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Futility for the Finals

Posted by Ken December 6, 2011 Fall 2011, Week 15 View Score Sheets

A new champion was crowned Tuesday night as the members of No Pinheads made it impossible for anyone to dethrone them in the Finals next week. Congratulations to Freda Schroeder, Phil Schroeder, Dennis "Pops" Laube, and Aubrey Moren on becoming the Fall 2011 champions! Tuesday night also saw some stellar performances throughout the league as other teams set their own stages for the Finals in a last ditch effort to move up in the league standings. Ready to see how everyone did? Read on, my good reader...Needing to win only two games to claim the crown this season, No Pinheads took control of the night early on and didn't let go. After decimating last year's champions – STFU Donny – in Game #1 by beating them scratch, the Pinheads only faltered in Game #2 in which their competition quickly erased the nearly 100-pin victory margin. Game #3 was a do or die situation for Donny who ended up folding like a paper napkin, including dropping total pins by a mere three pins. Phil Schroeder put up the best numbers for the champs, ending his night with his best series of the season – a 543. STFU Donny's Ken M. Wilson ended his quest for a 5th consecutive title with a 628 to lead the league but simply couldn't lead his team to a win, lose, or die Finals. Neither team can move up or down next week in the Finals when they face off again with the Pinheads ending in 1st and STFU Donny doing no better than 2nd place.After dropping their initial game by a margin of three pins (a common theme so far, eh?), Vier Reiter Der Apokalypse declared that enough was enough. With anchor Ryan Doll striking back with a 601 series – with help from this week's Most Valuable Bowler Rob Kaszuba – the Reiters returned to form to come away with a 3-1 matchup victory over opponents Mysterious Platypus Appendages who were led this week by Jake Parrott and his 476 series. Despite the three wins, Der Apokalypse managed to slip one spot in the standings to 5th while the Platypi continue to hibernate in 6th place. The two teams will face one another next week in the Finals.Coming into their matchup this evening, the Kitten Mittons had been on an absolute tear while on a 14-game win streak. Leave it to the Gutterballs, however, to spoil all their fun as the streak abruptly came to an end at the hands of the Balls' Jason Carpio's 595 series. Handing out the lone sweep of the evening, the Gutterballs managed to be the only team to move up in the league standings this week and find themselves hopping up a spot into 4th place. The Mittons, led this week by Ryan Simonet and his 366 series, manage to hold onto 3rd place and will face the Gutterballs once again in the Finals. Little did Mike Berlin of Das Sauer Popes know that, despite No Pinheads earning the title tonight, his second game would be the biggest story of the entire night. After narrowly taking Game #1, Berlin put on the performance of his career – not to mention earning #1 Power Ranked bowler honors due to i.e. – by throwing an incredible 267. The game was not only Berlin's personal best but rocketed him to the top of TWO ALL-TIME LEAGUE RECORDS in the process. Check it out! The 267 put him at the top of the Men's High Game Handicap (311) as well as Men's High Pins Over Average (122)! These records are sure to stand for quite some time. Berlin, naturally, went on to lead his team with a 591 series (also his personal best) and secured a 3-1 matchup victory over opponents Skirtz & Jerkz, led this week by anchor Jennifer Seefeldt and her 417 series. Neither team move from their respective positions in the standings – Skirtz & Jerkz in 7th and Das Sauer Popes in 8th – and will face one another in the Finals next week.Bowlers who wish they could have bowled as high of a game as Mike Berlin this week but still made it into The 200 Club include: Carl Goetz (219, 213), Ian Goetz (204), Jason Carpio (220), Ken M. Wilson (212, 223), Mike Berlin (267, of course), Phil Schroeder (211), Ryan Doll (213), and Seth Gunderson (203).Thanks to everyone that voted for the Hall of Fame candidates this season. Voting is now closed and we'll be announcing the winner at the awards ceremony during our Fun Night on December 20th. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Rob Kaszuba
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Mike Berlin
Runner Up:
Aaron Chandler

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Ryan Doll
Runner Up:
Mike Berlin

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Number 5 is alive...unlike Ken's chances of repeating as champion. Suck it, laser lips."

Number 5 from "Short Circuit", after watching STFU Donny fail to defend their title.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 No Pinheads 46-14 .767 29,524 n/a
2 STFU Donny 39-21 .650 34,067 n/a
3 Kitten Mittons 35-25 .583 24,009 n/a
4 Gutterballs: A Jackie Treehorn Presentation 33-27 .550 27,587 +1
5 Vier Reiter Der Apokalypse 32-28 .533 27,733 -1
6 Mysterious Platypus Appendages 22-38 .367 23,756 n/a
7 Skirtz & Jerkz 21-39 .350 25,977 n/a
8 Das Sauer Popes 12-48 .200 22,477 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 15
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 628
Carl Goetz - 605
Ryan Doll - 601
Jason Carpio - 595
Mike Berlin - 591
Jennifer Seefeldt - 417
Teresa Deterding - 381
Alison Radke - 357
Kelly Anderson - 301
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Mike Berlin - 723
Aaron Chandler - 674
Ryan Doll - 665
Rob Kaszuba - 654
Phil Schroeder - 646
Jennifer Seefeldt - 546
Teresa Deterding - 529
Alison Radke - 527
Kelly Anderson - 521
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Mike Berlin - 267
Ken Wilson - 223
Jason Carpio - 220
Carl Goetz - 219
Ryan Doll - 213
Jennifer Seefeldt - 168
Teresa Deterding - 142
Alison Radke - 123
Kelly Anderson - 113
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Mike Berlin - 311
Phil Schroeder - 245
Aaron Chandler - 237
Ryan Doll - 234
Jason Carpio - 233
Jennifer Seefeldt - 211
Teresa Deterding - 191
Kelly Anderson - 186
Alison Radke - 179
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Mike Berlin - 122
Aaron Chandler - 55
Phil Schroeder - 54
Rob Kaszuba - 41
Ryan Doll - 40
Jennifer Seefeldt - 22
Kelly Anderson - 5
Teresa Deterding - 4


3 Responses to “Futility for the Finals”

  1. avatar Chuck Finley says:

    Two down, none to go.

  2. avatar Seth says:

    Dislike.

  3. avatar Oh My God, They Killed Kenny! says:

    There’s always next season :)

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