What a turn of events! A couple of weeks ago, the season looked to be all but over with one team aiming to clinch it very, very soon. Yet, the rest of the league refused to lay down and let it happen with quite a turn of events. Week #11 was witness to quite a performance across the board as half the league switches places in the league standings. With the Finals a little over a month away, could another team overtake the current league leaders? Only time will tell...Let's face it...the last two weeks have been a wake up call for Bowltron. Learning that they are actually going to have to bowl well in order to get any more wins this season, the team got yet another schooling – this time from unlikely upsetters Ballz Out. Led this week with one of this season's candidates for Rookie of the Season Chadwick Andrews and his 479 series (nearly 100 pins over his average), the Ballz boys took the matchup 3-1. Anchorless Bowltron was led, once again, by John Boren and his 553 series. Despite the second week of losses, Bowltron continues to hold onto 1st place but their comfortable buffer has been severed to a mere three games. Ballz Out climbs up one spot to 6th place.Things are definitely getting better all around for Split It and Hit It this season. With anchor Dennis Blake having settled into a higher average range – and leading his team this week with a 526 series – alongside a Most Valuable Bowler performance from teammate Matt Bunyard, the boys with the coolest bowling shirts in the league logged a clean sweep against Even Brunker Than Defore. The wins push Split It up into 3rd place and now sit only six games out of first place. Defore, led by Eric Lynch and his 399 series, remain in 8th place.Historically, Scott Murdock of Gutterfingers tends to bring his A-game the week of his birthday most noticeably when he single-handedly ended the longest win streak in league history. This season proved no different as Murdock, 45-pounds lighter and this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler, put up a 574 series to lead his team to a 2-2 split against reigning champs Will Strike if Provoked. Provoked's Aubrey Moren and his 587 series mounted the comeback and sealed Games #2 and #3 in the 10th frame to avoid getting swept. Both games were settled by just a few pins. Adding in the victories from the split, both teams slip one spot in the standings with Provoked falling to 4th and Gutterfingers to 7th place.Down on lanes 47 & 48, the rollers on Bewbie Dance have openly set their sights on winning the season. With all four bowlers working as a team – and all raising or maintaining their current averages – the Bewbs danced all over hapless Breaking Bad. Led by a reinvigorated Carl Goetz and his 618 series, Bewbie Dance swept their opponents clean off the lanes and advanced up to 2nd place and sit only three games out of first. With 17 titles between the four bowlers on the team (and three of them in the Hall of Fame), this could set up one hell of a race to the finish as this crew knows how to win it all. Bad's Kody Karnes put up the highest series of the night, ending with a 660, but watched as his team fell down to 5th place.The Tournament of Champions rolls on:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (22), Ken M. Wilson (18)Division 2 = Angela Bradford (23), Dennis Blake (15)Division 3 = Freda Schroeder (23), Bryan Mohr (15)Division 4 = Michael Smith (18), Chadwick Andrews (16)This week's rollers spied at The 200 Club include: Anita Osthoff (205), Aubrey Moren (212, 211), Bill Krejci (233), Carl Goetz (232, 206), Chadwick Andrews (205), Dennis Blake (201), John Boren (214), Jonathan Vigliaturo (201), Ken M. Wilson (211, 203), Kody Karnes (221, 223, 216), Phil Schroeder (206), Scott Murdock (219), and Seth Gunderson (208).The Hall of Fame ballot is open and ready for your vote(s) today! Get in there and make it happen for someone.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Matt Bunyard Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Scott Murdock Runner Up: Freda Schroeder	#1 H2H BOWLER Freda Schroeder Runner Up: Scott Murdock
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) *flipping Ken off* Kami, Kody's daughter, merely showing Ken that she had cut her finger...but we all know he deserved getting the finger.

