Archive for April, 2015

7-10!

Posted by ScooterJ On April - 28 - 2015ADD COMMENTS

Wow, what a night! By all rights, the lead story should be about Amazeballs securing the championship, making next week a formality. But their accomplishment was overshadowed when Russell Bingham, a rookie, did what no one else has done in 31 seasons of our league's existence -- he picked up a 7-10 split! This is an accomplishment that is statistically far more rare than a 300 game. For a little more perspective, 38,245 individual games had been rolled in our league before Russell became the first to do this. Congratulations, Russell, for doing what 330 of our league's bowlers have been unable to do before you!Russell's amazing pick-up took place on lanes 41 & 42, where Squirtin' Tunas faced off against 10 Pins 10 Balls. Aaron Barber led the Tuna with his 578 series, to net 3 wins against 10 Pins 10 Balls. Phil Schroeder topped the Balls with his 561 series, but it was only enough for 1 win and an eerily precise 2000 team series. Neither team moves in the standings.
On lanes 43 & 44 formerly last-place Ballz Out continued their amazing second-half recovery against Gimme Headpin. Cliff Barendsen and his 510 series led Ballz Out in splitting the series... which was enough to finally get them out of last place. This series included a crazy frame in which Cliff knocked the 10-pin into the gutter, only for it to bounce out and stand back up. Not quite as awesomely as what happened in this video, but still pretty entertaining. Meanwhile Brian Coe and his 632 series helped Gimme Headpin match the Ballz. Ballz Out climbs 1 spot in the standings to 7th place, while Gimme Headpin drops 1 spot to 3rd.

Official Sponsor of Game 1

On lanes 45 & 46: The Pin is Mightier hoped to hold on to their spot in the rankings by winning at least one game against Sponsored By Rogue. Scott Murdock and his 483 series utterly failed in that regard, getting swept by Ian Goetz and his 677 series. Sponsored By Rogue secured a clean sweep. The Pin is Mightier drops 1 spot in the standings to DEAD LAST, while Sponsored By Rogue moves up 1 spot to 2nd.

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The League is Stuck!

Posted by ScooterJ On April - 21 - 2015ADD COMMENTS

For the second week in a row none of our teams moved in the standings, though one team came close to doing so. But just because none of the rankings changed doesn't mean nothing interesting happened...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: League-leaders Amazeballs faced off against Sponsored By Rogue and got a well-deserved spanking. Led by Ian Goetz and his 702 series (his second 700+!), Sponsored By Rogue secured a clean sweep but was just barely unable to make any headway in the standings. Ryan Doll led Amazeballs to defeat with his 616 series. Amazeballs remains in 1st place, while Sponsored By Rogue remains in 3rd.On lanes 43 & 44: The Pin is Mightier, whose only goal at this point is to not end in dead last, faced off against a very late and only half-present Split It & Hit It. Led respectively by Scott Murdock and his 563 series, and Dennis Blake with his 535 series, the matchup ended in a stalemate. The Pin is Mightier remains in 7th place, while Split It & Hit It remains in 6th.On lanes 45 & 46: Squirtin' Tunas faced off against Gimme Headpin. Led by Aaron Barber and his 688 series, Squirtin' Tunas secured 3 wins against Gimme Headpin. Kody Karnes, in his last in-person session this season, led Headpin with his 676 series but only secure 1 win. Squirtin' Tunas remains in 5th place, while Gimme Headpin remains in 2nd.Finally, down on lanes 47 & 48: 10 Pins 10 Balls faced off against Ballz Out. Led by Aubrey Moren and his 618 series, 10 Pins 10 Balls split the series with Ballz Out. Cliff Barendsen and his 538 series led Ballz Out in their stagnated effort. 10 Pins 10 Balls remains in 4th place, while Ballz Out remains in 8th.Tonight the league hit a major milestone. With two weeks still to be rolled, we have now officially passed the previous league record for most 200+ games in a single season, with 254 so far. The previous league record was 252, set last season. How high can we take it?

Kody won't be with us physically the remainder of the season, but his pre-bowled scores will help him be here in spirit.

