The Fall 2002 season is now underway, with six teams entering the 16-week competition for the coveted, nonexistent championship trophy. Freda Schroeder and Sharon Turner both tied for this week's high game for the women with a 159, and women's high series was bagged by Freda Schroeder with a 429. As for the men, Pat Searcy snagged this week's high game with a 195, and high series was earned by Dennis Laube with a 501. Read on for all the rest of the details!

First up, on lanes 17 & 18: Top Guns faced off against UnaBowlers. With top billing by Pat Searcy with his 488 series, Top Guns split the series with the UnaBowlers. Meanwhile, Jarrod Guthrie guided the UnaBowlers with his 449 (with kudos to Most Valuable Bowler Jason Carpio) as they matched their opponent in wins. Top Guns gets underway in 3rd place, while the UnaBowlers get going with 4th.

On lanes 19 & 20: Pop Gunns hung out with GRRR. Reinforced by #1 Power Ranked and #1 Head-to-Head Dennis Laube and his 501 series, Pop Gunns collected 3 wins against GRRR. On the other side, Byron Hester oversaw GRRR with his 471 despite his team notching only a single win. Pop Gunns leaves the gate in 1st place, while GRRR begins in 5th.

Finally, down on lanes 21 & 22: Team 5 entered a showdown to the death with Team 6. Demonstrating the prowess of David Parre with his 481 series, Team 5 collected 3 wins against Team 6. Countering this, Jim Jones laid down the law in Team 6 with his 439 despite his team notching only a single win. Team 5 begins the season in 2nd place, while Team 6 gets rolling in 6th.

Bowlers getting the VIP treatment in The 200 Club include: No one at all. We sucked.



NEXT WEEK:

• First, on lanes 17&18, 2nd-place Team 5 will socialize with 5th-place GRRR. Team 5 is expected to see a pretty significant "market correction" to their averages, but split the series with GRRR; while GRRR is forecast to see their team average take a dive while they keep the series tied.
• Moving to lanes 19&20, 3rd-place Top Guns will share a couple of pitchers with 6th-place Team 6. Top Guns might have the bottom drop out of their averages, but split the series with Team 6; while Team 6 ought to see their team average take a dive while they keep the series tied.
• Finally, on lanes 21&22, 4th-place UnaBowlers will battle 1st-place Pop Gunns. The UnaBowlers are predicted to tank their averages considerably, but split the series with Pop Gunns; while Pop Gunns are anticipated to see their team average take a dive while they keep the series tied.

THIS WEEK'S MVB Jason Carpio Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Dennis Laube Runner Up: Ken Wilson	#1 H2H BOWLER Dennis Laube Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "We're waiting Pat to get his other ball out." Phil Schroeder, delayed from action by a stuck zipper.