David Traber defeated Walter Ray Williams Jr. 248-229 to capture the Peoria Open. Both bowlers were using the Brunswick Blue Vapor Speed Zone. Walter Ray defeated Doug Kent in the semifinal match 215-184, Kent used an Ebonite Timberwolf. Prior to his loss to Walter Ray, Kent defeated Tom Baker 267-223. Baker used a Tour Boss and defeated the living legend Mark Roth 265-190. Roth used the Quantum Sage Tour in his match against Baker.

Bowling manufacturers keep flooding the market with new balls every month. It may appear that the bowler cannot keep up with the new equipment, but honestly most of the new balls that come out the bowler really does not need. The bowler really benefits by the flood of new balls. How you may ask? Well it is simple when new balls come out older ones are usually closed out. There are some very good balls that are from 3 years to 6 months old that are currently selling at very low prices. The Cuda/C has been discontinued, this is one of the best balls ever. Unfortunately most of them have already been sold. Bowlers can find good deals on the internet on such balls as the Dynothane Maximum Risk, Columbia Pulse, Pearl Pulse, Track Synergy, just to name a few. There are also some excellent mid priced balls on the market. Storm has two of the best in the Pacific Storm and Meteor Storm. These are just a few in a long list of excellent balls that will not break a bowlers pocket book.

Why is it that every time a ball company has success with a ball they have to make sequels to it that are virtually the same ball as the original? We see it time and again. The purpose of this article is to thank Storm, Faball, and AMF for not producing the same balls under a different name. If you purchase a ball from one of these manufacturers you know that it will perform different than the other balls that you have purchased from them.