Several St. Louisans bowled the PBA Tournament Qualifying Round (TQR) this week in Hammond, In.

Sikeston's Jeremy Hunt finished 11th, needed just 38 more sticks to qualify but still won $460.  Florissant's Mike Remaklus finished 28th averaging 205.7, former Lindenwood national champ Brian Valenta finished 28th winning $300 while Tim Behrendt finished 32nd, all averaging over 200. Nick Weber also bowled but averaged under 200.

Jeff Carter from Springfield, Il. just missed the round of 32, finishing 33rd and won the basic $1,800, paid to all who made the tournament but did not finish in the top 32 after the first day of official qualifying.

Pete Weber qualified 4th and is bowling Brad Angelo, who won last week's tournament in Omaha. As I write, PDW is down 3-1 to Angelo, must win the final 3 games to advance.

The Seniors are competing in their own event at Hammond. Greg Getzlow and Rod Michael bowled the qualifying but did not advance to the round of 16.

More updates throughout the weekend.