Winning three of four from “Anger Management” found “Snakes On A Lane” tied with them and “The Doables” for 10th place, 10 points behind the pace set by “Bowling Stones” with four weeks left. “Bowling Stones” lead “Mustangs” by two points and Team 16 by four. My team bowls “The Doables” tonight, but I’ve been told most of them have pre-bowled, so it could be a quick night. For the leaders, “Bowling Stones” bowl against “Spear Me”, “Mustangs” against “Sweet Rolls”, and Team 16 against “Anger Management”.

“Tripped 4s” managed only two points from “Good Luck Bad Luck”, and we’re now one point behind Team 3 in last place entering the last week of the league. “6-Pack Abs” clinched the championship with one week left, so congrats to the members: “Dennis Michael”, “Domokun”, “Doogie”, “General Pounder”, and “Joe Bowler” (the last two of whom are now two-time champions).

My Week 29 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

The lanes seemed tough tonight, so I was fairly happy with my 495, because I thought my look was a bit better than a couple of my higher-average opponents (who I realized I forgot to note when I posted the standings update today: “Anger Management”).

Result: 183-151-161=495
Average (87 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 166
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 604

As I alluded to, two of my opponents were well under average, and the result for us was three points.

After winning a point from “The Dynasty Is Back”, “Snakes On A Lane” stand in a tie for 13th with “3’s Company”, nine points off of a tie for the lead by “Bowling Stones” and “Mustangs”. Team 16 is only a point back in third; should they also win the second half, there would be no roll-off.

“Tripped 4s” lost all seven to Team 1, and we now stand just two points ahead of last place with two weeks left. “6-Pack Abs” lead “The Ocho” by 13 points, and are still in position to clinch the championship this week.

My Week 28 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

The second game was quite embarrassing, as my Fast wanted to go to the right off of my hand and I ended up double-guttering in the 6th frame. I eventually ended up throwing my Hy-Road on the right lane and salvaged an over-average game in the third game. Both doubles came in the 10th finishing on the left lane (not the right, where I double-guttered).

Result: 168-115-179=462
Average (84 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 168
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 571

My night was so bad Carl was actually high man for us with a 488, but we did win a point third game, as my team needed me to perform in the 10th.

After winning all four from “WTF Over”, “Snakes On A Lane” stand in a tie for 10th place with three other teams, nine points behind “Bowling Stones”, who lead “Mustangs” by two points. “The Dynasty Is Back” will provide the opposition tomorrow night.

“Tripped 4s” only did slightly better against “6-Pack Abs” than the first time we opposed that team, winning two points. We are now tied for 6th with “Live2Bowl”, four points ahead of Team 3 and 25 points behind the aforementioned “6-Pack Abs”; that team leads “The Ocho” by 14 points with three weeks left, so “6-Pack Abs” could conceivably clinch the championship this week.

My Week 27 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was over average on the night, but all of my score was in the first game, mainly because I had trouble getting the ball to come back to the pocket later, even after a ball change. It was a tough night on my single 10 (missed both of them), but made all of my other single pins and had a better night with more than one pin on the deck.

Result: 212-164-165=541
Average (81 games): 176
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 589

Team won all four, with Pat better than 40 over average thanks to a 169 second game.

No refund last week, but I beat Liz DiBenedetto in one bracket for the break-even $5.

“Tripped 4s” stopped a slide by winning five of seven points from “The Ocho”, but still stand tied for 5th with “Fab 5” and “Live2Bowl”, 22 points behind “6-Pack Abs”, who increased their lead over “The Ocho” to nine points.

Individually, “Mikestormbowler91”, a member of “Live2Bowl”, submitted a milestone series, his first 700 series with a 702.

After winning three points from “Sweet Rolls”, “Snakes On A Lane” are now tied for 14th with “3’s Company”, 11 points behind “Bowling Stones”, who lead “The Mustangs” by three points. “WTF Over” provides the opposition Wednesday night.

My Week 26 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

The left lane proved tough tonight, as my only double came in the 10th frame second game finishing on the right lane. I do feel I’m starting to manage my bad nights better, because tonight could easily have been worse if I didn’t make all of my single pins.

Result: 174-182-159=515
Average (78 games): 176
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 599

Shawn needed a 278 (with ten in a row) to beat my team the first game, but we won the other two games, the second rather comfortably, for three points.

Shawn was also sick last week, so there were no brackets.