The Spring 2002 season is now underway, with four teams entering the 11-week competition for the coveted, nonexistent championship trophy. One bowler set a new personal best series, and one rolled new personal high game. Angela Bradford picked up this week's high game (162) and series (418) for the women, while Pat Searcy earned this week's high game (194) and series (493) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details!

First up, on lanes 1 & 2: Fab Four entered a showdown to the death with Team 2. Featuring #1 Power-Ranked Dennis Laube and his 471 series, Fab Four collected 3 wins against Team 2. In the midst of this, Angela Bradford drew the spotlight in Team 2 with her 418 despite her team notching only a single win. Fab Four gets underway in 2nd place, while Team 2 commences the season with 4th.

Finally, down on lanes 3 & 4: Team 3 celebrated their love of large, heavy balls with Top Guns. Regardless of the star power of Bill Krejci with his thrilling 488 series, with kudos to Most Valuable Bowler No one, Team 3 accomplished only 1 win against Top Guns. On the flipside, Pat Searcy called the shots for Top Guns with his 493 (with props to #1 Head-to-Head bowler ) as his team took the series with 3 wins. Team 3 leaves the gate in 3rd place, while Top Guns begin in 1st.

Bowlers lounging at The 200 Club include: No one at all. We sucked.

A new personal high game was set tonight by Bill Krejci (189, previous best 178). In addition, a new personal best series was rolled by Bill Krejci (488, previous best 440).

NEXT WEEK:

• First, on lanes 1&2, 3rd-place Team 3 will chill with 2nd-place Fab Four. Team 3 is expected to have the bottom drop out of their averages, but split the series with Fab Four; while Fab Four is forecast to see their team average take a dive while they keep the series tied.
• Finally, on lanes 3&4, 1st-place Top Guns will chuck some balls with 4th-place Team 2. Top Guns are predicted to tank their averages considerably, but split the series with Team 2; while Team 2 is anticipated to see their team average take a dive while they keep the series tied.

^*(Remember, the predicted results above are based on mathematical extrapolations and can be changed by all sorts of factors. If you don't like how your team's results are predicted, you and your teammates have the power to prove the math wrong!)

THIS WEEK'S MVB No one Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Dennis Laube Runner Up: Pat Searcy	#1 H2H BOWLER Bob Brunker Runner Up: Pat Searcy
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I've got a handful of fun here today!" Ken Wilson, on the goofy moods his teammates were in.

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Pat Searcy - 493 Bill Krejci - 488 Dennis Laube - 471 Bob Brunker - 452 Ken Wilson - 450	Angela Bradford - 418 Janelle Lamar - 391 Freda Schroeder - 386 Deena Slinkard - 383 Angie Betts - 269
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Pat Searcy - 579 Bill Krejci - 579 (t) Dennis Laube - 574 Bob Brunker - 572 Ken Wilson - 570	Angela Bradford - 564 Janelle Lamar - 559 Freda Schroeder - 558 Deena Slinkard - 558 (t) Angie Betts - 535
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Pat Searcy - 194 Bill Krejci - 189 Dennis Laube - 173 Ken Wilson - 168 Phil Schroeder - 164	Angela Bradford - 162 Deena Slinkard - 148 Freda Schroeder - 147 Janelle Lamar - 146 Tracey Robertson - 97
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Pat Searcy - 222 Bill Krejci - 219 Phil Schroeder - 214 Ken Wilson - 208 Dennis Laube - 207	Angela Bradford - 210 Deena Slinkard - 206 Freda Schroeder - 204 Janelle Lamar - 202 Tracey Robertson - 189
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Pat Searcy - 30 Phil Schroeder - 27 Bill Krejci - 27 (t) Nik Domann - 19 Ken Wilson - 18 Dennis Laube - 16	Angela Bradford - 23 Deena Slinkard - 21 Freda Schroeder - 19 Janelle Lamar - 16 Tracey Robertson - 13

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Top Guns	3-1	.750	1,742	n/a
2	Fab Four	3-1	.750	1,664	n/a
3	Team 3	1-3	.250	1,466	n/a
4	Team 2	1-3	.250	1,418	n/a