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1st Thomas Reinke basically crushed everybody who had the misfortune of being paired with him, as he finished at 5-0 +813. That +813 spread feels close to some kind of record; since this website does not keep track of such things, all we can do is wildly speculate. He smoked Steve Hartsman in round one, 528-321, getting NATURES, PLEACHES, and AIRIEST (that last one getting AIRIEST quite close to overtaking ETESIAN as the most commonly played bingo at club, 44 to 46). Switching over to the Collins dictionary, Thomas got a nice win over Mark Kenas, 472-383, while also adding three more bingos to his illustrious bingo total: LITHARGE, AUXESIS, and OVERLIT (Mark had CANOODLE and LEGLENS#). The bingoing slowed down somewhat for the third round, but even with a single bingo of TIDEWAY, Thomas took Richard back to school, 443-261. For the final round, Thomas put his undefeated record in jeopardy by playing two games at once, but when all was said and done, he had bingoed eight times and his undefeated record remained intact: he beat Mark Kenas again by a score of 492-328, but saved the majority of his wrath for Sara McLaughlin, whom he beat 557-286 while playing five bingos, all of them on the more probable end of the spectrum: FANTASIE, SLITTER, REDATES, OUTHEARS, and SOIGNEE.

2nd Charles Reinke went 4-0 +341, resulting in total Reinke domination. It was a slow start for Charles as he won his first game against Mark Kenas 369-345, an uncommonly low score when playing in the lexicon that has words like ZE and JA. Charles' knowledge of top-100-probability bingos came in handy as he plopped down ARENOSE to secure victory. He improved on that score, but not by much, when he beat Andy Bohnsack in round two, 382-360. Both players were not their usual selves and played just one bingo: INFLAMED for Andy, WHITELY for Charles. Charles got things going in round three when he beat Mark again, 507-385, finding EPHEMERA, ADVENES#, and CALIGOS# (EPHEMERA takes an E, L, and S at the end, since it is a type of fly and not just the plural of EPHEMERON). Charles faced strong opposition in the final round, with Bryan Benwitz representing a significant obstacle towards the goal of a perfect record, but Charles dispatched him handily, 488-315.

3rd Lynda Finn went 4-1 +352 to achieve her third one-loss session in a row. Her round one match against Dave Kinzer saw just one bingo hit the board (Lynda's ESTUARY), but it was her win, 374-314. In round two, Lynda suffered her only loss, 314-413 to Sara McLaughlin (playing FEASTING in the losing effort), but as consolation, she won the second game of her two-on-one, taking down Dennis Lloyd with a final score of 414-383 (playing LEATHERS and DESTINE). Lynda also got a big win against second-timer Carol, playing FEEDING and SINNERS (church joke goes here) for a final tally of 411-247. Cementing her third-place effort was a 418-405 victory against Richard Lauder.

1st Andy Bohnsack prevailed over all with a 4-0 +339 record. In round one he roughed up Lynda Finn with bingos of ROUGHENS and DIASTER, winning 444-351. Another much-anticipated installment of the Bohnsack/Benwitz (Bohnwitz? Bensack?) series followed, with Andy coming out on top, 408-337, thanks to bingos of DAWTING and TALCOUS. Andy's tendency to play exactly two bingos in every game, a tendency which has been evident since the mid 00's, continued into the third game, where he played LORRIES and RURALISE in a 416-316 win against Dennis Lloyd. Finally bucking the trend, Andy played three bingos (TAENIAE, REGRATED, BARTEND) and secured a perfect record by beating Thomas Reinke 458-383 in the final game.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +272, losing only to the gentleman who appeared above him in the weekly standings. His first game was a close one, but after the large point totals were all tallied up, it was a victory over Mark Kenas, 475-471. Thomas got VIDALIAS, QUARTERN, and MULLING against Mark's EGESTION, TEARIER, and ESPOUSE. Their rematch saw Thomas find three more bingos (SOLIDER, GOATIES#, STARTER) in a not-quite-as-closely-contested 538-360 win. Thomas also won big against Richard Lauder, 471-306, playing TRIPLANE and HAGGISES (ed. note: haggis, being made out of sheep organs, is probably disgusting) (secondary ed. note: a triplane is a tri-plane, not a trip-lane, as this writer thought for several years after learning the word). As described above, Thomas' goal of a perfect night was snuffed out by Andy Bohnsack in a 383-458 loss.

