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Gutterfingered!

Posted by Ken On September - 11 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

Getting half the league to swap places in the league standings every Tuesday night seems to quickly be on its way to becoming the norm. Week #4 brought a group of familiar faces back atop the league after a powerful performance from a man figuring out a new ball. While the overall league average is off this season (we're willing to blame it on the lack of beer being consumed due to cost increase – although sources inform us that the prices will be coming down next week across the board!), people continue to put up games well over their averages on their drive to add more notches in the win column. Here's how the matchups across the league went down...In the first matchup of the night, Ballz Out hoped to be batting .500 after tonight with their win-loss record but missed it by a single game as they faced opponents Even Brunker Than Defore. With Games #1 and #2 handily won by the Ballz, Even Brunker dug in their heels and mounted a comeback victory in Game #3 but couldn't overcome the total pins deficit. Ballz Out, led by anchor Cliff Barendsen and his 517 series, add their 3-1 matchup victory to their tally but remain in 6th place. Even Brunker Than Defore got the most firepower from their anchor Eric Lynch, who ended his night with a 448 series, and remain in 8th place. Last week, Bryan Mohr was the league's #1 Power Ranked bowler. This week, he did it all over again...but added Most Valuable Bowler honors to his accolades as well. With Mohr's stellar performance – accompanied by Bowltron's leading scorer John Boren and his 581 series – the guys proved that they are in it to win it. Thumping opponents Split It and Hit It in their 4-0 reclaiming of the top spot in the standings, Bowltron looks like the team to beat this season as their firepower is coming from all sides ('cept the anchors). Dennis Blake had the top series for Split It, ending his night with a 491, but just couldn't get the pins to go his way in the 10th frame showdown that could have netted them a Game #3 victory. Bowltron improves to the league's best record of 13-3 while Split It and Hit It remains in 4th place at 8-8.After last week's all-around stellar team performance by Bewbie Dance, the Gutterfingers figured that it was only fitting that they received a taste of their own medicine. In the biggest upset of the evening, Anita Osthoff and her 521 series led the Gutterfingers to a clean sweep of their opponents in games that were never really close. Osthoff, whose average continues to climb, is on pace to take over the top spot as the best female bowler in league history. Bewbie Dance, led by anchor Carl Goetz and his 526 series, hold steady in 3rd place. An interesting side note, Bewbie Dance has either swept or been swept every week this season so far. The Gutterfingers take their four wins and hop up two spots into 5th place.With the gang all together for the first time since the first week, Breaking Bad looked to finally get on track this season. Opponents Will Strike if Provoked had other plans. After ending their 7-game losing streak with an impressive Game #1 victory, led by anchor Ken M. Wilson's 648 series, it was all Will Strike after that. Behind leadoff bowler Phil Schroeder's 505 series, the reigning champions reversed their own course to take Game #2. Despite a desperate rally in Game #3 from Breaking Bad, Will Strike ignored it to easily take the final game in the contest, ending the night with a 3-1 matchup victory. Despite winning the majority of their games, Will Strike if Provoked slips one spot down into 2nd place. Breaking Bad, with their 6-10 record, plummet two spots down into 7th place. The initial night of competition within the Tournament of Champions got underway Tuesday. Starting off with the lead in Division 1 is Ken M. Wilson (6) with Ryan Doll (3) debuting in second. Anita Osthoff (6) powered her way to become the Division 2 leader with Cliff Barendsen (3) right behind her. Bryan Mohr (6) came out firing to lead Division 3 while Phil Schroeder (3) follows closely behind. Division 4 found Michael Smith (6) coming out on top with rookie Steven Kohlmeyer (3) starting his first ToC off in second. The handful of bowlers making it past security in The 200 Club this week include: Bill Krejci (254, 200), Cliff Barendsen (202), Ken M. Wilson (222, 225, 201), and Rob Kaszuba (208).Nominations for this season's Hall of Fame ballot are now open. Feel free to nominate as many of the 59 people eligible for induction as you'd like. The nominations form will remain open until the end of the position round (Week #8). Ken would especially appreciate it if you'd consider nominating Pat Searcy, who he feels should get your vote this season if he makes it onto the ballot.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Bryan Mohr
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Bryan Mohr
Runner Up:
Ken Wilson

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Bryan Mohr
Runner Up:
Ken M. Wilson

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Get it up? Can't you see how old he is?"

Mark DeVoe, to Seth after he commanded Winger to "get it up."

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Bowltron 13-3 .813 7,718 +1
2 Will Strike if Provoked 12.5-3.5 .781 7,421 -1
3 Bewbie Dance 8-8 .500 8,408 n/a
4 Split It and Hit It 8-8 .500 6,240 n/a
5 Gutterfingers 7.5-8.5 .469 6,361 +2
6 Ballz Out 7-9 .438 6,472 n/a
7 Breaking Bad 6-10 .375 8,970 -2
8 Even Brunker Than Defore 2-14 .125 5,764 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 4
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 648
Bill Krejci - 607
John Boren - 581
Kody Karnes - 544
Ryan Doll - 528
Anita Osthoff - 521
Angela Bradford - 495
Freda Schroeder - 450
Sarah Lynch - 322
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Ken Wilson - 648
Bryan Mohr - 644
Rob Kaszuba - 634
AJ Hofmann - 625
Phil Schroeder - 625 (t)
Erik Stark - 623
Freda Schroeder - 618
Anita Osthoff - 612
Angela Bradford - 574
Sarah Lynch - 554
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Bill Krejci - 254
Ken Wilson - 225
Rob Kaszuba - 208
Cliff Barendsen - 202
John Boren - 197
Anita Osthoff - 192
Angela Bradford - 169
Freda Schroeder - 160
Sarah Lynch - 120
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Bill Krejci - 254
Rob Kaszuba - 246
Cliff Barendsen - 230
Bryan Mohr - 226
Ken Wilson - 225
Anita Osthoff - 222
Freda Schroeder - 216
Sarah Lynch - 197
Angela Bradford - 195
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Rob Kaszuba - 56
Bill Krejci - 42
Bryan Mohr - 41
Dave Winger - 41 (t)
Adam LaRocca - 39
Erik Stark - 37
Cliff Barendsen - 37 (t)
Anita Osthoff - 30
Freda Schroeder - 30 (t)
Sarah Lynch - 17
Angela Bradford - 2

Huge Bewbies

Posted by Ken On September - 4 - 20132 COMMENTS

Week #3 is now in the history books and with it came some huge output across the lanes. With the post-bowling scores now in, the full recap of what went down across all four matchups can now be reported.In the first matchup of the night, both Bewbie Dance and Breaking Bad looked to rebound after having suffering beat downs in Week #2. While Kody Karnes put up a league leading 663 series for Breaking Bad, it did not matter one bit as the Bewbies were firing on all cylinders. With anchor Carl Goetz leading the way with his 599 series and a Most Valuable Bowler performance from Jonathan Vigliaturo, the Bewbies put on a clinic in a 4-0 trouncing of Breaking Bad. To put this into perspective, they threw the 15th highest 4-person team game in league history to win Game #2 by 130 pins despite opponents Kody and Ken both shooting 223 that game. The victories uplift Bewbie Dance into 3rd place with their 8-4 record while Breaking Bad continues to plummet, landing in 5th place with a record of 5-7.Down a pair of lanes on 43 and 44, reigning champs Will Strike if Provoked took aim at opponents Gutterfingers. After battling one another to a perfect tie in Game #1, it was all Will Strike from that point onward as the gang easily rolled their way to victories in Games #2 and #3. Will Strike's Aubrey Moren led the charge with his 575 series to improve his team's record to 9.5-2.5 to take over 1st place. Gutterfingers, led this week by anchor Anita Osthoff and her 481 series, take their half win and now sit in 7th place with their 3.5-8.5 record.Quickly post-bowling on Wednesday night, the outcome of the matchup between Bowltron and Ballz Out came to light. Despite a Game #1 loss to the Ballz – who were led by anchor Cliff Barendsen's 490 series – Bowltron came back with a vengeance to takes Games #2, #3, as well as total pins to win the battle 3-1. Led by John Boren and his 596 series and aided by this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler performance from Bryan Mohr, Bowltron takes their three wins into 2nd place at 9-3. Ballz Out, with their 4-8 record, remain in 6th place.The final matchup of the evening took place with Split It and Hit It taking on Even Brunker Than Defore down up against the wall. With a 10th frame victory in Game #1 compliments of Split It's anchor Dennis Blake and his team-leading 547 series, the guys continued to increase the notches in their win column by taking Game #2 as well. Even Brunker's Eric Lynch, however, had grown tired of his team not having a win yet this season and put up a 506 series to eek out a four pin victory in Game #3. Split It improves their win record to 8-4 and remains in 4th place. Even Brunker Than Defore, with their 1-11 record, remain in 8th place. With the completion of the third week of bowling, the four divisions within the Tournament of Champions are now officially set. Be sure to check to see which division you've landed. Good luck to everyone as the Tournament gets underway with the scores from Week #4. As usual, we'll have sheets down on each lane to allow you to track your progress.Bowlers toasting September in The 200 Club this week include: Angela Bradford (209), Aubrey Moren (223), Carl Goetz (237), Dennis Blake (210), Dennis "Pops" Laube (200), John Boren (234), Jonathan Vigliaturo (202), Ken M. Wilson (205, 223, 209), Kody Karnes (223, 256), Ryan Doll (200), and Seth Gunderson (217, 211).Nominations for this season's Hall of Fame ballot are now open. Feel free to nominate as many of the 59 people eligible for induction as you'd like. The nominations form will remain open until the end of the position round (Week #8). See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Jonathan Vigliaturo
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Bryan Mohr
Runner Up:
Jonathan Vigliaturo

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Jonathan Vigliaturo
Runner Up:
Bryan Mohr

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"I left Eric, Sarah, and Stephen's team for THIS?!?"

Kody Karnes, to Ken after getting his ass handed to him by Bewbie Dance.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike if Provoked 9.5-2.5 .792 5,521 +1
2 Bowltron 9-3 .750 5,618 -1
3 Bewbie Dance 8-4 .667 6,410 +2
4 Split It and Hit It 8-4 .667 4,660 n/a
5 Breaking Bad 5-7 .417 6,792 -2
6 Ballz Out 4-8 .333 4,777 n/a
7 Gutterfingers 3.5-8.5 .292 4,616 n/a
8 Even Brunker Than Defore 1-11 .083 4,304 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 3
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 663
Ken Wilson - 637
Carl Goetz - 599
Seth Gunderson - 598
John Boren - 596
Angela Bradford - 558
Anita Osthoff - 481
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Bryan Mohr - 707
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 693
John Boren - 675
Kody Karnes - 663
Dennis Blake - 657
Angela Bradford - 658
Anita Osthoff - 565
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 256
Carl Goetz - 237
John Boren - 234
Ken Wilson - 223
Aubrey Moren - 223 (t)
Seth Gunderson - 217
Angela Bradford - 209
Anita Osthoff - 174
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Bryan Mohr - 263
John Boren - 260
Kody Karnes - 256
Dennis Blake - 246
Dennis Laube - 243
Aubrey Moren - 243 (t)
Angela Bradford - 242
Anita Osthoff - 202
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Bryan Mohr - 81
John Boren - 67
Dennis Blake - 56
Dennis Laube - 54
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 53
Angela Bradford - 51
Anita Osthoff - 9

Blake Busts Out

Posted by Ken On August - 27 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

