3 OF A KIND AND A PAIR OF ACES!!!!
May 11, 2010
What’s Happening?! Position weeks don’t generate much more excitement than we had last week as our round two finale went right down to the wire. As added spice we had not one but a pair of 300 games tossed. While I would like to talk about the Suns advancing to the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers, I’ve obviously got more important stuff to talk about!
Setting the scene, we had three match-ups that would attempt to determine our round#2 winner. Lanes 1&2 had #31 Givin Pins against #20 Get Pinned, each at 72 pts. Lanes 3&4 had #35 Red&White(72pts) vs. #14 Meg’s Boys(71pts), and lanes 5&6 featured #23 Kitt and Kaboodle(70pts) vs. #5 Anybody Anytime(69pts). Each team had a chance of at least a tie for our 2nd round title. Game#1 had Givin’ getting one from Get, Red go up on Meg, and Kitt downing Anybody. The loss by #5 Anybody effectively ended any shot for our Dback team at the crown, so with two games remaining, 5 teams are still in play for the title.
Givin’got Get again in game#2, ending #20 Get’s chances, leaving 4 teams in play. Meg rebounded against Red, to keep her chances alive, while Kitt kept the pedal to the floor against Anybody to keep their chances alive. Onto game#3, 4 teams still in play.
Get got Givin’, but Givin’ got the crucial total pins lead, taking 5 points to end with 77pts. Bill Evans provided a big push for Givin’ with a 715 series.
In the matchup between Red and Meg, the teams entered the match with total pins even, meaning the winner of Game#3 would take the series point. Red surged on the strength of a couple of monster games from Sherry Mixey(238, +74) and Dan Duffey(267, +54) to take the game and series, closing their round at 77pts.
Kitt joined the fray by closing out Anybody, enabling a 7pt. sweep for the night to end their round at 77pts. Kitt was powered by Amelia Ross’ best night of the season, going a tremendous +112 over average to lead Kitt on the biggest night of the season.
So 77-77-77 meant a 3-way tie(!!) to close the night, which is no way to close the round, so we had a one-game roll-off to determine our round#2 champ. #23 Kitt rolled on lanes 1&2, #35 Red rolled on 3&4, and #31 Givin’ rolled on lanes 5&6. The second best part of this was the league members that stuck around to watch, a nice crowd that really added to the excitement level. The best part of course, was saved for those bowling in the match.
In a 100% team handicap league, the determination of outcome is simple: whichever team rolls most over average is going to win the match. Based on this factor, round#2 went to #23, Kitt and Kaboodle, which went a collective +110 over average in the most important game of their bowling season. Each member contributed, in order: Barbara Pendergras +12; Amelia Ross +18; Kitt Tashlik +26; Chuck Reed +22; Ken Klusman +32. Tough numbers to beat. #31 Givin’Pins rolled +28 to take 2nd place, and #35 Red&White went +2 to claim 3rd spot.
This leads us to this week, sweeps for most but a league championship determination for first round winner #11 Splashground and round#2 winner/survivor #23 Kitt and Kaboodle. If position round was a warm-up, then our Week#37 finale should be a blow-out. Good luck to both teams!
STARS: Two more bowlers achieved perfection as Kevin Kla-Diihbah tossed his perfecto in game#1(winning 12 free games of bowling), and Joe Downen reached nirvana in game#2(good for our $25 gift card giveaway, for which he selected a Chilis/On the Border/Macaroni Grille card). Overall it was a terrific night for several of our league members:
Men’s Pins-Over-Average: Orlando Cayco +143/710; Brian Allen +125/713; Jason Lafon +95; Michael Walters +91.
Ladies Pins-Over-Average: Amelia Ross +112; Sherry Mixey +82/574; Debbie Hanauer +69; Nikki Macey +69.
Ladies Scratch: Rhonda Sigsworth 580; Gwenn Sigsworth 574; Sue Evans 565; Cindy James 563; Andrea Pozza 560.
Men’s Scratch: Larry Underwood 772/169(Are You Kidding Me?!); Kevin Kla-Diihbah 300/769; Joe Downen 300/757; Bill Evans 715; Dan Duffey 715.
POT LUCK!! Another reminder, bring some pot….er uh we are having a pot luck so bring some food this week. We had a terrific spread at Christmas, let’s top it to close our league. A sign-up sheet went around last week, if you missed it don’t worry, no one will complain if you bring a plate of hot wings or some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Not that I’m dropping hints or anything 
Free Bowling on the Blog Trivia: One more night to go, I’ve got 24 free games remaining for our finale. If you think about it, please offer thanks to Via Linda GM Tim Brendan for his graciousness on this promotion throughout the season. Tim never blinked when I asked for more games, and after this week his generosity will have allowed for the distribution of 623 free games of bowling to our league members. Thanks much Tim!!
And for your final trivia/logic challenge:
4 people were sitting in a row, one behind the other, trying to win free bowling from this riddle.
The one in front was wearing a red hat.
The second from the front was wearing a blue hat.
The third from the front was wearing a red hat.
The last was wearing a blue hat and is blind-folded.
Note that they can only see the person or persons in front of them and are not allowed to turn around and see behind them.
Each of them were informed that they are all wearing a hat, the last person is blind-folded and that there are 2 red and 2 blue hats. If they can guess the color of their hat, then they win the prize.
There was a long silence, then one of them guessed the color of his hat correctly. Who was it and how did he know?
Good Luck, bring some food, bowl great, make our finale a fun one!!
