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The Party is Underway

Posted by Ken January 17, 2012 Spring 2012, Week 1 View Score Sheets

The 25th season of the VML Bowling League kicked off Tuesday evening and with it came rookie debuts, renewed rivalries, and epic sandbagging. This time around, 40 bowlers will do battle across eight teams in a quest to finish in first place at the tail end of Week #16. Making their official debut in Week #1 were Ed Felix, Ellen Neidlinger, Kristie Carter, Matt Bell, Eric Lemmon, and Anita Osthoff. Welcome!In the first matchup of the evening, the members of Strange Bedfellows came out firing and gave notice that they are a team with which to be reckoned this season. Led by Ken M. Wilson and his 571 series, the Bedfellows swept opponents ACE2S 4-0 to start their title quest off in first place. The ACES, led by returning league legend Eric Lynch and his 384 series, may have dropped each game but don't find themselves in the cellar to start the Spring 2012 season, ending up in 7th place.A pair of lanes down, Splits or Swallows' very own Jason Carpio decided to not only set a 200+ average to lead the entire league but also to be named this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler. Rolling a 618 series, Carpio – along with this week's Most Valuable Bowler Teresa Deterding – led their team to a 3-1 matchup victory over opponents Bowled to Death. The Death squad was led by rookie Matt Bell, who threw a 490 series in his GutterAlley debut, but could only secure one win. The three victories establish Split into 3rd while those Bowled to Death start out their season in 6th place.Brown Belt Jones had high expectations for their initial night in the league. After winning Game #1, they squeaked by with a 5-pin victory in Game #2 before their opponents – the X-Men – fought back to even the series at two games apiece. The Belt, led by newly adorned anchor Ian Goetz and his 565 series, wind up in 5th place with their two wins. The X-Men got the most firepower out of anchor Ryan Doll and his 575 series as they use their total pins to take over 4th place. The final matchup of the evening – which continued on with bowlers finishing up shortly after midnight – ended with reigning champions and the newly renamed The Turkey Hunters earning the second sweep of the evening and snatching 2nd place due to total pins. Led by anchor Aubrey Moren and his 483 series, the Turkey Hunters overcame the 457 series of substitute anchor AJ Taylor of the comically named Ballsagna to put themselves right into the thick of things. Without a single win to their name yet, Ballsagna quickly finds themselves in the cellar in the league standings in 8th place.Bowlers beginning their season with a score to gain them admittance into The 200 Club include: Adam Messner (207), Jason Carpio (200, 203, 215), Ken M. Wilson (214), Ryan Doll (205), and Seth Gunderson (215).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Teresa Deterding
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Jason Carpio
Runner Up:
Ryan Doll

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Jason Carpio
Runner Up:
Carl Goetz

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"I don't know about this 5-person format. If it's going to take this long each week, at least bring back Alison Radke so I can go get a firm hug in-between every shot."

Dennis Laube, trying to find a way to pass the time.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Strange Bedfellows 4-0 1.000 2,471 n/a
2 The Turkey Hunters 4-0 1.000 2,251 n/a
3 Splits or Swallows? 3-1 .750 2,209 n/a
4 X-Men 2-2 .500 2,346 n/a
5 Brown Belt Jones 2-2 .500 2,293 n/a
6 Bowled to Death 1-3 .250 1,932 n/a
7 ACE2S 0-4 .000 1,819 n/a
8 Ballsagna 0-4 .000 1,780 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 1
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Jason Carpio - 618
Ryan Doll - 575
Ken Wilson - 571
Ian Goetz - 565
Carl Goetz - 559
Angela Bradford - 517
Freda Schroeder - 460
Anita Osthoff - 437
Teresa Deterding - 386
Kelly Anderson - 341
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Jason Carpio - 618
Ryan Doll - 596
Ken Wilson - 595
Ian Goetz - 593
Carl Goetz - 592
Angela Bradford - 584
Freda Schroeder - 572
Anita Osthoff - 569
Teresa Deterding - 558
Kelly Anderson - 549
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Jason Carpio - 215
Seth Gunderson - 215 (t)
Ken Wilson - 214
Adam Messner - 207
Ryan Doll - 205
Ian Goetz - 199
Angela Bradford - 178
Freda Schroeder - 170
Anita Osthoff - 158
Kristie Carter - 141
Teresa Deterding - 137
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Seth Gunderson - 227
Matt Bell - 225
Ken Wilson - 222
Adam Messner - 221
Jason Garcia - 217
Kristie Carter - 219
Freda Schroeder - 207
Anita Osthoff - 202
Angela Bradford - 200
Ellen Neidlinger - 195
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Russell Madsen - 35
Matt Bell - 33
Seth Gunderson - 30
Scott Murdock - 27
Jason Garcia - 26
Kristie Carter - 39
Freda Schroeder - 17
Ellen Neidlinger - 14
Anita Osthoff - 13
Teresa Deterding - 9


4 Responses to “The Party is Underway”

  1. avatar Seth says:

    What a powerful series by the league champs. I’m very impressed.

  2. avatar Ken says:

    I think they averaged about 100 pins an hour.

  3. avatar Pops says:

    There is a reason to our madness. The best is yet to come. Beware the turkey feathers!

  4. avatar ScooterJ says:

    By the way, Ken, you were wrong. This wasn’t my worst start to a season ever, but it was my 5th worst and my worst since Fall 2006.

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