The last night of bowling before a two-week pause saw some shifts in the standings that could lead to some unexpected matchups for the position round.On lanes 41 & 42: Hold My Beer, Watch This thought that since they were bowling the last place team, they'd continue their rise towards first place. Unfortunately for them no one warned them that It's A Trap! Despite a 632 series from Kody Karnes, the rest of the team stumbled and bumbled about in their Blue Moon drunkenness and forgot they were supposed to actually bowling. This made it easy for Andrew Finger to cast a net with his 603 series and snare 3 wins, enough to lead his team out of last place. Hold My Beer drops 1 spot in the standings to 5th place, while It's A Trap! moves up to 6th.

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When bowling completed tonight, the men of Stephen Hawking's Dance Club went home convinced they were the first place leaders. Which should make you nervous that those math skills dispense your pharmaceuticals.

First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Split It & Hit It was tasked by the entire league with chewing some Taffy. Sadly, Dennis Blake's 590 series, was only enough for 1 win against the Taffy. Carl Goetz and his 621 series kept the Taffy crew in first place. Split It & Hit It remains in 3rd place, while Salt Water Taffy remains in 1st. It should be noted, by the way, that this is the second week in a row that all four members of Split It were present. This may be a new league record.On lanes 43 & 44: Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! faced off against Stephen Hawking's Dance Club. Phil Schroeder led the Sandbaggers with his 536 series, but wound up swept by Michael Gordon and his 560 series. Holy Sandbaggers drops 1 spot in the standings to 6th place, while Stephen Hawking's Dance Club remains in 2nd. You read that, guys? Second.On lanes 45 & 46: It's A Trap! finally got their turn to battle Ray & Stevie. Though Andrew Finger led the team with a 540 series, the Trap saw dramatic improvement among several of its members tonight. While they remain in 7th place, if they can maintain the momentum from tonight we could see some serious shifts in the standings in the weeks to come.Finally, down on lanes 47 & 48, a hypercompetitive race between 404: Team Name Not Found and Hold My Beer, Watch This resulted in games that were closer than they probably should have been. Sean Simmons led the 404 Error with a 470 series, but managed only 1 win against Hold My Beer. Kody Karnes returned to form after last week's catastrophe, holding the beer with a 683 series. 404 drops 1 spot in the standings to 5th place, while Hold My Beer jumps 2 spots to 4th.This week in Tournament of Champions, Carl Goetz led Division 1 and his now tied with his least favorite son, Ian. Division 2 sees Dennis Blake continuing to dominate. In Division 3, Sean Simmons ruled the roost and is now tied with Todd Way. In Division 4, Michael Smith climbed ahead to the lead spot.Bowlers visiting with the Pope in The 200 Club this week include: Carl Goetz (216,216), Dennis Blake (204,210), Ian Goetz (247), Kody Karnes (209,268,206), Matt O'Dell (207), Michael Gordon (213), Russell Bingham (213), and Seth Gunderson (202,202)See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Chelsie Finger Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Dennis Blake Runner Up: Kody Karnes	#1 H2H BOWLER Dennis Blake Runner Up: Kody Karnes
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. This includes the gift of first place." Pope Francis, on "Stephen Hawking's Dance Club" leaving the lanes thinking they were the leaders.

Pos.	Team name	Record	Percent	Total Pins	Change
1	Salt Water Taffy	15-5	.750	10,834	n/a
2	Stephen Hawking's Dance Club	15-5	.750	9,038	n/a
3	Split It & Hit It	12-8	.600	8,603	n/a
4	Hold My Beer, Watch This	11-9	.550	10,436	+2
5	404: Team Name Not Found	11-9	.550	8,519	-1
6	Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!	9-11	.450	9,871	-1
7	It's A Trap!	7-13	.350	7,895	n/a
8	Ray & Stevie	0-20	.000	1,440	n/a

