Here is your Spring 2024 Recap, where you can find out who won all the individual awards plus lots more! Our next season will begin on August 27 2024!
If you missed the presentation, you can also see it as a PowerPoint or as a PDF.
This season it was Squid Row who took first place, with a (46-18) record. Overall the team finished as the 19th strongest team in league history, pretty impressive considering there have been well over 400 teams by now.
SEASON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
Women's High Series Scratch: JoAnne Barber (427)
Women's High Game Scratch: N/A due to insufficient females)
Women's High Series Handicap: N/A due to insufficient females)
Women's High Game Handicap: N/A due to insufficient females
Men's High Series Scratch: Kent Harms (683)
Men's High Game Scratch: Matthew Taylor (262)
Men's High Series Handicap: Michael Gordon (741)
Men's High Game Handicap: Seth Gunderson (283)
Matthew Taylor is #1 Power ranked bowler, AJ Hofmann is runner up.
Squid Row is #1 Power ranked team, Schindler's Fists is runner up.
Head to Head: Matthew Taylor would have won 67.322% of all possible one-on-one matchups this season, Ben Spencer comes in second at 58.887%, Dennis Walling comes in third with 60.150%. Since the winner of prize money for Power Rank is ineligible for the prize money for Head to Head, Ben (2nd place) got the cash.
The Tournament of Champions was won by Matthew Taylor, with Scott Thompson as runner-up.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:
Rookie of the Season
(Which first year bowler did the most for his or her team in their initial outing?)
- David Buchmueller (aka Buck Nasty ) -- by default as he was the only one!
Seth Gunderson Captain of the Season
(Which team captain provided the most leadership, dedication, and inspiration to their team?)
- Runner Up: Seth Gunderson
- Winner: Dennis Walling
Carl Goetz Defensive Bowler of the Season
Which player with an average of 150 or above proved to be the strongest finisher in crucial tenth frame situations?
- Runner Up: Kent Harms
- Winner: Matthew Taylor
Ian Goetz Underdog of the Season
Bowler with an average under 150 who was the biggest spark for their team.
- Runner Up: Nathan Burrows
- Winner: Scott Thompson
Bob Brunker / Rob Kaszuba Sportsmanship Award
This award should go to the one male bowler who continually shows the best example of good sportsmanship throughout the entire season.
- Runner Up: Matthew Taylor
- Winner: Scott Thompson
Emily Podhajsky / Alison Radke Sportsmanship Award
This award should go to the one female bowler who continually shows the best example of good sportsmanship throughout the entire season.
- Runner Up: Definitely not this lady.
- Winner: JoAnne Barber
Pat Searcy 'Life of the Party' Award
Named for a man whose exuberant personality made bowling nights more fun for all those around him. Given to the person who livens up Tuesday nights and brings a smile to all our faces.
- Runner Up: Ryan Sisco
- Winner: Scott Thompson
Sub of the Season
The sub who did the most for the team or teams they helped
- Runner Up: Nick Kinney
- Winner: Dustin Schmeltz
Most Valuable Bowler – People's Choice
Who did everyone think did the most for their team?
- Runner Up: Kent Harms
- Winner: Matthew Taylor
Favorite Team to Roll Against
- Runner Up:
Glory BowlIt Starts Now! - Winner: Sun Dolphins
Most Feared Team to Roll Against
- Runner Up: Schindler's Fists
- Winner: Squid Row
TEAM MVBs:
- Schindler's Fists: Seth Gunderson
- DB Lenz a Hand: Doug Lenz
- Grumpy Old Men: AJ Hofmann
- It Starts Now!:Brett Affolter
- Squid Row: Matthew Taylor
- Sun Dolphins: Clayton Burrow
ACTUAL SEASON MVB: Matthew Taylor, single-handedly responsible for 10.5 of his team's wins. — Runner-Up: Seth Gunderson
SOME TRIVIA FACTS ABOUT THE SPRING 2022 SEASON:
- Dennis Walling and Matthew Taylor both crossed 100,000 career points in this league this season:
- Dennis earned his 100,000th point in Week 12, game 3, frame 10, roll 2 and now sits at 102,120 career points earned.
- Mathew earned his 100,000th point in Week 13, game 1, frame 2, roll 1 and now sits at 102,267 career points earned.
- Next up: Ben Spencer should cross the 100,000 point line this Fall, likely in week 2, game 2, somewhere between frames 3 & 7.
- Kent Harms has climbed up to become the 17th best bowler in league history to never win a championship -- or third best among current-era bowlers. (James Tott and Dustin Schmeltz both slightly edge him.)
