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Love conquers all: Gary Haines steadies his ship with epic advice from Tour rep Dino Castillo for improbable win in 2025 USBC Masters

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2025 11:00 pm
Love conquers all: Gary Haines steadies his ship with epic advice from Tour rep Dino Castillo for improbable win in 2025 USBC Masters
Gary Haines after winning the 2025 USBC Masters. Photo by PBA.
With three frames to go in the deciding game of the 2025 USBC Masters against superstar Anthony Simonsen, Gary Haines was bowling like the unheralded underdog he was, with more Brooklyn strikes (5) than pocket strikes (3). With refreshing authenticity, Haines would later call his performance “two awful games.” But improbably, he was only one pin behind after Simonsen left and converted his second straight 3-6-10 in the eighth frame. While Simonsen was grinding through those two...