The Spring 2015 Position Round saw almost unbearably high temperatures in the bowling alley and also saw hot action in all four matchups.UPDATE!  The mystery of the standings discrepancy has been solved.  Last week our server needed a restore from backup and this restore happened to also restore a typo that had been previously fixed.   That typo resulted in Squirtin' Tuna being credited with 1 more win than they actually had.   So yes, Seth Gunderson, it turns out they were bowling in the correct position this week.   Updates below...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Amazeballs hoped to extend their first place lead, and with the help of Angela Bradford and her 589 series, they not only succeeded but also put themselves (just barely) beyond one-week's reach of their closest competition. The most interesting facet of this matchup, however, is that her own brother Carl Goetz rolled a 704 series (the 6th in his career) but it wasn't enough secure even a single win in a very intense battle. Sponsored By Rogue drops 2 spots to 4th place 1 spot to 3rd place, part of a three-way tie.On lanes 43 & 44: a very fishy matchup saw Squirtin' Tunas deliver such an intense onslaught that the low bowler on the team was... Aaron Barber ?!?!?. With yet another new personal best series by Michael Gordon for the second week in a row, a 643 this week, the Tuna secured three victories to climb to 2nd place but remain in 4th place due to total pins (part of a 3-way tie). Meanwhile, Aubrey Moren had to roll a new personal best game of 278 (which is also the new high score for this season) to lead 10 Pins 10 Balls to their lone win with his 641 series. 10 Pins drops 1 spot 2 spots to 5th place.On lanes 45 & 46: In the quickest matchup of the night as both teams coped with their anchors away,  Gimme Headpin finally saw signs of life with the return of as full a roster as they're going to get the rest of this season. Brian Coe's 618 series was more than enough to get a clean sweep against Split It & Hit It (led by Todd Way's 407 series). Headpin climbs 1 spot to 3rd place 3 spots to 2nd place (the total pins leader in a 3-way tie), while Split It drops a spot to 7th.

Finally, down on lanes 47 & 48: The primary goal of Ballz Out was to increase their win percentage out of the hundredths spot, and that they did. Led by Cliff Barendsen's 515 series, and assisted greatly by continental drift and the gravitational perturbations of a distant passing asteroid, they were able to secure one win and make game 3 close enough to be exciting. Sadly, for the Ballz, Scott Murdock of The Pin is Mightier remembered a few basic fundamentals after a recent slump and rolled a 532 series to lead his team to 3 wins. Ballz Out remains in 8th place but at least now has a win percentage that doesn't begin with a leading zero, while The PinIs rises 1 spot to 6th place.On a sad note, Ken M. Wilson has had to withdraw from the league for the remainder of the season. His team will be carrying his average each week, and whomever faces him in the Tournament of Champions each week needs to roll 1 pin over average to advance.This week in Tournament of Champions, Carl Goetz gained ground by winning Division 1 but Aaron Barber continues to rule the roost. Michael Gordon won Division 2 to pull into 2nd place behind Rob Kaszuba. Division 3 started with AJ Hofmann cursing Angela Bradford and ended with Scott Murdock doing the same as she won the division to move into a tie for 2nd, while Scoot barely squeaked by into 1st. Finally, Bryan Mohr dominated Division 4 to extend his 2nd place position and start threatening division leader Jake Parrott.Bowlers jockeying to replace Ken in the The 200 Club this week include: Angela Bradford (222), Aubrey Moren (278), Brian Coe (235), Bryan Mohr (201), Carl Goetz (235,213,256), Cliff Barendsen (210), Ian Goetz (200,231), Kody Karnes (224), Michael Gordon (218,255), Russell Bingham (216,203), and Ryan Doll (235)See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Laube Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Michael Gordon Runner Up: Carl Goetz	#1 H2H BOWLER Jake Parrott Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Fire when Gordon's in range!" General Kala, irritated that neither the gas chamber, swamp monsters, the destruction of Prince Vultan's kingdom, War Rocket Ajax, nor the Lightning Field seem to be able to stop Michael Gordon these days.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Amazeballs	24.5-7.5	.766	16,571	n/a
2	Gimme Headpin	19-13	.594	19,395	+3
3	Sponsored By Rogue	19-13	.594	18,414	-1
4	Squirtin' Tunas	19-13	.594	16,594	n/a
5	10 Pins 10 Balls	17-15	.531	16,814	-2
6	The Pin is Mightier	12-20	.375	13,085	+1
7	Split It & Hit It	11-21	.344	12,124	-1
8	Ballz Out	3.5-28.5	.109	11,523	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Carl Goetz - 704 Michael Gordon - 643 Aubrey Moren - 641 Brian Coe - 618 Kody Karnes - 611	Angela Bradford - 589 Freda Schroeder - 440 Alison Radke - 404
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Carl Goetz - 704 Michael Gordon - 693 Russell Bingham - 678 Aubrey Moren - 662 Jake Parrott - 659	Angela Bradford - 665 Alison Radke - 562 Freda Schroeder - 531
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Aubrey Moren - 278 Carl Goetz - 256 Michael Gordon - 255 Ryan Doll - 235 Brian Coe - 235 (t) Ian Goetz - 231	Angela Bradford - 222 Freda Schroeder - 172 Alison Radke - 147
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 285 Michael Gordon - 271 Carl Goetz - 256 Russell Bingham - 246 Bryan Mohr - 241	Angela Bradford - 247 Freda Schroeder - 202 Alison Radke - 199
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Aubrey Moren - 87 Michael Gordon - 76 Russell Bingham - 54 Bryan Mohr - 51 Cliff Barendsen - 47	Angela Bradford - 54 Alison Radke - 13 Freda Schroeder - 10

The leadup to the position round saw none of our teams move in the standings. But that doesn't mean nothing happened...Lanes 41 & 42: Lacking their flu-riddled anchor, Amazeballs might have been in trouble. But Angela Bradford stepped up with an MVB-earning 534 series to sweep Split It & Hit It. Fresh off their victory last week, Dennis Blake hoped to comtinue their surge but his 475 series wasn't enough to mount a defense against AB. Amazeballs extends their lead by 1 game.Lanes 43 & 44: Reeling from a series of setbacks, The Pin Is Mightier were happy to secure a solitary win against Sponsored By Rogue, courtesy of Dan Imperial's team-leading 473 series. Carl Goetz found himself earning more Rogue sponsorships with his 656 series, gaining 3 wins but still losing ground in their attempt to regain first place.

Lanes 45 & 46: The matchup between Squirtin' Tuna and 10 Pins 10 Ballswas a battle of bests, as Michael Gordon and Aaron Barber best set new personal best series (633 and 658, respectively). In additional, Michael Gordon rolled a new personal high game (266) as did Phil Schroeder (246... or is that 24penis?). The combined antics of Gordon and Barber guaranteed 3 wins for the Tuna, but Phil's high game combined with Aubrey Moren's 619 series to at least win game 3.Lanes 47 & 48: Having blown through all their post-bowls early in the season, Ballz Out definitely picked the wrong night to forfeit as they would have enjoyed a 220-pin handicap against a truncated team that rolled largely under average. Gimme Headpin, down 2 bowlers, struggled to roll close enough to their averages but a late surge by Kody Karnes and Brian Coe won game 3 by enough to secure total pins as well.This week in Tournament of Champions, only Aaron Barber and Dan Imperial won their divisions outright. Barber's win puts him far head of the pack in division 1.Bowlers in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (213,243,202), Aubrey Moren (204,245), Brian Coe (214), Carl Goetz (232,225), Kody Karnes (204,226), Michael Gordon (266), Phil Schroeder (215,246), and Seth Gunderson (210)See you next Tuesday! Remember, it's the position round, so no new subs!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Angela Bradford Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Aaron Barber Runner Up: Michael Gordon	#1 H2H BOWLER Aaron Barber Runner Up: Michael Gordon
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I just don't have a bag big enough to hold two balls." Bryan Mohr, lamenting his petite sac

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Amazeballs	20.5-7.5	.732	14,359	n/a
2	Sponsored By Rogue	19-9	.679	16,068	n/a
3	10 Pins 10 Balls	16-12	.571	14,667	n/a
4	Squirtin' Tunas	16-12	.571	14,271	+1
5	Gimme Headpin	15-13	.536	17,036	-1
6	Split It & Hit It	11-17	.393	10,497	n/a
7	The Pin is Mightier	9-19	.321	11,375	n/a
8	Ballz Out	2.5-25.5	.089	9,837	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Aaron Barber - 658 Carl Goetz - 656 Michael Gordon - 633 Aubrey Moren - 619 Kody Karnes - 610	Angela Bradford - 534 Freda Schroeder - 507
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Michael Gordon - 695 Aaron Barber - 689 Carl Goetz - 656 Aubrey Moren - 647 Phil Schroeder - 635	Angela Bradford - 613 Freda Schroeder - 600
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Michael Gordon - 266 Phil Schroeder - 246 Aubrey Moren - 245 Aaron Barber - 243 Carl Goetz - 232	Freda Schroeder - 197 Angela Bradford - 182
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Michael Gordon - 286 Phil Schroeder - 262 Aubrey Moren - 254 Aaron Barber - 253 Carl Goetz - 232	Freda Schroeder - 228 Angela Bradford - 208
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Michael Gordon - 92 Phil Schroeder - 66 Aubrey Moren - 57 Aaron Barber - 56 Dennis Cummings - 32 Russell Bingham - 32 (t) Dennis Laube - 32 (t)	Freda Schroeder - 36 Angela Bradford - 15