Historically, Week #2 provides the wildest results as averages from the initial week are put to the test and those that did really well are battling themselves as well as their competitors. Those who didn't perform up to potential in their initial outing end up being the most dangerous to their opponents – which was the case this week for sure. To top off the most volatile week of the season, every single team shifted places in the league standings. Yes, you read that correctly – everyone moved. To start the evening off, Will Strike if Provoked faced off for the first time this season against opponents Even Brunker Than Defore. In what the teams deemed "the worst rolling they've ever done" – which may be true as nearly every single bowler shot at least two games below their average (if not all three) – all four victories ended up falling into the laps of Will Strike in the first charity sweep of the season. Led by Aubrey Moren and his 487 series, Will Strike moves up one spot into 2nd place. Brunker, led by Eric Lynch and his 419 series, unfortunately continue to seek their first victory of the season and now find themselves in 8th place.Over a pair on Lanes 43 & 44, two powerhouse teams squared off in what would be a tightly fought contest the entire way through. After a perfect 4-0 start last week, Bewbie Dance looked to extend their winning streak but ran into a recharged Bowltron. Led by anchor Ryan Doll and his 577 series, Bowltron managed to reverse Bewbie's fortunes and handed them the polar opposite of their results from last week, sweeping them all four games. With the victories, Bowltron improves to 6-2 and find themselves atop the league standings in 1st place due to total pins. Bewbie, led by Carl Goetz's 570 series, sag down three spots into 5th place at 4-4.Let's face it. Last week, Split It and Hit It's very own Dennis Blake couldn't find his game. This week, though, was an entirely different story. After setting at 138 average last Tuesday, Blake returned to form and lead his team with a 508 series – earning him both #1 Power Ranked bowler and Most Valuable Bowler honors because of it – as his team knocked Breaking Bad from atop their early perch on the league standings with their 3-1 beat down. Ken M. Wilson led Breaking Bad with his 616 series in the losing effort. Split It jumps one spot to take over 4th while Breaking Bad slips two spots down into 3rd place.In the final matchup of the evening, Cliff Barendsen and his Ballz Out earned their first win of the season – along with their second and third – at the expense of opponents Gutterfingers. With Barendsen's 523 series leading the charge (along with an impressive debut from rookie Heather Bruce, who nearly made it onto the Best Subs of All Time list), the Ballz looked poised to earn a clean sweep until debuting anchor Anita Osthoff kept the Gutterfingers being blanked with her 495 series and a Game #3 victory. The wins allow Ballz Out to roll on up two spots into 6th while the Gutterfingers melt down one spot and find themselves sitting in 7th place.We're now two weeks into qualifying for the respective divisions for this season's Tournament of Champions. For fun, you can see where your current average would seed you at the moment but it'll become official after the games next week. Bowlers trying to keep cool in the waning weeks of summer in The 200 Club this week include: Carl Goetz (200, 204), Ken M. Wilson (229), Kody Karnes (206, 225), and Ryan Doll (204).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
Ryan Doll

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Ryan Doll
Runner Up:
Cliff Barendsen

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"So, honey? Cliff has replaced you with a better bowler."

Heather Bruce, telling her fiancee Adam that Cliff wants her to sub in his place more often.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Bowltron 6-2 .750 3,575 +3
2 Will Strike if Provoked 6-2 .750 3,571 +1
3 Breaking Bad 5-3 .625 4,502 -2
4 Split It and Hit It 5-3 .625 3,020 +1
5 Bewbie Dance 4-4 .500 4,085 -3
6 Ballz Out 3-5 .375 3,128 +2
7 Gutterfingers 3-5 .375 2,968 -1
8 Even Brunker Than Defore 0-8 .000 2,822 -1
Top Individual Achievements for Week 2
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 616
Kody Karnes - 597
Ryan Doll - 577
Carl Goetz - 570
Cliff Barendsen - 523
Anita Osthoff - 495
Heather Bruce - 426
Freda Schroeder - 419
Angela Bradford - 411
Sarah Lynch - 310
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Dennis Blake - 656
Ryan Doll - 632
Cliff Barendsen - 621
Ken Wilson - 616
Chadwick Andrews - 605
Freda Schroeder - 606
Anita Osthoff - 579
Heather Bruce - 565
Sarah Lynch - 542
Angela Bradford - 456
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Ken Wilson - 229
Kody Karnes - 225
Carl Goetz - 204
Ryan Doll - 204 (t)
Dennis Blake - 196
Aubrey Moren - 193
Anita Osthoff - 179
Heather Bruce - 169
Freda Schroeder - 165
Angela Bradford - 161
Sarah Lynch - 128
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Dennis Blake - 245
Ken Wilson - 229
Kody Karnes - 225
Cliff Barendsen - 222
Ryan Doll - 222 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 227
Heather Bruce - 215
Anita Osthoff - 207
Sarah Lynch - 205
Angela Bradford - 176
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Dennis Blake - 58
Chadwick Andrews - 31
Cliff Barendsen - 31 (t)
Ryan Doll - 27
Mark DeVoe - 27 (t)
Ken Wilson - 25
Scott Murdock - 23
Freda Schroeder - 43
Heather Bruce - 27
Sarah Lynch - 25
Anita Osthoff - 14

Free Fallin’

Posted by Ken On August - 20 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

The Fall 2013 season kicked off Tuesday night, marking the 28th season of GutterAlley action. Thirty-two bowlers make up eight teams in this session and it's looking like it's going to be a battle every week. Despite the summer hiatus, many bowlers from last season picked right back up where they left off and carried on with their big scores. Buckle up, gang. This is going to be a fun season.In the first matchup of the night, last season's runner-up for the most fun team to faceSplit It and Hit It – squared off against Gutterfingers. After dropping the first game, the rollers on Gutterfingers fought back behind a valiant effort from Scott Murdock - who led the team with his 393 series - to takes Games #2 and #3. However, it was all Split It when it came to total pins - thanks to a 416 series from anchor Dennis Blake - that kept them in the matchup to end it at two games apiece. With the 2-2 split, Split begins the season in 5th with Gutterfingers right on their tails in 6th place.On Lanes 41 & 42, last season's cumulative #1 champ Kody Karnes didn't miss a beat by coming right back out to be this season's first #1 Power Ranked bowler with his 690 series for his new team, Breaking Bad. Facing off against Cliff Barendsen and his new Ballz Out crew, Karnes wasted no time in establishing his team as the one to beat with a 4-0 start to take 1st place. Barendsen's 478 series was the top for his crew but it simply wasn't enough to warrant a single win. Ballz Out finds themselves in 8th place to start the season.Down a pair, the two funniest team names this time around faced off against one another. Bewbie Dance took on Even Brunker Than Defore in what came down to the wire to secure the second sweep of the night. Bewbie's anchor Carl Goetz improved with each game en route to his 591 series to overcome a HUGE Game #3 score from Brunker's Eric Lynch (a 232 to cap off his team-leading 536 series) to narrowly pull off the 3-pin victory for the 4-0 matchup victory. The wins debut Bewbie in 2nd while the losses start Even Brunker Than Defore in 7th place.In a rematch of last season's Finals, reigning champs Will Strike if Provoked took on last season's 2nd place finishers Bowltron. The two teams battled one another to a standstill across their matchup, each coming away with two games apiece. Bowltron took Game #1, behind anchor Ryan Doll's 532 series – along with a big performance from this week's Most Valuable Bowler Rob Kaszuba – but the momentum ended there. Aubrey Moren's 565 series for Will Strike earned them the win in Game #2 before Bowltron came back to barely earn the Game #3 victory. Total pins, however, went to Will Strike to even the series. With their wins, Will Strike if Provoked and Bowltron find themselves in 3rd and 4th place respectively. While we really have to wait until the end of Week #3 to see how the divisions are seeded for this season's Tournament of Champions, we still have several people that need to set an average. Bowlers starting out there season with an inaugural trip to The 200 Club this week include: Angela Bradford (201), Aubrey Moren (202), Bill Krejci (234,223), Carl Goetz (212), Eric Lynch (232), Ken M. Wilson (206, 213), Kody Karnes (246, 235, 209), Rob Kaszuba (202), and Seth Gunderson (200).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Rob Kaszuba
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Kody Karnes
Runner Up:
Bill Krejci

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Kody Karnes
Runner Up:
Bill Krejci

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
[Insert the sound of his short's zipper being lowered]

Cliff Barendsen, after showing us how his team got its name.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Breaking Bad 4-0 1.000 2,313 n/a
2 Bewbie Dance 4-0 1.000 2,138 n/a
3 Will Strike if Provoked 2-2 .500 1,842 n/a
4 Bowltron 2-2 .500 1,724 n/a
5 Split It and Hit It 2-2 .500 1,470 n/a
6 Gutterfingers 2-2 .500 1,441 n/a
7 Even Brunker Than Defore 0-4 .000 1,540 n/a
8 Ballz Out 0-4 .000 1,463 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 1
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 690
Bill Krejci - 638
Ken Wilson - 612
Carl Goetz - 591
Aubrey Moren - 565
Angela Bradford - 545
Freda Schroeder - 366
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 690
Bill Krejci - 638
Ken Wilson - 612
Carl Goetz - 598
Aubrey Moren - 593
Angela Bradford - 590
Freda Schroeder - 553
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 246
Bill Krejci - 234
Eric Lynch - 232
Ken Wilson - 213
Carl Goetz - 212
Angela Bradford - 201
Freda Schroeder - 154
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Eric Lynch - 249
Kody Karnes - 246
Rob Kaszuba - 238
Bill Krejci - 234
Cliff Barendsen - 221
Freda Schroeder - 216
Angela Bradford - 216 (t)
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Eric Lynch - 54
Rob Kaszuba - 47
Michael Smith - 37
Cliff Barendsen - 30
Chadwick Andrews - 28
Freda Schroeder - 32
Angela Bradford - 20

Welcome to the Fall 2013 Season!

Posted by Ken On August - 19 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

With the summer drawing to a close it's time to make Tuesday nights fun again as the Fall 2013 season of GutterAlley action gets underway on Tuesday.This season will feature four new recruits making their debut this season! A special welcome to rookies Adam LaRocca, Erik Stark, and Steve Kohlmeyer. Former sub Chad Andrews has joined the league as a full-fledged member, bringing our total to four for those running for Rookie of the Season. Enjoy, gentlemen! START DATE: Tuesday, August 20th at 6:20PM (league bowling starts at 6:30 after ten minutes of practice)LOCATION: NKC Pro Bowl, 505 East 18th Avenue, North Kansas City, MO 64116. Anyone that has been in the league pretty much knows everything else that's about to be told but, just in case you are bored and/or need a refresher, here's the GutterAlley 101 so that you know what to expect in our league: Read the rest of this entry »

Corporate Challenge? Owned.

Posted by Ken On June - 15 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

For 32 weeks of the year, the members of GutterAlley do battle against one another on Tuesday nights across two seasons starting in August and running into May. But, for one day of the year, these rivalries are set aside and members from the various powerhouse teams unite to roll as a cohesive unit in Kansas City's Corporate Challenge scratch bowling competition. And, for the first time in a very long time, the event took place in our very own bowling alley.The day started off with the women's competition at 9am. With league veterans Sabrina Gray, Angie Betts, and Ginger O'Reilly lacing up alongside (hopefully) future roller Amy Stafford, the women landed a 10th place finish and had fun along the way. Sabrina led the team with her 395 series.

(Left to right) Sabrina, Ginger, Angie, Amy

At high noon, the "always the bridesmaid, never the bride" co-ed team – that has been chasing their first gold for 14 years now – logged yet another silver medal after losing to the eventual gold medal winners by a margin of 35 pins. Congrats to Angela Bradford, Freda Schroeder, Bill Krejci, and Ken M. Wilson on their 2nd place finish. Wilson led the squad with a 607 series. Bradford was awarded a bronze medal for having the 3rd highest series of all the ladies – a 540 – across our division.

(Left to right) Angela, Ken, Bill, Freda

After winning the gold last season with Ryan Doll, John Boren, Aubrey Moren, and Neil Rieger, the men's team had a lot of pressure going in to repeat. With Neil having departed for sunny California earlier in the year, Cliff Barendsen stepped in to fill his shoes as the men's competition got underway at 3pm. As was the case last year, the competition was close throughout with five teams in a virtual tie after Game #1. Game #2 began to separate the men from the boys and Game #3 was absolute do or die with Ryan Doll putting on the performance of his life. Rolling 10 straight strikes, Doll finished with his all-time personal best score – a 287 – to secure the gold medal for the men by the narrowest of margins. Doll was also awarded a gold medal for an individual achievement as he rolled the highest series of all the men – a 679 – in Division D. Congrats, gentlemen!

(Left to right) Ryan, John, Aubrey, Cliff

Not too shabby, gang. Not too shabby at all.

