The 2024 Indiana State Masters Featured two bowlers looking to make history. Jimmy Cook look to winning his first Masters and Zach Wiedman looking to win his second Masters! Which bowler wins at Championship lanes in Anderson Indiana.
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Hello everyone and welcome to Championship Lanes here in Anderson Indiana for the Indiana Masters we’re down to the title match Scott Gilmore Mike Alby here bringing you all the action and Mike a star studded final here at Championship lanes for the 2024 Masters and let’s talk about the guy
Qualified in the two seed Zack Weidman who’s looking for his second Master’s title well Zach obviously great players had a lot of success or some success on the national tour but uh here he is again the number one seed going in after qualifying today which last time he won
In 2020 I believe it was uh he was the same position was the number one seat but he had to come through the losers bracket today to get there well he’s going to take on a guy who’s not only undefeated but he’s hungry for his first Master’s title and that is Indianapolis
Native Jimmy Cook he’s got two wins here in the state but it comes from a different tournament the Indiana scratch classic yeah he won twice 2012 and what was it 2020 won the Indiana uh scratch classic again so uh he needs this one this is the one he doesn’t have uh and
He is the only person that qualified in today’s qualifier to get there the only one left and uh but he’s the number one seat he has to be beaten twice by Zach so uh you know the last eight guys was the murderers roow now we’re down to the
Top two and these two guys either one could win either one deserves to win it’s a tossup how critical as we go to the championship pair on Lanes nine and 10 they haven’t been bowled on for a while how critical is it to get lined up right away because no practice shots on
The on the championship pair no it’s going to be hu those first two shots that first frame and second frame are going to be their first two shots basically practice balls so that they got to get lined up on those first two shots and if you don’t make a good shot
Then it’s delayed that another frame so Jimmy Cook’s got an extra match if he needs it because he has to be beaten twice so a lot of pressure on Zach Weidman to come out there and and get lined up quick regardless history about to be made right here from Championship
Lanes and Anderson at the 2024 Masters we’ll be back with Lan side interviews with both competitors right after this for When you bowl a ton of games on tour like I do it’s all about comfort and feel that’s why I choose big four socks find Big Four socks at a pro shop near you or online at big4 socks.com all right and we’re back and I’m here with
Zach Weidman who’s getting ready to bowl the title match against Jimmy Cook Zach so far today you were the qualifying leader but you had to come through the losers bracket to get there and I know you’ve changed equipment a couple times here and now you’re into a different
Look than you had earlier what’s going to happen in this match yeah so I tried to stick with your thing as long as I could hit um one bad pair with it and sent me the losers bracket was able to get through a couple more matches with
It just to stay safe made the big move in um and that’s where I’m going to stick for this match so hopefully it’s good enough to beat Jimmy twice well great moves and good luck to you thanks mik is our qualifying leader in the number one spot Jimmy Cook won the
Winners bracket but now we got to win one match for a title you don’t have you got two scratch Classics Indiana scratch Classics what do you feeling for you going into this match well honestly it’s not eight your centers and they’ve been good uh this Center’s been rough I’m be
Honest with you you’re bowling in one Center but it’s like four different centers the way they cross uh you got guys thr your urethane you got guys throwing scuff like it comes down to spares um at this part of the matches I mean I’m boring a PBA guy that you know
He’s been very successful um you got to keep it in play and make a good shot so that’s what we’re waiting on Jimmy good luck to you in this final game or two games whatever it turns out to be but best of luck great job so far you
Bet back to you Scott all right thanks Mike and wow you can’t I mean what a day for the sport of bowling not only do we have a marquee matchup here at the Indiana Masters between Jimmy Cook and Zack Weidman but obviously in Indianapolis at the PBA uh US Open what
A final five they have but man what a day for I just mentioned Mike what a day for the sport of bowling here in the state of Indiana no Indiana’s been very fortunate Through The Years not only the players that have come through here but the tournaments that have come through
