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Matt Staninger tells how he shot one of the most remarkable scores in bowling history: 1,792 to win the 2021 Petersen Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2021 11:00 pm
Matt Staninger tells how he shot one of the most remarkable scores in bowling history: 1,792 to win the 2021 Petersen Classic
On the final day of the 2021 Petersen Classic, Matt Staninger fired an astounding 1,792 to win the tournament. Photo by Petersen Classic.
On June 23, 2014, Artistic Expressions 1 stunned the bowling world with a 3,720 series in the team event at the USBC Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. In my story, I likened the 3,720 to Bob Beamon’s unfathomable long jump of 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the Olympics in Mexico City on Oct. 18, 1968. Such records typically were broken by fractions of an inch to inches, but Beamon went almost 2 feet past the prior record of 27 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Beamon's record stood...