Week 10 is done. Over. Kaput. Now that we’re two weeks into the second half of the season, let’s figure out this one question -- true or false: what is your horniest bowling night ever?But first, hey, Freda, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In called. It’s Halloween season and they want their rainbow sherbet costume back. They also said congrats on being the only team that won 4 games tonight. To which you can thank oldest horny bowler of the night -- Phil Schroeder -- and his 588 series. Even Brunker Than Defore (which has NOTHING to do with Hall of Famer Bob Brunker), was led by Eric Lynch ’s 553 series.Bill? Bill Krecji ? Are you here? Nope. He wasn’t. And Breaking Bad didn’t really show up either, as they continued their struggles by giving up 3 games to Split It and Hit It. Split It was led by this week’s #1 Power Ranked Horny Bowler, Todd Way, who bowled a 484 series (which was an impressive 39 pins over his average, per game). Ken Wilson ’s 668 series led Breaking Bad and he claims his “booty hole” is still “not feeling all okay.” Whatever.We’d like to take a second to wish a very special happy birthday to our own Dave Winger. Turning 70 is a pretty special event. Special, that is, until Mr. “Horny-All-Day-Every-Day” Chad Andrews ruins it with a super precious 12-lb ball. Chadwick, his 468 series, and Ballz Out left their namesakes all over the lanes, taking home 3 games from the birthday boy's team.Over on lanes 45 and 46, AB was makin’ those bewbies dance for most of the night. Things got kind of weird with her brother there, especially since his close friends call him Carl “Tits” Goetz, but after a few more strikes, nobody seemed to care that much. Behind Seth Gunderson ’s "MVB performance (so hot, so horny), the Bewbie Dancers managed to grope 3 games away from Bowltron. On their opposing lanes, Jon Boren was busy being boring shooting a 636. Unfortunately for Boren, the rest of his team was too preoccupied informing Ryan Doll that Flash does, indeed, suck. No, man. It sucks.Not much ground was gained on Bowltron this week. So if anyone doesn’t want them to win, you best start doing bowling games more better.Here’s the current standings in the tourneys.:Division 1: Ken is at 18, Doll at 16.Division 2: AB has 17, JV has 15.Division 3: Freda with 17, Scoot with 14.Division 4: Michael Smith 17, Cole Meyer 15Bill? Billseph Krecji? Hello?Here’s the people who bowled better than Doll tonight:- AB: 211, 210- Anita: 205- Aubrey: 203- “Tits”: 209- Dennis Blake: 224- Pops: 202- Erock Lynch: 233- Boooooooooren: 207, 201, 228- Ken: 221, 245, 202- Kody: 203, 214- Phil: 203- Seth: 209, 213- Jonathan: 205See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Seth Gunderson Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Todd Way Runner Up: Seth Gunderson	#1 H2H BOWLER Seth Gunderson Runner Up: Todd Way
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) “Rawr grr ga!!!! I smell like soybeans.” Dave Winger, on how he’s approaching 70 years old.

Now that we're more than half way done with the Fall 2013 season, the curse that seemed to be keeping the league from rolling high scores seems to have been lifted. Couple that with a team well on their way to running away with the title way before the Finals and we may be watching a battle for second place in this second half. Bewbie Dance, led by Carl Goetz's 545 series, took their matchup against Even Brunker Than Defore 3-1 and advanced up to 2nd place. Eric Lynch threw the highest series for Defore – a 431 – but remain in 8th place.Bowltron continues to dominate the league with a 4-0 beatdown of opponents Will Strike if Provoked. Led by Ryan Doll's 697 series, Bowltron now sits a full 8 games ahead of the rest of the league. Doll was also this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler. Will Strike, led by Aubrey Moren's 527 series, slip two spots down into 4th place.Splitting their matchup at 2-2, Ballz Out and Breaking Bad battled one another to a stand still. Ballz Out was led by Cliff Barendsen's 483 series while Ken M. Wilson hoisted a 646 series for Breaking Bad. Ballz Out remains in 7th place while Breaking Bad climbs one spot to 3rd place.Dennis Blake's 598 series and sub Todd Way's Most Valuable Bowler performance powered Split It and Hit It to a 3-1 win over Gutterfingers, led by Anita Osthoff's 520 series. Split It moves up one spot to 5th while Gutterfingers falls down into 6th place.The Tournament of Champions results: Division 1 = Ryan Doll (16), Ken M. Wilson (15)Division 2 = Jonathan Vigliaturo (15), Dennis Blake (11)Division 3 = Freda Schroeder (16), Bryan Mohr (12)Division 4 = Michael Smith (16), Chadwick Andrews (13)This week's The 200 Club: Anita Osthoff (200), Bill Krejci (237), Bryan Mohr (213), Carl Goetz (239), Dennis Blake (250), John Boren (205, 231, 224), Ken M. Wilson (247, 220), Kody Karnes (212, 222), Rob Kaszuba (213), and Ryan Doll (235, 275).The Hall of Fame ballot for this season has been released. Congratulations to nominees Bill Krejci, Cory Chorpenning, Demond Robinson, Jason Carpio, Pat Searcy, and Ryan Doll. Get in there and cast your vote(s) today!See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Todd Way Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Ryan Doll Runner Up: John Boren	#1 H2H BOWLER John Boren Runner Up: Ryan Doll
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Hey, Greg! I'll let you have sex with me if you break 100." Cliff Barendsen, offering up a deal that Middleton did not care to win.

