The Spring 2008 season is now underway, with ten teams entering the 16-week competition for the coveted, nonexistent championship trophy. Two bowlers set a new personal best series, and two rolled new personal high games. Freda Schroeder picked up this week's high game (222) and series (505) for the women, while Duncan Ferber earned this week's high game (277) and series (616) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details!
First up, on lanes 19 & 20: Ebowla had a rendezvous with Sofa King Good. In spite of top-billing by Chris Lewis with his 443 series, Ebowla accomplished only 1 win against Sofa King. In the midst of this, Don Glasscock mastered Sofa King with his 604 as his team took the series with 3 wins. Ebowla begins the season in 8th place, while Sofa King gets rolling in 2nd.
On lanes 21 & 22: You Don't Know Sh!t celebrated their love of large, heavy balls with Dios Mios. Led by Duncan Ferber with his 616 series, with props to #1 Head-to-Head bowler , Don't Know Sh!t collected 3 wins against Dios Mios. While that was going down, #1 Power-Ranked Bill Krejci dominated Dios Mios with his 605 despite his team notching only a single win. You Don't Know Sh!t leaves the gate in 1st place, while Dios Mios get going with 6th.
On lanes 23 & 24: It's Britney, Bitch did battle with 3 Dudes and a Doll. In spite of the prowess of Dave Winger with his 454 series, Britney accomplished only 1 win against 3 Dudes and a Doll. In the meantime, Ryan Doll guided 3 Dudes and a Doll with his 576 (with kudos to Most Valuable Bowler John Richardson) as his team took the series with 3 wins. It's Britney, Bitch begins with 10th place, while 3 Dudes and a Doll starts off with 4th.
On lanes 25 & 26: Split Happens had some one-on-one time with Bad Newz Kennels. Although blessed by Ryan Schooley with his 450 series, Split Happens accomplished only 1 win against the Kennels. Across the ball return, Freda Schroeder took the lead in the Kennels with her 505 as her team took the series with 3 wins. Split Happens gets underway in 7th place, while the Kennels commence the season with 3rd.
Finally, down on lanes 27 & 28: Dr. Strangelanes, Or How I Learned To Stop Opening And Earn The Belt entered a showdown to the death with ?. Topped by Nik Domann with his 493 series, Dr. Strangelanes collected 3 wins against ?. Conversely, John Coleman reigned supreme in ? with his (either injured, sick, or sandbagging) 462 despite his team notching only a single win. Dr. Strangelanes, Or How I Learned To Stop Opening And Earn The Belt 5th place, while ? 9th.
Bowlers bribing their way into The 200 Club include: Bill Krejci (213,222), Cory Chorpenning (218), Don Glasscock (225), Duncan Ferber (202,277), Freda Schroeder (222), Kendall Kukowski (211), and Ryan Doll (201)
New personal high games were set tonight by Freda Schroeder (222, previous best 215) and Duncan Ferber (277, previous best 263). In addition, new personal best series were rolled by Kendall Kukowski (601, previous best 534) and John Keck (429, previous best 382). The 222 rolled by Freda Schroeder is tied for the 8th-best women's game in league history!
The 277 rolled by Duncan Ferber is tied for the 3rd-best game in league history!
The Tournament of Champions begins in 3 weeks. Here are how the divisions are shaping up so far:
| DIVISION 1 1. Duncan Ferber 2. Bill Krejci 3. Don Glasscock 4. Kendall Kukowski 5. Cory Chorpenning 6. Ryan Doll 7. Freda Schroeder 8. David Parre 9. Nik Domann 10. John Coleman | DIVISION 2 1. Angela Bradford 2. Kris Hiestand 3. Scott Murdock 4. Ryan Schooley 5. Ryan Simonet 6. Chris Lewis 7. Jennifer Seefeldt 8. John Keck 9. Phil Schroeder 10. Aubrey Moren | DIVISION 3 1. Ben Carmean 2. John Richardson 3. Dennis Laube 4. John Koehler 5. Rob Kaszuba 6. Jason Garcia 7. Brian Henderson 8. Jeff Geheb 9. Cindy Palmer 10. Amy Goodnow | DIVISION 4 1. Joel Teply 2. Jeff Unseld 3. Martin Coady 4. Sarah Buchanan |
NEXT WEEK:
- First, on lanes 19&20, 7th-place Split Happens (hcp 167) will face 1st-place You Don't Know Sh!t. Split Happens are expected to dazzling, yet still manage to lose the series but avoid getting swept; while Don't Know Sh!t is forecast to catapult their team average they enjoy their victories.
- Moving to lanes 21&22, 8th-place Ebowla (estimated hcp 154) will meet with 4th-place 3 Dudes and a Doll. Ebowla might astonishing and sweep the series; while 3 Dudes and a Doll ought to catapult their team average even though they endure a rough night.
- Then, over on lanes 23&24, 2nd-place Sofa King Good will share a couple of pitchers with 5th-place Dr. Strangelanes, Or How I Learned To Stop Opening And Earn The Belt (estimated hcp 133). Sofa King will likely thrilling, yet still manage to get swept; while Dr. Strangelanes will probably catapult their team average they rack up a sweep.
- Next up, on lanes 25&26, 10th-place It's Britney, Bitch (estimated hcp 64) will roll against 9th-place ?. Britney might perform well, yet still manage to get swept; while ? ought to catapult their team average they rack up a sweep.
- Finally, on lanes 27&28, 3rd-place Bad Newz Kennels (hcp 29) will match wits with 6th-place Dios Mios. The Kennels are predicted to breathtaking and win the series; while Dios Mios are anticipated to raise their average even as they avoid getting swept.
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THIS WEEK'S MVB
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#1 POWER BOWLER
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#1 H2H BOWLER
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FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
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| Pos. | Team name | Record | Percent | Total Pins | Change |
| 1 | You Don't Know Sh!t | 3-1 | .750 | 2,289 | n/a |
| 2 | Sofa King Good | 3-1 | .750 | 1,890 | n/a |
| 3 | Bad Newz Kennels | 3-1 | .750 | 1,736 | n/a |
| 4 | 3 Dudes and a Doll | 3-1 | .750 | 1,715 | n/a |
| 5 | Dr. Strangelanes, Or How I Learned To Stop Opening... | 3-1 | .750 | 1,669 | n/a |
| 6 | Dios Mios | 1-3 | .250 | 1,844 | n/a |
| 7 | Split Happens | 1-3 | .250 | 1,657 | n/a |
| 8 | Ebowla | 1-3 | .250 | 1,520 | n/a |
| 9 | ? | 1-3 | .250 | 1,475 | n/a |
| 10 | It's Britney, Bitch | 1-3 | .250 | 1,376 | n/a |
