With the scoring slate wiped clean and all of the most decorated TN Champions in the field, the finalists headed to Westway. Scoring opened at a record pace and once the round was complete the record book had a plethora of new entries. There were 6 300 games, Lou LaFuria (game 1), Lee Eighmy, Jr. (5&6), Mike Shady (7), and Cory Bithell and Ron Palombi, Jr. (8). Eighmy’s back-to-back perfect games was preceded by a 298 which gave him a TN and city record set of 898. Eighmy averaged just over 271 for his first 6 games and it took all of it as he first topped the leaderboard only after his second 300. That lead was short lived, however, as Shady would retake the lead with a 300 of his own in game 7 against Tom Petroff’s 290. Shady averaged 267 for the day’s 8 games and recorded 7 match wins, only losing to LaFuria’s 299 in game 4. Shady’s low game was 248. Eighmy was just 66 pins off Shady’s record pace with LaFuria 90 pins further back. LaFuria opened the finals with a 300 and then had 299 and 290 in games 4 and 5. Palombi’s 300 was his 9th gem in TN competition, 6 ahead his nearest competitor. It moved him up to 4th. Bithell’s final game 300 kept him 7 pins behind Palombi in 5th.

The scoring in the final round certainly could not match the 236.7 averaged in round 1 but it was still pretty good on Sunday at Classic Lanes. Shady would see his lead cut to 28 over Eighmy, 30 over LaFuria, after 2 wins and a loss and when he would lose another in game 12, Eighmy would take the lead. LaFuria made his move in game 13 with a 288-205 win over Bithell followed by a 237-234 win over Palombi. In game 14 after 2 more wins Shady moved within 2 pins of LaFuria’s lead while Eighmy bested Dave Stile 268-212 and was just 20 pins back. In game 15 each of the leaders made their move, Eighmy scored a second consecutive 268 over Dunkle’s 244, Shady took care of Kane 247-202 while LaFuria was upending Steve Benke 245-212. Eighmy was now on top with 4,044 with LaFuria and Shady tied for second just 3 pins back at 4,041. With games of 278 and 289 Randy Prue jumped to 4th, 6 pins ahead of Bithell and 158 off Eighmy’s lead. The 2-game position round pitted Eighmy vs. LaFuria and Shady up against Prue. Bithell and Palombi would contest the 5 v 6 match.

While Shady easily defeated Prue 227-177, Eighmy was also having an easy time with LaFuria, 212-182, however the meant that the lead had switched again and now Shady was on top by 12 pins. With the top two bowling different opponents it was shaping up for a real shootout, but no one told LaFuria he was not invited. After having difficulty in game 16, Lou found a new line and began striking. After posting the first 7 strikes it was apparent that Eighmy’s title hopes were gone and LaFuria now had an outside shot of jumping back in. However, Shady, ever the champion, saw what was transpiring and took charge. After a spare in the first he too began to strike … and strike … and strike. LaFuria was unable to continue his string and with a 75 pin deficit from Shady, title number 6 was well in hand. Shady struck it out to finish with a 290-183 victory over Prue and an 88 pin win over LaFuria. The 290 bowled by Shady was the highest game of the round. LaFuria defeated Eighmy 277-209 and was good for his second runner up finish, leaving Eighmy 3rd, 113 pins back. Bithell would split with Palombi, 226-247 and 248-237 allowing both of them to pass Prue for 4th and 5th. Tom Lytle picked up 2 wins 277-203 and 228-164 over Petroff and he too would have enough to pass Prue for 6th leaving Prue 7th and Petroff 8th. Pat Malone and Dave Stile rounded out the top 10. LaFuria finished with the high 9–game block of the day, 2,158 followed by Bithell’s 2,144.

Shady led after 5 of the day’s 9 games and suffered just two losses, in games 11 and 12, and won his last 5 matches en route to victory. The win, Shady’s 6th, ties him for the most Times-News Open titles with Ron Palombi, Jr. Shady averaged 240.8 over the tournament’s 33 games. In the finals, LaFuria led all finalists with a pinfall of 4,200 for the 17 games, 2 pins better than Shady’s 4,198, however Shady claimed an additional 90 pins with his 14 wins versus LaFuria’s 11. It was LaFuria’s second runner up finish, matching his best finish from 2009.

The field average dropped to 221.0 for the day and the composite average for the finals was 228.4, this was 19 pins per game higher that the finals the previous year. The highest finals average since 16 finalists have qualified was 223.8 in 2006 at Lake City and Greengarden.