Tonight was the last time this season we'll see Kody Karnes, as he will be deployed through the end of May. But don't fret, he has pre-bowled the remainder of the season. Thank you, Kody, for your service!Though tonight was technically the night that all fees for the season were due, the bowling alley will not be able to process our final deposit until next week. So those of you who were absent or otherwise unable to pay tonight can still write checks next week after all. And, as a reminder, no subs or post-bowling are allowed the remainder of the season.This week in Tournament of Champions, Ian Goetz won Division 1 to move into 2nd place. Division 2 had no true winner, Bob Brunker got the furthest but cannot place. Scott Murdock won Division 3 to retake 2nd, though his position is not secure. Finally, Alison Radke won Division 4 but cannot place.Bowlers contributing to our new all-time record in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (234,246,208), Angela Bradford (202), Aubrey Moren (226,204), Bob Brunker (200), Brian Coe (237), Carl Goetz (215,213,238), Cliff Barendsen (256), Dennis Blake (202), Ian Goetz (220,256,226), Kody Karnes (215,237,224), Michael Gordon (225), Phil Schroeder (209), Russell Bingham (235), Ryan Doll (206,213), and Scott Murdock (222)One more note, please keep former bowler and league favorite Nik Domann in your thoughts. He is having a pretty miserable time in the hospital right now and would really like to get back home to his family soon. See you next Tuesday!
THIS WEEK'S MVB


Dennis Blake
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Aaron Barber
Runner Up:
Ian Goetz

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Ian Goetz
Runner Up:
Aaron Barber

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head."

Nik Domann, aka "The Dude", rambling on from his hospital bed about some delusion he's having about kidnappers and a rug. Get well soon, Duder!

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Amazeballs 38.5-17.5 .688 29,095 n/a
2 Gimme Headpin 32-24 .571 34,132 n/a
3 Sponsored By Rogue 32-24 .571 32,463 n/a
4 10 Pins 10 Balls 30-26 .536 29,506 n/a
5 Squirtin' Tunas 28-28 .500 28,923 n/a
6 Split It & Hit It 24-32 .429 22,997 n/a
7 The Pin is Mightier 19-37 .339 22,888 n/a
8 Ballz Out 17.5-38.5 .313 21,950 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 14
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Ian Goetz - 702
Aaron Barber - 688
Kody Karnes - 676
Carl Goetz - 666
Aubrey Moren - 618
Angela Bradford - 590
Freda Schroeder - 496
Alison Radke - 427
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Aaron Barber - 707
Ian Goetz - 702
Kody Karnes - 676
Carl Goetz - 666
Scott Murdock - 661
Angela Bradford - 654
Alison Radke - 595
Freda Schroeder - 587
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Ian Goetz - 256
Cliff Barendsen - 256 (t)
Aaron Barber - 246
Carl Goetz - 238
Kody Karnes - 237
Brian Coe - 237 (t)
Russell Bingham - 235
Angela Bradford - 202
Freda Schroeder - 182
Alison Radke - 162
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Cliff Barendsen - 280
Russell Bingham - 263
Ian Goetz - 256
Scott Murdock - 254
Aaron Barber - 252
Angela Bradford - 223
Alison Radke - 218
Freda Schroeder - 212
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Cliff Barendsen - 86
Russell Bingham - 71
Scott Murdock - 63
Ian Goetz - 56
Aaron Barber - 54
Alison Radke - 32
Angela Bradford - 29
Freda Schroeder - 20

Some Taxing Matchups

Posted by ScooterJ On April - 14 - 2015ADD COMMENTS

With Tax Day looming tomorrow, some bowlers probably wish they'd stay home to work on their taxes rather than suffer the beatings they took on the lanes. Before we begin, remember that all bowling fees for the season (17 weeks worth) need to be paid in full by next week. So Scoot will be IRSing all over your asses next week after Uncle Sam is done having his way with you this week.First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Ballz Out hoped to extend their recent slate of wins with some victories against Squirtin' Tunas. Led by Cliff Barendsen and his 516 series, Ballz Out started out looking like they were going to do it again after taking game 1. But Aaron Barber turned things around with his 573 series taking the rest of the series and knocking the Ballz Out of their hopes to leave last place tonight. Ballz remains in 8th place, while Squirtin' Tunas remains in 5th.

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Smokin’!

Posted by ScooterJ On April - 7 - 2015ADD COMMENTS

Due to Scoot being extremely busy with work, this week's writeup will be almost entirely computer-generated. However, there's a few noteworthy items to call out...First up, on lanes 41 & 42: Sponsored By Rogue faced off against Gimme Headpin. Led by Seth Gunderson and his 685 series, Sponsored By Rogue managed only 1 win against Gimme Headpin. Led by Kody Karnes and his 706 series, Gimme Headpin secured 3 wins. Sponsored By Rogue remains in 3rd place, while Gimme Headpin remains in 2nd.  This was Seth's new personal best series, besting the 668 he rolled a little over a year ago. This also also included Kody's new personal best game, a 278.On lanes 43 & 44: Squirtin' Tunas faced off against Amazeballs. Led by Aaron Barber and his 639 series, Squirtin' Tunas split the series with Amazeballs. Led by Ryan Doll and his 582 series, Amazeballs ended in a stalemate. Squirtin' Tunas remains in 5th place, while Amazeballs remains in 1st.

