The Spring 2025 season draws to a close, with FILPB officially earning this season's championship title! But we aren't quite finished yet -- next week we will meet at our usual time to name all the award winners and hand out prize money, followed by 9-pin-tap fun night. The final week saw one team climb in the standings, while one team slipped. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (145) and series (422) for the women. As for the men, Ben Spencer snagged this week's high game with a 212, and high series was earned by Nick Kinney with a 568. Read on for all the rest of the details!

First up, on lanes 1 & 2: In a juxtaposition of two close team averages, FFK had a delightful time with Bowls Deep. Showcasing #1 Power-Ranked and Most Valuable Bowler Scott Lawson and his above-average 501 series, Kittens collected a clean sweep over DEEEEEEP. Simultaneously, Ian Estey with his slightly-off 498 series showed off for DEEEEEEP despite his team getting swept. FFK finalize their efforts in 5th place, while DEEEEEEP settle for 6th.

On lanes 3 & 4: FILPB had some one-on-one time with . Featuring #1 Head-to-Head Nick Kinney and his above-average 568 series, Eff It loaded up with a clean sweep over Team Name Loading. In the midst of this, Scott Murdock with his 476 series took charge of Team Name Loading despite his team getting swept. FILPB end in 1st place, while Team Name Loading sinks 1 spot to terminate their season in 3rd.

Finally, down on lanes 5 & 6: With the scales heavily tipped in one team's favor from the outset, the dreadful Squid Row drew pistols at dawn with the long-shots Gutterly Hopeless. With the strength of Ben Spencer with his above-average 555 series, Squid collected 3 wins against Hopeless. Conversely, JoAnne Barber with her better-than-normal 422 series mastered Hopeless despite her team notching only a single win. Squid Row climbs 1 spot in the standings to complete in 2nd place, while Hopeless end up with 4th.

Bowlers who lied to their significant other claiming bowling was running long then went out for after-bowling drinks at The 200 Club include: Ben Spencer (212) and Nick Kinney (209)

After a hard fought season, the Tournament of Champions was won tonight by Scott Lawson (Division 2), with Buck Nasty (Division 3) landing in second place. Scott will pocket the nice first-place pot, while Buck will take away the second-place pot. Congratulations!

Though tonight was the last night that counts, we still have one more week to go! Next week begins with a buffet and a league meeting led by FILPB, where awards winners will be announced and prize money handed out. Everybody gets cash! The meeting will begin as soon as everyone is done eating. After that, 9-pin tap bowling just for fun! (Knocking down 9 pins on the first ball counts as a strike.)

THIS WEEK'S MVB Scott Lawson Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Scott Lawson Runner Up: Ben Spencer	#1 H2H BOWLER Nick Kinney Runner Up: Ben Spencer
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "You could always have Scott get the rest of those for you." Jim Koger, to Tim Deddens, simultaneously mocking Tim knocking down only the 10 pin and also Scoot's 3 frames in a row of leaving only the 10 pin.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	FILPB	45.5-18.5	.711	31,336	n/a
2	Squid Row	39-25	.609	31,746	+1
3	(Team Name Loading)	38.5-25.5	.602	28,303	-1
4	Gutterly Hopeless	25.5-38.5	.398	23,498	n/a
5	FFK	24-40	.375	26,705	n/a
6	Bowls Deep	19.5-44.5	.305	24,186	n/a

insert into team_standings (teamID, seasonID, week, wins, losses, percent, movement, `rank`) values (439,52, 16, 19.5, 44.5, .305, 0, 6)

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Nick Kinney - 568 Ben Spencer - 555 Matthew Taylor - 550 Seth Gunderson - 503 Scott Lawson - 501	JoAnne Barber - 422 Cat Atwood - 350
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Scott Lawson - 640 Ben Spencer - 634 Nick Kinney - 630 Jacob Holst - 614 Matthew Taylor - 605	JoAnne Barber - 594 Cat Atwood - 575
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Ben Spencer - 212 Nick Kinney - 209 Matthew Taylor - 198 Scott Murdock - 188 Seth Gunderson - 182	JoAnne Barber - 145 Cat Atwood - 135
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Ben Spencer - 238 Kurt Fredrickson - 230 Nick Kinney - 229 Scott Lawson - 227 Scott Murdock - 220	Cat Atwood - 210 JoAnne Barber - 202
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Kurt Fredrickson - 49 Ben Spencer - 45 Scott Lawson - 39 Jacob Holst - 37 Nick Kinney - 35	Cat Atwood - 29 JoAnne Barber - 17