The fifteenth week of Fall 2025 saw one team climb in the standings, while one team slipped. One bowler set a new personal best series. Matthew Taylor earned this week's high game (238) and series (600).Meanwhile, Tournament of Champions is officially down to its final eight bowlers, who will face each other next week competing for two cash prizes! Read on for all the rest of the details!

First up, on lanes 1 & 2: In a truly mismatched pairing, the unlikely heroes of Bowls Deep drew pistols at dawn with the intimidating Squid Row. While headlined by Carl Mueller with his below-average 338 series, Deeeeeep got swept by Squids. Moving on to the challengers, Matthew Taylor with his better-than-normal 600 series inspired Squids as they swept the competition. Bowls Deep remains in 6th place, while Squids move up 1 spot to 2nd.

On lanes 3 & 4: Trump's Tariff Turkeys cowered in sheer terror upon discovering they were rolling against No! Not Theo!. Although blessed by Scott Murdock with his above-average 492 series, Tariff Turkeys got swept by Not Theo!. On the other lane, trifecta-winner (#1 Head-to-Head, #1 Power-Ranked, and Most Valuable Bowler) Buck Nasty and his stupendous 553 series propped up Not Theo! as they swept the competition. Trump's Tariff Turkeys drop 1 spot in the standings to 3rd place, while Not Theo! remains in 1st.

Finally, down on lanes 5 & 6: FFK shared a few beers with Gutterly Hopeless. Led by Dustin Schmeltz with his above-average 508 series, Fluffykins collected 3 wins against Hopeless. On the adjacent lane, Chris Lenz with his 396 series motivated Hopeless despite his team notching only a single win. FFK remains in 4th place, while Hopeless remain in 5th.

Bowlers ducking past the bouncer at The 200 Club include: Buck Nasty (202) and Matthew Taylor (238)

A new personal best series was rolled tonight by Buck Nasty (553, previous best 541).

In this week's Tournament of Champions InterDivisional brackets: Chris Lenz ruled Group 1, while Matthew Taylor staked a claim for the Iron Throne in Group 2. Nobody claimed victory in Group 3, and in fact we aren't even going to talk about Group 3 as it was a complete embarassment, and Buck Nasty claimed victory in Group 4. Congratulations to our division champions! The following eight people will compete next week for the big prize!
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NEXT WEEK:

• First, on lanes 1&2, 6th-place Bowls Deep (hcp 20) will challenge 5th-place Gutterly Hopeless. Deeeeeep is expected to roll a little low and lose the series but avoid getting swept; while Hopeless are forecast to hold steady as they enjoy their victories.
• Moving to lanes 3&4, 4th-place FFK (hcp 14) will roll against 3rd-place Trump's Tariff Turkeys. Fluffykins might roll a little low and get swept; while Tariff Turkeys ought to hold steady as they rack up a sweep.
• Finally, on lanes 5&6, 2nd-place Squid Row (hcp 22) will chuck some balls with 1st-place No! Not Theo!. Squids are predicted to maintain their current strength as they win the series; while Not Theo! is anticipated to drop their average a bit while they avoid getting swept.

^*(Remember, the predicted results above are based on mathematical extrapolations and can be changed by all sorts of factors. If you don't like how your team's results are predicted, you and your teammates have the power to prove the math wrong!)

THIS WEEK'S MVB Buck Nasty Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Buck Nasty Runner Up: Matthew Taylor	#1 H2H BOWLER Buck Nasty Runner Up: Matthew Taylor
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Hurry and get it in, I don't know how much longer I can hold this up!" Nathan Burrows, to Chris Lenz, as they attempted to re-attach a wheel to a bowling bag.