Despite taking three points from Party of Six, Let’s MixEm Up find ourselves behind five teams that won all four, Sweet Rolls, Striking Gentlemen, Livin on a Spare, Lost & Found, and Spare Us, and behind three-point winner Stacked in pinfall. Sweet Rolls are Wednesday night’s opponents, and I’m hoping I can bowl.

Si was high in his division for everything except handicap game last week.

Per the reverse order of last year’s patterns, and as posted on the master lane schedule, Route 66 will be the lane condition for this (3rd) quarter of the Pepsi league (of course, a top graph is linked on the pattern name).

No bowling for me last night, but I did observe Si post a 527 and Steve have one of his better nights to win second & third games and total against the first-half winners, which is certainly a good way to start the second half.

I missed position round with the flu, and Let’s MixEm Up won no points from The Fun Team. We finished the first half in 8th place, 9.5 points behind Party of Six, who won by 3.5 points over Stacked. We start the second half tomorrow against Party of Six. I’ll be there, but not bowling with a left ankle infection.

Si did sweep his division honors last week.

My Week 17 bowling, frame-by-frame

Really, the only things I wanted back from last night were the five splits I left, including the 4-5-7 three times. The ball change after the first two was good, but I probably could’ve just kept the Tropical Breeze and moved, too.

Result: 199-157-189=545
Average (51 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 186
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 556

Composite average (57 games): 173

Si had a strong 576 night, and team won second and third games and total after losing the first by under 30 pins.

For an aside, it was kind of “reunion night” last night, with not only Junior & Marcia, the former owners, paying a visit, but also Mike & Liz DiBenedetto, who were on the Coles’ team the first few years I was in the league. Nice seeing everyone! 🙂

After winning three points from Livin on a Spare, Let’s MixEm Up is tied for 6th with Lost & Found, 5.5 points behind Party of Six, who lead Last Empire and Spare Us by 1.5 points, and Stacked by three points. We face Creeden’s Mustangs tonight, and, as the last position round of the first half is next week, I’ll run down the leaders’ matches below:

• Party of Six vs. vacant
• Last Empire vs. Great Balls of Fire
• Spare Us vs. The Fun Team
• Stacked vs. Livin on a Spare

My Week 16 bowling, frame-by-frame

Pleased with the score at the end, but each game had a different character, grinding out the spares in the first, the four-bagger in the second, and the strike-or-split nature of the third. The whole still raised my average.

Result: 189-191-176=556
Average (48 games): 169
Average for last 9 games: 179
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 537

Composite average (54 games): 172

Team won first & third games and total for 3 points. Third game was thanks to Si’s 203.

A couple of asides:

• I ended up chopping my division’s Christmas Bowl money with Steve Geddes because we were the same number over average (75) last week. Si won in his division.
• The new scoring system is able to produce desk printouts that show the spare leaves, so I’ll be relying less on my own notes.

After winning four points from the vacant, Let’s MixEm Up is in 7th, 7.5 points ahead of Party of Six, who are three points ahead of Stacked, and 4.5 points ahead of both Last Empire and Spare Us. Livin on a Spare, who are immediately ahead of us, will be tomorrow night’s opponents.

I had the high series, both scratch & handicap, in the men’s “C” division last week, while Si swept the board in men’s “E”.