Biboy, Liza stay inside cut line

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—Philippine champions Biboy Rivera and Liza del Rosario stayed in position to make the 24-man cut in the men’s and women’s divisions of the 51st Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup international finals Tuesday at Sam’s Town, Las Vegas, here.

Rivera, a former World FIQ titlist, is in ninth place with 3459 pinfalls while Del Rosario, considered one of Asia’s best, is in 16th place with 3228.

The two, as well as the rest of the campaigners in the world’s toughest individual kegfest, will play another game to determine who will make it to the top 24 in the men’s and women’s divisions.

Sandra Gongora of Mexico rolled the day’s high set of 1794, but it was only good for second place in the women’s competition with 3481, 22 pins behind new leader, two-time champion Shannon Pluhowsky of the United States, who posted 3559.

Isabelle Hultin of Sweden is now third with 3444.

Overnight leader Aumi Guerra of Dominican Republic, after what she described as an awful day, dropped to 11th spot.

Singapore’s Muhammad Jaris Goh held on to the men’s lead after 16 games but he had to work hard to score 1746 for a 3601 total, 16 pins ahead of 17-year-old student Kamron Doyle of the US, with Alexei Parshukov of Russia in third, just two pins behind Kamron.