It finally happened - Sikeston's Jeremy Hunt has qualifies for a PBA national tournament, the PBA Chameleon Open in Taylor, Mi.

You may not know or seen Jeremy, but he is one of the more underrated talents in the Midwest. He's bowled in the St. Louis area for years at various tournaments, most notably those at Red Bird Lanes.

It is no surprise to this bowler and writer that Jeremy qualified. He has a strong versatile game that should get better with time out on the Tour. OK, I'm prejudiced a bit - Jeremy and I are friends, but I have bowled against him and have seen him beat the best.

He just barely made it - beating Rudy Kasimakis by 3 pins for the last pro spot (7 PBA members advanced from the Tournament Qualilfying Round along with the top amateur). But he beat some pretty good players such as Brian "The Chief" Himmler, Paul Koehler, Lonnie Waliczek, Del Ballard. Jr., Tim Mack and Jason Wojnar.

Tim Behrendt from St. Louis was close again - but was 18th, missing by 76 pins.

Jeremy - watch out for WRW. Two straight TV appearances! Say hi to PDW from all of us at the Bi State Bowling Times.