The Fall 2011 season came to a conclusion Tuesday night and with it came some huge scores...none larger than Ryan Doll's. Several people rolled their personal best games and series and, in the end, five – count 'em, FIVE – teams exchanged places in the league standings. Simply put, this was one of the wildest finishes score-wise to a season we've had in quite some time. Ready to see how it all ended up? So do we. Let's go.But before we start that, please be sure to vote for your Season Favorites before noon, Tuesday the 20th. After having crushed them the first two times they faced last season's champions 3-1 each time in their matchups, Fall 2011 title winners No Pinheads decided to not mess with a good thing and once again whooped them 3-1. Led by a 2-game absent Aubrey Moren, who rolled a 227 in his lone game of the night to lead the way, the Pinheads increased their win record to 49-15 which ties as the 2nd best win record in league history. STFU Donny's Ken M. Wilson, absent Game #1 due to stupidly leaving his bowling ball at home and making a mad dash to retrieve it, shot a 213 & 187 in his two games to lead his team. STFU ends up in 2nd place with a record of 40-24. Wilson and Moren finished the season as the number one and number two cumulative #1 Power Ranked Bowlers, respectively. Let's face it, the rollers of Kitten Mittons had a great season. Heading into the Finals in third place, the team and opponents Gutterballs slugged it out down to the wire in each game...settling each contest in the 10th frame. End results? A tie in Game #1 and then three wins for the Gutterballs ending the Mittons incredible run and sending them down into 5th place. The Balls' Jason Carpio saved his best series of the season – a 660, missing his all-time personal best by four pins – for just the occasion to help turn the tide on the Kittens. Ryan Simonet and Alison Radke both led their team in the losing effort, each shooting a 479 series – Radke's personal best of her career. While the Mittons slip two spots down into fifth with a record of 35.5-28.5, the Gutterballs sneak up into 3rd place with their 36.5-27.5 record. The Mysterious Platypus Appendages just can't catch a break. Did they roll over their team average every single game? Yes. Did they roll their best team series all season tonight? Yes. Did lead-off roller Aaron Chandler roll his all-time personal best series and lead his team with his 406? Yes. Did they win a single game? No. You're kidding, right? Nope, not at all...and you can blame Vier Reiter Der Apokalypse's Ryan Doll. Rolling his very first 700+ series – an incredible 707 – Doll joined the small group of bowlers who have crested that mark at any point in the history of our bowling league. Naturally, he earned #1 Power Ranked bowler honors for his big series. The four victories push his team up into 4th place to end the season with a record of 36-28. The Platypi take it on the chin and fall down into 7th place with a record of 22-42.Last week, the Das Sauer Popes surprised everyone with the record-breaking output from Mike Berlin to lead the team to a 3-1 against opponents Skirtz & Jerkz. This week, the Popes' Eric Summers decided to get in on the action. Leading his team with his all time high game (a 194) and his all time high series (a 487), Summers earned the Most Valuable Bowler nod while earning his team another 3-1 matchup victory over the Skirtz. Despite the big wins, the Popes couldn't shake things up enough to climb out of the cellar and end their season in 8th place with a record of 15-49. The Skirtz' Jenn Seefeldt put up the biggest numbers for her team, wrapping up her season with a 427 series. Skirtz and Jerkz with the lone win move up a spot to finish out in 6th place with a record of 22-42. Bowlers finishing their season with one last trip to The 200 Club include: Aubrey Moren (227), Ian Goetz (203), Jason Carpio (242, 232), Ken M. Wilson (213), Rob Kaszuba (203), and Ryan Doll (265, 232, 210).Next week, as most of you know, is the prize week where we hand out the money earned for the number of wins your team racked up as well as the individual awards for high games and high series. This year's winners include:Men's High Series Scratch: Ryan Doll - 707 ($20)Women's High Series Scratch: Freda Schroeder - 555 ($20)Men's High Game Scratch: Carl Goetz - 269 ($20)Women's High Game Scratch: Jennifer Seefeldt - 203 ($20)Men's High Series Handicap: Mike Berlin - 723 ($10)Women's High Series Handicap: Sarah Sauer - 662 ($10)Men's High Game Handicap: Phil Schroeder - 280 ($10)Women's High Game Handicap: Alison Radke - 243 ($10)Money will also be awarded to this season's overall Most Valuable Bowler, which will be revealed at the meeting...as well as this season's GutterAlley Hall of Fame inductee!Again, if you haven't already, please take a moment to vote for your Season Favorites. It's up to you to decide who is the People's Choice Most Valuable Bowler, Rookie of the Season, Captain of the Season, Defensive Bowler of the Season, etc. And, in honor of what was most likely Emily Podhajsky's final season in our league, we have a new category named in her honor – the Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award, which will go to the best female sportsman in the league. The Bob Brunker Good Sportsmanship Award will now solely be awarded to males. Congrats, Emily!See you next Tuesday!
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#1 POWER BOWLER
Ryan Doll Runner Up: Eric Summers
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#1 H2H BOWLER
Ryan Doll Runner Up: Eric Summers
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FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Well, looking back on this failure of a season, at least I can say that I came away with the Men's High Series Scratch."
Ken M. Wilson, moments before realizing Ryan Doll was on pace to shoot a 700+ series.
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EXPANDED STANDINGS
Top Individual Achievements for Week 16
Dammit, Doll! You just HAD to do this tonight, didn’t you?!?
I still can’t believe that, after our long slump a few weeks back, my team managed to turn it around and pull third place out of our asses.
I wouldn’t have stored 3rd place in my butt, if I were you.
I think it was more Carpio than “(your) team” that turned it around. Scoot’s always takin’ credit away from our foreign brothers.
Oh, I know he saved our asses last night. Which is good since 3rd place was being stored there. Meanwhile I had 0 MVBs and 0 200s this season.