Spring 2013: And the winner is…

Posted by Ken On May - 22 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

The Spring 2013 season came to an official conclusion on Tuesday night, complete with prize disbursement and the announcement of the various season-ending awards.Proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks, this season – packed with a LOT of returning veterans – ended up being the best season in our league's history. Of course, it didn't hurt that we brought an incredible rookie into the fold...but we'll get to that. The following are bowlers that shot their all-time bests:Highest game?Shane Daniel, Mark DeVoe, Bryan Mohr, Neil Rieger, Ryan Doll, and Bill KrejciHighest series?Shane Daniel, Mark DeVoe, Cliff Barendsen, Dennis Blake, Steve Kiernan, Bill Krejci, and Ken M. WilsonHighest season-ending average?Sarah West, Shane Daniel, Mark DeVoe, Andy McLeod, Anita Osthoff, Phil Schroeder, Dennis Blake, Cliff Barendsen, Ian Goetz, Bill Krejci, and Ken M. WilsonSeveral bowlers also put up scores that put them into the all-time records in league history:Ken M. Wilson and Bill Krejci put up the 2nd and 3rd highest series in league history, respectfully, during the season. Wilson put up a 764 in Week #5 while Krejci put up a 743 series three weeks later. Krejci also shot the 5th highest score in league history that same night, ending with a 279.Wilson had his best season to date, ending with a 210 average, and threw the most 200+ games in a single season as well as logging the most total pins in a single season. Cliff Barendsen took over the honor of being the all-time most improved bowler in-between seasons by raising his average an incredible 30 pins from last season. Just imagine what he'll do once he gets his own bowling ball.Rookie sensation, and now the 4th best bowler in our league's history, Kody Karnes took over the top spot on the all-time list for most 600+ series in a single season. He shot 600+ in 13 of the sixteen weeks. Veteran Steve Kiernan showed up to sub one night and ended up with a 235 average, making him the best all-time substitute bowler our league has ever seen.With their season ending averages, X bowlers this season found their names cemented moreso on the best bowlers of all-time league: Wilson is now #2, Kody debuted at #4, Krejci moved to 7th, Ian to 13th, Cliff debuted on the list at #19, and Hall of Famer Bob Bunker is now 24th.The biggest individual achievements for the season came out as follows:Women's High Series Scratch: Angela Bradford (557)Women's High Game Scratch: Freda Schroeder (213)Women's High Series Handicap: Anita Osthoff (636)Women's High Game Handicap: Sarah West (225)Women's Pins Over Average: Freda Schroeder +55Women's Most Improved Bowler: Freda Schroeder +5Men's High Series Scratch: Ken M. Wilson (764)Men's High Game Scratch: Bill Krejci (279)Men's High Series Handicap: Kody Karnes (719)Men's High Game Handicap: Seth Gunderson (281)Men's Pins Over Average: Neil Rieger +96Men's Most Improved Bowler: Kody Karnes +31The results of the Season Favorites were announced at the Tuesday night meeting:Rookie of the Season - Kody Karnes (Bryan Mohr, runner-up)Captain of the Season - Ken M. Wilson (Ryan Doll, runner-up)Carl Goetz Defensive Bowler of the Season - Kody Karnes (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)Underdog of the Season - Bryan Mohr (Mark DeVoe, runner-up)Bob Brunker Good Sportsmanship Award - Rob Kaszuba (Bob Brunker, runner-up)Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award - Anita Osthoff (Angela Bradford, runner-up)Pat Searcy Life of the Party Award - Jonathan Vigliaturo (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)Scott Murdock "Get 'er Done" Award - Ryan Doll (Cliff Barendsen, runner-up)Most Fun Team to Face - Murder, He Wrote (Split It and Hit It, runner-up)Most Feared Team - Snakes on a Lane (Dragon Balls, runner-up)People's Choice: Most Valuable Bowler - Kody Karnes (Bill Krejci, runner-up)Actual individual team MVBs:Ballz Out - Cliff BarendsenBrunk Enough to Dowl - Kody KarnesDragon Balls - Rob Kaszuba/Ryan DollMurder, He Wrote - BIll KrejciSnakes on a Lane - Carl GoetzSplit It and Hit It - Dennis BlakeThree Strikes and You're Out! - Angela BradfordWill Strike if Provoked - Aubrey MorenActual: Most Valuable Bowler - Kody Karnes (Bill Krejci, runner-up)Cumulative #1 Power Ranked Bowler: Kody Karnes (Ken M. Wilson, runner-up)The Tournament of Champions was won by Kody Karnes when he poured it on in the final two frames against runner-up Mark DeVoe. As this season's champ, Kody received an additional $42 in his prize envelope. DeVoe received $22 for second place. Scoot officially gave the Scott Murdock "Get 'er Done" Award this season to Ryan Doll, with Cliff Barendsen as the runner-up. Why? Read the rest of this entry »

Back in the Saddle Again

Posted by Ken On May - 14 - 20137 COMMENTS

The Spring 2013 season came to a conclusion Tuesday night with league champions Will Strike if Provoked staving off a surging Dragons Balls in a Finals showdown. Congratulations to Phil Schroeder, Dennis "Pops" Laube, Freda Schroeder, and Aubrey Moren who regain their crown after letting others borrow it last season. These four have finished atop the league standings three of the past four seasons. Ready to see how the rest of the night ended? Let's get it...After last week's narrow finish, the battle for the championship was slated to be a good one. With eventual champions Will Strike if Provoked needing only to win a single game to wrap it all up, last season's runner-ups – Dragon Balls – stood in their way. After a blowout in Game #1, Doll's Dragons looked to be on their way to a repeat of when they last met in the position round. However, that's when Will Strike's Aubrey Moren woke up and the entire Dragon Balls team went to bed. Leading his team to the championship, Moren ended his night with a 637 series en route to their 3-1 matchup victory...sealing the title in Game #2. Ryan Doll put up the most firepower for the Balls, ending with a below-average 569. This is Dennis "Pops" Laube's 7th title (on his 70th birthday!), Freda and Phil's 5th, and Aubrey's 4th. Congrats to the Spring 2013 season champions! The Dragon Balls end their season, once again, in 2nd place.In the battle between 3rd and 4th place, Snakes on a Lane came out firing. With Ken M. Wilson leading the way with his 652 series, the team managed to outlast opponents Murder, He Wrote – despite a #1 Power Ranked bowler performance from Murder's Seth Gunderson, who also led his team with a 568 series – to earn one of two sweeps racked up in the Finals. With the wins, the Snakes finish in 3rd place despite having earned the distinction of being the second best team in league history. It don't mean a thing if you ain't earned that ring. The two teams swap places with Murder, He Wrote taking over 4th place. When it comes to placing bets on a team on the move, it's pretty safe to wager on Brunk Enough to Dowl. With rookie sensation Kody Karnes leading the way with a 640 series to end his initial season in our league as the 4th best bowler in GutterAlley history, the team also got huge output from this week's Most Valuable Bowler Eric Lynch to book the second sweep of the night. Opponents Three Strikes and You're Out!, led by Bob Brunker and his 516 series, simply never recovered after their 3-pin loss in Game #1. Despite both teams ending with a 31-33 record, Three Strikes takes 5th with their total pins tiebreaker – a full 2,274 ahead – while Brunk Enough wraps up their run in 6th place.The true comeback victory of the evening took place in the matchup down on Lanes 47 & 48 where opponents Split It and Hit It faced off against Ballz Out. With the Ballz' Cliff Barendsen hoisting a team-leading 516 series, the crew seemed to be on a roll after taking both Games #1 and #2. However, Game #3 is when Split It took over and completely reversed the momentum of the matchup. Battling back and splitting the series at 2-2, every member of Split It and Hit It ended with a series above his own average, with anchor Dennis Blake leading the charge with his 532. With the two wins, both teams remain firmly in their respective positions on the standings with Split It and Hit It finishing their second season in the league in 7th place while Ballz Out fills the ominous 8th place spot. Bowlers slapping high fives for contributing to the seasons with the most 200+ games ever in The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (238, 205), Bill Krejci (213), Carl Goetz (201, 233, 206), Ian Goetz (202), Ken M. Wilson (211, 216, 225), Kody Karnes (245, 228), Ryan Doll (213), and Seth Gunderson (212).The Tournament of Champions came down to the wire with Kody Karnes from Division #2 besting Mark DeVoe from Division #4 to win the whole thing. Both men will find extra money in their prize envelopes next week for their 1st and 2nd place finishes.Other people receiving bonuses in their prize envelopes during our Fun Night include:Women's High Series Scratch - Angela Bradford (557) = $20Men's High Series Scratch - Ken M Wilson (764) = $20Women's High Game Scratch - Freda Schroeder (213) = $20Men's High Game Scratch - Bill Krejci (279) = $20Women's High Series Handicap - Anita Osthoff (636) = $10Men's High Series Handicap - Kody Karnes (719) = $10Women's High Game Handicap - Sarah West (225) = $10Men's High Game Handicap - Seth Gunderson (281) = $10The first place team will also receive extra money in their envelopes as well as this season's Actual Most Valuable Bowler. Voting is now open for the Spring 2013 Season Favorites, including a brand new category in honor of league legend Pat Searcy – the Pat Searcy "Life of the Party" Award, presented to the individual that made Tuesday nights a hell of a lot more fun. Please take a minute and cast your ballot today! Voting will remain open until noon on Tuesday, May 21st.Finally, this season's Hall of Fame inductee will be announced and awarded his trophy – a bowling pin painted in his likeness. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Eric Lynch
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Seth Gunderson
Runner Up:
Eric Lynch

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Aubrey Moren
Runner Up:
Eric Lynch

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Oh yeah, we got this. There's no way we're ending another season in 2nd place."

Ryan Doll, before finishing another season in 2nd place.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 42-22 .656 32,997 n/a
2 Dragon Balls 37-27 .578 32,805 n/a
3 Snakes on a Lane 36-28 .563 37,758 +1
4 Murder, He Wrote 33.5-30.5 .523 32,214 -1
5 Three Strikes and You're Out! 31-33 .484 29,826 n/a
6 Brunk Enough to Dowl 31-33 .484 27,552 n/a
7 Split It and Hit It 25.5-38.5 .398 26,125 n/a
8 Ballz Out 20-44 .313 26,821 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 16
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 652
Carl Goetz - 640
Kody Karnes - 640 (t)
Aubrey Moren - 637
Ryan Doll - 569
Seth Gunderson - 568
Angela Bradford - 475
Freda Schroeder - 466
Anita Osthoff - 458
Sabrina Gray - 337
Sarah Lynch - 294
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 661
Seth Gunderson - 652
Ken Wilson - 652 (t)
Eric Lynch - 646
Carl Goetz - 640
Kody Karnes - 640 (t)
Matt Bunyard - 608
Freda Schroeder - 559
Anita Osthoff - 556
Angela Bradford - 549
Sabrina Gray - 541
Sarah Lynch - 538
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 245
Aubrey Moren - 238
Carl Goetz - 233
Ken Wilson - 225
Ryan Doll - 213
Bill Krejci - 213 (t)
Anita Osthoff - 182
Angela Bradford - 173
Freda Schroeder - 172
Sabrina Gray - 115
Sarah Lynch - 113
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 246
Kody Karnes - 245
Stephan Miller - 243
Seth Gunderson - 240
Matt Bunyard - 236
Anita Osthoff - 214
Freda Schroeder - 203
Angela Bradford - 197
Sarah Lynch - 194
Sabrina Gray - 183
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Stephan Miller - 59
Matt Bunyard - 51
Aubrey Moren - 48
Will Pracht - 48 (t)
Seth Gunderson - 47
Kody Karnes - 38
Anita Osthoff - 23
Sarah Lynch - 15
Freda Schroeder - 11
Angela Bradford - 4

With the closing of the Spring 2013 season, we've decided to expand the offering of our end of the league Season Favorite Awards by honoring two people that have made GutterAlley better over the years in their own respective ways.The Pat Searcy "Life of the Party" AwardFor those of you that have had the pleasure of rolling in a season with Pat Searcy on the roster, you know how much more fun it is to show up on Tuesday nights. Searcy was a part of GutterAlley's very first season and proved to be both an incredible bowler on the lanes as well as one hell of a source of comedy off them. Over the years, it was his larger than life personality that solidified his place in league lore as you didn't feel that you truly belonged until Pat would playfully rib you and make you the butt of one of his jokes. In an effort to honor the man who should be in the GutterAlley Hall of Fame (let's remedy this next season, people!), we proudly introduce the Pat Searcy "Life of the Party" Award. This award will be voted upon each season by the league to call attention to the individual who, more so than anyone else in the league, made Tuesday nights fun because of their larger than life personality. Now come on back into the league, Pat, and win this award next season!!!The Scott Murdock "Get 'er Done" AwardWhen you stop and think about it, no one has done more for GutterAlley over the years than our very own Scott "Scooter J" Murdock. He's been the league secretary for as long as anyone can remember. He's the one in charge of creating and then distributing all of the weekly white sheets with all of its information. He quietly collects the money each and week from the team envelopes and makes sure it's all accounted for – and bugs you if it isn't! He's also the powerhouse programmer behind GutterAlley.com, making everything jump, jive, and wail the way it should. Is he a powerhouse on the lanes? That didn't matter in the least as hoards of people voted him in as part of the inaugural class of the GutterAlley Hall of Fame due to his unending dedication and support to making our league the best one around. It is with great pleasure that we create and name an award after the man who does so much and expects so very little in return. To stay true to Scoot's quiet nature, this season favorite award will not be selected by the voters but rather by Scoot himself to honor the individual that he feels did the most to help the league out each season. League officers are, of course, ineligible to receive this award. We look forward to announcing the winners of these two awards – along with this season's GutterAlley Hall of Fame inductee – during our Fun Night on May 21st. See you then!

