2024 PBA Cheetah Championship Stepladder Finals

S. Samek

We have our five finalists for the 2024 Cheetah Championship. 16 bowlers competed in the bracket stage of single elimination matches after 15 games of qualifying.

Marshall Kent earned the top seed for the stepladder. Kent qualified in second place and then won matches over Jesper Svensson and Cody Shoemaker to make it to stepladder. Kent overcame 0-2 deficits in best of five matches during both rounds to persevere and make it to the top of the stepladder.

Mikey Schlabach is the number two seed after winning a pair of best of five matches was well. He is making his television debut.

Deo Bernard is the third spot on the stepladder. Bernard is back on television after being on the PBA All-Star Weekend show. He even shot a 300 game during his round of eight match.

Alec Keplinger takes the fourth spot in the stepladder. Keplinger was the 16th and final qualifier for the bracket. Yet he defeated Justin Knowles, the top qualifier for the bracket 3-1. He then defeated Nate Purches in the round of eight to make the finals.

BJ Moore earned the final spot. Moore lost during the round of eight, however as the highest seed to lose during the round of eight he received the fifth and final seed. Moore led this tournament last year and was the top seed for the finals before falling to EJ Tackett.

The finals can be viewed on Monday April 15th, at 7 pm. The World Series of bowling then moves onto the Scorpion championship starting today.