Here and uh but today it was just an awesome field boy it was a what a battle all day I mean Zach went from changing equipment to angles to you know the leader to the losers bracket and he’s fought his way back for an opportunity same way with Jimmy he’s fought through
Some tough matches was able to get there now he’s earned the right to be have to be beaten twice and uh it’s going to be tough but boy two great competitors and and let’s look at it this way too is Jimmy’s coming off kind of a little bit
Of a foot injury and uh he has a bold much in the last three or so months and to come into this field and run the table undefeated to the title match I mean that’s just absolutely incredible well he looks good he looks rested uh mentally he looks sharp and you know
It’s a matter is as we talked about all day it’s a very tough condition very important the shot making and this where they’ve had a little bit of a break now and there’s no practice balls so their practice balls are their first and second frame so it’s going to be tough
And it’s going to be important those first frames yeah and uh again you’re right this pair has not been bowled on in a while either it’s been several rounds since it’s seen any action and uh so you know they’re going to be a little bit different maybe a little bit tighter
Than what the Bowers see and uh we’re in for a treat though but Zach Wiman you know all the pressure is on him right now because Jimmy’s got a game to play with Zach’s got to beat Jimmy twice yeah and that uh it uh with Jimmy he’s never
Won this one and this is the one he wants so there’s there’s a lot of pressure out there for both but uh you’re right he does have a little bit of a leeway and now our first shot of the championship match left lane lane nine B hooks a little bit more than
Maybe what he was expecting you’re going to have really fresh back ends that was that was a good crisp shot yeah no it was a good shot uh tough spare but uh like you said those first two frames are going to be what’s going to tell Telltale what they’re going to need to
Do and what moves they need to make well and one of the toughest spare attempts you’ll have the 36910 here frame number one the championship match of the Indiana Masters right here on Savage bowling TV we thank you for sticking around with us all afternoon and uh he didn’t like it off
The hand and that’s an open frame but if you’re going to if you’re going to do that first frame is where you want to go mhm and now the young man from Indianapolis the former Purdue bowler in college now PBA member PBA Pro and coming off a really good week even
Though he didn’t make the top 24 but he was right there one spot out but he had a really good solid showing at the US Open here and uh now trying to get his second Master’s title and well that’s about the third or fourth solid nine
We’ve seen from Zack in in the last two matches yeah great shot to start so you figur there’s one leg up you know uh Jimmy’s given him an opening in the first frame but now he’s lined up on one of the lanes already so we’ll see what
Uh after Zach picks this nine pin up then he’s got to go and see if he can get one started on the left lane all right tough break here to start though another nine pin but good easy spare to get your game started with and he makes
It let’s thank our sponsors here of the Indiana Masters and all of the Indiana State USBC events brand of Brunswick big four socks Mike Al’s Arrowhead Bull and A1 Automotive want to thank their contributions to make this broadcast possible here on Savage boing TV and now Zach Weidman here stepping up on the
Left lane lane nine working on a spare oh get out of there 10 pin and it does you know it’s a good it’s a good break good shot could have could have easily have struck but uh you got to feel Zach’s got to feel pretty good about that shot knowing that at least
What the Lane’s doing and something he’s he’s can read off of and and continue to make adjustments but good start for Zach you know easily very easily could have been a double to start his match but you know he guys you know you have two easy spares he makes them both
You’re in the pocket yeah you’re in your pocket Jimmy needs to uh hopefully get a shot here that he can read off of and and see if that’s where he he’s used to playing and it looks like it is I mean it seems like Zach was able to pretty
Much step in there and and do that and hit the pocket and uh you’re right important shot here for Jimmy you want to you’re trying to get acclimated to this pair as quickly as you can and here he is working on an open frame second
Frame oh comes in light and mixes him up for a strike yeah good shot I mean even the first shot looked good it just it just wanted to jump on him a bit but uh see where he moves on this one this is a crucial one CU you know you the