The Stage is All Set

Posted by Ken On May - 7 - 20132 COMMENTS

While two teams opted to post bowl (leaving one bowler on each of team stranded to roll and give out air high fives after striking or sparing), the main matchup of the evening ended in what can officially be called a cliff hanger. On a night in which the championship could have been wrapped up, the race to the finish will truly take place next week in the Finals. We start off on lanes 41 & 42 where the two last place teams battled for... well... something. With the fashionably late Ballz Out already having clinched dead last, this was more a battle to see whether Split It and Hit It could move up a notch. Unfortunately for Split It, Scott Murdock's 492 series and Will Pracht's speed-bowled MVB runner-up performance were enough earn Ballz Out their only sweep of the season and to thwart Split It's efforts to move up a rung. Dennis Blake's 474 series led his team in their valiant effort. These two teams will face each other again next Tuesday, where Split It still have a slim chance of moving to 6th.On lanes 43 & 44, Brunk Enough to Dowl came out firing on all cylinders. With Kody Karnes leading the way with his 643 series, Brunk Enough easily took Game #1 from opponents Murder, He Wrote. But that's when Hall of Fame hopeful Seth Gunderson stepped up with his 559 series – and this week's tentative Most Valuable Bowler performance out of Jonathan Vigliaturo – to reverse Brunk's momentum completely to win Game #2, Game #3, and total pins. The wins propel Murder into 3rd place with their 33.5-26.5 record while Brunk Enough remain in 6th place with their 27-33 record. The money Ken M. Wilson spent to get Carl's car sabotaged turned out to be a good investment, as a (mostly) re-invigorated Snakes on a Lane post-bowled their way into the record books. Led by a 680 series from #1 Power Ranked Carl Goetz and heavily assisted by a record-tying, MVB-earning performance from Wilson (more on that next week... hopefully), the Snakes slithered to a one-week-too-late-to-do-them-any-good clean sweep of Three Strikes and You're Out!. Despite Bob Brunker hitting a grand slam with his 554 series, it just wasn't enough to overcome Carl and Ken. The snakes move back into winning-record territory and climb to 4th place, while 3 Strikes drops 2 notches to 5th.Down on the final pair of lanes, the epic battle between the Dragon Balls and Will Strike if Provoked started out with a bang. Game #1 went to the Dragons behind anchor Ryan Doll's 590 series and a tentative #1 Power Ranked bowler performance out of Rob Kaszuba. Game #2 was basically a repeat with the Dragons sticking it to Will Strike, who was led Tuesday by Freda Schroeder's 518 series. Game #3 came down to the 10th frame with Will Strike pulling off a 7-pin victory to move within one game of wrapping up another championship. Will Strike remains in 1st place, of course, with their 39-21 record while the Dragon Balls are still within striking distance – needing a clean sweep next week to pull it off – with their 36-24 record. Bowlers finally admitted to The 200 Club this week after 3 days of waiting include: Kody Karnes (233, 213), Seth Gunderson (246), Ken M. Wilson (215, 233, 227), Carl Goetz (224, 265), and Ryan Doll (204)The official matchups in this season's Tournament of Champions are now set for the championship round. The starting lineup will be as follows:Carl Goetz (#1 Div 1) will face Michael Smith (#2 Div 4, +90Hcp)Kody Karnes (#2 Div 2) will face Phil Shroeder (#1 Div 3, +37Hcp)Dennis Blake (#1 Div 2) will face Jonathan Vigliaturo (#2 Div 3, +20Hcp)Ken M. Wilson (#2 Div 1) will face Mark DeVoe (#1 Div 4, +82Hcp)Everyone else gets to just kick back and enjoy the show! See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Ken Wilson
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Carl Goetz
Runner Up:
Ken Wilson

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Rob Kaszuba
Runner Up:
Ken M. Wilson

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"I don't care if everyone loves her...I'm gonna kick that woman's ass."

Bob Brunker, Mr. Good Sportsman, after watching teammate Anita Osthoff begin Game #2 with three opens.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 39-21 .650 30,957 n/a
2 Dragon Balls 36-24 .600 30,901 n/a
3 Murder, He Wrote 33.5-26.5 .558 30,234 +1
4 Snakes on a Lane 32-28 .533 35,388 +1
5 Three Strikes and You're Out! 31-29 .517 28,040 -2
6 Brunk Enough to Dowl 27-33 .450 25,698 n/a
7 Split It and Hit It 23.5-36.5 .392 24,415 n/a
8 Ballz Out 18-42 .300 25,141 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 15
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Carl Goetz - 680
Ken Wilson - 675
Kody Karnes - 643
Ryan Doll - 590
Rob Kaszuba - 561
Freda Schroeder - 518
Angela Bradford - 481
Anita Osthoff - 446
Sabrina Gray - 342
Sarah Lynch - 266
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Carl Goetz - 682
Ken Wilson - 675
Rob Kaszuba - 654
Seth Gunderson - 647
Kody Karnes - 643
Freda Schroeder - 614
Angela Bradford - 553
Sabrina Gray - 543
Anita Osthoff - 542
Sarah Lynch - 510
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Carl Goetz - 265
Seth Gunderson - 246
Kody Karnes - 233
Ken Wilson - 233 (t)
Ryan Doll - 204
Rob Kaszuba - 192
Freda Schroeder - 183
Angela Bradford - 171
Anita Osthoff - 170
Sabrina Gray - 136
Sarah Lynch - 104
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Seth Gunderson - 275
Carl Goetz - 265
Stephan Miller - 239
Kody Karnes - 233
Ken Wilson - 233 (t)
Rob Kaszuba - 223
Freda Schroeder - 215
Sabrina Gray - 203
Anita Osthoff - 202
Angela Bradford - 195
Sarah Lynch - 185
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Seth Gunderson - 83
Carl Goetz - 66
Stephan Miller - 55
Mark DeVoe - 32
Andy McLeod - 31
Rob Kaszuba - 31 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 23
Sabrina Gray - 20
Anita Osthoff - 10
Sarah Lynch - 6
Angela Bradford - 1

I’ll Be Back?

Posted by Ken On April - 30 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

The full results from Week #14 are now in and, mathematically, only two teams can come away as the Spring 2013 champions...and, more than likely, will face one another the last two weeks of the season. Tuesday night will also be remembered as the week with stifling dry heat, no air conditioning, and no tap beer whatsoever. It was also the lowest scoring week of the entire season. Coincidence? We think not. Let's get into the gritty details...On the first pair of lanes, long time rivals – and current league leaders – Will Strike if Provoked faced off against Snakes on a Lane. The Snakes, needing big wins to keep their season alive, enlisted the help of sub John Boren in an effort to turn the tide. Will Strike, led by anchor Aubrey Moren with his 602 series and backed up by this week's Most Valuable Bowler Phil Schroeder, never had a single worry as they swept the Snakes completely off the lanes. With the exception of Boren in Game #3, who led the Snakes with his 571 series, not a single member of the team hit his average at all. Will Strike improves to 38-18 and extend their lead over the league to five games...needing only two more victories to wrap up the season. The Snakes, still in 5th place, shouldn't even bother to show up the rest of the season as they have been absent since before the position round. For fourteen seasons now, Ryan Doll has been chasing his first title. Tuesday night, he kept his Dragon Balls still in contention with a 3-1 matchup victory over opponents Three Strikes and You're Out!. After dropping Game #1 to the Dragons, Three Strikes turned the tides and delivered a beat down in Game #2 compliments of Bob Brunker and his team leading 535 series. Game #3 came down to a 10th frame showdown with Doll pouring on the strikes to finish with a 601 series and a much needed win. The Dragon Balls, still in 2nd at 33-23, face league leaders Will Strike if Provoked next week in what could be either a coronation for Will Strike or setting the stage for an exciting Finals battle. Three Strikes remains in 3rd place at 31-25.Deplete of beer, Ballz Out showed up Tuesday night to roll their games in the hopes that they could outdo the post-bowling Murder, He Wrote. Leading the team with a 530 series, Cliff Barendsen nearly put up his career high game in Game #3 but came away with a 233 and assuming that they would at least win that one. When Murder, He Wrote post-bowled on Wednesday night, the results made for a laugh. Ballz Out won Games #1 and #2 by the slimmest of margins (including a 1-pin victory in the second one) but lost Game #3 to a team effort by Murder, led by Seth Gunderson and his 442 series. Total pins also went to Murder, who remains in 4th while Ballz Out will finish their season in 8th place regardless of the outcome of the final two weeks.Down on lanes 47 & 48, Brunk Enough to Dowl faced off against opponents Split It and Hit It as both teams strive to improve to winning records. With this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler – and rookie sensation – Kody Karnes hoisting a 658 series, Game #1 went to Brunk Enough. Game #2 saw Split It's Dennis Blake rise to the challenge to lead his team with a 528 series to even the series at a game apiece. Game #3 came down to the 10th frame with Brunk Enough pulling off the victory as well as total pins to win the matchup 3-1. Improving to 26-30, Brunk Enough remains in 6th while Split It – currently at 23.5-32.5, remains in 7th place.Bowlers agreeing to smuggle in their own beer next week in The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (213, 216), Bob Brunker (210), Cliff Barendsen (233), John Boren (227), Kody Karnes (246, 217), and Ryan Doll (213). With only one more week to qualify in the top two spots for this season's Tournament of Champions, it's time for people just on the cusp of being in the top two seed spots to make their move. Division #1 continues to be led by Carl Goetz (20) with Aubrey Moren (19) still on his tail. Dennis Blake (25) is still the top dog in Division #2 but Kody Karnes (17) managed to break the tie he was in for the #2 seed. Division #3 is still the Phil Schroeder (26) show but Jonathan Vigliaturo (17) has moved up to tie Freda Schroeder (17) for the second spot. Division #4 is still up for grabs but is still led by Michael Smith (22) and Mark DeVoe (18).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Phil Schroeder
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Kody Karnes
Runner Up:
Aubrey Moren

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Phil Schroeder
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"I'm subbing on a team tonight with the 2nd, 3rd, and 10th best bowlers of all time. What could go wrong?"

John Boren, wondering why he even bothered to show after Snakes on a Lanes were eliminated from contention.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 38-18 .679 28,927 n/a
2 Dragon Balls 33-23 .589 28,796 n/a
3 Three Strikes and You're Out! 31-25 .554 26,217 n/a
4 Murder, He Wrote 30.5-25.5 .545 28,110 n/a
5 Snakes on a Lane 28-28 .500 33,018 n/a
6 Brunk Enough to Dowl 26-30 .464 23,943 n/a
7 Split It and Hit It 23.5-32.5 .420 22,827 n/a
8 Ballz Out 14-42 .250 23,461 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 14
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 658
Aubrey Moren - 602
Ryan Doll - 601
John Boren - 571
Ian Goetz - 566
Angela Bradford - 495
Anita Osthoff - 478
Freda Schroeder - 444
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 658
Aubrey Moren - 626
Phil Schroeder - 616
Ryan Doll - 613
John Boren - 602
Anita Osthoff - 574
Angela Bradford - 567
Freda Schroeder - 537
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 246
Cliff Barendsen - 233
John Boren - 227
Aubrey Moren - 216
Ryan Doll - 213
Angela Bradford - 192
Freda Schroeder - 167
Anita Osthoff - 165
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 246
Cliff Barendsen - 245
Bryan Mohr - 239
John Boren - 237
Bob Brunker - 229
Angela Bradford - 216
Freda Schroeder - 198
Anita Osthoff - 197
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Bryan Mohr - 52
Cliff Barendsen - 49
Kody Karnes - 41
John Boren - 40
Bob Brunker - 34
Angela Bradford - 22
Freda Schroeder - 6
Anita Osthoff - 5

Breaking Away?

