Azcona is a five-time member of Puerto Rico’s national bowling team Johnson is four-time member of Team USA. Johnson, a former All-American with McKendree University, was the 2017 PBA Midwest Region Player of the Year. Azcona, a former collegiate star at Lindenwood University, was the PBA South Region’s Player of the Year in 2017, his PBA rookie year. The two finalists have followed remarkably similar paths in their young PBA careers. “I’ve been thinking about that ever since I decided to take this sport seriously, which is most of my life,” he said. Making bowling history for his country was secondary, however, to winning his first PBA Tour title.
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I figured if it ever happened, I’d be the first one.” “I wasn’t sure (I was the first Puerto Rican to win a PBA Tour title), but knowing the bowlers in Puerto Rico, I had a pretty good idea. Knowing he needed two strikes and at least eight pins in the 10th frame to lock up his first title, “I thought thank God I’m finishing on my good lane, and then I just concentrated on making good shots. “I moved in a little and hooked the ball a little more,” he said. “I’ve always thought about this, but it feels amazing.”īoth players struggled to deal with the touchy lane conditions but Azcona found the solution first, throwing a late string of three strikes to take the lead. In a title match between two players vying for their first PBA Tour title, three pins separated the pair heading into the 10th frame when the 24-year-old Azcona threw three strikes to clinch the title and hand the 25-year-old Johnson his fourth second-place finish in PBA Tour competition.
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– Puerto Rico’s Cristian Azcona became his country’s first Professional Bowlers Association champion Sunday when he defeated AJ Johnson of Oswego, Ill., 217-214, to win the PBA Xtra Frame Wilmington Open at Ten Pin Alley Family Fun Center.