The Spring 2014 season is officially now half way complete and it's pretty apparent that the current league leaders are showing no signs of slowing up whatsoever. After amassing an incredible 28-4 record – winning 87.5% of their games so far – Pinterest is openly declaring the second half of the season as a battle for second place amongst everyone else still rolling as they are gunning for the best record in league history. Week #8 action witnessed half the league switching spots in the league standings but the road to taking over the top spot from Pinterest is a long shot. Here's how the position round played out...As already reported, Pinterest is on a tear this season. Refusing to drop a single game to their opponents, the current league leaders demolished The Finger Holes to take a 6-game lead over the rest of the league. Behind Ian Goetz and his 620 series, Pinterest has secured the 2nd best first half win record in league history. Aubrey Moren put up the most fire power for The F-Holes with his 539 series but it simply wasn't enough to derail the Pinterest express. The Finger Holes slip one spot down into 3rd place.Down a pair on lanes 43 & 44, last season's champs Bowltron looked to get back into the season but fell short against opponents Schwetty Balls. After a 50-pin victory in Game #1, mainly behind Bill Krejci's team-leading 630 series, Bowltron set their sights on victory but – ready for this? – Schwetty's very own Scott Murdock put up a 582 series to turn the tides and propel his team to a 3-1 matchup victory. The wins hop Schwetty Balls up into 2nd while Bowltron remains entrenched in 4th place.This season, the Twerking Balls' powerhouse Teresa Deterding has been putting up the best season of her GutterAlley career. This week she notched her fifth career Most Valuable Bowler performance with her team-leading 498 series as she battled opponents Mark It Zero to a standstill in their matchup. A pre-bowling Kody Karnes put up not only the highest series for Mark It Zero but also for the league with his 633 in the 2-2 effort. Neither team moved up or down in the league standings with Mark it Zero remaining in 5th and the Twerking Balls in 6th place.The final battle of the night featured last year's break out team Split It & Hit It throwing down against UpgrayeDD. Returning to form, primarily behind sub Todd Way and his 582 series (which landed him #1 Power Ranked bowler honors), Split It logged their first sweep of the season and moved up into 7th place in the process. UpgrayeDD, led this week by Josh Robison and his 420 series, topple one spot down into 8th place.The Tournament of Champions rolls on:Division 1 = Ian Goetz (19), Seth Gunderson (9)Division 2 = Scott Murdock (15), Phil Schroeder (13)Division 3 = Teresa Deterding (12), Rob Kaszuba/Josh Robison (8)Division 4 = Michael Smith (12), Michael Gordon (12)Bowlers positioning themselves in The 200 Club during the position round this week include: Bill Krejci (223, 233), Bob Brunker (200), Dennis Blake (209), Ian Goetz (225, 211), Jake Parrott (207), Jonathan Vigliaturo (200), Ken M. Wilson (206, 216), Kody Karnes (246, 214), Ryan Doll (210, 203), Scott Murdock (220), and Todd Way (200, 200).See you next Tuesday!
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#1 POWER BOWLER
Todd Way Runner Up: Scott Murdock
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#1 H2H BOWLER
Todd Way Runner Up: Scott Murdock
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FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"Was there ever any doubt?!?"
Seth Gunderson, after taking all four games in the position round.
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