The Tenth Board

As a look at the scheduled matches this week for the teams at the top of the second half standings, the big one involves my team, “Pinfall Wizards,” and “Deadwood” with the winner facing “The 5′ G’s” next week in the second half’s position round. “The 5 G’s” will be opposed by “Bowling Stones” and “Dee’s Boys II” will bowl against “The Incredibowls.”

My Week 33 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I wasn’t that happy with my first game, but I did make the right adjustments in the other two games, so I was happy with the night overall. No missed single pins, but I couldn’t make anything else, it seemed.

Result: 155-190-207=552
Average (99 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 573

Just about everyone had a solid night for my team, resulting in all four points. Looking at the other matches, we pulled into a tie for second with “Deadwood” and are three points clear of the fourth place “Dee’s Boys II,” but “The 5 G’s” won all four tonight as well, so they are now five points in front.

“Diamond Flush” took just the first game from “2-bit Bandits,” but stayed in the tie in points for fifth place with “Executionists,” 25 points behind the leading “Ordinary Average Guys,” who lead “Got Wood?” by 9 points with two weeks left.

After taking only two points from the first place “The 5 G’s,” “Pinfall Wizards” fell into a tie for third with “Dee’s Boys II,” five points behind the leaders and three points behind the second place team, “Deadwood.” There are three weeks left in the second half, and my team bowls against “Warren’s Girls” this week; “The 5 G’s” go against “Bottoms Up!”, “Deadwood” will be opposed by “Bowling Stones,” and “Dee’s Boys II” will be opposed by “The Mustangs.”

My Week 32 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

My start was promising, but then I just lost it, with the 10 pin betraying me the third game, in which I had to go on a run just to save my 500.

Result: 206-159-156=521
Average (96 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 600

My team was following my lead all night, but that meant we lost the bulk of the points to the first place team. To be fair, though, when two opponents put up 250s, which they did in the second game, you know you’re in for a longer night than you think.

“Diamond Flush” managed only the second game against “Dark Side 2.0,” but remain separated from the upper half of the league by only pinfall, as we’re tied for fifth in points with “Executionists.” At this point, it’s not a question of making a move on the lead, as “Ordinary Average Guys” are 25 points ahead of us and 12 points ahead of the second-place “Got Wood?”.

After splitting two to two against “Bowling Stones,” “Pinfall Wizards” fell to third place, but are only three points out of the lead held by “The 5 G’s” and just a point behind “Deadwood.” We are a point ahead of “Dee’s Boys II.” Looking at this week’s schedule, my team has a chance to close ground on the lead, as we have “The 5 G’s,” but “Deadwood” has “Warren’s Girls” and “Dee’s Boys II” has “Outta Da Guttah.”

My Week 31 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

As I said in my comment on BowlSK, the night wasn’t disgraceful, as I made my +1 with all three games over my average. It certainly could have been better, however, if I wasn’t butchering my right side early in the night (I missed two 10s and chopped the 3-6 twice.).

Result: 177-190-193=560
Average (93 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 180
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 596

Berta returned tonight and didn’t seem to miss a beat, as she was again over her average in all three games. The only problem was that we lost the first game by 84 pins, and that was too large a deficit for us to overcome tonight, even though we won the other two games.

“Cryssen” apparently dropped out of the league, and, by rule and available replacements, his place was taken by another bowler, “cgrimes.”

As for the week’s result, “Diamond Flush” won all 7 from “Mooseknuckles” to pull into a tie for 5th with “Executionists,” 20 points behind the leading “Ordinary Average Guys,” who lead “Got Wood?” by 12 points with four weeks left.

“Dave800″ had the week’s honor score, a 300 game.

Not an April Fool’s joke, I promise.

A second update this week is needed because “Deadwood” has created a three-way tie for second, with (as noted earlier) “Pinfall Wizards” and “Dee’s Boys II” also involved. The schedule has my team up against the last-place “Bowling Stones,” “The 5 G’s,” the leaders, bowling “Outta Da Guttah,” and “Dee’s Boys II” and “Deadwood” bowling each other.

My Week 30 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was fighting it most of the night, but I was happier with my spare shooting than usual, though I could’ve stood to make more spares in the second game.

Result: 190-166-165=521
Average (90 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 538

After losing the first game by 49 pins, Pat came on strong with two games in the 150s, and Brian had a 172 third game, enabling us to win those two games, and total by 33 pins. “The 5 G’s” took all four points, so they now hold the second half lead, with “Pinfall Wizards” and “Dee’s Boys II” tied in points for second, two behind the lead.

“Pinfall Wizards” fell out of the tie for second place after losing all four points to “Outta Da Guttah,” but remained two points behind “Dee’s Boys II” and are a point behind “The 5 G’s.” Tonight represents a chance to move at least close to the lead: We have the leaders, while “The 5 G’s” will be opposed by “The Mustangs.”

In Week 2 of the winter season, “Diamond Flush” was on the short end of a 4-3 split with “Got Wood?”. Last week, my team got help from an 11 in a row 299 game from “jbungard” and took the lion’s share (5-2) in the rematch. We moved up two spots to 7th as a result, 22 points behind “Ordinary Average Guys,” who got 12 points of separation from the rest of the league, with “2-bit Bandits” and the aforementioned “Got Wood?” tied in points for second.