno just doing just half the 7 pin. Wow and that's a nice bid by Richie but the 7 refuses to go. And Steven Reno picks up the 7 for a spare. Richie Myrick with a 10. So as the Bowlers switch sides we will take a look at the scoreboard. Steven Reno Jr. goes over the lane 14 and Rich Myrick goes to lane 13 and you can see that Richie has a 2 pin lead for the moment 48 to 46 but Steven Reno Jr. has a spare to fill in the fifth so he should be able to take the lead with this fill. And he does he's got 6 so that gives him a 4 pin lead 52 to 48 through 5. Richie Myrick punches out the half was to the left. And a nice bid there by Steven Reno Jr. on that 1, 2, 7, 10 but the head pin went right around the 10 pin. Steven Reno Jr. was second last year in the Bowler of the Year. standings to eventual all over the year day to play. He takes a 10 in the 6 as does Rich Myrick. So it's still a 4 pin lead for Steven Reno Jr. Steven Reno Jr. drops 9 leaving the 8 pin with some lumber out in front of it. Rich Myrick with a nice head pin hit in the 1, 2 pocket leaving the 5, 8, 9 triangle as Steven Reno converts the spare. See what Richie can do with this triangle. And he just goes by the 5 pin taking out the 8 so he'll be open in the 7. And it'll be a 9 box. Steven Reno Jr. with an 8 fill on the spare. That gives him 80 through 7 to 67 for Rich Myrick. Rich with a 5 drop leaving the 4 horseman right plus the 7 pin. That's a pretty tough spare. Steven Reno with the spare in the 8. And a nice try by Richie Myrick. He just hit that shot perfectly really but for one reason or another the 10 pin didn't go. And he'll take a 9 so Steven Reno Jr. has a lead of 14 plus whatever he puts on the fill. And he's got 8 giving him a 22 pin lead 98 to 76 through 8. Rich Myrick dropping 6 leaving the 1, 2, 4, 10. And Steven Reno Jr. Catches the 3 pin but the 6 doesn't go so he'll be open in the 9. And there is another excellent try by Richie Myrick. He can't seem to buy a break in this game. And he takes a, I think that went in the gutter so that's a 9 box. So with 1 box to go it's 108 to 85 for Steven Reno Jr. Unless Richie Myrick throws a double. Steven Reno Jr. will move on. As I mentioned the next in line is the number 3 seed Ed Dringali. That's he's going to be Steven Reno's opponent in the next round. Steven finishes with a 9 for a 117 game and Richie Myrick with a 9 for a 94 game. So you can see 117 to 94 is the final score in this match. And Steven Reno Jr. moves on to face Ed Dringali in the next round.