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Steve Taylor tells how Phat Kids Crew won the team Eagle at the 2025 USBC Open Championships

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2025 11:30 pm
Steve Taylor tells how Phat Kids Crew won the team Eagle at the 2025 USBC Open Championships
2025 USBC Open Championships team champions Phat Kids Crew, left to right, Travis Anderson, Andrew Stone, Tony Recsnik, Tom Barnwell, and Steve Taylor. Photo by USBC.
When Phat Kids Crew fired 3,300 on April 13 to take the team lead at the 2025 USBC Open Championships, they were just part of a round-up story I did that week on new leaders at the Open Championships.   It was impossible at that time to confidently predict the chances that any of the leaders would win Eagles, but the two that I thought had little chance were Cassidy Schaub’s 2,158 in all-events and Phat Kids Crew’s 3,300 in team. After all, 2,158 would have won just twice since...