Roy Payne topped a field of 40 bowlers to claim the top prize in the Crazy Eights eight-game handicap tournament at Mars Lanes.

Payne finished with a 1,753 total, 111 pins better than second-place finisher Kim Penrod.

The tournament paid the top seven places as well as a high handicap game award to those who did not cash.

Finishing third through seventh were: Bob Leasher, Vicky McKinney, Amy Creeks, Lisa Goerl and Connie Schoentag. Earning top handicap game awards were Joyce Rudolph, Frank Hughes, Ryan Zalus, Bob Boyle, Chris Kerr, Amy Charlton, Ben Bryant and Ed Kuhn, Jr.

Chris Barnes snapped a five-game losing streak on television with a 258-172 win over Mike Koivuniemi to win the PBA Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator in Columbus, Ohio.Barnes was the defending champion of the event.

• The event raised $37,000 in the name of the tournament’s namesake, Don Johnson. The money will go to the Nationwide Childrens’ Hospital in Columbus to help pay for insulin pumps and medicine for families in need.• The PBA takes this week off and will return to ESPN at 1 p.m. March 22 with the finals of the PBA GoRVing Match Play Championships in Connecticut.

The USBC National Championships are under way in Las Vegas. The scores seem to be high in the regular (scratch) division, as a 777 series leads the way.The Hufnagle & Majors team of Harmony currently is 25th in the team classified division. The team consists of Dewayne Majors, Gale Majors, Paul Young, Gary Boyd and Terry Peffer.Dewayne Majors currently is 44th in classified singles with a 593. Here are the top scores as of Saturday for both classified and regular divisions.• Regular division: singles: 777; doubles: 1466; team: 3236; all events: 2138• Classified Division: singles: 664; doubles: 1204; team: 2745; all-events: 1798The USBC championship continues until July 23.

Jim Gray just missed a perfect game last Tuesday in the Butler City Tenpin League. Gray tossed a 298 game, leaving the 2-4 on the final shot.Gray finished the night with a 725 series, one of seven 700 series in the league that night. Others shooting 700 were Ron Lehman (740) Henry Austin (718), Jeff Suchonic (718), Shawn Reges (703), Ron Burka (712) and Rich Marcucci (700).

Scott Walker tossed a 300 game during a prebowl for the Fox’s Pizza Den league at Sherwood Lanes. Walker finished with a 789 series.

• Coins League: Linda Smith 195 (550), Sandy Mickey 217 (527)• Armco A: Pat Grabowski 264 (689)• Firearms: Josh Hinchberger 278 (659), Dan Bothell 225 (610)• Armco C: Bryan Cress 268 (708), Jason Prementine 268 (695).• Kelly Automotive: Jack Elliott 257 (678), Jerry Tincha 237 (610)• Automotive: Shane Ozella 268 (754), Gary Swidzinski 255 (711).Ron Willison is the bowling columnist for the Butler Eagle.