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Tony Oliva beats Brent Ritchie to win low-scoring MAST at Village Lanes on Kegel Tower of Pisa lane pattern

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, September 22, 2019 8:00 pm
Tony Oliva beats Brent Ritchie to win low-scoring MAST at Village Lanes on Kegel Tower of Pisa lane pattern
Tony Oliva won his sixth career MAST title on Sunday at Village Lanes. Photo by Madison Area Scratch Tour.
The 41-foot Kegel Tower of Pisa lane pattern looks fairly benign, with 24.98 mL of oil and left-side ratios of 3.27-1 middle-outside track, 1.46-1 middle-middle track, and 1.03-1 middle-inside track, and right-side ratios of 3.27-1 middle-outside track, 1.22-1 middle-middle track, and 1-1 middle-inside track. That wouldn’t even make it officially a Sport pattern on the traditional 3-1 or flatter scale. But it sure played difficult in the Madison Area Scratch Tour tournament at Village...