In a season that seems to almost be cursed, for the first time this season, every real team had a full roster despite four bowlers being absent. Not that that mattered in any way for keeping the defending champions from making an early start at running away with the season once again.

First up, on lanes 7 & 8: W.A.Q.P.T.G.B.T.E! faced off against Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!. Led by Landon Cline and his 574 series (including a fantastic 245 game), W.A.Q.P.T.G.B.T.E! was only able to managed only 1 win against the Holy Sandbaggers. Meanwhile, Aubrey Moren helped the Baggers secure 3 wins with his and his 555 series. W.A.Q.P.T.G.B.T.E! drops 2 spots in the standings to 4th place, while Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! remains in 3rd.

On lanes 9 & 10: Terra Bowl finally got their chance at Ray & Stevie. Which was fortunate, due to Terra Bowl being down two bowlers due in part to the birth of Tim Deddens' second son early this morning. Jake Parrott rolled a 440 series to lead Terra Bowl to a sweep[ Terra Bowl moves up 1 spot to 6th.

Bowl 3:16 -- For AJ so loved the Scooter that he gave his only begotten high average, that whosoever benefiteth of it shall not perish on December 13, but shall have a few more decades of life without Carolina Reapers.

On lanes 11 & 12: O'Dell Lawn Service had high hopes for mowing down the lead Vote JV HoF 2016 has been enjoying most of this season. However, Vote JV experienced a perfect alignment of of Carl Goetz rolling a 626 series, John Boren picking up nice splits, Seth Gunderson rolling a personal season-high 246 game and being super excited about Boren's split pickups, and Jonathan Vigliaturo being himself completely thwarted any attemots to get yard work done today and gave Vote JV a clean sweep. Aaron Barber topped the lawn crew with an unusual 515 series. O'Dell Lawn Service remains in 5th place, while Vote JV HoF 2016 remains in 1st. At least Scoot gained 10 piinms of ground on the reaper bet.

Finally, down on lanes 13 & 14: Stephen Hawking's Fight Club battled with Split It & Hit It and a malfunctioning ball return. Led by trifecta-winning Michael Gordon and his 621 series, Stephen Hawking's Fight Club secured a clean sweep over Split It & Hit It. Meanwhile, led by Dennis Blake and his 531 series, Split It & Hit It got swept. Stephen Hawking's Fight Club climbs 2 spots in the standings to 2nd place, while Split It & Hit It drops 1 spot to 7th. Split It & Hit It welcomes new member Cody Ellenbarger, while at the same time bids a temporary farewell to Mark DeVoe as he tends to an ankle injury.

This week in Tournament of Champions, new bowler Cody Ellenbarger has been seeded in and lands in Division 4. He takes the place of Division 4's VACANCY slot. Meanwhile, Todd Way's slot in Division 2 converts to a vacancy. From here on out, the two vacancies in Division 2 will face each other so won't be a factor until the second round. ANYWAY... In Division 1, Michael Gordon powered himself to the top of the pack. Dennis Blake did the same in Division 2. Division 3 was won by dennis Laube, who moves into second place. Jake Parrot ruled Division 4 but remains just shy of second place.

Bowlers entering The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (227), Aubrey Moren (204), Carl Goetz (231,203), John Boren (215,202), Landon Cline (245), Michael Gordon (214,214), Phil Schroeder (201), and Seth Gunderson (201,246)

See you next week!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Michael Gordon Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Michael Gordon Runner Up: Dennis Laube	#1 H2H BOWLER Michael Gordon Runner Up: Carl Goetz
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "The doctor told me not lift anything over 10 pounds, but my ball weighs 16 pounds. And my dick weighs even more than that." Kody Karnes, on why he isn't bowling this season and walked into the bowling alley with a crutch tonight.