Posted by Ken On April - 23 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

Week #13 is now in the history books and with it came a massive shuffling of the league standings. With the exception of the teams at the very top and the very bottom, all six teams from 2nd through 7th place swapped places with one another during the week that saw our league break the all-time record for most 200+ games in a single season. Congrats to one and all for being a part of this historic season. All season long, Brunk Enough to Dowl and Ballz Out have been battling it out to not be the team at the bottom of the league standings. In what may have been their last matchup against one another, Brunk Enough put it to their opponents in a 3-1 matchup victory. With Game #1 going to Ballz Out, compliments of a 571 series from anchor Cliff Barendsen (and a shocking 217 from Scott "Scooter J" Murdock), Brunk Enough struck back with a surprising 1-2 punch. With Kody Karnes leading the team (and the league with the lone 600+ series of the evening) with his 664 series, it was the contributions of this week's Most Valuable Bowler – Sarah West – that propelled the team to reverse their fortunes and come away with the wins. Brunk Enough to Dowl improves to 6th overall while Ballz Out remains in 8th place.Up until this week, Seth Gunderson of Murder, He Wrote has been having a rough go at it this season. Coming off his personal best in our Fall session, he's struggled for reasons unknown. That all changed Tuesday night. Hoisting a 570 series – the same as anchor Bill Krejci – to lead the team, Gunderson earned #1 Power Ranked bowler honors during a 3-1 beat down over opponents Split It and Hit It. Game #2 was the team's only detour en route to a sweep as they ran into Split It's anchor Dennis Blake and his 211 game and his 545 series. Game #3 and total pins went to Murder, who hopped up into 4th place. Split It, with the losses, fall down a spot into 7th place by a mere half a game.Before the battle began on Lanes 45 & 46, Will Strike if Provoked and Three Strikes and You're Out! shared the best win record in the league. Separated only by total pins, it was anyone's matchup to win. With the greater will to win, Will Strike came out firing and took Games #1 and #2 behind a 599 series performance by anchor Aubrey Moren. Game #3 hung in the balance, as Three Strikes looked to come away with the win but faltered and walked away winless. Bob Brunker led Three Strikes and You're Out! in the losing effort with his 516 series. With the only sweep of the evening, Will Strike if Provoked extends their lead over the lead to four games to remain in first. Three Strikes falls a spot down into 3rd place, separated from second by total pins.On the final pair of lanes, the men that did battle in the Finals last year faced off against one another for the second time this season. And, like their last matchup, Snakes on a Lane and Dragon Balls battled one another to a standstill by narrow margins. Game #1 went to the Dragons, with Rob Kaszuba leading the way with his second highest series of the season – a 550. Game #2 went to the Snakes, compliments of Ken M. Wilson's below-average 599 series to lead the team. Game #3 came down to the wire with the Dragon Balls claiming the victory but losing total pins to end the night at two wins apiece. The two wins propel Dragon Balls up one spot into 2nd while Snakes on a Lane use their two wins to fall down into 5th place. Bowlers putting up the games necessary to push us beyond the all-time season record this week deserve free drinks in The 200 Club. They include: Aubrey Moren (227), Bill Krejci (204), Bob Brunker (203), Carl Goetz (219), Dennis Blake (211), Ian Goetz (224), Ken M. Wilson (213, 215), Kody Karnes (232, 233), Rob Kaszuba (223), Scott Murdock (217), and Seth Gunderson (203, 206). With only two more weeks to qualify for the top eight seeds in the Tournament of Champions, we saw some shifts this week across the four divisions. Carl Goetz (19) and Aubrey Moren (19) own the top spots in Division #1. Division #2 is still owned outright by Dennis Blake (25) while Kody Karnes (14) and Dennis "Pops" Laube (14) do battle for second place. Division #3 has Phil Schroeder (20) still owning the top spot while Freda Schroeder (16) and Eric Lynch (16) vie for the next best spot. Michael Smith (22) and Mark DeVoe (18) continue to be the 1-2 punch in Division #4. The ballot for this season's Hall of Fame inductee will be closing soon so, if you haven't done so yet, please take a moment and vote. Six highly regarded candidates are up for induction this season and it's up to you to send your favorite into the Hall. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Sarah West
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Seth Gunderson
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Scott Murdock
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Hey, at least Seth likes me...will you let me hump you?"

Cliff Barendsen, trying to make friends...we think.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 34-18 .654 26,856 n/a
2 Dragon Balls 30-22 .577 26,764 +1
3 Three Strikes and You're Out! 30-22 .577 24,361 -1
4 Murder, He Wrote 28.5-23.5 .548 26,251 +1
5 Snakes on a Lane 28-24 .538 30,820 -1
6 Brunk Enough to Dowl 23-29 .442 22,227 +1
7 Split It and Hit It 22.5-29.5 .433 21,222 -1
8 Ballz Out 12-40 .231 21,888 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 13
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 664
Aubrey Moren - 599
Ken Wilson - 599 (t)
Ian Goetz - 578
Cliff Barendsen - 571
Seth Gunderson - 570
Bill Krejci - 570 (t)
Angela Bradford - 487
Freda Schroeder - 479
Anita Osthoff - 452
Sarah Lynch - 336
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 664
Seth Gunderson - 658
Scott Murdock - 658 (t)
Rob Kaszuba - 643
Aubrey Moren - 625
Dennis Blake - 609
Cliff Barendsen - 609 (t)
Sarah Lynch - 583
Freda Schroeder - 570
Angela Bradford - 556
Anita Osthoff - 545
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 233
Aubrey Moren - 227
Ian Goetz - 224
Rob Kaszuba - 223
Carl Goetz - 219
Angela Bradford - 174
Freda Schroeder - 171
Anita Osthoff - 157
Sarah Lynch - 119
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Rob Kaszuba - 254
Scott Murdock - 249
Aubrey Moren - 235
Seth Gunderson - 235 (t)
Matt Bunyard - 235 (t)
Kody Karnes - 233
Sarah Lynch - 201
Freda Schroeder - 201 (t)
Angela Bradford - 197
Anita Osthoff - 188
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Rob Kaszuba - 62
Scott Murdock - 57
Matt Bunyard - 49
Seth Gunderson - 43
Dennis Blake - 38
Aubrey Moren - 38 (t)
Sarah Lynch - 22
Freda Schroeder - 9
Angela Bradford - 3

Three Up, Two Down

Posted by Ken On April - 16 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

With only one month left in the league, it's really becoming do or die time. Week #12 was witness to some pretty stellar performances from unlikely sources, leading to five of the eight teams shifting positions within the league standings – three teams ascending with two descending. The Finals are quickly approaching and it's still almost anyone's to win. When Murder, He Wrote faced off against Snakes on a Lane in the position round, Bill Krejci put on a clinic. And, with his 268 in Game #1 (and a team leading 622 series), it looked like it was about to be a repeat performance before the Snakes woke up in an attempt to salvage their season. With Ken M. Wilson leading the way with a below-average 613 series, the Snakes bounced back with a rout in Game #2 – the third highest team game in league history – only to fall victim to Murder in Game #3. Total pins went to the Snakes to split the series 2-2. Despite the wins, neither team moved from their respective spots – Snakes on a Lane in 4th and Murder, He Wrote in 5th place.The guys on Ballz Out simply can't catch a break this season. Facing opponents Will Strike if Provoked, the night began with Will Strike winning a battle of attrition in Game #1 as both teams shot below their averages. Game #2 came down to a 10th frame showdown against anchors the Ballz' Cliff Barendsen and Will Strike's Aubrey Moren with the game going to Cliff and crew by a single spare. Both men would go on to lead their teams for the evening, Cliff with a 547 to Aubrey's 538. Game #3 was intense, featuring a back and forth through the 9th frame, after which Will Strike broke away and took it with a powerful performance in the final two frames to take the matchup 3-1. The wins, coupled with total pins, pushes Will Strike if Provoked up into 1st place with a record of 30-18. Ballz Out remains in 8th place.For the last month, Dragon Balls has sat atop the league standings. Heading into a matchup against opponents Split It and Hit It, the guys figured they would have an easy go at it...until Split It's Dennis Blake ruined their party. Throwing his career best series – a 644 – Blake not only earned #1 Power Ranked bowler honors but also turned the tide to take a 3-1 matchup victory Tuesday night, casting the Dragons from atop the league standings. The Balls' anchor Ryan Doll put up the best game of his career, a 278 in Game #2 (the 6th highest in league history), to keep Split It from running away with a clean sweep. Doll finished the night with a team leading 600 series on the dot but it wasn't enough to stop Dennis Blake and Split It and Hit it. The Dragon Balls fall two spots into 3rd while Split It and Hit It climb back up a spot into 6th place.If there was ever a true display of the ladies of the league doing their thing, it was down on Lanes 47 & 48 with Three Strikes and You're Out! taking on Brunk Enough to Dowl. After a Game #1 loss to Brunk Enough's ever-improving Kody Karnes – who was more than half way to a perfect game before derailing for a 252 and ending with a night-leading 670 series – the Brunker-less Three Strikes threw a lot more than three strikes to run the table from that point onward. Leading the charge was this week's Most Valuable Bowler Anita Osthoff who, with her 538 series and 207 in Game #3, propelled her team to a 3-1 victory and up a spot into 2nd place due to total pins...but tied with the best record in the league (30-18). Brunk Enough, now at 20-28 on the season, falls one spot down into 7th place.Bowlers pushing us to within seven games of breaking the all-time record for a season with the most 200+ games this week – and therefore earning admittance into The 200 Club – include: Anita Osthoff (207), Bill Krejci (268), Carl Goetz (256), Cliff Barendsen (210), Dennis Blake (204, 230, 210), Dennis Laube (220), Ian Goetz (201), Ken M. Wilson (236), Kody Karnes (252, 237), and Ryan Doll (278).Placements within the Tournament of Champions took a hint from the league standings shuffling and did a little switcheroo itself. Carl Goetz (19) took over the top spot from Ken M. Wilson (17) in Division #1. Dennis Blake (22) extended his lead over Dennis Laube (14) in Division #2. Division #3 has a new bowler behind Phil Schroeder (17) with Eric Lynch (16) challenging him for the top seed. Division #4 saw Michael Smith (21) outpacing teammate Mark DeVoe (18) to ascend to the top seed spot. If you haven't already, please take a moment and vote for your favorite Hall of Fame nominee(s). Voting will wrap up in a few more weeks and the results announced at the Fun Week. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Anita Osthoff
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
Scott Murdock

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Dammit! I hope that no one with an actual chance to win in their own sport was distracted tonight watching our inevitable loss."

