WCVB Channel 5 Championship Show Information, page 2
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1988 Qualifying Scores:
1. Dick O'Connell 438
2. Gary Carrington 434
3. Joe Ashline 426
4. Tom Olszta 425
5. Dan Myrick 418

Results:
1st Round
Carrington defeated Myrick 143 - 137
Olszta defeated Ashline 138 - 137

2nd Round
Carrington defeated Olszta 119 - 93

Final
O'Connell defeated Carrington 244 - 234

Notes: Ashline missed the 3-4-6-7 twice in the last box
to lose by 1 pin.

1989 Qualifying Scores:
1. Tom Olszta 444
2. Steve Renaud 437
3. Det Klein 433
4. Jim Kelly 432
5. Jeff Atkins 426

Results:
1st Round
Atkins defeated Renaud 136 - 133
Kelly defeated Klein 159 - 143

2nd Round
Atkins defeated Kelly 144 - 122

Final
Atkins defeated Olszta 275 - 248

Notes: The final match was tied with 4 boxes left. Atkins
finished with 4 marks in a row to seal the win.
1990 Qualifying Scores:
1. Jim Putney 445
2. Gary Carrington 435
3. Steve Renaud 433
4. Don Santiago 425
5. Paul Berger 421

Results:
1st Round
Berger defeated Carrington 135 - 126
Santiago defeated Renaud 120 - 118

2nd Round
Santiago defeated Berger 123 - 107

Final
Putney defeated Santiago 272 - 257

Notes: Putney won 13 consecutive shows during the
regular season, but trailed by 16 pins with only 3 boxes
left in this one. He rolled a double strike and a spare in
the last 3 boxes to pull off the come from behind win.

1991 Qualifying Scores:
1. Gary Casey 462
2. Gary Carrington 451
3. Tom Olszta 448
4. Joe Tavernese 440
5. Paul Berger 427

Results:
Tavernese defeated Berger 155 - 111
Tavernese defeated Olszta 138 - 130
Tavernese defeated Carrington 141 - 118
Casey defeated Tavernese 265 - 245

Notes: Gary Casey won only 1 Channel 5 Rolloff, but
once he got on the show he won 5 regular shows and
the Championship Show.

1992 Qualifying Scores:
1. Paul Berger 500
2. Tom Olszta 469
3. Peter Surette 453
4. Jack Quinn 437
5. Tom O'Brien 436

Results:
O'Brien defeated Quinn 142 - 119
Surette defeated O'Brien 126 - 118
Olszta defeated Surette 161 - 141
Berger defeated Olszta 290 - 239

1993 Qualifying Scores:
1. Tom Olszta 446
2. Jeff Atkins 440
3. Brian McKinley 425
4. Craig Holbrook 422
5. Al Johnson 422

Results:
Johnson defeated Holbrook 134 - 133
McKinley defeated Johnson 109 - 109, 27 - 20 McKinley
defeated Atkins 139 - 104 Olszta defeated McKinley 296
- 225

Notes: McKinley converted the 2-4-7-10 in the last box
and then fills the spare with 7 to force overtime against
Al Johnson, then wins the overtime. Craig Holbrook
earned the 4th seed by defeating Al Johnson 183 - 109
in a string rolled before the show began.

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