Tonight saw yet another reshuffle of the top spots in the league as the power players continue to battle it out. It also saw all 8 teams present for the first time in a long while,... well, if one lone representative from a team of prebowlers counts as a team.Lanes 41&42 seemed to be bowling their way across multiple time zones as they slowly worked their way to a 3-1 victory of 10 Pins 10 Balls over Ballz Out. While Aubrey Moren led his team with a 593 series, perhaps the bigger story is Chadwick Andrews leading his team to nearly doubling their win record with his 516 series. Neither team moves in the standings this week.Lanes 43 & 44: Reeling from last week's sweeping defeat, the mostly-prebowling men of Gimme Headpin sought to fight their way back up the standings. And with a team-leading 686 series by Kody Karnes, it seemed destined to happen. But suddenly Michael Gordon of Squirtin' Tuna decided to roll his new personal best game (256) and new personal best series (605) to deal a crushing blow in game 3. This was enough to take total pins, so the series was split 2-2. Both teams remain in their same spots ion the standings.Lanes 45 & 46: The new league leaders, Sponsored By Rogue, mathematically should have held on to first place longer than they did. Carl Goetz's team leading 663 series only tells part of the story, all four members came out firing and put on strong performances. But sometimes Ryan Doll likes to mess things up for you by rolling his new personal best series (708, his second 700). And his Amazeballs teammates decided to get in on the action, too. With a 3-1 victory, Amazeballs climbs to #1 by the thinnest of margins, while Rogue tenuously drops to #2.Finally, on lanes 47 & 48: The matchup to settle the case of who is the best of the three losing teams. At the beginning it seemed like The Pin Is Mightier might claim the crown, especially with the entire team rolling strikes in multiple frames on lane 47. (That team NEVER rolls all strikes!) But despite Scott Murdock's team-leading 529 series, they just couldn't survive long once Dennis Blake remembered what he was there to be doing. Blake's 591 series led Split It & Hit It to a 3-1 victory. Neither team moves in the standings.The Tournament of Champions saw Ryan Doll take Division 1, he now trails Aaron Barber by 1 point. In Division 2 Bob Brunker failed to beat a blind to in the whole round, leaving Phil Schroeder and Birthday Boy Rab Kaszuba tied for first. Scott Murdock took this round in Division 3, but Freda Schroeder and Dennis Blake still lead in points. Finally, Jake Parrott took Division 4, furthering his hold on first place.Bowlers in The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (226, 204), Cliff Barendsen (201), Michael Gordon (202, 256), Aaron Barber (207), Bob Brunker (201), Kody Karnes (201, 255, 231), Brian Coe (226, 225, 201), Bryan Mohr (201), Angela Bradford (205), Ryan Doll (245, 214, 249), Jonathan Vigliaturo (233), Ian Goetz (214, 245), Seth Gunderson (202), Carl Goetz (200, 216, 247), and Dennis Blake (223). And now my fingers are cramped. Sheesh.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Ryan Doll Runner Up: Bryan Mohr	#1 H2H BOWLER Ryan Doll Runner Up: Jake Parrott
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I'm pretty sure you'll know when he's done." Angela Bradford, after Scoot asked Seth if he would ever be finished with his unusually lengthy humping of Scoot's ear.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Amazeballs	16.5-7.5	.688	12,285	+1
2	Sponsored By Rogue	16-8	.667	13,801	-1
3	10 Pins 10 Balls	15-9	.625	12,433	n/a
4	Gimme Headpin	13-11	.542	14,663	n/a
5	Squirtin' Tunas	13-11	.542	12,021	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	11-13	.458	8,856	n/a
7	The Pin is Mightier	8-16	.333	9,759	n/a
8	Ballz Out	2.5-21.5	.104	9,837	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Ryan Doll - 708 Kody Karnes - 686 Carl Goetz - 663 Brian Coe - 652 Ian Goetz - 651	Angela Bradford - 546 Freda Schroeder - 518 Alison Radke - 391 Sarah Feldkamp - 225
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Ryan Doll - 722 Kody Karnes - 686 Michael Gordon - 679 Bryan Mohr - 677 Dennis Blake - 667	Angela Bradford - 632 Freda Schroeder - 616 Alison Radke - 547 Sarah Feldkamp - 525
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Michael Gordon - 256 Kody Karnes - 255 Ryan Doll - 249 Carl Goetz - 247 Ian Goetz - 245	Angela Bradford - 205 Freda Schroeder - 185 Alison Radke - 172 Sarah Feldkamp - 83
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Michael Gordon - 280 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 263 Kody Karnes - 255 Ryan Doll - 253 Dennis Blake - 248	Angela Bradford - 233 Alison Radke - 224 Freda Schroeder - 217 Sarah Feldkamp - 183
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Michael Gordon - 87 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 71 Bryan Mohr - 57 Ryan Doll - 55 Dennis Blake - 55 (t) Ian Goetz - 46	Angela Bradford - 41 Alison Radke - 37 Freda Schroeder - 26 Sarah Feldkamp - 8

Big games from Jake Parrott propel him to the top of of this week's charts and his team into a group of 5 teams all within a single series of a tenuous grasp on first place. But enough about Jake for now...The first 4 weeks of this season have seen all 8 teams present only once. So tonight was a refreshing change to finally see all eigh.... wait, never-mind. The matchup between Sponsored by Rogue and Split It & Hit It will have to wait until Split It post-bowls.Lanes 43 & 44: With both Amazeballs The Pin is Mightier missing their lead-off bowler, both of whom having the exact same average, it truly came down to teams-of-three in this fast-moving matchup. Ryan Doll dominated with a 622 series, leading his team to a 4-0 sweep of The Pin is Mightier. Dan Imperial tried to keep The PinIs mighty with his 455 series but it just wasn't enough. Amazeballs climbs to tentative 2nd while The PinIs limply droops to 7th.Lanes 45 & 46: Returning from a two-week absence (or a 24-hour absence depending on whose point of view), Ballz Out showed up completely unaware they had won a game the night before so wondered if tonight would be the night their win column would break into the single digits. It's a good thing it already had, because Jake Parrot of Squirtin' Tunas rolled the best series of his career so far (555) to sweep the night. Jake's performance also earns him tentative MVB and temtative #1 Power Rank for the week. The Tuna climbs to Tentative 4th while Ballz Out remain, well, yeah. Lanes 47 & 48: With Ken and Pops hung out at the casino or something, the rest of 10 Pins 10 Balls and Gimme Headpin showed up for what was expected to be an epic stalemate. Instead, the Schroeders must have discovered some new "dietary supplement". Phil Schroeder's team-leading 605 series completed tonight's trifecta of clean-sweeps, kicking 10 Pins up to tentative 3rd. Brian Coe gave it a valiant effort with his 628 series, but Headpin took the biggest tumble of the night, dropping 3 places to 5th place (while still remaining < 3 games out of 1st).The Tournament of Champions can't be updated yet since we once again have a team post-bowling. Sigh.Bowlers in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (207), Angela Bradford (200), Aubrey Moren (203), Bob Brunker (221, 201), Brian Coe (213, 205, 210), Kody Karnes (206, 224), Phil Schroeder (203, 220), and Ryan Doll (201, 223). And maybe more once we can post Matchup #1.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Jake Parrott Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Jake Parrott Runner Up: Carl Goetz	#1 H2H BOWLER Jake Parrott Runner Up: Ryan Doll
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Who shut off the heat? Why is everything frozen?" Satan, after a matchup involving "10 Pins 10 Balls" ended by 8:00.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Sponsored By Rogue	15-5	.750	11,355	n/a
2	Amazeballs	13.5-6.5	.675	10,023	+1
3	10 Pins 10 Balls	12-8	.600	10,362	+1
4	Gimme Headpin	11-9	.550	12,175	-2
5	Squirtin' Tunas	11-9	.550	9,837	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	8-12	.400	6,932	+1
7	The Pin is Mightier	7-13	.350	8,034	-1
8	Ballz Out	1.5-18.5	.075	8,193	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Carl Goetz - 664 Brian Coe - 628 Ryan Doll - 622 Kody Karnes - 612 Phil Schroeder - 605	Freda Schroeder - 536 Angela Bradford - 526 Alison Radke - 396
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Jake Parrott - 707 Carl Goetz - 664 Phil Schroeder - 657 Ryan Doll - 643 Brian Coe - 628	Freda Schroeder - 646 Angela Bradford - 619 Alison Radke - 549
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Carl Goetz - 255 Ian Goetz - 245 Kody Karnes - 224 Ryan Doll - 223 Bob Brunker - 221	Angela Bradford - 200 Freda Schroeder - 194 Alison Radke - 147
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Carl Goetz - 255 Jake Parrott - 246 Ian Goetz - 245 Phil Schroeder - 237 Bob Brunker - 231	Angela Bradford - 231 Freda Schroeder - 230 Alison Radke - 198
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Jake Parrott - 59 Carl Goetz - 49 Ian Goetz - 46 Phil Schroeder - 42 Bob Brunker - 34	Freda Schroeder - 40 Angela Bradford - 39 Alison Radke - 11

What a difference one night can make! Despite one team needing to post-bowl once again, seven – count 'em, SEVEN – teams swapped places in the league standings after Week #4 action was posted. While not everything be updated, it's pretty apparent that this week will go down as one of the biggest reshuffles we've seen in quite some time. Here's how almost all of it played out...The results of the matchup between The Pin is Mightier and Ballz Out will have to wait until next Monday when Ballz will take advantage of their last post-bowling opportunity of the season. Stay tuned!On Lanes 43 & 44, Split It & Hit It had their four horsemen together for the first time all season to square off against 10 Pins 10 Balls...and did it pay off. Nearly blanking their competition, Split It got off to a fast start with a Game #1 thumping before stumbling in the second contest. Games #3 and total pins, however, were ably manned by Split It – led by anchor Dennis Blake and his 525 series – to come away with a 3-1 matchup victory. 10 Pin's Aubrey Moren led his team with a 553 series in the losing effort. With the wins, Split It & Hit It tentatively moves up one spot into 6th while 10 Pins 10 Balls slips one spot into 4th place.In a replay of last season's Finals, the men of Sponsored by Rogue decided tonight was when they would emphatically exact their revenge. With a 613 series out of Seth Gunderson – who is tentatively this week's Most Valuable Bowler – Rogue stomped last season's champions in a 3-1 beatdown to knock opponents Gimme Headpin out of the top spot for the first time all season. Kody Karnes and Brian Coe put up a 645 series each but it didn't matter in the least. The two top teams swap places in the standings with Sponsored by Rogue ascending to the top of the heap in 1st while Gimme Headpin falls into 2nd place.Sometimes it takes a little while before a team finds its groove and the members of Amazeballs seem to have found theirs already. Facing off against the Squirtin' Tunas, Ryan Doll put up a team-leading 551 series along with this week's tentative #1 Power Ranked bowler performance out of fellow Amazer Bryan Mohr to take the Tunas 3-1 in league play. Squirtin's Aaron Barber brought about the lone victory for his team with a 604 series and a four pin victory in Game #2 in a 10th frame showdown. With the wins, the Amazeballs climb two spots into 3rd while the Squirtin' Tunas slide one spot into 5th place.The Tournament of Champions almost got off to a complete start...but won't fully update until the post-bowling takes place.Bowlers swimming in Miller Lite in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (204, 214), Angela Bradford (201), Bob Brunker (224), Brian Coe (206, 225, 214), Carl Goetz (223, 213), Jonathan Vigliaturo (211), Ken M. Wilson (212), Kody Karnes (225, 234), Russell Bingham (209), and Seth Gunderson (242).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Bryan Mohr Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Seth Gunderson Runner Up: Kody Karnes	#1 H2H BOWLER Freda Schroeder Runner Up: Aaron Barber
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Wait...are we still talking about Split It & Hit It?!?" Scott Murdock, after having been read Mark DeVoe's above-average scores.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Sponsored By Rogue	12-4	.750	9,056	+1
2	Gimme Headpin	11-5	.688	9,749	-1
3	Amazeballs	9.5-6.5	.594	7,969	+1
4	10 Pins 10 Balls	8-8	.500	8,175	-1
5	Squirtin' Tunas	7-9	.438	7,795	n/a
6	The Pin is Mightier	7-9	.438	6,449	n/a
7	Split It & Hit It	7-9	.438	5,087	n/a
8	Ballz Out	1.5-14.5	.094	6,614	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 645 Brian Coe - 645 (t) Seth Gunderson - 613 Aaron Barber - 604 Carl Goetz - 595 Bob Brunker - 588	Angela Bradford - 516 Freda Schroeder - 504 Alison Radke - 454
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Seth Gunderson - 665 Kody Karnes - 645 Brian Coe - 645 (t) Jonathan Vigliaturo - 636 Bob Brunker - 626 Aaron Barber - 625	Alison Radke - 624 Freda Schroeder - 624 (t) Angela Bradford - 619
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Seth Gunderson - 242 Kody Karnes - 234 Brian Coe - 225 Bob Brunker - 224 Carl Goetz - 223	Angela Bradford - 201 Alison Radke - 184 Freda Schroeder - 179
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Seth Gunderson - 259 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 244 Russell Bingham - 241 Bob Brunker - 236 Kody Karnes - 234	Alison Radke - 240 Angela Bradford - 235 Freda Schroeder - 219
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Seth Gunderson - 64 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 53 Russell Bingham - 50 Mark DeVoe - 44 Dennis Cummings - 40 Bob Brunker - 40 (t)	Alison Radke - 55 Angela Bradford - 44 Freda Schroeder - 29