KC Royals' Chris Getz, with his wish not coming true.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 30-18 .625 24,747 +1
2 Three Strikes and You're Out! 30-18 .625 22,558 +1
3 Dragon Balls 28-20 .583 24,783 -2
4 Snakes on a Lane 26-22 .542 28,559 n/a
5 Murder, He Wrote 25.5-22.5 .531 24,187 n/a
6 Split It and Hit It 21.5-26.5 .448 19,551 +1
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 20-28 .417 20,446 -1
8 Ballz Out 11-37 .229 20,152 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 12
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 670
Dennis Blake - 644
Bill Krejci - 622
Ken Wilson - 613
Carl Goetz - 600
Ryan Doll - 600 (t)
Anita Osthoff - 538
Angela Bradford - 511
Freda Schroeder - 496
Sabrina Gray - 338
Sarah Lynch - 283
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Dennis Blake - 718
Kody Karnes - 670
Scott Murdock - 644
Bill Krejci - 622
Ken Wilson - 613
Anita Osthoff - 636
Freda Schroeder - 589
Angela Bradford - 580
Sabrina Gray - 539
Sarah Lynch - 527
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Ryan Doll - 278
Bill Krejci - 268
Carl Goetz - 256
Kody Karnes - 252
Ken Wilson - 236
Anita Osthoff - 207
Angela Bradford - 190
Freda Schroeder - 189
Sabrina Gray - 138
Sarah Lynch - 103
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Ryan Doll - 280
Bill Krejci - 268
Carl Goetz - 256
Dennis Blake - 254
Kody Karnes - 252
Anita Osthoff - 239
Freda Schroeder - 220
Angela Bradford - 213
Sabrina Gray - 205
Sarah Lynch - 184
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Ryan Doll - 81
Bill Krejci - 68
Dennis Blake - 61
Dennis Laube - 56
Carl Goetz - 52
Anita Osthoff - 48
Freda Schroeder - 28
Sabrina Gray - 22
Angela Bradford - 19
Sarah Lynch - 5

All Knotted Up

Posted by Ken On April - 9 - 20133 COMMENTS

Now we've seen some tight seasons before in the past...and the 27th season of GutterAlley is definitely being added to that list. So far this season, four of the eight teams have held the 1st place position. Currently? Three teams now have a record of 27-17 and are all knotted up at the top of the league standings. This season, easily the highest rolling in league history, continues to break records on a number of fronts. With only five weeks until the Finals, we could be in for quite a finish. For the first time in quite a while, no one qualified as the Most Valuable Bowler. On the flip side, we added 19 more 200+ games towards breaking the all-time record set in the Spring 2007 session. Keep going, gang!For the last couple of weeks, the Dragon Balls have ruled the roost atop the league standings. Facing opponents Brunk Enough to Dowl, the Dragon Balls looked poised to extend their lead after a 93-pin Game #1 victory – compliments of anchor Ryan Doll's 610 series – but this season's break out bowler put on his Superman cape and stopped the league leaders dead in their track. With a league leading 675 series, Brunk's very own Kody Karnes put on yet another incredible performance to reverse the tide and bring a 3-1 matchup victory to his crew. The victories push his team into 6th place while Dragon Balls now finds themselves sharing the best record in the league with two other teams but remaining in 1st place due to total pins. When only half of Three Strikes and You're Out! showed up Tuesday night to roll, they found a Split It and Hit It team hungry for wins. Unfortunately for Split It, Three Strikes wasn't in that much of a giving mood. After a close Game #1, Bob Brunker kept pouring it on in Game #2 – ending with a 574 series – to give Three Strikes their second win of the matchup. Game #3, however, was when Split It struck back with a big finish by anchor Dennis Blake (and his 552 series) to earn the team their lone win of the evening. Three Strikes and You're Out! remains in 3rd place but shares the best record in the league. Split It and Hit It slips one spot down into 7th place.The last time Snakes on a Lane faced Ballz Out, the Snakes came away with a clean sweep. This time around, though? They didn't quite repeat history as they ran into this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler, Cliff Barendsen. Putting up his career high series – a 633 – the Ballz' anchor took Game #1 before the Snakes' anchor Carl Goetz fought back with a 646 series to take the rest of the games in the contest. With the 3-1 matchup victory, the Snakes move up one spot into 4th place and sit three games behind the teams at the top of the league standings. Ballz Out, happy that they have broken into the double digits in the win column, remain firmly in 8th place.The rivalry between Will Strike if Provoked and Murder, He Wrote is easy to see whenever these two teams face one another. The battle began with a 178-pin blowout victory in Game #1 by Will Strike, led Tuesday night by anchor Aubrey Moren and his 602 series. Game #2 saw signs of life from Murder, who bounced back with a win handed to them compliments of anchor Bill Krejci and his 638 series. Game #3 looked like it may come down to the wire but Will Strike outperformed Murder in the final two frames to seal the victory as well as total pins. With the wins, Will Strike remains in 2nd place due only to total pins while Murder, He Wrote collapses one spot into 5th place. Bowlers trying to avoid the massive rainfall by taking refuge in The 200 Club this week include: Anita Osthoff (210), Aubrey Moren (211, 213), Bill Krejci (223, 224), Bob Brunker (219), Carl Goetz (219, 224, 203), Cliff Barendsen (215, 225), Dennis Blake (200), Freda Schroeder (213), Ken M. Wilson (233, 232), Kody Karnes (232, 256), and Ryan Doll (237, 204).The Tournament of Champions saw some movement in the qualifying spots across the divisions. Ken M. Wilson (16) and Carl Goetz (16) continue to control Division #1. The Dynamic Dennis Duo – Blake (16) and Laube (14) – dominate Division #2. Phil (16) and Freda Schroeder (15) keep Division #3 in the family while Mark DeVoe (18) and Michael Smith (15) continue to keep their team owning Division #4.Voting for this season's Hall of Fame inductees is still open so please take a moment and vote for your favorite(s). See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


No one
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Cliff Barendsen
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Cliff Barendsen
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"No. No, not at all."

Seth Gunderson, after being asked if there was any way that his team could calm down and stop their antics on the lanes during their matchup.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Dragon Balls 27-17 .614 22,732 n/a
2 Will Strike If Provoked 27-17 .614 22,682 n/a
3 Three Strikes and You're Out! 27-17 .614 20,643 n/a
4 Snakes on a Lane 24-20 .545 26,253 +1
5 Murder, He Wrote 23.5-20.5 .534 22,296 -1
6 Brunk Enough to Dowl 19-25 .432 18,698 +1
7 Split It and Hit It 18.5-25.5 .420 17,759 -1
8 Ballz Out 10-34 .227 18,486 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 11
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 675
Carl Goetz - 646
Bill Krejci - 638
Cliff Barendsen - 633
Ken Wilson - 630
Freda Schroeder - 503
Anita Osthoff - 493
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Cliff Barendsen - 676
Kody Karnes - 675
Carl Goetz - 646
Bill Krejci - 640
Bob Brunker - 636
Freda Schroeder - 596
Anita Osthoff - 591
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 256
Ryan Doll - 237
Ken Wilson - 233
Cliff Barendsen - 225
Carl Goetz - 224
Bill Krejci - 224 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 213
Anita Osthoff - 210
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 256
Ryan Doll - 240
Bob Brunker - 239
Cliff Barendsen - 239 (t)
Ken Wilson - 233
Freda Schroeder - 244
Anita Osthoff - 242
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Kody Karnes - 56
Mark DeVoe - 45
Bob Brunker - 45 (t)
Cliff Barendsen - 43
Ryan Doll - 41
Stephan Miller - 37
Freda Schroeder - 52
Anita Osthoff - 51

Challenge Accepted

Posted by Ken On April - 2 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

Without question, this season of GutterAlley action has been the best season in our league's 13+ year history. So far we've seen 146 games of 200+, ten bowlers carrying averages over 180 (including three at 200+) and, with Tuesday's action included, our 4th series over 700. Talk about an impressive run this season. Take a bow, one and all. We're a part of history.After having been bounced from the top of the league standings in the position round, Will Strike if Provoked has been dishing out a steady diet of 3-1 matchup victories. Tuesday night saw them get off to a slow start by dropping Game #1 to opponents Split It and Hit It, led by Dennis Blake and his 523 series, but quickly rebounded to not drop another game the rest of the evening. With leadoff roller Phil Schroeder hoisting a 551 series to lead his team, the Strikers easily took Games #2 and #3 and, subsequently, total pins. With the wins, Will Strike moves back into 2nd place and within striking distance of the top of the standings with their 24-16 record – a mere two games back. Split It and Hit It remains in 6th place with their record of 17.5-22.5.The last time that Brunk Enough to Dowl faced Snakes on a Lane, they beat the living hell out of them 3-1. History repeated itself in this regard but with an added bonus – Kody Karnes threw his best series to date in his debut season in the league. With games of 257, 245, and 208, Karnes threw the season's fourth series over seven-hundred, ending with a 710. Despite 630 series from both Ian Goetz and Ken M. Wilson (including a 613 from Carl Goetz), the team managed only a single win. Karnes easily earned #1 Power Ranked bowler honors. Even though they added three wins to their record, Brunk Enough remains in 7th place. Snakes on a Lane, however, slither down one spot into 5th place. Last season, the Dragon Balls' gentle giant Rob Kaszuba became the proud owner of a new ball. Apparently the two have bonded as Rob is having his best season to date...much to the chagrin of opponents Murder, He Wrote. Earning Most Valuable Bowler, Kaszuba – along with anchor Ryan Doll's 613 series – came away with a 3-1 matchup victory in the battle between 1st and 2nd place. Lead off roller Brian Mohr got into the action in Game #3, rolling his first league 200+ game to lead the rout of Murder by a margin of 125 pins scratch. The wins keep Dragon Balls firmly in first place with their 26-14 record while Murder drops two places into 4th place with a record of 22.5-17.5. Bill Krejci led Murder in the losing effort with his 625 series.Down on Lanes 47 & 48, Ballz Out looked to hit the double-digit win mark at the expense of opponents Three Strikes and You're Out! but this Tuesday was simply not their night. With Three Strike's anchor Angela Bradford leading the way with her 557 series, the team simply did not let up from the opening roll en route to the night's only sweep. The Ballz' anchor Cliff Barendsen tried to keep his gang in it with his team-leading 552 series but it simply was not enough to turn the Strikes' tide. With the dust settled, Three Strikes climb two spots into 3rd place with their 24-16 record while Ballz remains in 8th place.Bowlers toasting Kody's incredible run this season in The 200 Club this week include: Bill Krejci (213, 221), Bryan Mohr (207), Carl Goetz (200, 202, 211), Dennis Blake (204), Ian Goetz (234, 213), Ken M. Wilson (244, 224), Kody Karnes (257, 245, 208), and Ryan Doll (201, 234).This week's Tournament of Champions action tightened things up. Carl Goetz (16) joins Ken M. Wilson (16) in the top spot in Division #1. Division #2 is playing out with a battle between Dennis Blake (15) and Kody Karnes (12). The Schroeders continue to control Division #3 with Phil (16) leading and Freda (14) following closely behind. Division #4 is still the Split It and Hit It show with Mark Devoe (18) and Michael Smith (15) holding the top two spots.Please don't forget to take a moment to vote for this season's nominees. At the end of the season, we'll see the 8th enshrinee make their way into the league's Hall of Fame. Be a part of helping one of these six deserving candidates earn their painted pin. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Rob Kaszuba
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Kody Karnes
Runner Up:
Rob Kaszuba

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Kody Karnes
Runner Up:
Angela Bradford

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"You'll fit in well in Africa."

Scott Murdock, after Ian mentioned that he was trying to take his skinny ass to do missionary work later this year.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Dragon Balls 26-14 .650 20,692 n/a
2 Will Strike If Provoked 24-16 .600 20,600 +1
3 Three Strikes and You're Out! 24-16 .600 18,715 +2
4 Murder, He Wrote 22.5-17.5 .563 20,367 -2
5 Snakes on a Lane 21-19 .525 23,902 -1
6 Split It and Hit It 17.5-22.5 .438 16,122 n/a
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 16-24 .400 16,861 n/a
8 Ballz Out 9-31 .225 16,783 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 10
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 710
Ian Goetz - 630
Ken Wilson - 630 (t)
Bill Krejci - 625
Carl Goetz - 613
Ryan Doll - 613 (t)
Rob Kaszuba - 553
Angela Bradford - 557
Anita Osthoff - 495
Freda Schroeder - 488
Sabrina Gray - 336
Sarah Lynch - 300
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 719
Rob Kaszuba - 649
Ian Goetz - 637
Ken Wilson - 630
Bill Krejci - 629
Angela Bradford - 631
Anita Osthoff - 595
Freda Schroeder - 581
Sarah Lynch - 547
Sabrina Gray - 535
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 257
Ken Wilson - 244
Ian Goetz - 234
Ryan Doll - 234 (t)
Bill Krejci - 221
Carl Goetz - 211
Angela Bradford - 193
Freda Schroeder - 171
Anita Osthoff - 171 (t)
Sabrina Gray - 124
Sarah Lynch - 110
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 260
Bryan Mohr - 259
Ken Wilson - 244
Ryan Doll - 238
Ian Goetz - 236
Angela Bradford - 217
Anita Osthoff - 204
Freda Schroeder - 202
Sarah Lynch - 192
Sabrina Gray - 190
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Bryan Mohr - 73
Kody Karnes - 61
Mark DeVoe - 42
Rob Kaszuba - 39
Ryan Doll - 39 (t)
Dennis Blake - 38
Angela Bradford - 24
Sarah Lynch - 13
Anita Osthoff - 13 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 10
Sabrina Gray - 7

He’s Baaaaaaaaaaaack!

