Previous:          Next:

Oh, Bowling…I Love You!

Posted by Ken February 14, 2012 Spring 2012, Week 5 View Score Sheets

Love was in the air Tuesday night on the lanes of GutterAlley as a sizable number of bowlers showed up to do battle. Although only two teams managed to move at all in the standings, three teams are making a play to extend their leads over the rest of the league. Sure, it's early, but we've seen teams build momentum near the beginning of a season that they carry throughout. Let's get to the recap...The Strange Bedfellows fell in love with this week's Most Valuable Bowler – and the most recent Hall of Fame inductee – Carl Goetz all over again. Hoisting a team leading 632 series, the Bedfellows made a meal out of Ballsagna. Despite a 415 series out of substitute anchor AJ Taylor, the Balls didn't notch a single victory. Game #3 ended on an odd note, though, as an intentional double gutter from Joe Longstreet shifted momentum from the Balls over into the Bedfellows favor. If not for the gutters, the Bedfellows would not have added a sweep to their win record. The Bedfellows remain in 2nd while Ballsagna slips a spot into 8th place.As the X-Men's Ryan Doll can attest to last night - "when you're hot, you're hot." Hotness on the lanes, however, doesn't always guarantee victories in the end. Putting up his second highest series of his career – and the highest scratch series shot this season – Doll's 690 series was the best of the best. Bowled to Death, however, came away with a 3-1 matchup victory with Matt Bell leading the charge with his 444 series and cooled the X-Men's recent momentum. The wins also made Bowled to Death the only team that managed to move up in the league standings this week, hopping up into 7th place. The X-Men remain in 4th place.What has gotten into this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler, Aubrey Moren?!? Having been promoted last season into the anchor spot, Moren led The Turkey Hunters with a 621 series to a clean sweep over opponents Splits or Swallows. This extends the Turkeys' win streak to nine games, the longest this season thus far. The Splits' Jason Carpio contributed the most fire power to his team and ended his night with a 595 series in the losing effort. The Turkey Hunters remain three games ahead of the league in 1st while Splits or Swallows continues at a medium pace in 6th place.Despite want ads being placed in local newspapers for an anchor, the members Brown Belt Jones continue to add wins to their record while the position is looking to be filled. Middle bowler Seth Gunderson led The Belt with a 555 series in their 3-1 matchup win over opponents ACE2S. The ace of the ACE2S was Eric Lynch, who is quickly returning to his old self. Raising his average five pins, Lynch's 495 series was the biggest output for his team but it couldn't muster more than just a single win. The Belt remains in 3rd while the ACE2S gain ground but remain in 5th place.Bowlers reuniting this week with their longest love – a 200+ game – in The 200 Club include: Angela Bradford (211), Aubrey Moren (243, 226), Carl Goetz (204, 224, 204), Ian Goetz (212), Jason Carpio (235), Ken M. Wilson (204), Ryan Doll (244, 216, 230), and Seth Gunderson (210).For those of you that were following the Tournament of Champions this week, the full breakdown can be found by visiting that section of the site. A quick recap, however, finds Ken M. Wilson barely leading Division 1 with 7 points, Aubrey Moren dominating Division 2 with 12 points, Jonathan Vigliaturo crushing the competition in Division 3 with 12 points, and Russell Madsen and Eric Lynch tied as the top dogs in Division 4 with 6 points apiece. The Tournament of Champions will conclude in Week #16, the week of the Finals.And a final note...thanks to everyone that has made a nomination this season for someone to enter the GutterAlley Hall of Fame. The forum to submit a nomination is open and will be until the position round.See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB


Carl Goetz
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Aubrey Moren
Runner Up:
Ryan Doll

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Ryan Doll
Runner Up:
Carl Goetz

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Christ! It was so easy for everyone to get something up in there. Why is it taking so long to get something out?!?"

Dennis Laube, commenting about his expectant daughter Janelle still being in labor.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 The Turkey Hunters 18-2 .900 12,149 n/a
2 Strange Bedfellows 15-5 .750 12,724 n/a
3 Brown Belt Jones 14-6 .700 12,368 n/a
4 X-Men 10-10 .500 11,659 n/a
5 ACE2S 9-11 .450 9,034 n/a
6 Splits or Swallows? 6-14 .300 10,763 n/a
7 Bowled to Death 4-16 .200 9,471 +1
8 Ballsagna 4-16 .200 9,363 -1
Top Individual Achievements for Week 5
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ryan Doll - 690
Carl Goetz - 632
Aubrey Moren - 621
Jason Carpio - 595
Ken Wilson - 558
Angela Bradford - 524
Anita Osthoff - 518
Teresa Deterding - 406
Ellen Neidlinger - 375
Sabrina Gray - 354
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Ryan Doll - 704
Aubrey Moren - 695
Carl Goetz - 639
Eric Lynch - 639 (t)
Jason Carpio - 638
Eric Lemmon - 626
Anita Osthoff - 635
Sarah Lynch - 592
Angela Bradford - 591
Ellen Neidlinger - 567
Teresa Deterding - 559
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Ryan Doll - 244
Aubrey Moren - 243
Jason Carpio - 235
Carl Goetz - 224
Ian Goetz - 212
Angela Bradford - 211
Anita Osthoff - 193
Sabrina Gray - 152
Teresa Deterding - 147
Ellen Neidlinger - 132
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Aubrey Moren - 267
Jason Carpio - 249
Ryan Doll - 248
Seth Gunderson - 233
Eric Lynch - 231
Angela Bradford - 233
Anita Osthoff - 232
Sabrina Gray - 216
Sarah Lynch - 203
Teresa Deterding - 198
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Aubrey Moren - 74
Jason Carpio - 53
Ryan Doll - 50
Eric Lynch - 43
Ryan Housknecht - 42
Chris Klee - 42 (t)
Anita Osthoff - 42
Angela Bradford - 39
Sabrina Gray - 32
Sarah Lynch - 24
Kristie Carter - 13


2 Responses to “Oh, Bowling…I Love You!”

  1. avatar Ken says:

    Way to choke, Doll. ;)

    Nice series!!!

  2. avatar Doll says:

    Yeah yeah…

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Login
Username

Password



Trouble logging in?
STANDINGS
Please login above to see
the current standings.
NEED A SUB?
Sorry, you're on your own, the most recent active subs are now on teams. :)
CANDID CAMERA

Ryan Doll...or Popeye?

ADVERTISEMENT