Week 1 is now officially in the books. With solid debuts from veterans and rookies alike, this season promises to be an interesting one as seven teams (and one blind team) battle for supremacy to take home the title in December. Two teams of old timers even kicked off their seasons with perfect 4-0 records – an accomplishment that has only happened a handful of times in the league's 10-year history. Want to see how your favorite team fared? Well, you've come to the right place...Before we get started we'd like to officially welcome and recognize the rookies that made their debuts Tuesday night: Aaron Chandler, Brian Cunningham, Chris Able, Chris Massey, Jake Parrott, Jessica Thomas, Rick Heckadon and Sarah Manning. Thanks for joining the league!In the first matchup, returning champion Carl Goetz of the aptly-named Pin Pricks set the pace for his team's night against opponents Feed the Monkey. Putting up a 569 series, Goetz led his team to a rare 4-0 first night series win. With a strong rookie debut out of Monkey Chris Able and his team-leading 425 series, the team finds themselves with no place to go but up . The outcome of the matchup propels the Pricks into first place due to total pins and cages the Monkeys into 8th. Two lanes down, the embattled members of the Ground Zero Mosque faced the debuting members of Drink and Hurl. Starting his season off with one of the league's two 200+ games rolled last night, the Mosque's Jason Carpio put up a 506 series en route to a 3-1 matchup victory against the competition, Drink and Hurl. Made up of four brand new bowlers to the league, Hurl got the best output via lead off bowler Jake Parrott. Parrott, starting the season off with his new personal best high game (a 179), put up a 394 series and helped secure the team's lone victory. The outcome between these two teams finds the Ground Zero Mosque erected in 4th place while Drink and Hurl has a chaser in 6th.Down on lanes 19 & 20, the sunny team Kitten Mittons met up with four people taking a Bowl Movement. Apparently beginning to figure out his new bowling ball, the Kitten's Nick Allegri came out firing with a team-leading 515 series to earn his team three notches in the win column. The Movement, led by last-second replacement Jessica Thomas and her 409 series, managed to poke its head out just in time to win Game #3 and avoiding the sweep. The Mittons, after Week 1, find themselves sitting in 3rd place with their 3-1 record while the Bowl Movement floats in 5th with the opposite record.The final face-off of the night was a fast and furious fete for No Pinheads who found themselves facing the team devoid of any actual bowlers, aka Ray & Stevie. Putting on this weeks' Most Valuable Bowler performance was lead off bowler Aubrey Moren who, coupled with the team's high 495 series from anchor Freda Schroeder, managed to secure a first week sweep and move into 2nd place. Hapless (and memberless) Ray & Stevie see their way to 7th. The only bowlers making their way into The 200 Club this week include: Carl Goetz (223) and Jason Carpio (211). For the full results of this week, please check out Season 22, Week 1.See you next Tuesday!
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#1 POWER BOWLER
Carl Goetz Runner Up: Nick Allegri
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#1 H2H BOWLER
David Codding Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
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FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Does this t-shirt idea for my team (the Ground Zero Mosque) make me a bad person?"
Scott Murdock, upon showing a sketch of a bowling ball flying like an airplane into two Twin Towers looking bowling pins.
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EXPANDED STANDINGS
Top Individual Achievements for Week 1
Man, Scoot, what a terrible thing to say in that GutterQuote.
Did the bowling ball have a picture of Allah on it?
On the first draft the bowling ball had a crescent moon with the fingerholes forming the star. But that design looked too much like a goofy smiley face.
I’ll tell you the rare feat in this article. How sad is it that we (FEED THE MONKEY) finished 8th in a league that only has SEVEN teams? I’m so embarrassed!
@ChrisMassey – you have to watch out for that blind team, man. They are some shifty bastards!
Look at Ken using TWITTER syntax!!!
Anyway, that’s a bug that I’m working my way through the site fixing. The first run accidently have Ray & Stevie 1440 total pins when it should have given them 0. Should be fixed soon.