Posted by Ken On March - 26 - 20131 COMMENT

Week #9 saw a familiar face show up to fill the void left in the league when Neil Rieger made his move to California – and he showed up in a big way. Also around the league, three teams managed to switch places in the league standings as we get back into the swing of things with everyone repeating the schedule of the first half of the Spring 2013 season. Eighteen more 200+ games were added into the mix as we continue our quest to be the best when it comes to the single season with the most games over two hundred. Ready to find out how your favorite team did? Be our guest...After the position round last week, Murder, He Wrote looked poised to reach the top...but quickly derailed from their goal at the hands of Three Strikes and You're Out!. After winning close content in Game #1, mainly due to Murder's fill-in anchor Seth Gunderson and his team-leading 529 series (including a 220 in the initial battle), last week's heavy hitters ran into this week's battling babes as Three Strikes took the remaining games in the matchup to end with a 3-1 victory. Angela Bradford's 535 series did the trick as her team improved to 20-16 but fall one notch down to 5th place. Murder manages to hold onto 2nd place but are no longer just a half game behind the league leaders.Last season, Steve Kiernan fell just one victory shy of winning his first championship. Had he bowled in the Finals like he did Tuesday night, things would have been radically different. Making his debut this season as a replacement bowler for Neil Rieger on Dragon Balls, Kiernan came out firing and ended his night with an impressive 706 series against opponents Ballz Out. It should come to no one as a surprise that Steve was this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler. But was his output enough to bring about a sweep? Oh no. Just ask this week's Most Valuable Bowler and Ballz Out anchor Cliff Barendsen. With his 588 series, Cliff managed to keep his team in the fight as the two teams dueled to a 2-2 standstill. In the end, neither team moved in the league standings with the Dragons extending their lead on the league out to 1.5 games while Ballz Out remains in 8th place.The last time these two teams met, Will Strike if Provoked came away with a clean sweep over opponents Brunk Enough to Dowl. This time around, though, things were just slightly different. After a blowout in Game #1, Will Strike looked ready and willing to rack up another sweep until Brunk's Kody Karnes hoisted a 258 – and ended with a team high 650 series for the night – to turn the tide with a Game #2 victory. Will Strike's Aubrey Moren struck back with a 626 series to wrap up not only Game #3 but total pins as well to keep his team in 3rd place. Brunk Enough, with their lone win, remains in 7th place.Down on the final pair of lanes, Snakes on a Lane set their sights on getting back into the swing of things and did so with the lone sweep of the evening. With Carl Goetz leading the way with an impressive 684 series, the men easily took all four games against Split It and Hit It. Dennis Blake led Split It with his 466 series but it wasn't enough to derail Carl and crew. The Snakes were the lone team to move up in the league standings this week, slithering two spots up into 4th place. Split It and Hit It tumbles one spot into 6th place.Bowlers helping this to be the best season in league history spied hanging out in The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (235, 204), Carl Goetz (214, 236, 234), Cliff Barendsen (202, 200), Freda Schroeder (203), Ian Goetz (202), Ken M. Wilson (205, 214), Kody Karnes (211, 258), Ryan Doll (224), Seth Gunderson (220), and Steve Kiernan (244, 257, 205).The Tournament of Champions continues to roll on with no changes in Division #1, still owned by Ken M. Wilson (15) and Carl Goetz (13). Division #2 is covered by the Duo of Dennis', Blake (12) and Laube (7). Freda Schroeder (13) moved up to a tie with Jonathan Vigliaturo (13) in Division #3 while Michael Smith (15) propelled himself to the top of Division #4, ousting fellow teammate Mark DeVoe (12) from the top spot.Voting on this season's Hall of Fame ballot is now open and ready for your input. Six league legends are vying for the lone spot that this season offers. Congratulations once again to nominees Bill Krejci, Cory Chorpenning, Demond Robinson, Jason Carpio, Ryan Doll, and Seth Gunderson. Vote for these guys today! See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Cliff Barendsen
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Steve Kiernan
Runner Up:
Carl Goetz

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Carl Goetz
Runner Up:
Aubrey Moren

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"No, seriously, you guys. These oatmeal cookies are hella good."

...said no one ever, until Chelsea uttered the line with a straight face before conning two league bowlers into buying some.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Dragon Balls 23-13 .639 18,515 n/a
2 Murder, He Wrote 21.5-14.5 .597 18,410 n/a
3 Will Strike If Provoked 21-15 .583 18,505 n/a
4 Snakes on a Lane 20-16 .556 21,483 +2
5 Three Strikes and You're Out! 20-16 .556 16,818 -1
6 Split It and Hit It 16.5-19.5 .458 14,497 -1
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 13-23 .361 15,004 n/a
8 Ballz Out 9-27 .250 15,158 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 9
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Steve Kiernan - 706
Carl Goetz - 684
Kody Karnes - 650
Aubrey Moren - 626
Ken Wilson - 613
Freda Schroeder - 541
Angela Bradford - 535
Anita Osthoff - 441
Sarah Lynch - 286
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Steve Kiernan - 706
Carl Goetz - 684
Kody Karnes - 666
Aubrey Moren - 654
Dennis Laube - 639
Freda Schroeder - 641
Angela Bradford - 611
Anita Osthoff - 537
Sarah Lynch - 530
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 258
Steve Kiernan - 257
Carl Goetz - 236
Aubrey Moren - 235
Ryan Doll - 224
Freda Schroeder - 203
Angela Bradford - 194
Anita Osthoff - 172
Sarah Lynch - 108
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 263
Steve Kiernan - 257
Aubrey Moren - 244
Seth Gunderson - 243
Carl Goetz - 236
Freda Schroeder - 236
Angela Bradford - 219
Anita Osthoff - 204
Sarah Lynch - 189
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Kody Karnes - 65
Seth Gunderson - 49
Aubrey Moren - 47
Eric Lynch - 36
Carl Goetz - 36 (t)
Will Pracht - 33
Freda Schroeder - 45
Angela Bradford - 26
Anita Osthoff - 12
Sarah Lynch - 10

Hall of Fame Nominees: Spring 2013

Posted by Ken On March - 25 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

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 fifth time to welcome in the eighth 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, Ryan Doll, and Seth Gunderson.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, and – most recently – Codding 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 - May 7th, 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 »

Arkansas Ass Kickin’

Posted by Ken On March - 19 - 20133 COMMENTS

The midway point of the 27th season of GutterAlley action is now history and with it came some historical happenings. As a league we're still on pace to break the all-time 200+ games in a single season record, a mere five games separate the top six teams (all of which shifted in the standings Tuesday night), and the third highest series of all time was thrown. We can't say that this was a typical position round by any means. Ready to get into the details? Have at it...After suffering defeat at the hands of Dragon Balls last week, the team with the best record heading into the position round – Will Strike if Provoked – looked to exact their revenge. It looks like that will have to wait as the Dragon's Rob Kaszuba took matter into his own hands and almost single-handedly propelled his team to a clean sweep to take over first place with a record of 21-11. Kaszuba shot a team-leading 541 series (his best this season), increasing his score each game as the night progressed. The Provoked were led by Aubrey Moren and his 571 series but simply couldn't fire on all pistons, falling two spots into 3rd place at 18-14.The last time Snakes on a Lane and Murder, He Wrote met, the Snakes' Ken M. Wilson put on a clinic with his 683 series to take all four games. Despite Wilson's 669 series this time around, it was simply no match whatsoever for the onslaught brought forth by this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler, Bill Krejci. Rolling the 3rd highest series of all time in league history (including two entries on the highest games of all time), Krejci's 743 series absolutely routed the competition to take over 2nd place with their record of 20.5-11.5. Snakes on a Lane, having been in first place three weeks ago, has plummeted to 6th place with their 16-16 record.Other than the Finals, rolling the best series of your career in the position round is almost perfect timing. Just ask this week's Most Valuable Bowler, Mark DeVoe. With his 474 series, combined with anchor Dennis Blake's team-leading 497 series, DeVoe's scores allowed Split It and Hit It to come away with a 3-1 matchup victory down on Lanes 45 & 46 to improve to 16.5-15.5 on the season. Angela Bradford, anchor on Three Strikes and You're Out!, narrowly missed a come-from-behind-victory in Game #3 that would have allowed a split of the series but fell just one roll short (uncharacteristically guttering after throwing two strikes in the 10th frame) with her 519 series. Split It and Hit It rise one spot to 5th place while Three Strikes also climbs one spot into 4th with their 17-15 record. In the battle of 7th and 8th place, Brunk Enough to Dowl and Ballz Out opted to take a ride on a roller coaster against one another. With Cliff Barendsen's 580 series leading the way, the Ballz got out to an early lead by taking Game #1. Not to be outdone, Kody Karnes put up a 643 series (including a 267, which also puts him on the highest games of all-time list) to reverse the momentum and give Brunk the win in Game #2. The two battled it out with 200+ games apiece in Game #3 but Barendsen's team came away with the win in the end. Total pins, however, seesawed over to Brunk Enough to even the series at two games apiece. Neither team moved in the league standings, with Brunk Enough to Dowl improving to 12-20 to Ballz Out's 7-25. Nine bowlers found themselves making their way into The 200 Club this week, including: Aubrey Moren (223), Bill Krejci (279, 269), Carl Goetz (237), Cliff Barendsen (202, 210), Ian Goetz (200), Ken M. Wilson (215, 247, 207), Kody Karnes (267, 216), Rob Kaszua (204), and Seth Gunderson (255).The Tournament of Champions had some shakeups this week. Division #1 saw Ken M. Wilson (15) regain his spot ahead of Carl Goetz (13). Dennis Blake (11) extended his lead out ahead of Kody Karnes (6) and Cory Chorpenning (6) in Division #2. A new sheriff is in town in Division #3 as Jonathan Vigliaturo (12) moves ahead of Phil Schroeder (10). Division #4 welcomed back Mark DeVoe (12) to the top spot while Stephan Miller (10) chases him very closely.Nominations for this season's Hall of Fame induction is now closed. Thank you to everyone that nominated someone. Voting on this season's ballot will begin next week.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Mark DeVoe
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Bill Krejci
Runner Up:
Mark DeVoe

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Bill Krejci
Runner Up:
Mark DeVoe

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Hey, Ken...be sure to blog about THAT! Hahahahahahahahaha!"