Pops got his 1,000th win tonight!

On lanes 45 & 46: Split It & Hit It faced off against 10 Pins 10 Balls. Led by Dennis Blake and his 544 series, Split It & Hit It managed only 1 win against 10 Pins 10 Balls. Led by Aubrey Moren and his 580 series, 10 Pins 10 Balls secured 3 wins. Split It & Hit It remains in 6th place, while 10 Pins 10 Balls remains in 4th. A bonus tidbit from this game, Dennis "Pops" Laube got credited with his 1,000th win in our league tonight, becoming only the second bowler to reach that threshhold. On another note, I noticed I completely missed calling out Freda Schroeder for passing her 1,000th league game earlier this season. Congratulations to both of you!Finally, down on lanes 47 & 48: Ballz Out faced off against The Pin is Mightier. Led by Chadwick Andrews and his 527 series, Ballz Out secured a clean sweep over The Pin is Mightier. Led by AJ Hofmann and his 479 series, The Pin is Mightier got swept. Ballz Out remains in 8th place, while The Pin is Mightier remains in 7th. First off, what new strain is Ballz Out smoking???? Ballz Out has won 11 of their last 12 games and is poised to possibly climb out of last place next week! Furthermore, Chadwick's series included a new personal best game of 221, beating his previous record of 213 rolled during the Fall 2013 championship week.This week in Tournament of Champions, Aaron Barber won Division 1... again... and continues to extend his first place lead. Seth Gunderson won Division 2 to join a tie for second place. Freda Schroeder won Division 3 and remains in second, while Angela Bradford broke a massive tie to slip into second. Finally, Michael Smith won Division 4 to take over first place.Bowlers in The 200 Club this week include: Aaron Barber (204,241), Angela Bradford (201), Aubrey Moren (225), Chadwick Andrews (221), Cliff Barendsen (210), Dennis Laube (202), Ian Goetz (204), Kody Karnes (210,218,278), Phil Schroeder (225), Rob Kaszuba (213), Ryan Doll (225), and Seth Gunderson (244,205,236)See you next Tuesday!
THIS WEEK'S MVB


Josh Eithun
Runner Up:
(See Posting)

  #1 POWER BOWLER


Seth Gunderson
Runner Up:
Kody Karnes

  #1 H2H BOWLER


Seth Gunderson
Runner Up:
Aaron Barber

  FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
"His attempt to rub it out only made it look hairier."

An AMF employee, who will go unnamed, on seeing Cliff's penis* last week.

*His drawing of one on his score sheet, that is.

EXPANDED STANDINGS
Pos. Team name Record Percent Total Pins Change
1 Amazeballs 35.5-12.5 .740 24,854 n/a
2 Gimme Headpin 30-18 .625 29,204 n/a
3 Sponsored By Rogue 26-22 .542 27,710 n/a
4 10 Pins 10 Balls 25-23 .521 25,189 n/a
5 Squirtin' Tunas 22-26 .458 24,674 n/a
6 Split It & Hit It 20-28 .417 19,348 n/a
7 The Pin is Mightier 16-32 .333 19,606 n/a
8 Ballz Out 14.5-33.5 .302 18,494 n/a
Top Individual Achievements for Week 12
Men's High Series Scratch Women's High Series Scratch
Kody Karnes - 706
Seth Gunderson - 685
Aaron Barber - 639
Ryan Doll - 582
Aubrey Moren - 580
Angela Bradford - 551
Freda Schroeder - 477
Men's High Series Handicap Women's High Series Handicap
Seth Gunderson - 713
Kody Karnes - 706
Aaron Barber - 663
Chadwick Andrews - 642
Dennis Laube - 619
Angela Bradford - 618
Freda Schroeder - 570
Men's High Game Scratch Women's High Game Scratch
Kody Karnes - 278
Seth Gunderson - 244
Aaron Barber - 241
Ryan Doll - 225
Phil Schroeder - 225 (t)
Aubrey Moren - 225 (t)
Chadwick Andrews - 221
Angela Bradford - 201
Freda Schroeder - 173
Men's High Game Handicap Women's High Game Handicap
Kody Karnes - 278
Chadwick Andrews - 259
Seth Gunderson - 253
Aaron Barber - 249
Phil Schroeder - 241
Angela Bradford - 223
Freda Schroeder - 204
Men's Pins Over Average Women's Pins Over Average
Chadwick Andrews - 69
Kody Karnes - 63
Seth Gunderson - 56
Aaron Barber - 51
Rob Kaszuba - 46
Phil Schroeder - 46 (t)
Angela Bradford - 29
Freda Schroeder - 12

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