- This season Seth Gunderson passed Freda Schroeder to have the 5th highest number of games rolled in league history: 1,418. (Ahead of him still are 3 more retired bowlers and Scoot. Once Scoot kicks the bucket Seth will still have to roll 12 more seasons to achieve #1.)
- In week 2 of this season, Chris Windham earned his 100th win. at the end of his 152nd game. This makes Chris tied with Nick Kinney for 5th place among all league bowlers in history to reach their 100th win the quickest.
- Ben Spencer has made his way onto the list of the Top 25 Bowlers with the Most 200+ games, debuting at #24 on the list with 75 200+ games.
- Speaking of 200+ games rolled, we had 72 this season. That's a big improvement over last Fall where we only had 56 with essentially the same teams, but prior to that we had 200 counts in the 80s to 90s for most of our St. John's seasons.
- In week 12, game 3 between It Starts Now! and Squid Row was the 7th highest-scoring game in league history to be decided by a single pin, with Starts beating Squids 739-738.
- And of course we all already know what happened in week 14: Brett Affolter plunged from 223 to 91 (132 points) from game 1 to game 2. This is the 5th largest change in score between games and the 3rd biggest drop in league history.
New Personal Best Games
| Bowler | New Best |
Old Best |
Since... |
| Brett Affolter | 235 | 230 | Fall 2022, wk 15 |
| Chris Windham | 224 | 209 | Fall 2021, wk 14 |
| Kent Harms | 257 | 243 | Spring 2022, wk 5 |
| Nathan Burrows | 213 | 202 | Fall 2023, wk 4 |
New Personal Best Series
| Bowler | New Best |
Old Best |
Since... |
| Brett Affolter | 606 | 596 | Fall 2022, wk 15 |
| Buck Nasty | 447 | 446 | Fall 2023, wk 7 |
| Kent Harms | 683 | 637 | Fall 2022, wk 13 |
| Nathan Burrows | 490 | 486 | Fall 2023, wk 3 |
New Personal Best Average
| Bowler | New Best |
Old Best |
Since... |
| AJ Hofmann | 174 | 167 | Midsummer 2021 |
| Brian Schaben | 110 | 109 | Spring 2023 |
| Carl Mueller | 114 | 112 | Fall 2023 |
| Dustin Schmeltz | 178 | 176 | Fall 2023 |
| Kent Harms | 173 | 171 | Spring 2023 |
| Nathan Burrows | 147 | 137 | Spring 2023 |
| Nicholas Knight | 149 | 139 | Fall 2022 |
| Nick Kinney | 185 | 183 | Spring 2023 |
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FROM THE GUTTER (QUOTE OF THE SEASON)
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| Pos. | Team name | Record | Percent | Total Pins |
| 1 | Squid Row | 46-18 | .719 | 31,775 |
| 2 | Schindler's Fists | 40-24 | .625 | 31,836 |
| 3 | It Starts Now! | 30-34 | .469 | 27,949 |
| 4 | Grumpy Old Men | 29-35 | .453 | 28,349 |
| 5 | DB Lenz a Hand | 26-38 | .406 | 26,274 |
| 6 | Sun Dolphins | 21-43 | .328 | 24,784 |
| Men's High Series Scratch | Women's High Series Scratch |
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Kent Harms - 683 Matthew Taylor - 659 Michael Gordon - 654 Seth Gunderson - 633 Brett Affolter - 606 |
JoAnne Barber - 427 |
| Men's High Series Handicap | Women's High Series Handicap |
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Kent Harms - 767 Michael Gordon - 741 Seth Gunderson - 708 Brett Affolter - 699 Matthew Taylor - 689 |
JoAnne Barber - 602 |
| Men's High Game Scratch | Women's High Game Scratch |
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Matthew Taylor - 262 Seth Gunderson - 258 Kent Harms - 257 Dustin Schmeltz - 247 AJ Hofmann - 243 Michael Gordon - 243 (t) |
JoAnne Barber - 167 |
| Men's High Game Handicap | Women's High Game Handicap |
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Kent Harms - 285 Seth Gunderson - 283 Matthew Taylor - 281 Dustin Schmeltz - 271 Chris Windham - 268 |
JoAnne Barber - 219 |
| Men's High Pins Over Average | Women's High Pins Over Average |
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Kent Harms +92 Seth Gunderson +90 Matthew Taylor +86 Chris Windham +80 Dustin Schmeltz +77 |
JoAnne Barber +35 |
| Men's Most Improved Bowler | Women's Most Improved Bowler |
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Seth Gunderson +16 Matthew Taylor +16 (t) Ben Spencer +12 Brett Affolter +12 (t) Chris Windham +9 Doug Lenz +9 (t) Dustin Schmeltz +8 Ryan Sisco +8 (t) Dennis Walling +6 Kent Harms +6 (t) |
