Even without his sunglasses, Pete Weber didn't blink. 

The 34-time PBA tour champion didn't need the trademark shades he wears for television appearances during Sunday's PBA Regional tournament finals at Maple Lanes, but his focus was razor sharp, anyway. With a 20-game average of 237.85, Weber ran away with the tournament title over a strong contingent of area bowlers led by second-place Gordy Kilpatrick of Waterloo.

"If I'm going to a Regional to bowl, I'm there to win - I'm not there to finish second or third," Weber said. "This is my job, it's what I do for a living, so it's business at hand."
After opening a commanding day-one lead, Weber didn't let up during match play Sunday. He went 10-2 in head-to-head matches, including one of the tournament's three perfect games, which he bowled against his nephew, Nick Weber.

"If there's one thing that Dad always taught us, it's that if you're going to bowl or play any game, you have to win," said Weber, the son of PBA Hall-of-Famer Dick Weber. "I'm not going to let you win, you have to win for yourself."

Of Weber's two losses in match play, one came to Kilpatrick, who averaged 221.3 and went 7-5 in match play to claim second place ahead of No. 3 Tom Hess of Urbandale and No. 4 Don Breeden of Clive.
"It's exciting to bowl (Weber), but you've got to bowl the match and not worry about your opponent," Kilpatrick said. "But it's tough, because you know you can't make any mistakes."
Kilpatrick scored a 278-206 win over Weber in match play and took control of the race for second with a 258-247 win over Hess.

Other than Weber, the tournament's other 300 games went to Brian Menini (Brookfield, Mo.), who rolled his in qualifying, and Chad Maas (Brookfield, Wis.), who put together 12 strikes in a row in his final game to edge Decorah's Quinton Bohlen for fifth place.
Nevertheless, Bohlen was pleased with his performance and his 216.7 tournament average on the tour's toughest oil pattern, the "Shark."

"This has been kind of a breakout year for me, actually," Bohlen said. "I've made six or seven cash finals, but my PBA average is only about 208, so this was a little better than that."
Tournament director Rich Weber, Pete's brother, credited Maple Lanes proprietor Bruce Strom and Greater Cedar Valley USBC President Jim Johnson for bringing the event back to the area, along with the Waterloo Convention and Visitors Bureau.

"This is a good, sympathetic house and a nice crowd, so I hope we can come back," Rich Weber said. "I hope Bruce and Jimmy can get the Tourism Bureau to back us up again."

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