“X-Factors” won five of seven points from “5 Fingers of Destruction”, but the standings are interesting heading into the first of two position weeks: We are just six points behind the leading “All Balls On Deck”, but in a three-way tie for 5th with last week’s opponents and “Off Constantly”, and we sort by scratch pins into the bottom match with “2 Lazy 2 Choose”. “All Balls On Deck” is three points ahead of both “Professional Amateurs” and “Turkey Hunters”, and will “bowl” against “Professional Amateurs” this week.

My Week 7 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

This was another night where I couldn’t put much together. For the most part, I was still making everything…everything except the 10 pin, that is, which I missed four times (while still making more than I missed). In fact, I fared better when there was more than one pin on the deck.

Result: 183-165-157=505
Average (21 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 169
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 542

Team ended up doing enough to win all four from the vacant, with Carl doing most of the “heavy lifting”.

After failing to win points from “Spare Me”, “Crazy Eights” fell to a tie for 11th with “Bowling Stones” and “3 Plus 2”, eight points behind the leading Team 16, who are a point and a half in front of “Anger Management” and two ahead of “Split Happens”. My team has the vacant tomorrow night; to review the league’s vacant team rule, we’d just have to bowl within 50 pins of our team average to win the point each game.

“X-Factors” lost all seven points to “All Balls On Deck”, the first place team, and we’re now 11 points behind them in 5th place. First place is six points ahead of “Off Constantly”, the second place team.

Individually, “Fin09” of “Off Constantly” had his second honor score of the league, an 819 series that was the second highest individual series recorded in the virtual league.

My Week 6 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I really bowled better than my score tonight; I just couldn’t avoid 9 third game, and missed more than my share of the resulting single pins. My assessment of the night was confirmed by my opponents, who all said I deserved better.

Result: 189-168-137=494
Average (18 games): 176
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 540

First game was close, but that was all that could be said for my team tonight, as we lost all four.

In brackets last week, I made it through three of them, losing two to Shawn and one to Liz, but the $2 for coming in second in each meant I turned a dollar profit on the week.

After winning three of the four points from “We Split 4 No 1”, “Crazy Eights” are now tied with that team and “3 Plus 2” for 7th place, five points behind a tie for the lead between “Split Happens” and Team 16, with “The Doables” a point behind them. “Spare Me” will be my team’s opposition tomorrow night.

“X-Factors” could only win two points from “Splits For Brains” and now stand in a tie for third with “Off Constantly” four points behind “All Balls On Deck”, who are three points ahead of “5 Fingers of Destruction”.

My Week 5 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

It was another night of grinding out spares…I just wasn’t as successful at it third game as I have been.

Result: 181-187-157=525
Average (15 games): 178
Average for last 9 games: 192
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 539

Making spares was enough for my team to get the first two games and total. I was also the high man on the night on the pair.

“X-Factors” won five of seven points from “Turkey Hunters” and now stand in a tie for third with “Off Constantly”, just a point in back of a tie between “5 Fingers of Destruction” and “All Balls On Deck”. “Fin09”, a member of “Off Constantly”, submitted a 300 game last week.

After taking a lone point from “The Incredibowls”, “Crazy Eights” stand in 10th place, five points in back of a tie between “Split Happens” and Team 16. The leaders are a point in front of “The Dynasty Is Back” and “The Doables”. My team faces “We Split 4 No 1” in the coming week.

My Week 4 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

This was an over-average night that felt more like I was managing a bad night. I had a better night on my multi-pin spares tonight, and that was what really saved me.

Result: 180-176-187=543
Average (12 games): 179
Average for last 9 games: 183
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 542

Much of our opponents’ (and it turned out to be “The Incredibowls”, after all) night was Ken Snow putting up a 630, with my team only winning the second game.

The title of this post does not mean I pre-bowled for tonight; I just wanted to note that BowlerExpress has my team up against “The Incredibowls” rather than “The Doables”, so there might be more confusion in the lane assignments in store for tonight.

After winning all four from “SR Spares”, “Crazy Eights” stand in a tie for 6th (out of 17 teams now) with “WTF Over” and “Sweet Rolls”, five points behind “The Doables”, who sit three in front of a tie between “The Dynasty Is Back” (yes, that team), “Split Happens”, and Team #16. My team bowls against the aforementioned “The Doables” tomorrow night.

Individually, my 259 and 665 would have been in second in even the men’s “A” division (naturally, it was high in the “B” division), and Brian won everything except for scratch series for the week in the men’s “C” division.

“X-Factors” won all seven points from “Professional Amateurs” and now stand in 4th place, four points behind “All Balls On Deck”, who lead “Off Constantly” by a point and “5 Fingers of Destruction” by three points.