The second week of Fall 2026 arrived with three teams climbing the standings, three teams slipping backward, and enough drama on the lanes to make a bowling alley feel like the center of the sporting universe. I am Alotta Tenpin, reporting from the sidelines, where I have my notebook, my highly questionable bowling expertise, and a front-row seat to all the action. JoAnne Barber captured this week's women's high game with 143 and high series with 369, while Matthew Taylor dominated the men's leaderboard with a 203 game and 525 series. There were career milestones, an 89-pin over-average explosion, a 240th career 200+ game, and plenty of momentum swings. So settle in, because Week 2 had everything a bowling fan could want: triumph, heartbreak, comebacks, collapses, and at least one team wondering how a perfectly respectable bowling night somehow turned into utter devastation. Read on for all the rest of the details, and don't forget to check out this week's bingo results!
Standings Shakeup Surges Squids
Double Nickels Deployed! Season 55 Kicks Off
The Fall 2026 season is officially underway, and six teams have now launched themselves into 16 weeks of bowling, bragging rights, and the pursuit of that most coveted of prizes: the completely nonexistent championship trophy. Hi, everyone! I'm Alotta Tenpin, your exuberant sideline reporter, and I can already tell you this season is going to be spectacular. One bowler blasted out a new personal-best league game, Lindsay Sargent claimed the women's high game with a 142, JoAnne Barber captured the women's high series with a 402, Dennis Walling detonated the men's high game with a 236, and Jon Little topped the men's series with a 568. In other words, Week 1 arrived quietly and then immediately threw the bowling equivalent of a folding chair through the window. Amid the action, don't miss this week's bingo results. Let's roll!
Fall 2026 Preview
Welcome to the Fall 2026 bowling season! We start bowling on August 18, same location and same time as usual. You can submit roster changes and 5-man-team rotation schedule changes until Monday, August 17 and team names until noon Tuesday, August 18.
Spring 2026 Recap
Here is your Spring 2026 Recap, where you can find out who won all the individual awards plus lots more!