There's an old saying that history repeats itself...well, considering that we only lost four bowlers from last season, it seems that the league is falling right back into the way it finished in the Fall for the most part. Week #3 is typically the calm after the storm of the first two weeks as averages wildly fluctuate but begin to settle. Tentatively, only two teams swapped places in the league standings as the bowlers of the Spring 2015 season get ready for the next 13 weeks of competition. NOTE: Until the members of Ballz Out complete their post-bowling, the full standings cannot be determined. This also impacts this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler as well as the Most Valuable Bowler results. Lastly, the seeding of the Tournament of Champions also cannot be truly calculated. Dammit, Cliff, hurry up and bowl! Having started the season with a perfect 8-0 record, the men of Gimme Headpin looked like they were well on their way to maintaining perfection after taking Game #1 from opponents Amazeballs behind Kody Karnes' 261 game and 703 series. Game #2, however, ended the party as Amazes' anchor Ryan Doll woke up and hoisted a team-leading 613 series to take the narrow victory in Game #2. Game #3 also came down to the wire with the Amazeballs upsetting Gimme by a 6-pin margin. Total pins, however, went to the current league leaders who manage to hold onto their top spot with a league best 10-2 record. The Amazeballs, at 6.5-5.5, remain in 5th place.Down on Lanes 43 & 44, Sponsored by Rogue continues to rack up the wins nearly blanking Squirtin' Tunas but coming away with a 3-1 matchup victory. Led by Carl Goetz and his 610 series, Rogue easily took Game #1 before dropping a close contest in Game #2. The Tunas' Michael Gordon surprised everyone with back-to-back 200+ games and led his team to the Game #2 upset with his 553 series. Game #3 and total pins, however, were chalked up as victories in favor of Sponsored by Rogue who remains in 2nd place with their 9-3 record. The Squirtin' Tunas, now at 7-5, slip one spot into 4th place due to the total pins tiebreaker.The results of the matchup between Split It & Hit It and Ballz Out will be tallied once Cliff and crew post-bowl. Stay tuned!In the lengthiest matchup of the evening, The Pin is Mightier and 10 Pins 10 Balls battled one another to a standstill en route to their 2-2 outcome. After an emphatic win in Game #1, the 10 Pins – led this week by lead-off bowler Phil Schroeder's 613 series – seemed to be completely in charge...but then came Game #2. With anchor Scott Murdock's 489 series, Mightier lived up to their name to take a 10-pin victory in the second contest and followed it up with an 11-pin victory in Game #3. Total pins, however, saved the day for 10 Pins 10 Balls and split the series. With their 7-5 record, 10 Pins gets the benefit of total pins once again to move up one spot to 3rd. The Pin is Mightier, currently at 4-8, remain tentatively in 6th place.Bowlers fighting over who gets to wear the Super Bowl halftime shark costume in The 200 Club this week include: Bob Brunker (202, 202), Brian Coe (208, 248), Carl Goetz (244), Dennis Laube (214), Ian Goetz (205, 214), Ken M. Wilson (236), Kody Karnes (261, 248), Michael Gordon (201, 208), Phil Schroeder (200, 222), Rob Kaszuba (203), and Ryan Doll (220, 224).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Michael Smith Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Kody Karnes Runner Up: Phil Schroeder	#1 H2H BOWLER Phil Schroeder Runner Up: Bob Brunker
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Once a slut, always a slut." Phil Schroeder, after rolling a 613 and booking a 183 average after Week #3 (his best ever), on being labeled a sandbagger.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Gimme Headpin	10-2	.833	7,352	n/a
2	Sponsored By Rogue	9-3	.750	6,763	n/a
3	10 Pins 10 Balls	7-5	.583	6,173	n/a
4	Amazeballs	6.5-5.5	.542	5,919	+1
5	Squirtin' Tunas	6-6	.500	5,802	-1
6	The Pin is Mightier	4-8	.333	4,769	n/a
7	Split It & Hit It	4-8	.333	3,188	+1
8	Ballz Out	0.5-11.5	.042	4,930	-1

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 703 Brian Coe - 645 Ryan Doll - 613 Phil Schroeder - 613 (t) Ken Wilson - 610 Carl Goetz - 610 (t) Bob Brunker - 603	Angela Bradford - 496 Freda Schroeder - 456
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 703 Phil Schroeder - 677 Bob Brunker - 663 Brian Coe - 645 Dennis Laube - 643	Angela Bradford - 608 Freda Schroeder - 578
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 261 Brian Coe - 248 Carl Goetz - 244 Ken Wilson - 236 Ryan Doll - 224	Angela Bradford - 189 Freda Schroeder - 158
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 261 Dennis Laube - 248 Brian Coe - 248 (t) Carl Goetz - 244 Phil Schroeder - 243 Michael Gordon - 237	Angela Bradford - 226 Freda Schroeder - 198
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Dennis Laube - 57 Phil Schroeder - 49 Michael Gordon - 45 Rob Kaszuba - 42 Michael Smith - 40	Angela Bradford - 36 Freda Schroeder - 9

The most volatile week of each season is always, without a doubt, Week #2. Averages set the in the debut week fluctuate wildly as bowlers either get hot or cool off and teams struggle to secure victories during this roller coaster ride. A total of six teams swapped places Tuesday night with the exception of the team on top and the team on bottom but we're pretty confident that this pattern will continue as the Spring 2015 season rolls on. Amazingly, six bowlers in the league currently carry averages above 200 – the most we've ever seen in league history. In the first matchup of the evening, The Pin is Mightier took a narrow Game #1 victory over opponents Squirtin' Tunas behind a team-leading 480 series out of anchor Scott "Scooter J" Murdock. Not to be outdone, the Tuna's Aaron Barber hoisted a 597 series to take a 1-pin win in Game #2 as well as an an 8-pin victory to secure Game #3 but eventually lost out in total pins by only seven to split the series 2-2. With the wins, Squirtin' Tunas slip one spot down into 3rd while The Pin is Mightier climbs one spot up into 6th place.Last season, the majority of Gimme Headpin set record after record en route to the Fall 2014 championship. This season, they are looking to do the same. Remaining undefeated, the guys nearly bested the all-time record for a team series against opponents Split It & Hit It with their combined 2,603 series. Led by anchor Ken M. Wilson and his 717 series – who was also this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler, Gimme continues to grab up the wins and now sits at a perfect 8-0 in 1st place. Split It, led by anchor Dennis Blake and his 495 series, continue to look for their first win of the season and remain in 8th place.On lanes 45-46, last week's most purposefully guttering team – Amazeballs – took on the 2nd most purposefully guttering team – 10 Pins 10 Balls. Despite adding another notch in their win column in Game #1, the Amazeballs took a backseat to the 10 Pins. With anchor Aubrey Moren leading the way with his 589 series along with this week's Most Valuable Bowler performance out of teammate Freda Schroeder, the unconfirmed 10 Balls stormed back to take the series 3-1. With the victories the members of 10 Pins 10 Balls move up one spot to 4th while the Amazeballs, led tonight by anchor Ryan Doll's 591 series, fall down two spots to a not-so-amazing 5th place.The final pair of lanes hosted the first matchup of the season between Sponsored by Rogue and Ballz Out, easily the two most fun teams to face. Unfortunately for Ballz Out, the outing was not so much fun as Rogue routed them 4-0 in a contest that saw none of the games settled by less than a 100+ pins. Leading the charge for Sponsored by Rogue was Carl Goetz and his demonic 666 series that propelled his team up to two spots into 2nd place. Ballz Out, still off to a better start than last season, was led by Cliff Barendsen's 505 series but falls one spot down into 7th place.The Tournament of Champions has crunched another week of numbers in preparation for kicking off at the start of Week #4. Your average at the end of Week #3 will officially place you within your division this season so get those scores up (or down, depending on where you hope to be seeded). Bowlers yearning to becoming regulars this season in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (209, 212), Aubrey Moren (217), Bob Brunker (202), Brian Coe (254, 255), Carl Goetz (222, 242, 202), Ian Goetz (202, 247, 203), Ken M. Wilson (225, 276, 216), Kody Karnes (203, 233, 213), Phil Schroeder (200), Ryan Doll (222), and Scott Murdock (201).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Freda Schroeder Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Ken Wilson Runner Up: Brian Coe	#1 H2H BOWLER Ken M. Wilson Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I don't even have to turn around and look who is humping me anymore. I can tell just by the grip." Scott Murdock, after being completely hoisted off the ground by Kody during a 2nd game molesting.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Gimme Headpin	8-0	1.000	4,791	n/a
2	Sponsored By Rogue	6-2	.750	4,556	+2
3	10 Pins 10 Balls	5-3	.625	4,075	+2
4	Squirtin' Tunas	5-3	.625	3,866	-1
5	Amazeballs	4.5-3.5	.563	3,872	-3
6	The Pin is Mightier	2-6	.250	3,137	+1
7	Ballz Out	0.5-7.5	.063	3,406	-1
8	Split It & Hit It	0-8	.000	1,554	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 717 Brian Coe - 695 Carl Goetz - 666 Ian Goetz - 652 Kody Karnes - 649	Angela Bradford - 483 Freda Schroeder - 460 Alison Radke - 353
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Ken Wilson - 717 Brian Coe - 695 Carl Goetz - 666 Ian Goetz - 654 Bryan Mohr - 652	Angela Bradford - 612 Freda Schroeder - 594 Alison Radke - 494
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Ken Wilson - 276 Brian Coe - 255 Ian Goetz - 247 Carl Goetz - 242 Kody Karnes - 233	Freda Schroeder - 178 Angela Bradford - 171 Alison Radke - 125
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Ken Wilson - 276 Brian Coe - 255 Ian Goetz - 247 Carl Goetz - 242 Ryan Doll - 238	Freda Schroeder - 222 Angela Bradford - 214 Alison Radke - 172
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Ken Wilson - 75 Jake Parrott - 50 Ian Goetz - 48 Scott Murdock - 44 Ryan Doll - 43	Freda Schroeder - 34 Angela Bradford - 25