Ball really broke loose and snapped on the back end you know you don’t want to move too far but you got to move enough so this will be a be an interesting shot and this one would be a double to get him back in the match want to thank our
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And teams and whatever go to high five gear and get your stuff excited about our partnership here in the future beautiful shot Jimmy by Jimmy Cook beautiful shot and I think he just showed Zack Weidman that uh yeah I you know I found it pretty quickly yep yeah which is good
For both of them but that that puts them back in within Striking Distance and Zach just wants to keep making the shots he’s been making exactly oh solid 10 good shot but once again he’s going to he’s going to he’s hit in the pocket but he wants to find a way to
Start the strike good spare by Zach I believe uh pretty sure Zack whitean is throwing the radical hitter we’re going to find out too exactly what ball Jimmy has gone to here in this championship match it looks like he’s throwing the same ball that he bowled TJ in the finals of the winners
Bracket and uh there it is great shot he could easily have the first four yeah six took the 10 out there great shot uh we found out that uh Jimmy is throwing the hammer EnV tour and uh both balls very similar to one another very controllable yeah Jimmy the ball looks
Pretty clean going down there and has plenty of left over at the back back in oh great shot that boy jimy looks so focused solid he has now taking the lead he is focused and determined this is the like you said earlier Mike this is the title that
Jimmy has wanted for a long time you know looking at the uh the scores and just the the look of where the ball’s going and how it’s moving on the lane it’s gotten much cleaner much more predictable than we saw much earlier in the day but we’re also looking at the two
That figured it out the best all right three little extra time yeah y big shot though oh man he is little quick with the feet look like it might break a little early but boy he got through it good good shot good shot well and he has
Definitely made a little bit of a adjustment off that 3691 he left in the first frame kind of got an idea of where the ball was going to hook from and he’s migrated a little left to that spot and man he has been locked in since the
Second frame Zach has yet to miss the pocket so looking for that double beautiful shot beautiful shot yep great shot Zach can throw the heat right back to Jimmy here oh he’s can take he can cut the deficit to one here with the strike in the seventh I’m sure he’s definitely made
The right move when he changed his angles and Equipment I’m sure Addie and Zach’s daughter watch ing on live stream here oh did you see that ball the ball kind of checked up down the lane it was just uh I thought he had it in the right
Zone it looks like he threw it good it just wanted to wiggle just just a hair yeah 2810 in a miss most inopportune time here important to get two two the hard way well but that that two you know that’s you’ve seen that one come back across there so he gave her
Opportunity to get that spare boy and it looked good off the hand yeah it really did but it you saw it down the lane just kind of do that little wiggle well now Jimmy knows just how big this shot here in the sixth is yeah he can make it real difficult
With a couple strikes right here again want to thank everyone for watching here on Savage bowling TV Scott Gilmore Mike Alby in the broadcast Booth Chad Lester our engineer here we go six frame oh and he trips the four for a five bagger what a great shot that
Wasn’t your typical trip four either that that ball was almost it was such a steep angle that it was almost a solid seven from where the pin comes across but the four was still there great shot fans you can go back to the 2020 broadcast of the Indiana scratch classic
When Jimmy won that and uh his look was so good and he executed at such a high level this is reminiscent of his run at the 2020 scratch classic at your home center there Mike your Bowling Center Arrowhead Bowl and Lafayette yeah Jimmy Jimmy’s played well
But so far today I mean what a move off that first frame and then uh you know the throw a five bger here but uh this is a big shot in the match right here this for a 46 pin lead oh and he gets it man he is locked
In five pin didn’t have a chance and that what a great shot and uh now he’s distancing himself from Zach and now it’s now point where Zach just he has to strike he need strikes to get back in he has and it just shows you Mike just care what your accomplishments are there’s
Not many Bowlers in this state better than Zack White but it’s just so hard to defeat somebody twice four pin and you know Zach’s been all around the pocket and it’s still hard to explain why that last one wiggled to leave the 21810 but uh um he’s still in the pocket still
