With the Royals playing once again, pre-bowling scores riddled the league's matchups and worked as a mixed bag across the board. A Hall of Famer reminded the league why he's one of the best bowlers we've ever seen en route to keeping his team atop the league standings while six other teams played musical chairs in the league standings. Ready to see how it all played out? Well, what are you waiting for?!?In the first matchup of the evening, half of My Three Sons showed up to do battle with one half of The Finger Holes. The other halves of each team had pre-bowled before the actual battle took place. Leading the league with the best output he's had in a while, the Sons' Carl Goetz hoisted a 690 series to not only earn himself #1 Power Ranked bowler accolades but also to secure a 4-0 sweep over their opponents. Aubrey Moren both put up a 489 series to lead the F-Holes in the losing effort, falling one spot into 3rd place. With the anchor of Dixie Stampede out with a bad back, 921+ took the opportunity to start making their big push to return to first place. With rookie of the season shoo-in Brian Coe putting up a 688 series, the men of 921+ added four more wins to their record (along with yet another top ten entry in the Top 25 Best Team Series list) to move into 2nd place. Brian Mohr added the most fire power for Dixie but it wasn't enough to derail their competition. Dixie Stampede falls two spots into 5th place.Down on Lanes 45-46, More Beer, Chelsea threw down the gauntlet against opponents Pin and Tonics. Narrowly missing their first sweep of the season by a handful of pins, Chelsea drank their way to a 3-1 matchup victory behind 491 series out of anchor Eric Lynch. The wins propel the team one spot up into 4th place. On the flip side, Michael Gordon had a breakout night to lead the Pins with his personal best series – a 491 – to help the team secure their lone win of the night in Game #2. Sadly the team topples one spot down into 7th place.With Bunyard leaving us to begin a new adventure in Colorado, a familiar face returned to replace him for the remainder of the season. Coincidentally, he was also this week's Most Valuable Bowler. Welcome back to the league, Dennis Blake! His 562 series led the charge in Split It & Hit It's 4-0 domination of opponents Ballz Out and took them up to 6th place. Cliff Barendsen 536 series led the way for the Ballz but remains down in 8th place.At the midway point, the Tournament of Champions sits like this:Division 1 = Ryan Doll (16), Carl Goetz (10)Division 2 = Aubrey Moren (10), Jonathan Vigliaturo (7)Division 3 = Eric Lynch (10), Rob Kaszuba (7)Division 4 = Dan Imperial (12), Michael Smith (11)Bowlers batting for .200 this week in The 200 Club include: Brian Coe (242, 209, 237), Carl Goetz (225, 268), Cliff Barendsen (200), Ian Goetz (202, 212), John Boren (245), Ken M. Wilson (212), Kody Karnes (210, 226), and Seth Gunderson (209).See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Dennis Blake Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Carl Goetz Runner Up: Brian Coe	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) Maybe we should put our ballz back in. Cliff Barendsen, team captain and spiritual leader of the 8th place Ballz Out.