Cliff Barendsen, after watching Angela Bradford gutter in the 10th frame after two strikes to lose Game #3 in a tightly contested battle.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Dragon Balls 21-11 .656 16,438 +1
2 Murder, He Wrote 20.5-11.5 .641 16,432 +1
3 Will Strike If Provoked 18-14 .563 16,313 -2
4 Three Strikes and You're Out! 17-15 .531 14,966 +1
5 Split It and Hit It 16.5-15.5 .516 12,953 +1
6 Snakes on a Lane 16-16 .500 19,105 -2
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 12-20 .375 13,206 n/a
8 Ballz Out 7-25 .219 13,497 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 8
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Bill Krejci - 743
Ken Wilson - 669
Kody Karnes - 643
Carl Goetz - 615
Seth Gunderson - 580
Cliff Barendsen - 580 (t)
Angela Bradford - 519
Anita Osthoff - 479
Freda Schroeder - 429
Sabrina Gray - 339
Sarah Lynch - 300
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Bill Krejci - 769
Mark DeVoe - 670
Ken Wilson - 669
Kody Karnes - 667
Seth Gunderson - 659
Angela Bradford - 595
Anita Osthoff - 575
Sarah Lynch - 547
Sabrina Gray - 538
Freda Schroeder - 525
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Bill Krejci - 279
Kody Karnes - 267
Seth Gunderson - 255
Ken Wilson - 247
Carl Goetz - 237
Anita Osthoff - 191
Angela Bradford - 191 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 157
Sabrina Gray - 119
Sarah Lynch - 114
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Bill Krejci - 287
Seth Gunderson - 281
Kody Karnes - 275
Ken Wilson - 247
Rob Kaszuba - 239
Anita Osthoff - 223
Angela Bradford - 216
Sarah Lynch - 196
Freda Schroeder - 189
Sabrina Gray - 185
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Bill Krejci - 90
Seth Gunderson - 88
Kody Karnes - 77
Mark DeVoe - 51
Rob Kaszuba - 48
Anita Osthoff - 31
Angela Bradford - 23
Sarah Lynch - 17
Sabrina Gray - 2

The More Things Change…

Posted by Ken On March - 13 - 2013ADD COMMENTS

Everyone has now bowled one another once and, with that, the 27th season of GutterAlley action has found itself knotted up in the league standings in one of the closest first halves we've had in quite some time. Heading into the position round next week, a mere two games separate the top five teams in the league. That's pretty close, folks. Ready to see how it all played out? Keep reading...Having finally broken free and taken over 1st place outright last week, Will Strike if Provoked looked to hold onto their position. And while they did come away still in first place by the end of the night, it wasn't without some frustration from opponents Dragon Balls. After losing Games #1 and #2, behind a 547 series performance from the Dragon's anchor Ryan Doll, Will Strike regrouped and pulled off a solitary win to stay ahead of the heap. Both Phil Schroeder and Aubrey Moren shot a 539 series to lead their team in the losing effort. With the wins, Dragon Balls ends up being one of only two teams that moved around in the league standings and finds itself in 2nd place. The two teams will face off against one another in the position round with records of 18-10 and 17-11, respectively.Down a pair on Lanes 43 & 44, four Hall of Famers did battle against one another in what almost ended up being an outright slaughter. Fresh off their ass whooping last week, Snakes on a Lane looked to rebound but quickly derailed at the hands of opponents Three Strikes and You're Out!. Despite throwing the highest series of the evening – a 668 and earning #1 Power Ranked bowler status in the process – Carl Goetz simply received no help from his fellow Snakes as Three Strikes took it to them for a 3-1 matchup victory. Bob Brunker provided the most output for the winning side, ending his night with his best series this season – a 584. Even with the wins, Three Strikes and You're Out remains in 5th place while Snakes on a Lane becomes the only team to fall in the league standings, finding themselves in 4th place now. When you are the team's anchor and find yourself down two bowlers, what do you do? Well, if you are Dennis Blake of Split It and Hit It, you knuckle down and put up this week's Most Valuable Bowler performance. Shooting over his average every game, Blake's 528 series led the way on both sides of the equation en route to the night's lone sweep. The victims this time around were Ballz Out, who are now in the midst of an 8-game losing streak. While Game #2 was won by a mere three pins, the rest of the games weren't even close as Split It improves to a record of 13.5-14.5 good enough to remain in 6th place. They will face Three Strikes and You're Out in the position round. Ballz Out's anchor Cliff Barendsen led his team with a 518 series but continues to struggle to find a way to bring his team to victory...and remains in 8th place.At the far end of the bowling alley, Murder, He Wrote looked to extend their winning streak after last week's sweep. You know how people say that every pin counts? Well, that was certainly the case in Game #1 against opponents Brunk Enough to Dowl. The two teams found themselves tied at 661-661, resulting in a half game victory apiece. Game #2 also came down to the final roll, with the victory going to Murder – compliments of Bill Krejci's team leading 554 series by a margin of only four pins. Game #3 came down to another duel, this time going Brunk Enough's way via the 528 series from Kody Karnes and a 10-pin margin of victory. Total pins went Brunk's way, by six pins, to end it with them taking the series 2.5-1.5. Neither team budged in the league standings – Murder, He Wrote remains in 3rd while Brunk Enough to Dowl continues to reside in 7th place.As a league, we managed to cross the midway point on our way to becoming the season that has seen the most 200+ games. Those contributing this week in The 200 Club include: Angela Bradford (206), Bill Krejci (200), Bob Brunker (204, 223), Carl Goetz (225, 235, 208), Ian Goetz (209), Ken M. Wilson (200), Phil Schroeder (216), and Ryan Doll (203).The Tournament of Champions is back on track now with some changes in the divisional leads. Carl Goetz (13) has taken over the top spot in Division #1 from Ken M. Wilson (12) who has apparently forgotten how to bowl. Division #2 finds a new leader in this week's MVB Dennis Blake (8) while Kody Karnes (6) moves up to tie Cory Chorpenning (6), who has seemingly vanished into thin air the past two weeks. Phil Schroeder (9) and Freda Schroeder (7) continue to rule Division #3 respectively but find Anita Osthoff (7) in a tie for the second spot. Michael Smith continues to hold onto Division #4 but find a new person on his heels, Stephan Miller (7) who inches out Mark DeVoe by a single point.As mentioned on our Facebook page earlier and on the whitesheet Tuesday night, nominations for this season's Hall of Fame induction will close at the end of bowling in the position round. Please, if you haven't already, hop on over and nominate some folks. There are almost 60 bowlers eligible for induction this season but, in the end, there can be only one. Please take a moment and help someone make their way into the Hall this season. See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Carl Goetz
Runner Up:
Bob Brunker

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Carl Goetz
Runner Up:
Dennis Blake

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Jeez, you guys...who do you think you are, the Royals?"

Sabrina Gray, commenting on the Snakes' 2-6 record the last two weeks.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 18-10 .643 14,373 n/a
2 Dragon Balls 17-11 .607 14,406 +2
3 Murder, He Wrote 16.5-11.5 .589 14,130 n/a
4 Snakes on a Lane 16-12 .571 16,717 -2
5 Three Strikes and You're Out! 16-12 .571 13,140 n/a
6 Split It and Hit It 13.5-14.5 .482 11,301 n/a
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 10-18 .357 11,525 n/a
8 Ballz Out 5-23 .179 11,812 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 7
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Carl Goetz - 668
Bob Brunker - 584
Bill Krejci - 554
Ryan Doll - 547
Ian Goetz - 547 (t)
Ken Wilson - 542
Angela Bradford - 478
Anita Osthoff - 464
Freda Schroeder - 421
Sabrina Gray - 373
Annie Conley - 362
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Carl Goetz - 680
Bob Brunker - 648
Dennis Blake - 609
Phil Schroeder - 606
Matt Bunyard - 580
Stephan Miller - 580 (t)
Sabrina Gray - 574
Anita Osthoff - 557
Sarah Lynch - 556
Annie Conley - 554
Angela Bradford - 552
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Carl Goetz - 235
Bob Brunker - 223
Phil Schroeder - 216
Ian Goetz - 209
Ryan Doll - 203
Angela Bradford - 206
Anita Osthoff - 166
Freda Schroeder - 159
Sabrina Gray - 151
Annie Conley - 131
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Bob Brunker - 244
Carl Goetz - 239
Phil Schroeder - 238
Matt Bunyard - 233
Eric Lynch - 217
Angela Bradford - 230
Sabrina Gray - 218
Anita Osthoff - 197
Sarah Lynch - 195
Annie Conley - 195 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 187
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Bob Brunker - 50
Matt Bunyard - 47
Phil Schroeder - 44
Carl Goetz - 40
Eric Lynch - 29
Angela Bradford - 37
Sabrina Gray - 35
Sarah Lynch - 16
Annie Conley - 11
Anita Osthoff - 5

Birthday Beatdown

Posted by Ken On March - 5 - 20131 COMMENT

With the position round just right around the corner, Week #6 is usually a great time to make your move if you're looking to improve your station in the league standings. Several teams got the memo while others simply did not pay that close attention to it. Now that the post-bowling has been taken care of, we can get into the full story. With one of their own out for the night, Split It and Hit It recruited 1/4th of the reigning championship team from last season to fill in Tuesday night. John Boren showed up to sub and, with his team-leading 562 series, helped Split It take Game #1 from opponents Brunk Enough to Dowl. Kody Karnes, however, had different plans. He countered with a 604 series which made the difference in Game #2 to even the series at a game apiece. Game #3 came down to the wire but went in favor of Split It and Hit It before – ready for this? – causing a tie for total pins. Split It takes their 2.5-1.5 matchup victory and remains in 6th while Brunk Enough continues to hold onto 7th place.It took until Monday the 11th, but the results of the matchup between Ballz Out and Murder, He Wrote was finalized...and went down exactly as Scoot predicted. While both teams were off, Murder was off less and came away with the 4-0 sweep to improve to 15-9 on the season. Bill Krejci's 578 series was the top for Murder, He Wrote while Cliff Barendsen's 491 was the highest output from Ballz Out. Murder moves up a spot into 3rd place while Ballz Out, now 5-19, remains in 8th place.Having danced around one another almost all season, the two teams with the league's best records – Will Strike if Provoked and Snakes on a Lane – finally met for their inevitable showdown. With it being Freda Schroeder's birthday, the team figured that the best birthday present they could present her was a beatdown of of the Snakes...and they delivered. With Provoked's anchor Aubrey Moren leading the way with his first 600+ series of the season, a 643, he not only led the team to a 3-1 ass whooping over their opponents but also landed #1 Power Ranked bowler honors as well. The team moves up to own 1st place outright with their 17-7 record. The Snakes' Carl Goetz led his team in the losing effort with a 614 series while falling to 2nd place at 15-9.On the final pair of lanes, the Dragon Balls said goodbye to Neil Rieger by treating him to a clean sweep of opponents Three Strikes and You're Out!. With anchor Ryan Doll (and this week's Most Valuable Bowler) shooting his best series so far this season – a 662 – the team stole Game #1 in the 10th frame but emphatically took each game beyond that. Neil himself put the icing on the cake by shooting his best game in the league – a 277 – good enough to earn him a spot with the 7th highest game thrown in league history in his final game. Three Strikes' Bob Brunker led his team with a 495 series but it was simply no match for the Balls' output. With the wins, Doll and crew climb one spot up into 4th while Three Strikes and You're Out! fall two spots into 5th place.Those bowlers wishing Freda Schroeder and Sabrina Gray a happy birthday in The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (235, 214), Carl Goetz (245), Freda Schroeder (200), Ian Goetz (233), John Boren (212), Kody Karnes (239), Neil Rieger (277), Phil Schroeder (233), and Ryan Doll (206, 246, 210).The results of the Tournament of Champions will be up as soon as we have the scores from the post-bowling.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Ryan Doll
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Aubrey Moren
Runner Up:
Neil Rieger

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Aubrey Moren
Runner Up:
Ryan Doll

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Now THAT is how you retire from a league!"

Neil Rieger, after rolling a 277 as his final game and walking off into the sunset.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Will Strike If Provoked 17-7 .708 12,389 +1
2 Snakes on a Lane 15-9 .625 14,414 -1
3 Murder, He Wrote 15-9 .625 12,182 +1
4 Dragon Balls 14-10 .583 12,416 +1
5 Three Strikes and You're Out! 13-11 .542 11,241 -2
6 Split It and Hit It 9.5-14.5 .396 9,664 n/a
7 Brunk Enough to Dowl 7.5-16.5 .313 9,874 n/a
8 Ballz Out 5-19 .208 10,199 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 6
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ryan Doll - 662
Aubrey Moren - 643
Neil Rieger - 629
Carl Goetz - 614
Kody Karnes - 604
Freda Schroeder - 511
Angela Bradford - 492
Anita Osthoff - 421
Sarah Lynch - 310
Sabrina Gray - 309
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 681
Neil Rieger - 674
Ryan Doll - 664
Carl Goetz - 630
Kody Karnes - 625
Freda Schroeder - 599
Angela Bradford - 564
Sarah Lynch - 562
Anita Osthoff - 505
Sabrina Gray - 503
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Neil Rieger - 277
Ryan Doll - 246
Carl Goetz - 245
Kody Karnes - 239
Aubrey Moren - 235
Freda Schroeder - 200
Angela Bradford - 170
Anita Osthoff - 169
Sarah Lynch - 141
Sabrina Gray - 115
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Neil Rieger - 292
Phil Schroeder - 255
Carl Goetz - 250
Aubrey Moren - 247
Ryan Doll - 246
Kody Karnes - 246 (t)
Freda Schroeder - 229
Sarah Lynch - 225
Anita Osthoff - 197
Angela Bradford - 194
Sabrina Gray - 179
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Neil Rieger - 96
Phil Schroeder - 61
Carl Goetz - 52
Aubrey Moren - 51
Kody Karnes - 48
Sarah Lynch - 46
Freda Schroeder - 37
Anita Osthoff - 4

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