With the holiday season behind us, it was once again time to get down to business with the 31st season of GutterAlley action. Thirty-two bowlers across eight teams will duke it out over 16 weeks as one team will make its way to winning it all and be named the champs of the Spring 2015 season. While the majority of the league showed up to kick off Week #1 action, one team was mysteriously absent...Kicking the season off on the first pair of lanes, last season's 2nd and 3rd place finishers did battle once again in a roller coaster of a matchup. Behind an impressive start for his season, Aubrey Moren stepped up for 10 Pins 10 Balls to deliver a 610 series and the firepower necessary to take Game #1. Not to be outdone, Carl Goetz put up a 602 series for Sponsored by Rogue (comically misspelled "Rouge" on the monitor) to tie the teams at a game piece after Game #2. Game #3 came down to the 10th frame as the 10 Pins managed to outdo their opponents but not by enough to overcome the total pins loss in the second contest to end the night in a 2-2 split. Sponsored begins their season in 4th with 10 Pins 10 Balls immediately behind them in 5th place. Dennis "Pops" Laube was this week's Most Valuable Bowler.Lanes 43 & 44 had a slew of interesting occurrences happen on it – from two bowlers needing to make a hasty exit and finishing their evening on a separate pair of lanes to a career accountant not able to work a calculator to do simple math as well as a number of intentional gutterballs all in the name of victory. Despite all of these shenanigans, the Amazeballs came away with a 3.5-0.5 matchup victory over opponents Ballz Out. The Amaze's Ryan Doll intentionally guttered his way to a season-starting 539 series to nearly take the cake but fell just a little short in securing the first week sweep. Cliff Barendsen seems to have put last season behind him and came out firing with a 570 series to start the season in 6th. Amazeballs quickly finds themselves in 2nd place after their orchestrated start.Having finished last season in 1st place, Gimme Headpin wasted no time whatsoever at returning to the top of the perch. With the best bowler in league history away for a golf tournament, Kody Karnes donned the Superman cape and emphatically led his team to a 4-0 victory over opponents The Pin is Mightier with his 710 series. Not surprisingly, Karnes was this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler. Putting out the most firepower for Pin Is was...wait, are you serious?!?...Scott Murdock with his 471 series. Gimme Headpin starts out in 1st while The Pin Is Mightier finds themselves in 7th place.On the final pair of lanes, the Squirtin' Tunas were presented with both a blessing and a curse when first week opponents Split It & Hit It were no shows. This enacts the good old league rule in which a 4-man team must bowl within 40 pins of their team average in order to secure a victory. So how did it all play out? With anchor Aaron Barber putting up a solid 630 series to kick off the Spring session for the Tunas, the team still managed to let Game #1 slip away by the tiniest of margins to debut with a record of 3-1. The wins put the guys in 3rd while, big shock, Split It & Hit It begin their season in the cellar. An all points bulletin has been put out to find our fearless foursome.The Tournament of Champions, just like Big Brother, is watching you already. Your average at the end of Week #3 will officially place you within your division this season so get those scores up (or down, depending on where you want to end up). Starting out the Spring session in style by visiting The 200 Club this week was: Aaron Barber (221, 219), Aubrey Moren (247, 201), Carl Goetz (221), Cliff Barendsen (215), Ian Goetz (216, 213), Ken M. Wilson (210, 206), Kody Karnes (217, 225, 268), Phil Schroeder (226), Rob Kaszuba (223), and Seth Gunderson (205).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Laube Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Kody Karnes Runner Up: Aaron Barber	#1 H2H BOWLER Kody Karnes Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I've been bowling all these years and had no idea there was an option to move to another pair of lanes when your team is bowling too slowly." Aubrey Moren, after watching Cliff and Chadwick move down to bowl out quickly.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Gimme Headpin	4-0	1.000	2,188	n/a
2	Amazeballs	3.5-0.5	.875	1,891	n/a
3	Squirtin' Tunas	3-1	.750	1,888	n/a
4	Sponsored By Rogue	2-2	.500	2,219	n/a
5	10 Pins 10 Balls	2-2	.500	1,996	n/a
6	Ballz Out	0.5-3.5	.125	1,845	n/a
7	The Pin is Mightier	0-4	.000	1,530	n/a
8	Split It & Hit It	0-4	.000	0	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 710 Aaron Barber - 630 Aubrey Moren - 610 Ken Wilson - 605 Carl Goetz - 602	Angela Bradford - 440 Freda Schroeder - 434 Alison Radke - 425
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 710 Aaron Barber - 630 Aubrey Moren - 610 Ken Wilson - 605 Carl Goetz - 602	Angela Bradford - 569 Freda Schroeder - 568 Alison Radke - 566
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 268 Aubrey Moren - 247 Phil Schroeder - 226 Rob Kaszuba - 223 Carl Goetz - 221 Aaron Barber - 221 (t)	Alison Radke - 174 Freda Schroeder - 161 Angela Bradford - 155
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 268 Phil Schroeder - 252 Aubrey Moren - 247 Rob Kaszuba - 240 Cliff Barendsen - 223	Alison Radke - 221 Freda Schroeder - 205 Angela Bradford - 198
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Phil Schroeder - 59 Rob Kaszuba - 45 Aubrey Moren - 44 Kody Karnes - 32 Dennis Laube - 26 Dan Imperial - 26 (t)	Alison Radke - 33 Freda Schroeder - 17 Angela Bradford - 9

The holiday season is behind us and it's already that time again – dust off your balls and say goodbye to the wife and kids as it's time to head back onto the battlefields as the 31st season of GutterAlley actions begins this evening. This season will feature three new recruits making their debut this season! A special welcome to rookies Dennis Cummings, Josh Eithun, and Russell Bingham who honestly have no idea what in the hell they have gotten themselves into over the next 17 Tuesdays of their lives.START DATE: Tuesday, January 20th (aka TODAY) 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. For you new bowlers, we will be down on lanes 41-48 so you're best off parking behind the bowling alley. The rear parking lot is accessible only from the west side of the building from either 18th Ave or Erie St.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 »

The Fall 2014 season – our 30th since beginning back in the Winter of 1999 – came to a big finish Tuesday night with quite a few season-wide records to go with it. Not only was this the best season in our league's 15 year-history we also shattered the season record for the most 200+ games thrown in a single season. Collectively, we kicked some serious butt over these past 16 weeks. Congratulations to this season's champions – John Boren (his 5th title), Kody Karnes (his 1st), Brian Coe (his 1st), and Ken M. Wilson (his 13th) – who ended the best record this time around.Let's face it: Brian Coe is the king of the league. Hoisting his 7th series over 700+ this season, Coe (once again this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler) led 921+ to not only the championship title a clean sweep over defending champions My Three Sons but also earning them the title of best team in league history. After the team's shaky first half, Coe led his crew to the best 2nd half win record in league history en route to his first championship Tuesday night as well as being crowned the best bowler in our league's history with his 219.687 average. Hall of Famer Seth Gunderson led the Sons with his 606 series but couldn't rally his team to stop the Coe steamroller. My Three Sons finishes with a 41-23 record and the honor of being the 5th beat team in league history. 921+ ended their season with a record of 45-19.Their fates in the standings already locked in before the first ball was thrown, 3rd place The Finger Holes faced off against 4th place More Beer, Chelsea on Lanes 43 & 44. Behind anchor Aubrey Moren's team-leading 572 series, The F-Holes took a decisive Game #1 victory over the competition. That's when Scott "Scooter J" Murdock decided enough was enough and hoisted his best series of the season – a 569 – to completely reverse the momentum in the matchup. Storming back to take it 3-1, Chelsea improved its record to 36-28 but end their run in 4th place nonetheless. The Finger Holes, finishing with a record of 38-26, held onto 3rd place. Ryan Doll, despite a losing record this season, had his best season to date ending his run with Dixie Stampede with his first 200+ average – a 201 – making him only the 8th bowler to end their season with an average above the 200 mark. Taking the final matchup of the season 3-1 against opponents Split It & Hit It, Doll led the Stampede with his 542 series to secure a 31-33 record and learning, once and for all, that you NEVER replace a Bill Krejci with the likes of a Jason Carpio. Split It's anchor Todd Way threw two 200+ games as part of his team-leading 532 series to take Game #1 but wasn't enough to find the answers to take any more. Split it, concluding their season in 6th place, end with a record of 26-38. They say that if you want to get better at something to just surround yourself with people that will elevate you. Michael Gordon did just that this season. Bowling alongside Pin and Tonics teammate Aaron Barber (who led the team with a 626 series), Gordon earned Most Valuable Bowler honors while setting a new career high series in his final matchup of the season. Winning 4-0 against opponents Ballz Out, Barber and Gordon provided the 1-2 punch this season to help the team improve their record to 25-39 but remained in 7th place. Cliff Barendsen, despite his best output all season with a 551 series (including two 200+ games), couldn't muster the strength to secure a single win and ends the Ballz' season with a 27-game losing streak with a record of 10-54. The Tournament of Champions was finished in a rather non-traditional way with Dan Imperial taking it by being the only bowler to qualify for Round #3. Congratulations, Imperial! You had a hell of a rookie season. Jake Parrot, due to the average power rank tie-breaker, takes 2nd place. They join the list of winners dating all the way back into the early 2000s although we officially began awarding the winners with cash prizes in the Spring 2012 season. This marks the third season in a row that the winner has come from Division 4.Helping us to crush that all-time record for the most 200+ games in a single season in The 200 Club this week includes: Aaron Barber (214, 245), Aubrey Moren (212), Brian Coe (233, 263, 224), Carl Goetz (215), Cliff Barendsen (202, 209), Ian Goetz (204), John Boren (205), Jonathan Vigliaturo (215), Ken M. Wilson (232), Kody Karnes (221, 232), Michael Gordon (223), Scott Murdock (235), Seth Gunderson (231, 213), and Todd Way (201, 209).SEASON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:Women's High Series Scratch - Freda Schroeder (506)Women's High Game Scratch - Teresa Deterding (198)Women's High Series Handicap - Alison Radke (617)Women's High Game Handicap - Scott Murdock by default, as there were only 3 females on the roster this seasonMen's High Series Scratch - Brian Coe (756)Men's High Game Scratch - Aaron Barber (286)Men's High Series Handicap - Aubrey Moren (759)Men's High Game Handicap - Jonathan Vigliaturo (275)Prize money will be handed out next week at our semi-annual Fun Night.PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE FOR YOUR SEASON FAVORITES RIGHT NOW, DAMMIT!!!See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Michael Gordon Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Michael Gordon	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Scott Murdock
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "And we'll STILL finish after those guys." Aubrey Moren, after Lanes 41 & 42 broke down delaying the two teams battling it out for first for 15 minutes. For the record, they did after.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	45-19	.703	39,398	n/a
2	My Three Sons	41-23	.641	35,620	n/a
3	The Finger Holes	38-26	.594	31,769	n/a
4	More Beer, Chelsea	36-28	.563	28,366	n/a
5	Dixie Stampede	31-33	.484	33,293	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	26-38	.406	24,178	n/a
7	Pin and Tonics	25-39	.391	29,288	n/a
8	Ballz Out	10-54	.156	25,619	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 720 Kody Karnes - 650 Aaron Barber - 626 Seth Gunderson - 606 Ken Wilson - 579	Freda Schroeder - 458 Teresa Deterding - 402 Alison Radke - 358
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Brian Coe - 720 Michael Gordon - 685 Scott Murdock - 677 Aaron Barber - 671 Seth Gunderson - 656	Freda Schroeder - 568 Teresa Deterding - 548 Alison Radke - 530
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Brian Coe - 263 Aaron Barber - 245 Scott Murdock - 235 Kody Karnes - 232 Ken Wilson - 232 (t) Seth Gunderson - 231	Freda Schroeder - 156 Teresa Deterding - 144 Alison Radke - 136
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Scott Murdock - 271 Brian Coe - 263 Michael Gordon - 260 Aaron Barber - 260 (t) Seth Gunderson - 247	Alison Radke - 193 Freda Schroeder - 192 Teresa Deterding - 192 (t)
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Scott Murdock - 80 Michael Gordon - 70 Aaron Barber - 64 Seth Gunderson - 52 Cliff Barendsen - 50	Alison Radke - 8 Teresa Deterding - 5 Freda Schroeder - 2

