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E.J. Tackett holds off charge by Jason Belmonte, who closes gap to 65 pins for lead of 2025 PBA World Championship at World Series of Bowling XVI

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, March 14, 2025 6:00 pm
E.J. Tackett holds off charge by Jason Belmonte, who closes gap to 65 pins for lead of 2025 PBA World Championship at World Series of Bowling XVI
E.J. Tackett after winning the 2024 PBA World Championship. Photo by PBA.
E.J. Tackett came into Friday’s second advancers round of the 2025 PBA World Championship at World Series of Bowling XVI with a 112-pin lead over Jason Belmonte. Belmonte, the 7-time PBA Player of the Year, is trying to retake the throne from Tackett, the 3-time and 2-time reigning Player of the Year. Tackett already has won two titles this year, including the U.S. Open, and is the only player to make the Round of 16 at all four animal pattern tournaments. But Belmonte made three of the...