John Hriscina
Passed away in 2016
TIMES-NEWS OPEN RECORD
LAST 1976
Times-News Open Tournaments : 4
Times-News Open Finals : 2
All-Time Tournament Average : 200.6
Total Tournament Pinfall : 24,074
Total Tournament Games : 120
All-Time Finals Average : 203.3
Total Finals Pinfall : 9,758
Total Finals Games : 48
Total Match Play Wins – 29 Losses – 19 Ties – 0 W/L % – .604
Other Top 5 Finishes :
2nd – 0
3rd – 0
4th – 1 (1976)
5th – 0
Senior PBA Tournament Victories (7)
St. Charles AMF Bobcat Senior Classic – 1990
Woodside Senior Open – 1992
Rocky Mountain Senior Open – 1993
Canadian Senior Open – 1993
Palm Beach Open – 1995
Showboat Vermont Senior Classic – 1997
Senior PBA Bowler of the Year – 1990
Senior PBA Tour Records
55 consecutive 200+ games – 1997 Showboat Jackson Senior Open
Most 300’s in a season – 4 in 1991
Highest Scoring TV Match – 543 – def. Mike Durbin 276-267 – Showboat Vermont Senior Classic
300 in Championship Round – def. Avery LeBlanc (213) 1996 Reno Open
Made TV finals in 27 of first 50 SPBA events
Other Bowling Achievements :
WTAE-TV Channel 4 – Greater Pittsburgh Bowling Championship
Western Crawford County B.A. Hall of Fame
PA Sports Hall of Fame – Metro Erie Chapter
Meadville Tribune – Greatest Sports Figures of All Time
Joined the PBA Tour in 1981