With the results of Week #15 recorded, the matchups in the Finals this season are all set. It's been an interesting run so far, with a number of teams bouncing all over the place throughout the past four months and a number of long-time records falling. Collectively, this season has witnessed our roster of 32 bowlers throwing the best season in our league's 15 year-history. Nearly the entire league combined to throw more 200+ games than we've ever seen and there's still one more week to keep adding to that record. All in all, it's been an impressive season. Everyone – except Scoot – should be proud.In the first matchup of the night, Dixie Stampede showed up in the 10th frame to take a narrow win over opponents The Finger Holes in Game #1...but that was their last stand. Storming back behind lead off roller Phil Schroeder's 599 series, The F-Holes took every game the rest of the night to come away with a 3-1 matchup victory. Ryan Doll's 605 series wasn't enough to bring any more wins to Dixie's record and they remain in 5th place. The F-Holes also stay put, ending their regular season in 3rd place. You want to talk about some bullies? Let me tell you about Split It & Hit It. Facing off against Ballz Out – who, sadly, has cracked the top 10 for longest losing streaks in league history – the Split It gang routed the Ballz behind Dennis Blake's 552 series, which also earned him Most Valuable Bowler honors as well. The Ballz, led this week by Cliff Barendsen's 450 series, continues to struggle to find wins and remains firmly in 8th place. Split It, with their 25-35 record, remain in 6th place and will face Dixie Stampede in the Finals with a chance to move up to 5th if they can come away with a sweep. Looking to derail powerhouse team My Three Sons, the bound and determined More Beer, Chelsea showed up with pre-bowling scores from this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler compliments of Dan Imperial but it was only good for a close Game #2 victory. Running away with a 3-1 matchup victory, The Sons storm into the Finals next week tied for the best record in the league at 41-19. Led this week by Ian Goetz and his 623 series, the guys look to repeat as league champions after all is said and done and have a damn good chance to do so. More Beer, Chelsea remains in 4th place and will face The Finger Holes but cannot move ahead of them in the league standings even if they sweep.Also looking to take this season's title are the record-smashing members of 921+. Facing off against an ever-improving Pin and Tonics, the current league leaders remain the league leaders – by total pins only – after a 663 series out of 921+'s Kody Karnes. Karnes also managed to break a long-standing record of sorts, by becoming only the second bowler in league history to throw ten consecutive 200+ games – a feat not accomplished since Don Glasscock hoisted seventeen in a row back in the Spring 2008 season. Aaron Barber's 560 series helped the Tonics to start the night off with a Game #1 victory but it was all 921+ after that. The gang's 3-1 victory pushes them into the Finals in 1st place to do battle against nemesis My Three Sons in a winner-takes-all showdown. Pin and Tonics, ending the regular season with a record of 21-39, will face off against Ballz Out and hopes to help them extend their losing streak.The Tournament of Champions is all set with the seeding sitting as follows:#1 Ryan Doll will face #8 Jake Parrott#2 Carl Goetz will face #7 Dan Imperial#3 Aubrey Moren will face #6 Michael Gordon#4 Phil Schroeder will face #5 Rob KaszubaGood luck, gentlemen!The extremely busy establishment known as The 200 Club saw some new recruits this week rubbing elbows with the regulars, including: Aaron Barber (245), Aubrey Moren (205), Brian Coe (231, 217), Carl Goetz (216, 204, 201), Dan Imperial (201), Dennis Blake (221), Ian Goetz (202, 222), John Boren (215), Jonathan Vigliaturo (233), Ken M. Wilson (246), Kody Karnes (213, 226, 224), Phil Schroeder (221), Ryan Doll (214, 204), and Seth Gunderson with his 100th 200+ game (235). See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Dan Imperial Runner Up: Phil Schroeder	#1 H2H BOWLER Kody Karnes Runner Up: Phil Schroeder
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Damn! My right butt cheek!" Brian Coe, after carrying his team the entire season and into the Finals.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	41-19	.683	36,875	n/a
2	My Three Sons	41-19	.683	33,376	n/a
3	The Finger Holes	37-23	.617	29,745	n/a
4	More Beer, Chelsea	33-27	.550	26,479	n/a
5	Dixie Stampede	28-32	.467	31,255	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	25-35	.417	22,456	n/a
7	Pin and Tonics	21-39	.350	27,306	n/a
8	Ballz Out	10-50	.167	23,940	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 663 Ken Wilson - 628 Brian Coe - 626 Ian Goetz - 623 Carl Goetz - 621	Teresa Deterding - 357
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Dan Imperial - 668 Phil Schroeder - 668 (t) Dennis Blake - 664 Kody Karnes - 663 Carl Goetz - 635	Teresa Deterding - 498
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Ken Wilson - 246 Aaron Barber - 245 Seth Gunderson - 235 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 233 Brian Coe - 231	Teresa Deterding - 127
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Aaron Barber - 260 Dan Imperial - 258 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 257 Seth Gunderson - 252 Ken Wilson - 246	Teresa Deterding - 174
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Dan Imperial - 73 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 64 Aaron Barber - 64 (t) Seth Gunderson - 57 Dennis Blake - 51 Phil Schroeder - 50

Thanksgiving is later this week and, in its own special way, the league gave thanks to the Bowling Gods by sacrificing many, many turkeys on the lanes in Week #14 action. After the feathers stopped flying, half of the league managed to change places in the standings with the top two teams remaining neck and neck with two weeks to go. The standings at the end of next week will determine the seeding in The Finals. After their dominating victory last week over their main competition, My Three Sons stared down opponents Pin and Tonics and came away with a hard fought 4-0 victory. While Game #2 was a walk in the park, Games #1 and #3 came down to the wire with the Son's Ian Goetz coming up big with his 688 series to lead the way. Aaron Barber's 588 series was the highest output for Pin and Tonics who, with the losses, slip one spot down into 7th place. My Three Sons improves their overall record to 38-18 and remains in 2nd place due to total pins. More than likely these guys will be looking to defend their title in The Finals after having emerged as champions last season. The last time 921+ showed up to face More Beer, Chelsea, the team simply did not fire on any cylinders and walked away having added no wins to their record. Tuesday night, however, was an exercise in revenge. With Brian Coe remaining super hot with his scores – he not only earned #1 Power Ranked bowler honors but is now closing in on Don Glasscock's record for being named the league's Best Bowler of All-Time – 921+ came away with a 4-0 sweep behind Coe's 725 series. Chelsea's anchor Eric Lynch had the highest output for his team, ending the night with a 557 series but couldn't quite manage to put the puzzle pieces together to earn a win over the re-energized 921+. The victors hold onto 1st with their 38-18 record and total pins tiebreaker while More Beer, Chelsea slips one spot down into 4th place.It's no secret that Dixie Stampede's anchor Ryan Doll is having his best season ever. Looking to be only the 8th bowler to end a season with a 200+ average, Doll's maintained his above-average streak by rolling a 625 series to lead his crew 3-1 over opponents Split It & Hit It. Game #2 proved to be the rain on Dixie's parade as Split It's Dennis Blake charged in to save the day with his 574 series to come away with their lone win of the night. Dixie remains in 5th place while trying to claw their way to a winning record (they are currently at 27-29) while Split It & Hit It, with their lone win, move up one spot into 6th place.Down on Lanes 47 & 48, what may have been the longest matchup in recorded league history took place...and we're not saying that alcohol had any influence on the delay, nope, none whatsoever. Regardless, The Finger Holes managed to walk away with four shiny new wins to add to their record and remain the only other team within striking distance of the top two teams in the standings currently. Despite a Game #1 scare, in which anchor Aubrey Moren's 584 series helped to not only secure the narrow victory but also this week's Most Valuable Bowler nod. After their 10th frame victory it was smooth sailing from then on as they put it to Ballz Out for the remainder of the night. The wins help The F-Holes to improve to 34-22 and move up one spot into 3rd while Ballz Out continues to sit in 8th place.Next week is the last time that bowlers can improve their placement within the Tournament of Champions so make it count. Here's how it's currently sitting:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (24), Ian Goetz (17)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (25), Jonathan Vigliaturo (22)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (24), Michael Gordon (21)Division 4 = Jake Parrott (22), Dan Imperial (19)Bowlers in The 200 Club this week wondering if Brian will be able to topple Don after all is said and done include: Aaron Barber (247), AJ Hofmann (201), Aubrey Moren (200, 202), Brian Coe (222, 257, 246), Bryan Morh (204), Carl Goetz (216), Dennis Blake (213, 206), Ian Goetz (226, 256, 206), Ken M. Wilson (257, 210), Kody Karnes (224, 207, 223), Phil Schroeder (200), and Ryan Doll (244, 212). See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Aubrey Moren Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ian Goetz	#1 H2H BOWLER Ian Goetz Runner Up: Brian Coe
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Umm, maybe I should have rethought this whole 'donate $5 instead of a hump' deal tonight." Scoot, after realizing that he was going to be donating just shy of $200 due to all the league's turkeys.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	38-18	.679	34,398	n/a
2	My Three Sons	38-18	.679	31,006	n/a
3	The Finger Holes	34-22	.607	27,650	+1
4	More Beer, Chelsea	32-24	.571	24,639	-1
5	Dixie Stampede	27-29	.482	29,201	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	21-35	.375	20,580	+1
7	Pin and Tonics	20-36	.357	25,461	-1
8	Ballz Out	10-46	.179	22,469	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 725 Ian Goetz - 688 Kody Karnes - 654 Ken Wilson - 642 Ryan Doll - 625	Freda Schroeder - 461 Alison Radke - 376
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Brian Coe - 725 Ian Goetz - 702 Kody Karnes - 654 Dennis Blake - 653 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 644	Freda Schroeder - 571 Alison Radke - 546
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Brian Coe - 257 Ken Wilson - 257 (t) Ian Goetz - 256 Aaron Barber - 247 Ryan Doll - 244 Kody Karnes - 224	Freda Schroeder - 169 Alison Radke - 145
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Aaron Barber - 263 Ian Goetz - 260 Brian Coe - 257 Ken Wilson - 257 (t) AJ Hofmann - 251 Ryan Doll - 244	Freda Schroeder - 205 Alison Radke - 201
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Aaron Barber - 68 AJ Hofmann - 64 Ian Goetz - 62 Ken Wilson - 55 Bryan Mohr - 46 Dennis Blake - 46 (t)	Alison Radke - 16 Freda Schroeder - 15

The Finals are less than a month away now and, with the results of Week #13, it's still almost anybody's game. Big scores and even bigger series continue to permeate the league as teams strive to add as many wins to their record before it's all said and done. Hell, three different bowlers shot a 256 tonight. So let's get down to the particulars, shall we?Try as they might, Ballz Out simply can't break out of their current rut. Facing a re-energized Dixie Stampede – led, once again, by anchor Ryan Doll who shot a 676 series – the Ballz took it on the chin as the Stampede ran away with a 4-0 matchup victory. Led by sub Matt Fitzgerald and his 443 series, Ballz falls to a 10-42 record and remains in 8th. Dixie Stampede, on the other hand, improves to 24-28 but remains in 5th place.Where oh were were the men of Split It & Hit It? The world may never know. With their competition forfeiting, it was up to the bowlers of The Finger Holes to put up games within 40 pins of their team average to come away with the victories. Led by anchor Aubrey Moren's 560 series, the team did just that – albeit with two of their team games below average. It didn't matter in the end, though, as they earned the four victories and improved to 30-22 but remain in 4th place. Split It fell one spot into 7th place with a record of 20-32.For centuries it has been well documented that the third sign of the apocalypse is whenever Scott Murdock is crowned the Most Valuable Bowler of any week of GutterAlley action. Well, beware everyone, as Murdock's team leading 540 series caused him not only to earn the accolades but also helped More Beer, Chelsea stay in the thick of things after splitting their series 2-2 against opponents Pin and Tonics. With the Tonics' Aaron Barber chucking a team leading 615 series, the teams went back and forth in their slugfest with neither team ever taking consecutive victories. Despite the split neither team moved at all in the standings with Chelsea holding onto 3rd at 32-20 and the Pin and Tonics remaining in 6th place with the opposite record of 20-32. This season, only two teams have been in first place: My Three Sons and 921+. Facing off for the second time this season, My Three Sons once again brought their A-game and derailed the dominant 921+ squad who entered the night having won 23 of their last 24 games to take the top spot atop the league standings. Once again led by Ian Goetz, who shot a 644 series, the Sons closed the gap with a 3-1 matchup win and are now tied with 921+ with records of 34-18. Only total pins separate the two teams, with 921+ still technically holding onto 1st place. Brian Coe, this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler with his league leading 704 series, continues to march toward a league record that we never thought would be broken – Don Glasscock's 219 average. We're just a few short weeks away from the Tournament of Champions and here's how it stands:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (23), Ken Wilson (15)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (19), Jonathan Vigliaturo (19)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (24), Chadwick Andrews (17)Division 4 = Dan Imperial (18), Jake Parrott (16)The cold weather couldn't keep the following bowlers away from The 200 Club this week: Aaron Barber (224, 208), Aubrey Moren (220, 205), Brian Coe (212, 256, 236), Carl Goetz (203), Ian Goetz (205, 256), John Boren (266), Jonathan Vigliaturo (247), Kody Karnes (213, 224, 245), Ryan Doll (256, 234), and Seth Gunderson (200).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Scott Murdock Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ryan Doll	#1 H2H BOWLER Kody Karnes Runner Up: Scott Murdock
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Daddy? I don't want my Ken doll anymore because it sucks." Kody's daughter Kamille, after watching her father's teammate Ken stink it up on the lanes.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	34-18	.654	31,807	n/a
2	My Three Sons	34-18	.654	28,631	n/a
3	More Beer, Chelsea	32-20	.615	22,721	n/a
4	The Finger Holes	30-22	.577	25,667	n/a
5	Dixie Stampede	24-28	.462	27,057	n/a
6	Pin and Tonics	20-32	.385	23,518	+1
7	Split It & Hit It	20-32	.385	18,774	-1
8	Ballz Out	10-42	.192	20,864	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 704 Kody Karnes - 682 Ryan Doll - 676 Ian Goetz - 644 Aaron Barber - 615	Teresa Deterding - 432 Freda Schroeder - 430
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Brian Coe - 704 Kody Karnes - 682 Ryan Doll - 678 Aaron Barber - 670 Ian Goetz - 663	Teresa Deterding - 573 Freda Schroeder - 538
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
John Boren - 266 Ryan Doll - 256 Ian Goetz - 256 (t) Brian Coe - 256 (t) Jonathan Vigliaturo - 247 Kody Karnes - 245 Aaron Barber - 224	Teresa Deterding - 180 Freda Schroeder - 165
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 275 John Boren - 274 Ian Goetz - 262 Ryan Doll - 256 Brian Coe - 256 (t) Kody Karnes - 245	Teresa Deterding - 227 Freda Schroeder - 201
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 82 John Boren - 77 Ian Goetz - 64 Ryan Doll - 57 Aaron Barber - 47	Teresa Deterding - 39 Freda Schroeder - 10