Kicking off in the Spring 2011 season, our bowling community collectively cast its votes for the inaugural class of enshrinees to the GutterAlley Hall of Fame. These initial four bowlers were tasked with carrying on the Hall's enshrinement duties, promising that one new bowler would make his or her way to join them at the end of every season going forward. We are happy to say that the tradition is about to continue for a sixth time to welcome in the ninth inductee.The GutterAlley Hall of Fame Screening Committee is proud to announce the names of the six candidates up for enshrinement this season – Bill Krejci, Cory Chorpenning, Demond Robinson, Jason Carpio, Pat Searcy, and Ryan Doll.Each of these six bowlers, in his own way, has made an impact on the league over the years. It will now be up to you to cast your votes to send one person to join AB, Scoot, Freda, Ken, Carl, Bob, Codding, and – most recently – Seth in the Hall.Every member of the bowling community that has an active account on GutterAlley.com will be assessed a number of votes based upon his or her tenure within the league. Bowlers who have not yet completed a full season are ineligible to vote for the Hall of Fame candidates. Bowlers who have completed 1-2 full seasons are allowed one vote. Bowlers who have completed 3-4 season are allowed two votes. Bowlers who have completed 5+ seasons are allowed three votes. Hall of Famers are allowed four. Voters are not required to cast all of their available votes.Voting starts today and shall remain open until the week before the Finals (Week 15 - November 26th, 2013).For your convenience, we have prepared a page about each nominee so that you can get to know them better and see their influence on our league both on and off the lanes: Read the rest of this entry »

The position round officially marks the halfway mark of the league and with it came very little change, with only two teams managing to switch places in the league standings. The current leaders have moved way out ahead of the rest of the pack begging the question – can anyone stop them? We have two more months to find out.In the battle for first place, anchorless Bowltron continues to rack up wins and did so this week at the expense of defending champions Will Strike if Provoked. Led by John Boren and his 638 series, 'tron took the series 3-1 and improved to a 25-7 record (the 5th best first half record in league history) to remain in first place, a full 6.5 games ahead of Will Strike, led this week by Phil Schroeder's pre-bowled 591 series, who continue to cling to 2nd place at 18.5-13.5.Down a pair on lanes 43 & 44, Breaking Bad nearly exacted their revenge from their previous meeting with Bewbie Dance by taking them for a 3-1 matchup victory. Led by Kody Karnes and his league leading 645 series, Bad improved to 17-15 and remain in 4th place. The Bewbies, who still remain in 3rd place, were led this week by Carl Goetz' 591 series and end the night with a record of 18-14. In a surprising upset, the Gutterfingers put it to Split It and Hit It to take the night with a 3-1 win in the battle between the 5th and 6th place teams. Gutterfingers, led jointly by Scott Murdock and AJ Hofmann (both with a 490 series), became the lone team to advance in the league standings Tuesday night, leapfrogging the now 6th place Split It to take over the 5th place spot. The Gutterfingers improve to 15.5-16.5 while Split It and Hit It sits directly behind them at 15-17. Dennis Blake and his 519 series led the way for Split It in the losing effort.The position round was certainly Steve Kohlmeyer's night. Although led by anchor Eric Lynch's 446 series, it was Kohlmeyer's above-average output that made the different for Even Brunker Than Defore's victories over Ballz Out. Steve's career 429 high series was enough to not only make him this week's Most Valuable Bowler but also earned him #1 Power Ranked bowler honors as well in his team's 3-1 win over their competition. Despite Even Brunker remaining in 8th place, they improve their record to 7-25. Ballz Out, led by anchor Cliff Barendsen's 558 series, clings to 7th place with a record of 12-20.The