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John Hriscina

Passed away in 2016

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Times-News Open Champion

Finals were conducted at:

Frontier Lanes

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

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