While temperatures plummeted outside, scores plummeted inside overall in Week #12 of GutterAlley action as our league average took a dive. Despite big victories across the four matchups only two teams ended up moving at all in the league standings. Gaps are starting to form in-between the various teams throughout the league as the Finals draw closer and closer. Brace yourself, folks...it's going to be a bumpy ride.In the first matchup of the night, My Three Sons looked to return to the top of the league standings but stalled out against opponents Split It & Hit It. After taking Games #1 and #2 behind a 554 series from Ian Goetz, the Sons looked poised to add yet another sweep to their win record but Split It's Dennis Blake had other plans. With his team leading 526 series leading the charge, Split It rallied to not only take Game #3 but covered the spread enough to come away with the total pins victory as well to end the night with a 2-2 split. Neither team moved at all in the standings, with My Three Sons remaining in 2nd while Split It & Hit It holds onto 6th place.Down on lanes 43 & 44, the Dixie Stampede looked to climb back up into prominence at the expense of Pin and Tonics. What ended up happening, however, was a back and forth between the two opponents. Drawing first blood was Dixie, led by anchor Ryan Doll's 643 series, who came away with a close Game #1 victory. Fighting back to secure a huge Game #2 blowout victory were the Tonics that saw high output from Aaron Barber, who led the team with his 580 series, along with Michael Gordon's first 200+ game (a 203!). Game #3 was all Dixie as the team rallied behind this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler Rob Kaszuba to earn the win. Total pins still landed in the Tonic's court, however, to end the night at two wins apiece. Neither team moved in the standings, with Dixie Stampede remaining in 5th while the Pin & Tonics hold onto 7th place.The last time that The Finger Holes faced current league leaders 921+, it ended with The F-Holes walking away victorious. Such was not the case Tuesday night. Led by anchor Ken M. Wilson's 640 series, 921+ exacted their revenge in a 4-0 sweep of the competition while hoisting yet another entry in the top ten of the Top 25 Best Team Series of All Time on teams of 4-per. The F-Holes, led this week by lead off roller Phil Schroeder and his 530 series, simply couldn't find the firepower to derail the steamrolling 921+. The current league toppers extend their league lead by two games out in 1st while The Finger Holes fall one spot down into 4th place.In the final matchup of the night, More Beer, Chelsea continues to have their storybook season as they came away with a 4-0 matchup victory over competitors Ballz Out. With more charity wins than any other team this season – more than legitimate wins from the Ballz (happy now, AJ?) – Chelsea rode the wave of Most Valuable Bowler's Dan Imperial's stellar output alongside a team leading series of 468 from anchor Eric Lynch to notch the four victories. Ballz, led by Chadwick Andrews and his 483 series, continues to search for answers as they remain in 8th place. More Beer, Chelsea climbs one spot into 3rd place.The Tournament of Champions currently looks like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (23), Ken Wilson (15)Division 2 = Jonathan Vigliaturo (19), Aubrey Moren (18)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (21), Chadwick Andrews (17)Division 4 = Dan Imperial (18), Michael Smith/Jake Parrott (15)Bowlers trying to stay warm in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (205), Brian Coe (227, 223), Bryan Mohr (200), Ian Goetz (201), Jonathan Vigliaturo (202), Ken M. Wilson (226, 204, 210), Kody Karnes (216, 236), Michael Gordon (203), Rob Kaszuba (224), and Ryan Doll (215, 222, 206). See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dan Imperial Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Rob Kaszuba Runner Up: Teresa Deterding	#1 H2H BOWLER Ryan Doll Runner Up: Michael Gordon
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Yeah, I took my balls out so that they wouldn't get cold." Brian Coe, commenting on what the chilly weather forced him to do.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	33-15	.688	29,327	n/a
2	My Three Sons	31-17	.646	26,303	n/a
3	More Beer, Chelsea	30-18	.625	20,879	+1
4	The Finger Holes	26-22	.542	23,647	-1
5	Dixie Stampede	20-28	.417	24,870	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	20-28	.417	18,774	n/a
7	Pin and Tonics	18-30	.375	21,561	n/a
8	Ballz Out	10-38	.208	19,185	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Ryan Doll - 643 Ken Wilson - 640 Brian Coe - 638 Kody Karnes - 631 Aaron Barber - 580	Teresa Deterding - 505 Freda Schroeder - 454
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Michael Gordon - 664 Rob Kaszuba - 656 Ryan Doll - 647 Aaron Barber - 640 Ken Wilson - 640 (t) Brian Coe - 638	Teresa Deterding - 653 Freda Schroeder - 562
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 236 Brian Coe - 227 Ken Wilson - 226 Rob Kaszuba - 224 Ryan Doll - 222	Teresa Deterding - 194 Freda Schroeder - 187
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Rob Kaszuba - 259 Michael Gordon - 245 Kody Karnes - 236 Bryan Mohr - 232 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 230 Dan Imperial - 230 (t) AJ Hofmann - 230 (t)	Teresa Deterding - 243 Freda Schroeder - 223
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Rob Kaszuba - 68 Michael Gordon - 56 Dan Imperial - 46 AJ Hofmann - 43 Bryan Mohr - 40	Teresa Deterding - 56 Freda Schroeder - 32

With the baseball season finally over, 31 of the 32 bowlers competing in the Fall 2014 season showed up to do battle in Week #11 of GutterAlley action. With six teams changing spots in the league standings, it turns out that only three games separate the top four teams in the league and total pins are coming into play to slot the competitors. Several bowlers shot their personal bests as league continues to march onward towards the Finals a mere five weeks away.In the first matchup of the night, 921+ did what they have been aiming to do since relinquishing control of first place several months back – they've returned to the top of the roost. Behind rookie Brian Coe's 756 series (the 4th highest series in league history), the high rollers took all four games against opponents Ballz Out. While Chadwick Andrews put up the highest series for the Ballz with his 480 series, the breakout performance of the team goes to Bryan Bay who shot both his personal best game (a 188) as part of his personal best series (a 457). The men of 921+ improve to 29-15 to reclaim 1st due to total pins while Ballz Out remains in in 8th place with a record of 10-34.All season long, The Finger Holes has wondered where their star bowler has been. Well, Aubrey Moren certainly showed up Tuesday night with his all time personal best game and series by shooting a 264 game and a 692 series en route to a 3-1 trouncing of More Beer, Chelsea. Needless to say, Moren was this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler. Chelsea's anchor Eric Lynch put up the most fire power for his team with his 524 series but only managed to secure a lone win in Game #2 to break up Moren's high output. With their three wins, The F-Holes improve to 26-18 and move up one spot into 3rd place. Chelsea, also with a record now of 26-18, slips into 4th place due to total pins.Having been atop the league standings for several months now, My Three Sons knuckled down to try to remain ahead of the pack but ended up battling themselves to a standstill against the reawakened Dixie Stampede. With Carl Goetz and his 607 series securing Games #1 and #2 for the Sons, Ryan Doll countered with a 606 to stampede back with his team to not only win Game #3 but also take total pins by 21 pins to end the night at two games apiece. My Three Sons slips into 2nd place due to total pins while Dixie Stampede remains one of only two team that did not move at all, sitting in 5th place.In the last matchup of the night, Split It & Hit It had high hopes of making a charge in the second half of the season and adding some wins to their record. Fortunately for them they had this week's Most Valuable Bowler on their team by the name of Dennis Blake. Hoisting a team leading 550 series, Blake paved the way for the first sweep the team has seen all year. Opponents Pin and Tonics took it on the chin despite a 458 series from anchor Aaron Barber. Interesting sidenote -- since Week #6, Split It has either swept or been swept every week. With their wins, Split It & Hit It moves up one spot into 6th place while the Pin and Tonics fall one spot into 7th place.The Tournament of Champions currently looks like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (17), Brian Coe/Ken M. Wilson (12)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (18), Jonathan Vigliaturo (16)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (20), Eric Lynch (16)Division 4 = Michael Smith (15), Jake Parrott (15)Bowlers avoiding the falling leaves outside inside The 200 Club this week include: Aubrey Moren (264, 215, 213), Brian Coe (210, 268, 278), Carl Goetz (240), Dennis Blake (208, 201), Ian Goetz (206), Jason Carpio (221), Ken M. Wilson (232, 211), Kody Karnes (235, 213), Ryan Doll (228), and Seth Gunderson (201).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Aubrey Moren Runner Up: Brian Coe	#1 H2H BOWLER Aubrey Moren Runner Up: Brian Coe
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "How do you know that I *DON'T* have a dick?" Alison Radke, throwing Cliff's statement back in his face.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	921+	29-15	.659	26,851	+1
2	My Three Sons	29-15	.659	24,180	-1
3	The Finger Holes	26-18	.591	21,674	+1
4	More Beer, Chelsea	26-18	.591	19,074	-1
5	Dixie Stampede	18-26	.409	22,716	n/a
6	Split It & Hit It	18-26	.409	16,991	+1
7	Pin and Tonics	16-28	.364	19,531	-1
8	Ballz Out	10-34	.227	17,433	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 756 Aubrey Moren - 692 Kody Karnes - 643 Ken Wilson - 636 Carl Goetz - 607	Freda Schroeder - 475 Alison Radke - 440 Teresa Deterding - 434
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 759 Brian Coe - 756 Kody Karnes - 643 Dennis Blake - 636 Ken Wilson - 636 (t) Phil Schroeder - 625	Alison Radke - 617 Teresa Deterding - 585 Freda Schroeder - 583
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Brian Coe - 278 Aubrey Moren - 264 Carl Goetz - 240 Kody Karnes - 235 Ken Wilson - 232	Freda Schroeder - 164 Teresa Deterding - 154 Alison Radke - 151
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 286 Brian Coe - 278 Bryan Bay - 242 Carl Goetz - 241 Dennis Blake - 236	Alison Radke - 210 Teresa Deterding - 204 Freda Schroeder - 200
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Aubrey Moren - 92 Brian Coe - 66 Bryan Bay - 56 Dennis Blake - 44 Carl Goetz - 42	Alison Radke - 25 Teresa Deterding - 17 Freda Schroeder - 9