Tournament of Champions results: Division 1 = Carl Goetz (13), Ryan Doll (13)Division 2 = Angela Bradford (10), Jonathan Vigliaturo (9)Division 3 = Freda Schroeder (13), Bryan Mohr (11)Division 4 = Michael Smith (15), Steve Kohlmeyer (12)This week's The 200 Club: Aubrey Moren (222), Bill Krejci (200, 222), Bryan Mohr (212), Carl Goetz (216), Cliff Barendsen (206), John Boren (213, 245), Jonathan Vigliaturo (204), Ken M. Wilson (223), Kody Karnes (246, 200), and Phil Schroeder (231).Nominations for this season's Hall of Fame ballot and now closed. Three of the four Screening Committee members – minus Ken who has stepped down temporarily due to a conflict of interest – will now decide which up-to-six bowlers will appear on this season's ballot to be revealed next week.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Steve Kohlmeyer Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Steve Kohlmeyer Runner Up: Bryan Mohr	#1 H2H BOWLER Bryan Mohr Runner Up: Steve Kohlmeyer
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Oh! And AB. I always forget that she's a woman." Scott Murdock, trying to identify the number of female bowlers in this session.

Week #7 is the round each season in which every team has done battle against one another. This time around, the underdogs seemed to land some pretty solid punches against their opponents although not a single team moved at all in the league standings. Check it out...After taking the first two games behind anchor Ken M. Wilson's 648 series, Breaking Bad fell to a comeback victory from Bowltron in Game #3, allowing them to split the series after taking total pins as well. Bowltron was led by Ryan Doll's 548 series. Bowltron, still with the best record in the league at 22-6, sits 4.5 games ahead of everyone else. Breaking Bad remains in 4th with their 14-14 record.Making their own surge in the win column, Gutterfingers took it to Even Brunker Than Defore and walked away with a 3-1 matchup victory. Led once again by anchor Anita Osthoff and her 504 series, the Fingers remain in 6th place with a record of 12.5-15.5. Defore, led by anchor Eric Lynch and his 475 series, remain in 8th place with their 4-24 record.Easily the most impressive performance of the night came from Split It and Hit It's anchor, Dennis Blake. Earning both Most Valuable Bowler and #1 Power Ranked bowler honors, Blake's 627 series nearly handed a sweep to opponents Will Strike if Provoked but they managed to secure one win behind Aubrey Moren's 521 series. Split It, improving to 14-14 for the season, still sits in 5th while Will Strike's 17.5-10.5 record keeps them in 2nd place.The final matchup of the night pitted Bewbie Dance against Ballz Out. The Ballzs' Cliff Barendsen, who took offense at the predicted results, put up a 513 series to swap punches with Bewbie's Seth Gunderson (who put up a 614) to end the night with a 2-2 split. Bewbie, still holding onto 3rd place, improved to 17-11 while Ballz Out remains in 7th with a 11-17 record.Next week, the position round will pit the following teams against one another:Matchup #1: Bowltron vs. Will Strike if ProvokedMatchup #2: Bewbie Dance vs. Breaking BadMatchup #3: Split It & Hit It vs. GutterfingersMatchup #4: Ballz Out vs. Even Brunker Than DeforeThe Tournament of Champions results: Division 1 = Aubrey Moren (10), Ryan Doll (10)Division 2 = Jonathan Vigliaturo (9), Dennis Blake and Anita Osthoff (7)Division 3 = Freda Schroeder (13), Bryan Mohr (10)Division 4 = Michael Smith (15), Chadwick Andrews (7)This week's The 200 Club: Aubrey Moren (225), Dennis Blake (214, 222), Ken M. Wilson (204, 238, 206), Kody Karnes (223), Ryan Doll (203), and Seth Gunderson (212, 245).The nominations for this season's Hall of Fame ballot will officially close upon the completion of the position round next week. Please get your nominations in before it's too late.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Dennis Blake Runner Up: Seth Gunderson	#1 H2H BOWLER Dennis Blake Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Wait, isn't the 10th frame award named after him?" Annie Conley, after Cliff pointed out Carl's two game-on-the-line meltdowns.