Getting there but I’ll tell you Jimmy Cook has been one of the strongest Bowlers in the state for years and uh obviously by his record and that but uh you know come in off an injury and all those things I mean he is he is putting one heck of a day in
Today but it’s not over it’s not over but Zach needs to get one right here 223 Max score for Jim or for Zack Weidman Jimmy on about a 240 Pace right now and Zach needs a strike but he’s going to have to get some help too at some
Point need help but you need help but you got to strike or you need strikes or you got to help either one you you got to make things happen without the strikes it’s not going to matter oh messenger no 10 pin see that that mean that looked
Almost like the same shot as last time it just it didn’t wiggle but boy come in steep just frustrating game right now for Z yeah all over the place in this one one one I wouldn’t even call it a mistake one weird reaction good off
The he leaves at 2810 out of nowhere and but you look at his game nine spare nine spare nine spare Stone eight rap 10 I mean just absolutely a fantastic game here but Jimmy Cook all the stars are aligning right now for Jimmy in this
Title match this is in his hands I mean he can he can pretty much take it right here eighth frame six in a row here oh Big Break oh Big Break almost s0 look like just a hair soft with that one just a little soft but uh you know in
The end he could have struck almost but big break getting that getting that knock down to just a 10 pin you know he looks he looks so in control Mike because the mannerisms the arm swing look very confident and comfortable and make this spare here and you’re well on your
Way he still would be in a 230 Pace he’s got some leeway here if he just fill frames yeah good spare good spare here now ninth frame and you know it’s it’s interesting to watch Jimmy because he’s very deliberate with everything he does until he throws the ball I mean he’s
Deliberate how he sets up deliberate as his approach but boy he at the bottom of the Swing he’s just all confidence just a few frames away here potentially from crowning a champion here Jimmy looking for his first Master’s title his third State title well on his way to a Hall of Fame
Career ninth frame left lane oh Stone n pin you know Zack weyman knows what that feels like doesn’t he you know that was that but you didn’t really see the ball cut through the pins and leave the nine that was like everything parted and there it was it’s
Like wow what a shot great shot you know watching watching these two players this is why the state of Indiana is so strong and bowling because two Bowlers like Jimmy Cook and and Zack Weidman I mean it’s just it’s exciting to watch and and uh like I said we are
So fortunate here in Indiana all right cover this and you’re well on your way to finally achieving what you wanted to do here and that is a master’s title yeah and now all he has to do is he doesn’t even have to mark in the 10th now
Qualifying in the 38th position here on Saturday had to bowl two more games Sunday morning just to get into match play on a great shot what a game by Zack Weidman though Zach winning this title back in 20120 but you know you’re never satisfied you always want more and
When you get to this opport you know chance or this opportunity and to bowl at the level that he has in this game well but I think I think you show Zach showed the talent he has and that was being the tournament leader obviously but then getting knocked out halfway
Through the rounds today and then you know finding a way to to continue to go to win the to win the losers bracket but the big thing was was changing the equipment with like three rounds to go or four rounds to go and just totally switching what you were doing and and
Getting himself to this position [Applause] that’s a good tournament by Zach just as disappointing as I’m sure but uh you know uh the the match was already wrapped up there in the 10th Frame he he couldn’t have done anything to really he could put some pressure on Jimmy but you
Know Jimmy gets to have a Victory lap here crowd with a nice little Applause there from Zack Weidman no the 180 does not reflect the the level that he bowled in this match but Jimmy Cook ladies and gentlemen finally has the title that he’s looking for your 2024 Indiana
Masters champion and that is his third state Title Here with two scratch Classics and you know inside he doesn’t show a whole lot of motion on the outside but you know on the inside he is one a static player and we’ll be back with the interview the prize money and
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Off Coliseum across from Tractor Supply A1 Automotive and we’re back here at the 2024 Indiana Masters tournament at Championship Lanes in Anderson Indiana we’ve got a wonderfully new Champion first time to win The Masters the two-time Indiana scratch classic winner Jimmy Cook Jimmy how’s the feel to have that first