3rd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +228 with a club-leading eleven bingos. He picked up a quick win in round one by defeating Helen Flores 454-341, getting INTERNS and COUPLERS to Helen's INVERSE. Things took a turn for the worse in round two, where Charles was held to just 325 points by Mark Kenas, who had 442. Charles found NOUNIEST# and REDACTOR in that one, while Mark had BONIBELL#, which would have been word of the week were it not a Collins-only word. Charles showed off the benefits of high-probability bingo study against Steve Hartsman, where his CODEINE, UNITAGES, and MISREAD led him to a comfortable 431-310 win. For the fourth and final game, Charles got his revenge against Mark, winning 512-402 and bingoing four times: INCANTS, REFLOWER, ENTRAINS, and BENTIEST#.

4th Lynda Finn also went 3-1, her big win being a 408-375 game against Bryan Benwitz.

1st Steve Hartsman topped a sizable group of players with his 4-1 +111 record. In round one, he was given the opportunity to accumulate wins at twice the normal rate (via a two-on-one game), and made the most of it: the two games ended with eerily similar scores, but they were both wins for Steve, 487-376 vs. Dave Kinzer and 489-372 vs. Sara McLaughlin. His bingos in the two games were FOSSATE, EROSION, EVASION, and WRESTLE. A game against Lynda Finn was somewhat more of a nailbiter, but Steve again got the win, 413-392. In round three, Steve scored a much-sought-after win against the formidable Bryan Benwitz, 398-369, halting a five-game losing streak (Steve got down ANGLERS and BENEFITS while Bryan had SLOTTED and TAPERING). Going into the final round, Steve had his sights set on a rarely-achieved 5-0 record, but was held bingoless in his matchup against Charles Reinke, which ended 363-511 in Charles' favor.

2nd Mark Kenas made it through the Collins-lexicon gauntlet of Reinkes to go 3-1 +264. He got his second-highest-scoring game of the year in the first round as he drubbed Charles Reinke 566-414. Charles gamely fought on with ONAGERS and MORTISER, but stood no chance against Mark's bingoey barrage of ANTIPYIC, UNPAVED, TOWNLAND#, SALTANDO#, and STREWING. Mark's bingo output dropped to zero in the second game, but he still beat Thomas Reinke 397-363 (Thomas found the nice HOGMENAY, but learned that nice bingo finds are not awarded extra points). Facing Charles again in round three, Mark got down DYSTOCIA, URETHRAL, and RITORNEL# to get another win, 459-340. Thomas was able to spoil an impending 4-0 record by defeating Mark in the final game, 480-439, getting a cool nine-letter OVERTRIPS# (after a failed OVERTAMED* earlier in the same spot) in addition to ANTILOGY and TENTERED; Mark had SUSTAINS and POSERISH# (ROSEHIPS is the NWL word in those letters).

3rd Lynda Finn averaged 444 points per game, her highest session average this year, while going 3-1 +215. Her first game against Ron Malzer was a 459-325 victory; nice finds of BRANNIER, SPIRANT, and FICUSES helped her extend her winning streak against Ron to seven games. However, she was derailed in the second round as she was felled by Steve Hartsman, 392-413, despite finding the uncommon EVACUEES (for diehard bingo nerds, that's just the third CUV bingo played this year, after UNIVOCAL and EVACUATE). In the third game, Lynda halted a long-term losing streak dating back to June of last year, as she beat Thomas Reinke in a close one, 410-397. She wrapped things up with a high-scoring 513-424 bout against Richard Lauder, playing ANOMIES and THEATRE against Richard's GUNITES, SEEDIER, and BLURTING.

4th Helen Flores went 3-1 -39, not quite enough for a "top 3" paragraph but certainly enough for a "consolation" paragraph. Her best game was a 416-388 win against Richard Lauder.

We welcomed two new players, Kimberly and Tajah, to our club. We hope to see one or both of them again soon!