With the Royals on the brink of elimination in the World Series playing in the background, the GutterAlley bowling league stepped up to the plate in a big way during Week #10 action. In what is shaping up to be the best season in league history, the Fall 2014 season continues to bring big scores and even bigger series into the record books...including a new #1 that knocks down a score that has stood since September 30, 2008. Ready to see how the league stacks up after all is said and done? Let's get it on.With half of their team at the big game, the other half of The Finger Holes showed up to do battle with the Pin and Tonics. With victories in Games #1 and #2, behind a 556 series from pre-bowling Phil Schroeder, the F-Holes looked primed to walk away with a clean sweep until the Tonics decided to take a stand and call an end to their losing. With Aaron Barber's 460 series leading the way, the Pin and Tonics pulled off a 10th frame 6-pin win in Game #3 to keep from getting blanked. Despite the wins, The Finger Holes remain in 4th place with their 23-17 record. Pin and Tonics, improving to 16-24, remain in 6th place.Having remained atop the league standings since the second week, My Three Sons continues to hold steady in 1st place after a 3-1 matchup victory over opponents Ballz Out. Having turned in their pre-bowling scores for tonight earlier, the big output managed to earn them victories in Games #2, #3, and total pins to remain at the top of the heap with their 27-13 record. Ian Goetz's 651 series was the tops for the Sons. Game #1 was the highlight of the evening for the Ballz, as Cliff Barendsen's 541 series (including a 220 in their lone victory) held to help the team improve to 10-30 but remain in 8th place.Several weeks back, rookie sensation Brian Coe rolled the lowest series of his short career in GutterAlley and left thinking "had I not shown up, we would have won." Since that night, Coe has shown up and been the biggest contributor on the legitimately named 921+ as he led the team to yet another 4-0 win – this week over opponents Split It & Hit It – with his 713 series and earning #1 Power Ranked bowler accolades in the process . Game #1 was the highlight for the team as it reached the milestone they came together to best, taking the all time record for a team score with a 4-person team with their 934. Split It's Dennis Blake put up the highest series for his team, ending the night with a 555 series to remain in 7th place with their 14-26 record. 921+ remains in 2nd, trailing the league leaders by two games, at 25-15. With more charity wins than any other team in the league, More Beer, Chelsea continues to remain in 3rd place after a 4-0 beatdown of Dixie Stampede this week. Led by Scott "Scooter J" Murdock and his 517 series (yes, you read that correctly), Chelsea improved their record to 25-15 to remain in 3rd place (back more than 7,000 pins from 2nd place) with help from this week's Most Valuable Bowler, Dan Imperial. The Stampede, whose pre-bowling scores simply were way off the mark, couldn't notch a single win but remain in 5th place with their 16-24 record. Ryan Doll's 511 series was the biggest for the team. The Tournament of Champions currently looks like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (16), Brian Coe (12)Division 2 = Jonathan Vigliaturo (16), Cliff Barendsen (13)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (14), Eric Lynch /Chadwick Andrews (13)Division 4 = Jake Parrott (14), Dan Imperial/Michael Smith (12)Bowlers unable to hear a thing in The 200 Club over all of the bandwagon Royals fans include: Brian Coe (258, 238, 217), Carl Goetz (233), Cliff Barendsen (220), Dennis Blake (231), Ian Goetz (228, 211, 212), John Boren (217), Jonathan Vigliaturo (234), Ken M. Wilson (235, 215), Kody Karnes (224, 247, 206), Phil Schroeder (229), Ryan Doll (211), and Scott Murdock (204).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dan Imperial Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Kody Karnes	#1 H2H BOWLER Ian Goetz Runner Up: Brian Coe
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Took you long enough." Dave Parre, although we're not sure if he's talking about Ken or the Kansas City Royals.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	My Three Sons	27-13	.675	21,973	n/a
2	921+	25-15	.625	24,280	n/a
3	More Beer, Chelsea	25-15	.625	17,250	n/a
4	The Finger Holes	23-17	.575	19,492	n/a
5	Dixie Stampede	16-24	.400	20,569	n/a
6	Pin and Tonics	16-24	.400	17,824	n/a
7	Split It & Hit It	14-26	.350	15,164	n/a
8	Ballz Out	10-30	.250	15,584	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 713 Kody Karnes - 677 Ian Goetz - 651 Ken Wilson - 619 Carl Goetz - 596	Freda Schroeder - 431 Teresa Deterding - 427 Alison Radke - 383
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Brian Coe - 713 Kody Karnes - 679 Ian Goetz - 675 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 655 Dennis Blake - 653	Teresa Deterding - 580 Alison Radke - 563 Freda Schroeder - 534
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Brian Coe - 258 Kody Karnes - 247 Ken Wilson - 235 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 234 Carl Goetz - 233	Teresa Deterding - 198 Alison Radke - 164 Freda Schroeder - 161
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 264 Dennis Blake - 263 Brian Coe - 258 Phil Schroeder - 256 Dan Imperial - 251	Teresa Deterding - 249 Alison Radke - 224 Freda Schroeder - 195
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Jonathan Vigliaturo - 72 Dennis Blake - 72 (t) Dan Imperial - 68 Phil Schroeder - 63 Cliff Barendsen - 55 Scott Murdock - 54	Teresa Deterding - 62 Alison Radke - 39 Freda Schroeder - 4

Tuesday night saw the Kansas City Royals return to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Unlike the Royals, bowlers put up big scores to ensure the teams came away with wins including one that nearly ended in a perfect game. The complete story of Week #9 cannot be told just yet as the current league leaders are post-bowling later in the week but, what we have so far, is pretty impressive. Read on.In the first matchup of the night – which coincidentally was the last one to finish up – saw the last frame rolled by Split It & Hit It's bearded wonder, Matt Bunyard, who is headed to Colorado to begin a new life. Good luck, Matt! You will be missed. Unfortunately, victories were missed as well as opponents More Beer, Chelsea put it to them to notch a 4-0 clean sweep to send Bunyard off. Led by anchor Eric Lynch and his 505 series – and this week's Most Valuable Bowler performance from AJ Hofmann – Chelsea takes their wins and tentatively sit in 3rd place due to total pins. Split It, led by Dennis Blake and his 441 series, tentatively slip one spot into 7th place.On Lanes 43 & 44, 921+ looked to extend their win streak but fell short after 11-consecutive victories to lose Game #3 to a resurgent Dixie Stampede. Behind Brian Coe's league-leading 673 series, 921+ took Games #1 and #2 in 10th frame showdowns before falling to the Stampede in Game #3. Anchor Ryan Doll and his 618 series made the difference in their final battle and came away with their lone victory, missing total pins a difference of 19 pins. With the wins, 921+ tentatively remains in 2nd while Dixie Stampede remains in 5th place.What a night for Pin and Tonics' rookie Aaron Barber. After rolling the 4th highest game in league history with his 286, Barber's 652 series reversed the tides after a first game loss to opponents Ballz Out to end his big night with a 3-1 matchup victory. It's no surprise to anyone that Barber was this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler with his incredible output. Cliff Barendsen's 541 series led the Ballz Out battle was only enough to secure a win in the first game. The three wins tentatively push the Pin and Tonics up one spot into 6th while Ballz Out remains in 8th place.The matchup results between My Three Sons and The Finger Holes cannot be reported until all scores are in.The Tournament of Champions is also in a state of flux until all scores are in.Bowlers doing much better than our local baseball club this week in The 200 Club include: Aaron Barber (286), Brian Coe (222, 257), Cliff Barendsen (200), Jason Carpio (234), Ken M. Wilson (225, 226), Kody Karnes (203, 203), and Ryan Doll (201, 235), See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB AJ Hofmann Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Aaron Barber Runner Up: Phil Schroeder	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "You'll have to be sure to let Cliff know tomorrow that you got in trouble since Valerie saw his dick." Scott Murdock, commenting to Ken after he was lectured by the front desk about the phallic imagery sketched on last week's scoresheets.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	My Three Sons	24-12	.667	19,651	n/a
2	921+	21-15	.583	21,686	n/a
3	More Beer, Chelsea	21-15	.583	15,451	+1
4	The Finger Holes	20-16	.556	17,533	-1
5	Dixie Stampede	16-20	.444	18,633	n/a
6	Pin and Tonics	15-21	.417	16,127	+1
7	Split It & Hit It	14-22	.389	13,415	-1
8	Ballz Out	9-27	.250	13,808	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 673 Aaron Barber - 652 Ken Wilson - 645 Ryan Doll - 618 Carl Goetz - 602	Freda Schroeder - 506 Teresa Deterding - 454
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Aaron Barber - 709 Phil Schroeder - 677 Brian Coe - 673 Chadwick Andrews - 653 Ken Wilson - 645	Teresa Deterding - 614 Freda Schroeder - 614 (t)
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Aaron Barber - 286 Brian Coe - 257 Ryan Doll - 235 Jason Carpio - 234 Ken Wilson - 226	Freda Schroeder - 193 Teresa Deterding - 164
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Aaron Barber - 305 Brian Coe - 257 Phil Schroeder - 255 Jason Carpio - 251 Chadwick Andrews - 238	Freda Schroeder - 229 Teresa Deterding - 217
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Aaron Barber - 110 Phil Schroeder - 63 Jason Carpio - 56 Brian Coe - 50 Chadwick Andrews - 49	Freda Schroeder - 38 Teresa Deterding - 31