Masters uh this is uh it’s what we come to I mean this is our biggest Tournament of the Year being part of the Indianapolis or Indiana bowling Community um I’m going to be honest with you there’s a lot of greats in the state you being the m master of most of them
And all of them but this is what we live for well it’s a great job and I got a couple more questions for you but I think let’s have some fun Mr Bill Kendall president USBC you got some fun stuff here for Jimmy what do you got I
Do at this time on behalf of the Indiana State Bowling Association it’s my pleasure to present you with the big trophy oh my Eagle you usually I would like to present you with a big check but instead I’m going to present you with the real
Check that you been SP well thank you uh they cash it across the street I’m I’m congratulations Bill sorry sorry it’s an hour late I well that’s all right I did say four o’clock but five o’clocks makes it good thank thank you Bill great job great job Jimmy uh you
Had a great tournament all week obviously but today you were the last one left with about four rounds to go from this morning Squad you made a lot of adjustments you battled through you shot 230 7 I believe the last game or 247 was that your highest game of today
I believe so um every round it got a little better I got a little looser um things you got to have breaks in this tournament or any tournament for that matter um if anybody could sit up here and say they didn’t take advantage of the breaks I mean you got to have them
Circle his group of guys ladies that work here they’re magnificent it’s the best ran tournament in the state um but always challenging so the biggest thing is always make your spares well if you’re leaving splits you don’t make them so you got to try to throw it the
Best you can um it’s always a grind we have some of the best talent in the midwest i’ put our State against most of the states I mean these guys have bowed all week at Woodland and uh you know I started bowling three weeks ago League I
Mean it is what it is uh I’m grateful um I love these guys they’re it’s a big family wel congratulations again you defeated one of our top Champions here in the state of Indiana Zack Weidman which adds more to the the the excitement of winning this tournament
But it’s your first coming off an injury we’re so proud of you what you did great playing today and what a great finish congratulations on the 2024 Indiana State Masters thank you Scott Chad everybody back there you guys are topnotch um this one the one at your
Center in November we love them thank you guys for everybody that’s involved uh go bowling congratulations and we’ll be right back great job thank you Mike all right welcome back here to the booth here at the Indiana State Masters Savage bowling tv Mike Alby Scott Gilmore here
What an exciting match where Jimmy Cook comes out Victorious his first Masters Championship but his third State title uh and and really just an impressive weekend for Jimmy allar around yeah and you know what we saw TJ Schmidt I mean Zack Weidman Jimmy Cook first class guys
And it just uh you you would have felt happy for any one of them that would have won uh it means a lot to Jimmy obviously it means a lot to all of them but uh I just can’t tell you how proud I am of being a part of state of Indiana
And what these guys show and do and what everybody does but yeah great day for Jimmy Cook he he deserved it you know and really Zack Weidman who was trying to make history from the standpoint of becoming a a third two-time winner of this event I’m sure he’s hanging his
Head but man did he bow a fantastic game in the title match he bow a fantastic game he didn’t get didn’t get rewarded for the shots he threw uh but I was I was so impressed by you know you’re the tournament leader and you get knocked
Out you know in the with like four or five rounds to go and or not knocked out but you get knock to the losers bracket and then to come back in and win the losers bracket but with about three rounds to go he made that move from
Urethane to to to reactive to you know changeing different parts of the lane phenomenal that’s why he’s that good well that’s going to wrap things up here from Championship Lanes we’ll be back on the air in just two short weeks right here for the Indiana High School bowling
State finals you know that’s going to be an exciting telecast oh yeah always is well Mike we appreciate your time and joining us today and what was a fantastic fastic Indiana Masters it never disappoints but that’s all from Anderson here at Championship Lane once again your Champion is Jimmy Cook
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Sorry bud you have done very amazing zach.congrats jimmy🎉