BUCYRUS — And then there were 12.
After the first weekend of bowling in the 55th Bucyrus Ladies Invitational, four bowlers were eliminated from the original field of 16 at Suburban Lanes.
On Saturday, Shelly Yancy defeated Shelby Gabel, 915-856, Robin Pangallo stopped Sharon Booth, 989-787, Lisa Penwell got past Patricia Horsley, 974-777, and Charlie Britt edged Char Auxier, 888-885.
Tricia Breighner bested Konda Entenmann, 838-787, Morgan Swavel squeaked by Michelle Stahl, 960-957, Heather McLaughlin slipped past Emily Groves, 930-900, and Tacsha Ridgeway nosed out Terry Bonham, 949-943.
Winners’ bracket matches on Sunday saw Swavel bump Pangallo to the losers’ bracket, 1087-903. Yancy topped Penwell, 932-838, McLaughlin defeated Breighner, 910-820, and Ridgeway survived against Britt, 848-841.
In the losers’ bracket, Gabel dropped Horsley from the field, 1000-979, Bonham eliminated Auxier, 950-940, Stahl beat Booth, 940-871, sending Booth home, and Groves eliminated Entenmann, 936-835.
The second round of losers’ bracket matches are Tuesday, featuring Groves versus Penwell, Stahl will take on Britt, Gabel faces Breighner, and Bonham goes against Pangallo.
The losers on Tuesday will be eliminated and the remaining eight bowlers will return to action on Saturday, with two winners’ bracket and two losers’ bracket matches, back at Suburban Lanes.