Well, that's it! With another 300 game, a 7-10 split, a combined league average of 168.845, and 285 200+ games, our best-season ever on MANY metrics is now in the history books!Highlights include Brian Coe picking up our league's second 300 game, and newcomer Russell Bingham picking up our first 7-10 split ever.It also came some with some sadness, when a league staple from the very beginning, Ken M. Wilson, quit after the 4th week. He was just one week shy of being the first bowler in league history to reach 100 600+ series, so maybe that dangling over his head will entice him to return someday. Our final week of the season included the surprise Hall of Fame induction of Ryan Doll, captain of this season's championship team Amazeballs.SEASON FAVORITESRookie of the Season: Russell Bingham (Dennis Cummings, runner-up)Seth Gunderson Captain of the Season: Ryan Doll (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)Carl Goetz Defensive Bowler of the Season: Carl Goetz (Ryan Doll, runner-up)Underdog of the Season: Alison Radke (Dan Imperial, runner-up)Emily Podhajsky Good Sportsmanship Award: Alison Radke (Angela Bradford, runner-up)Bob Brunker/Rob Kaszuba Good Sportsmanship Award: Rob Kaszuba (Bob Brunker, runner-up)People's Choice: Most Valuable Bowler: Brian Coe (Ryan Doll, runner-up)Favorite Team to Face: Sponsored By Rogue (Split It & Hit It, runner-up)Most Feared Team: Gimme Headpin / Amazeballs (Sponsored By Rogue, runner-up)Pat Searcy "Life of the Party" Award: Cliff Barendsen (Seth Gunderson, runner-up)Scott Murdock "Get 'er Done" Award: AJ Hofmann (Angela Bradford, runner-up)SEASON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:Women's High Series Scratch - Angela Bradford (590)Women's High Game Scratch - Freda Schroeder (204)Women's High Series Handicap - Alison Radke (595)Women's High Game Handicap - No one, as there were only 3 females on the roster this seasonMen's High Series Scratch - Brian Coe (715)*Men's High Game Scratch - Kody Karnes / Aubrey Moren (278, tie)**Men's High Series Handicap - Ryan Doll (722)Men's High Game Handicap - Michael Gordon (286)*Would have been Ken M. Wilson with his 717 scratch series, but Rule 3b disqualifies him this season.**An odd side effect of the above means that Brian Coe's 300 doesn't count as high game scratch, due to the other part of Rule 3b.See you August 25! Please check out the recruitment page for updates on the Fall Season. Some of Scoot's sign-up sheets from the last night got tossed before he could collect them, so please let Scoot know if any info on here is inaccurate. Formal recruitment will start in June but you are welcome to add your name to the list any time!
Freda Finishes… First?
Since Bryan Mohr was absent again preventing a team photo of the champs, the top story this week is that for the first time anyone can remember the matchup involving Freda's team was the first to finish without a forfeit being involved --- and that was even with a forfeit happening elsewhere in the league tonight!The Fall 2015 season – our 31st since beginning back in the Winter of 1999 – came to a big finish Tuesday night. And, for the second time in a row, we set a new record for the best season in our league's 15 year-history and once again shattered the season record for the most 200+ games thrown in a single season. Like a... broken record..., we once again kicked some serious butt over these past 16 weeks. Congratulations to this season's champions: Bryan Mohr (his 2nd title), Rob Kaszuba (his 2nd), Angela Bradford (her 5th), and Ryan Doll (his 2nd). It should also be noted that this was the best season in both Rob Kaszuba's and Angela Bradford's careers in our league.While the championship was already sealed last week by the thinnest margin possible (half a game), our first two teams to face each other tonight were both powerful forces all season long. Amazeballs reached it's pinnacle in the 3rd game of the midseason position round, in which they also (like tonight) faced Sponsored By Rogue. Rogue, meanwhile, peaked just last week with an 875 series. Apparently deciding they didn't need to win any more, which was technically true, Amazeballs (led by Led by Ryan Doll's 602 series) rolled over and was swpt by Rogue, ending the season only half a game up. Carl Goetz and his 650 series led Rogue in achieving the highest possible 2nd-place finish.Gimme Headpin is a team that should have been a contender, and probably would have been if not for the sudden departure of its captain in week 5. The team soldiered on the best it could, but peaked early on with an 885 series in week 3. Meanwhile 10 Pins 10 Balls saw its greatest performance in the 3rd game of week 7, with an 863 series that included a new personal best score of 246 by Phil Schroeder. The matchup between this pair tonight ended in a draw, with Brain Coe leading Hedpin to half the wins with a 596 series and Dennis "Pops" Laube leading 10-Pins to the other half of the wins with a 538 series. Headpin remains in 3rd, while 10 Balls drops to 5th.
THIS WEEK'S MVB
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FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE)
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Pos. | Team name | Record | Percent | Total Pins | Change |
1 | Amazeballs | 40.5-23.5 | .633 | 33,205 | n/a |
2 | Sponsored By Rogue | 40-24 | .625 | 37,404 | n/a |
3 | Gimme Headpin | 35-29 | .547 | 38,709 | n/a |
4 | Squirtin' Tunas | 35-29 | .547 | 33,150 | +1 |
5 | 10 Pins 10 Balls | 33-31 | .516 | 33,594 | -1 |
6 | Split It & Hit It | 26-38 | .406 | 26,601 | n/a |
7 | The Pin is Mightier | 23-41 | .359 | 26,197 | +1 |
8 | Ballz Out | 20.5-43.5 | .320 | 23,661 | -1 |
Men's High Series Scratch | Women's High Series Scratch |
Carl Goetz - 650 Seth Gunderson - 632 Michael Gordon - 629 Ryan Doll - 602 Brian Coe - 596 |
Angela Bradford - 511 Freda Schroeder - 491 |
Men's High Series Handicap | Women's High Series Handicap |
Michael Gordon - 686 Seth Gunderson - 651 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 650 Carl Goetz - 650 (t) Russell Bingham - 639 Dennis Laube - 622 |
Freda Schroeder - 584 Angela Bradford - 573 |
Men's High Game Scratch | Women's High Game Scratch |
Carl Goetz - 275 Michael Gordon - 257 Brian Coe - 233 Seth Gunderson - 229 Ryan Doll - 224 |
Freda Schroeder - 178 Angela Bradford - 174 |
Men's High Game Handicap | Women's High Game Handicap |
Michael Gordon - 276 Carl Goetz - 275 Dennis Cummings - 242 Seth Gunderson - 235 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 234 |
Freda Schroeder - 209 Angela Bradford - 194 |
Men's Pins Over Average | Women's Pins Over Average |
Michael Gordon - 81 Carl Goetz - 64 Dennis Cummings - 63 Jonathan Vigliaturo - 41 Dan Imperial - 38 |
Freda Schroeder - 17 |