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Nate Stubler survives train wreck finish to edge Darin Bloomquist to win 2024 GIBA Ebonite Winter Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 25, 2024 9:00 pm
Nate Stubler survives train wreck finish to edge Darin Bloomquist to win 2024 GIBA Ebonite Winter Classic
Nate Stubler, left, with GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes, right, after Stubler won the 2024 GIBA Ebonite Winter Classic. Photo by GIBA.
The title match of the 2024 GIBA Ebonite Winter Classic began like a titanic battle between two great champions and ended in a train wreck that left Nate Stubler a survivor as much as a winner. The left-handed Stubler started with a double, a pair of 7-pins he converted, and a 4-bagger, while Darin Bloomquist converted a 10-pin and a 2-8 and then fired a 5-bagger. A 278-268 finish seemed possible. But in the eighth, Bloomquist left a 3-6-10 that he converted. That gave Stubler control of the...