The Spring 2005 season draws to a close, with All Belt, No Buckle officially earning this season's championship title! The final week saw one team climb in the standings, while one team slipped. Freda Schroeder picked up this week's high game (201) and series (530) for the women, while Carl Goetz earned this week's high game (225) and series (594) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details!

First up, on lanes 19 & 20: All Belt, No Buckle matched wits with 4 Play. Although blessed by Seth Gunderson with his 451 series, the Belt accomplished only 1 win against 4 Play. Conversely, Pat Searcy guided 4 Play with his 536 as his team took the series with 3 wins. All Belt, No Buckle finish in 1st place, while 4 Play come out in 2nd.

On lanes 21 & 22: Sub Parre accepted a challenge by Nellielocks and the 3 Spares. Headlined by Ken M. Wilson with his 572 series, Sub Parre collected 3 wins against Nellielocks. On the flipside, Rich DeYoung drew the spotlight in Nellielocks with his 520 despite his team notching only a single win. Sub Parre close out in 3rd place, while Nellielocks wind up in 4th.

On lanes 23 & 24: Handicrappers alternated splits with The Incredibowls. Though reinforced by Paul Linder with his above-average 438 series, Handicrappers got swept by The Incredibowls. As for the opposition, Carl Goetz dominated The Incredibowls with his above-average 594 (benefitted greatly by real star — trifecta-winner #1 Power-Ranked, #1 Head-to-Head, and Most Valuable Bowler Freda Schroeder) as they swept the competition. Handicrappers drop 1 spot in the standings to end the season in 6th place, while The Incredibowls move 1 spot to end up with 5th.

Finally, down on lanes 25 & 26: Bowlingstar Galactica hung out with Big Pin Pin. With top billing by Eric Lynch with his below-average 464 series, the Galactica collected 3 wins against Pin Pin. . With Pin Pin forfeiting, all the Galactica needed to do was roll within 40 pins of their combined team average each game. However, that would not be the case. Bowlingstar Galactica end in 7th place, while Pin Pin cross the finish line in 8th.

Bowlers paying far too much for well vodka at The 200 Club include: Carl Goetz (225), David Parre (210), Freda Schroeder (201), Ken M. Wilson (205,204), Pat Searcy (200), and Rich DeYoung (200)

After a hard fought season, the Tournament of Champions was won tonight by Michael Basham (Division 2), with Rich DeYoung (Division 1) landing in second place. Michael will pocket the nice first-place pot, while Rich will take away the second-place pot. Congratulations!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Freda Schroeder Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Freda Schroeder Runner Up: David Parre	#1 H2H BOWLER Freda Schroeder Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "I don't know you got it in but I want you to get it out!" Paul Linder, to Bob Brunker, on a piece of cheese stick wedged in his thumb hole.