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Casey Murphy thinks his way to becoming first 2-time champion of GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2016 10:00 pm
Casey Murphy thinks his way to becoming first 2-time champion of GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open
Left to right, GIBA's Joe Engelkes, runner-up Kyle Sherman, champion Casey Murphy, and InsideBowling.com's Mike Flanagan after the GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open. Photo by Jennifer Wittenburg.
Casey Murphy edged Kyle Sherman 245-232 in the title match Sunday to become the first two-time champion of the GIBA Fusion Realtors/Community First National Bank Open. And it may have been his brain that won him the title as much as his physical skills. In Saturday’s seven games of qualifying, only 38 of 165 players could average 200 on the 36-foot lane pattern featuring 28.165 mL of Kegel Curve oil and ratios of 1.79-1 for the middle-outside track, 1.06-1 for the middle-inside track,...