Men's High Series Scratch	Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 683 Carl Goetz - 621 Ian Goetz - 617 Dennis Blake - 590 Seth Gunderson - 574	Chelsie Finger - 455 Freda Schroeder - 418 Meghan Cummings - 337
Men's High Series Handicap	Women's High Series Handicap
Kody Karnes - 683 Dennis Blake - 674 Ian Goetz - 650 Sean Simmons - 638 Phil Schroeder - 634	Chelsie Finger - 639 Meghan Cummings - 572 Freda Schroeder - 518
Men's High Game Scratch	Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 268 Ian Goetz - 247 Carl Goetz - 216 Russell Bingham - 213 Michael Gordon - 213 (t) Dennis Blake - 210	Chelsie Finger - 178 Freda Schroeder - 163 Meghan Cummings - 160
Men's High Game Handicap	Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 268 Matt O'Dell - 259 Ian Goetz - 258 Russell Bingham - 239 Dennis Blake - 238	Chelsie Finger - 239 Meghan Cummings - 238 Freda Schroeder - 196
Men's Pins Over Average	Women's Pins Over Average
Matt O'Dell - 72 Ian Goetz - 61 Kody Karnes - 58 Russell Bingham - 46 Dennis Blake - 45	Meghan Cummings - 58 Chelsie Finger - 55 Freda Schroeder - 5

If you've paid attention to this site in the past several days, you have have noticed a few brand-spanking new^* features!NEW WEEKLY WAY TO BRAG!First we had Most Valuable Bowler, which measures who individually helped their team the most.   Then we added Power Rankings, which measure how well each person bowled relative to their own strengths.   Now we launch Head-to-Head, which gives you a weekly count of how many games you would have won if you had rolled every other bowler in the league one-on-one.Generally, this measure is closely related to the Power Rankings so the leader of both of these weekly nods will often be the same person.   But this is not always the case, and allows a third person to shine in the weeks these categories don't match up.As with all other new reports, this has been run retroactively as far back as we can (27 seasons), so you can flip back and see how you fared all the way back to Spring 2002.
 
 
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Tonight saw a bit of a shakeup in the standings, including a surge from a team that couldn't be bothered to show up on the proper bowling night yet still thinks they get to bank their Scoot-humpings until next week.But before we get to that, on lanes 41 & 42: It's A Trap! faced off against Stephen Hawking's Dance Club. Though the predictions called for a sweep, Andrew Finger's 597 series wasn't enough for the Trap to muster more than 1 win. Meanwhile Michael Gordon turned it on with a 557 series to lead Stephen Hawking's Dance Club to 3 wins. It's A Trap! remains in 7th place, while Stephen Hawking's Dance Club moves up 1 spots to 2nd.

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Scoot has finished reprogramming the Tournament of Champions to factor in our Blind Team, and now the first bracket is set!Each division has one of the league's four "Vacancy" bowler, and each week the Vacancy will be seeded at a different spot in the bracket. It's hoped that this will help spread things out so everyone gets a fairly equal number of times bowling the Vacancy.Take a look at this season's first bracket to see who you, personally, will be trying to smack down on Tuesday night!

While it's almost certain to change in the weeks to come, fir the first time this season one team has pulled ahead of the pack to stake a claim to the first place throne.

Starting with lanes 41 & 42: 404: Team Name Not Found faced off against Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!. Co-led by Scott Murdock and Sean Miller and their 484 series...es?, 404: Team Name Not Found secured first place with a clean sweep over Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!. Though this wasn't exactly because of stellar bowling by the 404 Error. Forgetting which week they are supposed to live up to their namesake, Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! was led by an uncharacteristic 496 series from Aubrey Moren. 404: Team Name Not Found remains in 1st place, while Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! sinks 2 spots to 6th.

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The second week of the Fall 2015 season saw some pretty big shakeups, as every team ever moved in the standings or caused a major upset.

First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Stephen Hawking's Dance Club faced off against Ray & Stevie. Led by a freshly-back-from Vegas Michael Gordon and his 540 series, Stephen Hawking's Dance Club secured a clean sweep against the blinds. Stephen Hawking climbs 4 spots in the standings to 2nd place, while Ray & Stevie remains in 8th in perpetuity.

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