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Ozio Takes Texas Open For His Third GBT Title
courtesy of the Generations Bowling Tour

Round Rock, TX - David Ozio is in the driver’s seat now toward becoming the first Generations Pro Bowling Tour Bowler of the Year. He defeated last week's winner, Dave Soutar 239-212 at Interstate Lanes Monday evening to win the $8,000 top prize and his third GBT title. He is now tied with Dale Eagle with three titles, and one of his was a major in Toledo early in the season.

In the title Match, Ozio took a commanding lead through the first six frames, but a 1-2-7 washout in the seventh frame gave Soutar a chance to get back in the match. Soutar jumped on the opportunity with three strikes in frames 7-9, but Ozio recovered to get a huge strike in the ninth for a double. He then added the first one in the tenth to wipe out Soutar's chance to catch him. 'Soupy' earned $4,500 for second.

"I just told myself when I got up in the ninth, throw a world class shot," said Ozio. "I threw a terrible shot in the seventh, and being the great champion he is, I knew he would jump on my error. I have a hard time repeating good shots when I have to throw it slow, and that's what happened in the seventh. Lucky for me, I had room to come back and shut him out.”

Soutar almost didn't bowl the event because of a recurring back ailment, but it got better during the practice session and he ended up bowling for the title two weeks in a row. "He let me back in with the washout," said Soutar, "and I was hoping he would give me a chance at the end , but he threw a great shot, and that was it. Still, starting out the week with a bad back, I'm happy. It's been a pretty good two weeks."

In earlier matches, Ozio defeated Jimmy Young 226-223 and Young defeated Mark Roth 256-212 and Jim King 248-178. In the Classic division, Soutar defeated Dale Eagle 226-221 and Gary Dickinson 192-179. Prior to that Dickinson beat Roger West 225-160.

The Generations Pro Bowling Tour will conclude its inaugural season with the final event in Houston April 19-23 at Emerald Bowl.

2007 GBT Texas Open

Interstate Lanes, Round Rock, TX

Final Event Results

Championship Match

(Winner earns $3500)

David Ozio def. Dave Soutar [239 - 212]

Senior Standings

Stepladder Matches

Match 3: David Ozio def. Jimmy Young $3000 [226 - 223]

Match 2: Jimmy Young def. Mark Roth $2000 [256 - 212]

Match 1: Jimmy Young def. Jim King $1500 [248 - 178]

1. Ozio, David - Beaumont, Tex. 10-4-0 7184 30 239.47 $8000

2. Young, Jimmy - Friendswood, Tex. 7-8-0 7032 31 226.84 $3000

3. Roth, Mark - Fulton, N.Y. 7-6-0 6935 29 239.14 $2000

4. King, Jim - New Braunfels, Tex. 7-6-0 6463 29 222.86 $1500

5. Ferraro, Steve - Kingston, N.Y. 6-6-0 6146 28 219.50 $1000

6. Fulford, Kerry - Gatesville, Tex. 3-9-0 6142 28 219.36 $925

7. Psaropoulos, Dennis - Lake Worth, Fla. 3594 16 224.63 $900

8 Robinson, Donald - Houston, Tex. 3588 16 224.25 $250

9. Vito, Joe - San Antonio, Tex. 3578 16 223.63 $250

10. McCordic, Paul - Sugar Land, Tex. 3504 16 219.00 $250

11. Gonzalez, Roderick - DeDorado, P.R. 3487 16 217.94 $250

Classic Standings

Stepladder Matches

Match 3: Dave Soutar def. Dale Eagle $3000 [226 - 221]

Match 2: Dave Soutar def. Gary Dickinson $2000 [192 - 179]

Match 1: Gary Dickinson def. Roger West $1500 [225 - 160]

1. Soutar, Dave - Bradenton, Fla. 9-6-0 6987 31 225.39 $4500

2 .Eagle, Dale - Tavares, Fla. 11-2-0 6783 29 233.90 $3000

3. Dickinson, Gary - Edmond, Okla. 7-7-0 6623 30 220.77 $2000

4. West, Roger - Brentwood, Tenn. 4-9-0 6331 29 218.31 $1500

5. Pierce, Chuck - Dallas, Tex. 4-8-0 6120 28 218.57 $1000

6. Atria, Vinnie - Louisville, Ky. 4-8-0 6016 28 214.86 $900

7. Clausse, Dan - Reno, Nev. 3387 16 211.69 $250

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