With the Royals playing once again, pre-bowling scores riddled the league's matchups and worked as a mixed bag across the board. A Hall of Famer reminded the league why he's one of the best bowlers we've ever seen en route to keeping his team atop the league standings while six other teams played musical chairs in the league standings. Ready to see how it all played out? Well, what are you waiting for?!?In the first matchup of the evening, half of My Three Sons showed up to do battle with one half of The Finger Holes. The other halves of each team had pre-bowled before the actual battle took place. Leading the league with the best output he's had in a while, the Sons' Carl Goetz hoisted a 690 series to not only earn himself #1 Power Ranked bowler accolades but also to secure a 4-0 sweep over their opponents. Aubrey Moren both put up a 489 series to lead the F-Holes in the losing effort, falling one spot into 3rd place. With the anchor of Dixie Stampede out with a bad back, 921+ took the opportunity to start making their big push to return to first place. With rookie of the season shoo-in Brian Coe putting up a 688 series, the men of 921+ added four more wins to their record (along with yet another top ten entry in the Top 25 Best Team Series list) to move into 2nd place. Brian Mohr added the most fire power for Dixie but it wasn't enough to derail their competition. Dixie Stampede falls two spots into 5th place.Down on Lanes 45-46, More Beer, Chelsea threw down the gauntlet against opponents Pin and Tonics. Narrowly missing their first sweep of the season by a handful of pins, Chelsea drank their way to a 3-1 matchup victory behind 491 series out of anchor Eric Lynch. The wins propel the team one spot up into 4th place. On the flip side, Michael Gordon had a breakout night to lead the Pins with his personal best series – a 491 – to help the team secure their lone win of the night in Game #2. Sadly the team topples one spot down into 7th place.With Bunyard leaving us to begin a new adventure in Colorado, a familiar face returned to replace him for the remainder of the season. Coincidentally, he was also this week's Most Valuable Bowler. Welcome back to the league, Dennis Blake! His 562 series led the charge in Split It & Hit It's 4-0 domination of opponents Ballz Out and took them up to 6th place. Cliff Barendsen 536 series led the way for the Ballz but remains down in 8th place.At the midway point, the Tournament of Champions sits like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (16), Carl Goetz (10)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (10), Jonathan Vigliaturo (7)Division 3 = Eric Lynch (10), Rob Kaszuba (7)Division 4 = Dan Imperial (12), Michael Smith (11)Bowlers batting for .200 this week in The 200 Club include: Brian Coe (242, 209, 237), Carl Goetz (225, 268), Cliff Barendsen (200), Ian Goetz (202, 212), John Boren (245), Ken M. Wilson (212), Kody Karnes (210, 226), and Seth Gunderson (209).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Carl Goetz Runner Up: Brian Coe	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) Maybe we should put our ballz back in. Cliff Barendsen, team captain and spiritual leader of the 8th place Ballz Out.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	My Three Sons	23-9	.719	17,553	n/a
2	921+	18-14	.563	19,227	+2
3	The Finger Holes	17-15	.531	15,461	-1
4	More Beer, Chelsea	17-15	.531	13,666	+1
5	Dixie Stampede	15-17	.469	16,439	-2
6	Split It & Hit It	14-18	.438	11,821	+1
7	Pin and Tonics	12-20	.375	14,070	-1
8	Ballz Out	8-24	.250	11,959	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Carl Goetz - 690 Brian Coe - 688 Kody Karnes - 631 John Boren - 605 Ian Goetz - 600	Freda Schroeder - 488 Alison Radke - 331
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Carl Goetz - 709 Brian Coe - 688 Dennis Blake - 670 Kody Karnes - 635 Seth Gunderson - 634	Freda Schroeder - 600 Alison Radke - 501
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Carl Goetz - 268 John Boren - 245 Brian Coe - 242 Kody Karnes - 226 Ian Goetz - 212 Ken Wilson - 212 (t)	Freda Schroeder - 176 Alison Radke - 123
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Carl Goetz - 274 John Boren - 253 Brian Coe - 242 Cliff Barendsen - 232 Dennis Blake - 228	Freda Schroeder - 213 Alison Radke - 179
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Carl Goetz - 76 John Boren - 56 Cliff Barendsen - 40 Michael Gordon - 39 Brian Coe - 38	Freda Schroeder - 23

At the conclusion of Week #7 Tuesday night, every team has now faced one another once. With the position round looming just ahead, wins become imperative while jockeying for a better spot where you can do more damage against your closest opponent. While the top three teams didn't budge, 4th through 8th place jumped, jived, and wailed into new spots. This season has seen some impressive scores and series from both teams as well as individuals and this week was no exception. Ready to hear the particulars? Well, read on...Coming off an impressive run with last week's matchup of being the only team to outright win a series against the 1st place team, Pin and Tonics looked to improve their spot in the league standings. Their opponent, the hapless 921+ that has not been up to snuff here lately, finally showed up. Led by this week's by Brian Coe's 725 series – which earned him both #1 Power Ranked bowler and Most Valuable Bowler honors – the team with the highest output in league history got down to business and moved up two spots to 4th place with their clean sweep of their opponents. The Tonic's Aaron Barber put up a team-leading 532 series but couldn't derail the surging 921s. Pin and Tonics fall one spot into 6th place.Looking to bounce back after their post-bowling losses earlier in the day, current standings leaders My Three Sons set out to stick it to More Beer, Chelsea. It simply wasn't in the cards, however, as Chelsea came away with win while sitting victories in Games #1 and #2 behind Eric Lynch's 515 series. Game #3, however, saw the Sons regroup from their narrow losses to exact revenge with a Game #3 victory that also sealed total pins for a 2-2 split series. Carl Goetz led the Sons with a 628 series and keeps his team in 1st place. More Beer Chelsea drop one spot into 5th place.After a slow start, Dixie Stampede has roared back into being a force with which to be reckoned. With Ryan Doll seemingly possessed – he rolled another impressive series for a second week in a row, ending with a 664 – the Stampede did just that against opponents The Finger Holes. After splitting the first two games, Dixie danced away with the 3-1 matchup victory and remains in 3rd place. Aubrey Moren's 512 series led the F-Holes but could only secure their lone victory in Game #2. Despite the losses, The Finger Holes remain in 2nd place.In the final matchup of the night, Split It & Hit It got a pleasant surprise as their opponents Ballz Out were a forfeiting no-show. Having only to come within 40 pins of their team average to secure wins, the team did just that and added four more wins to their record to climb out of the cellar and up one spot into 7th place. Sub Dennis Blake 499 series was the tops for the team. Ballz Out traded places with them and slip one spot to take over 8th place.The Tournament of Champions currently looks like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (16), Carl Goetz (10)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (10), Jonathan Vigliaturo (7)Division 3 = Eric Lynch (9), Rob Kaszuba (7)Division 4 = Dan Imperial (12), Michael Smith (10)Bowlers talking smack about the position round in The 200 Club this week include: Brian Coe (225, 245, 255), Carl Goetz (201, 244), Ian Goetz (234), John Boren (234), Jonathan Vigliaturo (201), Ken M. Wilson (238, 205, 203), Kody Karnes (205, 201), and Ryan Doll (243, 242).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Brian Coe Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ryan Doll	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "He's already depressed because of the two losses tonight. Imagine how he'll be once the Royals lose." Scott Murdock, talking about Carl after the two narrow losses in Games #1 and #2.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	My Three Sons	19-9	.679	15,267	n/a
2	The Finger Holes	17-11	.607	13,541	n/a
3	Dixie Stampede	15-13	.536	14,352	n/a
4	921+	14-14	.500	16,741	+2
5	More Beer, Chelsea	14-14	.500	11,886	-1
6	Pin and Tonics	11-17	.393	12,295	-1
7	Split It & Hit It	10-18	.357	10,019	+1
8	Ballz Out	8-20	.286	10,265	-1

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Brian Coe - 725 Ryan Doll - 664 Ken Wilson - 646 Carl Goetz - 628 John Boren - 589	Freda Schroeder - 475 Teresa Deterding - 419
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Brian Coe - 729 Ryan Doll - 671 Carl Goetz - 654 Ken Wilson - 646 Dan Imperial - 621 Dennis Blake - 621 (t)	Freda Schroeder - 592 Teresa Deterding - 582
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Brian Coe - 255 Carl Goetz - 244 Ryan Doll - 243 Ken Wilson - 238 John Boren - 234 Ian Goetz - 234 (t)	Freda Schroeder - 189 Teresa Deterding - 158
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Brian Coe - 256 Carl Goetz - 252 Ryan Doll - 245 John Boren - 244 Ian Goetz - 242	Freda Schroeder - 228 Teresa Deterding - 212
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Brian Coe - 57 Carl Goetz - 55 John Boren - 47 Ryan Doll - 46 Ian Goetz - 44	Freda Schroeder - 38 Teresa Deterding - 26

With the Kansas City Royals amazingly making it into the post-season for the first time since some of our league bowlers were born, half of the league did not show up to roll with plans to either post-bowl or already having pre-bowled. Week #6 had a lot of TBDs and tentatives...until now.The matchup between The Finger Holes and Ballz Out is now available, and patience paid off for cagey veterans. With only two team members putting bowling above baseball, Dennis "Pops" Laube led The F-Holes to a 3-1 victory with his 542 series. Chadwick Andrews had his Ballz Out to the tune of a 471 series but it was only enough to secure one win. Neither team shifted in the standings with The Finger Holes holding onto 2nd and Ballz Out still in 7th place.Dixie Stampede, who managed to have two of their bowlers pre-bowl, were able to complete their matchup against opponents Split It & Hit It. With Ryan Doll's 649 series leading the way along with this week's Most Valuable Bowler performance from teammate Bryan Mohr, Dixie notched a clean sweep to move up into 3rd place. Sub Dennis Blake put up the most firepower for Split It, ending his night with a 468 series. The team remains in 8th place.The season, so far, has belonged primarily to the men of My Three Sons. Post-bowling just a few hours before Week #7's action kicked off, they finally got to see the scores that Pin and Tonics put up while they were out losing their voices at The K. Leading the way with his 596 series, Aaron Barber's dominant performance helped wrap up Games #1 and #2 in the matchup. Game #3 saw the only life out of The Sons as they secured their lone victory in the contest, led by Seth Gunderson's 535 series. While My Three Sons remain in 1st, their lead is now down to just a single game. With their wins, Pin and Tonics move up into 5th place.After going 1-7 over the past two weeks, 921+ looked to make easy work of their competition and get back on track in their title run. The men of More Beer, Chelsea had other plans. Taking Game #1 behind anchor Eric Lynch's team leading 520 series, Chelsea was on fire with all four members of the team contributing. 921+, led by this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler performance from Ken M. Wilson's 678 series, managed to only secure a narrow win in Game #2, losing the last contest by six pins. More Beer remain in 4th despite the wins while 921+ tumbles three spots into 6th place.The Tournament of Champions currents looks like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (15), Ian Goetz (7)Division 2 = Jonathan Vigliaturo (7), Phil Schroeder (6)Division 3 = Rob Kaszuba (6), Eric Lynch (6), Michael Gordon (6)Division 4 = Jake Parrott (8), Michael Smith (7)Bowlers that made it into The 200 Club this week, albeit late, include: Aubrey Moren (203), Dennis Blake (211), Ian Goetz (229), John Boren (210), Jonathan Vigliaturo (205), Ken M. Wilson (237, 209, 232), Kody Karnes (204, 208), Ryan Doll (210, 205, 234), and Seth Gunderson (201).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Bryan Mohr Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Ken Wilson Runner Up: Ryan Doll	#1 H2H BOWLER Ken M. Wilson Runner Up: Ryan Doll
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "Wait a minute, I had money on Oakland. Damn you, Satan!!!" God, who didn't believe in the Royals.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	My Three Sons	17-7	.708	13,035	n/a
2	The Finger Holes	16-8	.667	11,689	n/a
3	Dixie Stampede	12-12	.500	12,251	+2
4	More Beer, Chelsea	12-12	.500	10,103	n/a
5	Pin and Tonics	11-13	.458	10,585	+1
6	921+	10-14	.417	14,199	-3
7	Ballz Out	8-16	.333	10,265	n/a
8	Split It & Hit It	6-18	.250	8,374	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Ken Wilson - 678 Ryan Doll - 649 Aaron Barber - 596 John Boren - 568 Kody Karnes - 567	Teresa Deterding - 405 Alison Radke - 391
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Ken Wilson - 682 Ryan Doll - 665 Aaron Barber - 656 Dennis Laube - 642 Bryan Mohr - 639	Teresa Deterding - 570 Alison Radke - 561
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Ken Wilson - 237 Aaron Barber - 236 Ryan Doll - 234 Ian Goetz - 229 Dennis Blake - 211	Alison Radke - 159 Teresa Deterding - 146
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Dennis Blake - 256 Aaron Barber - 256 (t) Ryan Doll - 239 Ken Wilson - 238 Ian Goetz - 235 Dennis Laube - 232	Alison Radke - 215 Teresa Deterding - 201
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Dennis Blake - 68 Aaron Barber - 61 Dennis Laube - 41 Ryan Doll - 41 (t) Ken Wilson - 39 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 38	Alison Radke - 30 Teresa Deterding - 15