Wow, what a night! By all rights, the lead story should be about Amazeballs securing the championship, making next week a formality. But their accomplishment was overshadowed when Russell Bingham, a rookie, did what no one else has done in 31 seasons of our league's existence -- he picked up a 7-10 split! This is an accomplishment that is statistically far more rare than a 300 game. For a little more perspective, 38,245 individual games had been rolled in our league before Russell became the... (more...)

For the second week in a row none of our teams moved in the standings, though one team came close to doing so. But just because none of the rankings changed doesn't mean nothing interesting happened...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: League-leaders Amazeballs faced off against Sponsored By Rogue and got a well-deserved spanking. Led by Ian Goetz and his 702 series (his second 700+!), Sponsored By Rogue secured a clean sweep but was just barely unable to make any headway in the standings. Ryan... (more...)

With Tax Day looming tomorrow, some bowlers probably wish they'd stay home to work on their taxes rather than suffer the beatings they took on the lanes. Before we begin, remember that all bowling fees for the season (17 weeks worth) need to be paid in full by next week. So Scoot will be IRSing all over your asses next week after Uncle Sam is done having his way with you this week.First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Ballz Out hoped to extend their recent slate of wins with some victories against... (more...)

Due to Scoot being extremely busy with work, this week's writeup will be almost entirely computer-generated. However, there's a few noteworthy items to call out...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Sponsored By Rogue faced off against Gimme Headpin. Led by Seth Gunderson and his 685 series, Sponsored By Rogue managed only 1 win against Gimme Headpin. Led by Kody Karnes and his 706 series, Gimme Headpin secured 3 wins. Sponsored By Rogue remains in 3rd place, while Gimme Headpin remains in 2nd.... (more...)

Tonight's lead story should have been all about Ballz Out tripling their win record in the past two weeks. But then something happened against the far wall. But before we get to that...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Where has Ballz Out been all season? After suffering one of the worst starts in league history, they have enjoyed back to back weeks of victories. Cliff Barendsen, rolling his ball entirely with his exposed scrotum, whipped out a 514 series to crush the opposition 3-1. Todd... (more...)

While Amazeballs extended their hold on first place considerably tonight, the bigger story was that every other matchup of the night saw the underdogs commit some amazing upsets. Getting the ho-hum matchup out of the way first, on lanes 41 & 42: 10 Pins 10 Balls faced off against Amazeballs. Continuing to thumb their noses at the rest of the league, Ryan Doll and his 597 series led Amazeballs to a clean sweep. Dennis Laube tried to mount a defense with his 560 series, but couldn't muster... (more...)

With a good portion of the league drunk / hungover from today's Irish festivities, the rest of us enjoyed a fairly quick bowling session tonight. And in each of the matchups, the luck o' the Irish seemed to be concentrated in just one of the teams.First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Gimme Headpin faced off against The Pin is Mightier. With only a 2-man team present, it was Brian Coe's time to shine. His 681 series earned him MVB, #1 Power Ranked Bowler, and a clean sweep for his team. Meanwhile... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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:... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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),... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)

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... (more...)