Our season is now officially half over. Three teams are sliding along the downhill side of the rainbow towards the pot of gold, while everyone else is still back on the uphill slope, weighed down with too much corned beef and green beer.
A few members of Omaha Hambone were anxious to hit the road for Vegas and hoped to make quick work of a most-absent Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!. And you'd think that being led by Kody Karnes and his luck-o-the-Irish 692 series would have been enough to do it. However, though dominated by the pre-bowled 634 series of Aubrey Moren, it was a cold-virus-riddled 194 game by Dennis Laube that let the air out of one of the Hambone tires before their road trip. Nonetheless, Omaha Hambone remains in 1st place, while Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! drops 1 spot to 3rd.
A virus infected the Laube
That left him all achey and snotty.
But thanks to some drugs
Game 1 beat the bugs,
But Games 2 and 3 were just shoddy.
Next up, 3/4 of Frankee's Uncles has mostly smooth going against 3/4 of Terra Bowler. Led by Ken M. Wilson and his 655 series, Frankee's Uncles secured 3 wins against Terra Bowler. However Scott Murdock and his 479 series briefly fought back via his first 200+ game since the blarney stone was still a molten pool of magma, landing 1 win for his team. Frankee's Uncles climbs 1 spot in the standings to 2nd place, while Terra Bowler drops 1 spot to 5th.
Members of Terra Bowler discuss strategy over shamrock shakes
There once was Carl who, we'd find
Was tops on his team every time.
But he got on a roll
Where the best he could bowl
Was when he was gone, as a blind.
Coming down with Ebowla would wreck just about any St. Patrick's party, and FYWFK found this out the hard way. Led by Sean Simmons and his 455 series (and an MVB by Chantal Jacot), Ebowla hemorrhaged 3 wins out of FYWFK. Meanwhile, defended by AJ Hofmann and his 494 series, FYWFK could only resist the infection with 1 win. Ebowla climbs 1 spot in the standings to 4th place, while FYWFK remains in 6th.
A new rookie bowler named Dan
Concocted a hell of a plan.
His roll looked like butter
Till his ball bent the gutter
And the follow-through injured his hand.
After trading places with Trump's Toupee in the standings last week, Suckeredusintoit traded them right back this week. Led by Brandon Darby and his 334 series, Suckeredusintoit got swept by Trump's Toupee. Meanwhile, led by Dustin Schmeltz and his 522 series, Trump's Toupee achieved a clean sweep. We didn't see what caused this to happen, possibly a potato famine, but between the two teams only JoAnne Watson had a decent third game and game 3 was largely a game of attrition. Suckeredusintoit drops 1 spot in the standings to 8th place (until they almost certainly switch it again next week), while Trump's Toupee moves up 1 spot to 7th (until ditto).
A Toupee team member called dibs
On getting all bruised in the ribs.
Pat doesn't know how
Something made him say "Ow!"
But if Tott claims innocence, he fibs.
This week in Tournament of Champions: Ken Wilson gained some ground on Kody Karnes to secure 1st place, while Aubrey Moren won tonight's rounds to become a contender for 2nd. Division 2 was won by Ben Spencer, but the only movement was Sean Simmons gaining a little ground on Scoot. Nobody won Division 3 though Dennis Laube extended his lead. Finally, Chantal Jacot topped Division 4 and moved into 2nd place just behind James Tott.
Bowlers entering The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (209,224), Aubrey Moren (232,217), Bob Brunker (227), Dustin Schmeltz (210), Ken M. Wilson (224,225,206), Kody Karnes (202,223,267), Michael Gordon (209,235), and Scott Murdock (202)
See you next week!
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| Pos. | Team name | Record | Percent | Total Pins | Change |
| 1 | Omaha Hambone | 25-7 | .781 | 18,845 | n/a |
| 2 | Frankee's Uncles | 23-9 | .719 | 18,283 | +1 |
| 3 | Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! | 22-10 | .688 | 15,906 | -1 |
| 4 | Ebowla | 16-16 | .500 | 11,100 | +1 |
| 5 | Terra Bowler | 14-18 | .438 | 12,634 | -1 |
| 6 | FYWFK | 12-20 | .375 | 11,138 | n/a |
| 7 | Trump's Toupee | 9-23 | .281 | 12,298 | +1 |
| 8 | Suckeredusintoit | 7-25 | .219 | 8,145 | -1 |
| Men's High Series Scratch | Women's High Series Scratch |
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Kody Karnes - 692 Ken Wilson - 655 Aubrey Moren - 634 Michael Gordon - 623 Aaron Barber - 591 |
Abby Kearns - 336 Chantal Jacot - 322 JoAnne Barber - 320 |
| Men's High Series Handicap | Women's High Series Handicap |
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Kody Karnes - 692 Aubrey Moren - 660 Ken Wilson - 655 Michael Gordon - 649 Bob Brunker - 625 |
Chantal Jacot - 612 JoAnne Barber - 560 Abby Kearns - 547 |
| Men's High Game Scratch | Women's High Game Scratch |
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Kody Karnes - 267 Michael Gordon - 235 Aubrey Moren - 232 Bob Brunker - 227 Ken Wilson - 225 |
Chantal Jacot - 130 Abby Kearns - 126 JoAnne Barber - 121 |
| Men's High Game Handicap | Women's High Game Handicap |
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Kody Karnes - 267 Michael Gordon - 243 Dustin Schmeltz - 242 Aubrey Moren - 240 Bob Brunker - 240 (t) |
Chantal Jacot - 226 JoAnne Barber - 201 Abby Kearns - 196 |
| Men's Pins Over Average | Women's Pins Over Average |
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Kody Karnes - 63 Dustin Schmeltz - 50 Scott Murdock - 48 Michael Gordon - 46 Bob Brunker - 44 |
Chantal Jacot - 51 JoAnne Barber - 21 Abby Kearns - 14 |
