Lavoie, Hess, Clemmer Win Inaugural Jonesboro Trios Title
By Nolan Hughes
PBA Conmunications
In the 2024 PBA/PBA50/PWBA Jonesboro Trios — the first tournament to award national titles to all three professional bowling tours — François Lavoie, Tom Hess and Breanna Clemmer emerged victorious at Hijinx Entertainment Center in Jonesboro, Ark.
Lavoie, Hess and Clemmer, who qualified as the No. 4 seed for the championship round, climbed the stepladder to win the title. They defeated Justin Knowles, Parker Bohn III and Alexis Runk in the title match, 224-181.
Lavoie, who bowled the first, fourth, seventh and 10th frames of each match in the baker trios format, earned his sixth career PBA Tour title and second in Jonesboro.
Hess notched his ninth career PBA50 Tour title and fourth of the 2024 season, tying John Janawicz for the most on the senior tour. He bowled the third, sixth and ninth frames.
Bowling the second, fifth and eighth frames, Clemmer captured the second title of her PWBA Tour career.
Trios teams were formed based on qualifying seed; the top qualifier in the PBA, PBA50 and PWBA divisions comprise Team 1, and so on. Lavoie, Hess and Clemmer each qualified in fourth.
Pinfall was dropped for 16 games of round-robin match play using the baker trios format.
All teams rotated their lineup for the first 15 games in the order of PBA50, PWBA and PBA. Each player bowled five games from each position.
Teams then set their own lineup for position round and stepladder finals games.
Championship Round Scores Match 1: François Lavoie, Tom Hess, Breanna Clemmer def. Brian Robinson, Dan Knowlton, Danielle McEwan — 237-193 Match 2: François Lavoie, Tom Hess, Breanna Clemmer def. Brad Miller, Mika Koivuniemi, Crystal Elliott — 233-187 Match 3: François Lavoie, Tom Hess, Breanna Clemmer def. Sean Rash, Jon Rakoski, Bryanna Coté, Rakoski, Coté — 232-228 Championship: François Lavoie, Tom Hess, Breanna Clemmer def. Justin Knowles, Parker Bohn III, Alexis Runk — 224-181
Final Standings
François Lavoie, Tom Hess, Breanna Clemmer, $30,000
Justin Knowles, Parker Bohn III, Alexis Runk, $16,500
Sean Rash, Jon Rakoski, Bryanna Coté, $10,500
Brad Miller, Mika Koivuniemi, Crystal Elliott, $8,700
Brian Robinson, Dan Knowlton, Danielle McEwan, $7,500
EJ Tackett, Paul Fleming, Stephanie Zavala, $6,600
Kyle Troup, Mario Quintero, Verity Crawley, $5,700
Michael Davidson, David Taylor, Erin McCarthy, $5,100
