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1st Charles Reinke continued to be an unstoppable force not encountering any hypothetical immovable objects, as his 5-0 +684 record propelled him to seventeen straight wins. Two of those victories came against Mark Kenas, who, to his credit, is the only person to beat Charles in this club season. Collins victory #1 was 469-430 in Charles' favor, while victory #2 was a bit more lopsided, 482-332. Showing uncommon consideration for his American-dictionary-playing clubmates, Charles' bingos in those games were all NWL-valid: SALIVATE, READDICT, RINGSTER, SORDINE, and PRAISING. In round two, Charles defeated Bryan Benwitz 462-382, putting more cushion between him and last year's club champion. To wrap things up, Charles played two-on-one games versus Sara McLaughlin and Andy Bohnsack; both wins were quite comfortable, 460-353 against Andy and 572-264 against Sara. The bingos continued to pile on, with Charles adding SPILITE, RETRACT, INEDITA, CANTRIPS, GUERIDON, SHORTIA, and MAFTIRS to his ever-expanding bingo list.

2nd Bryan Benwitz ensured that this week's writeup is eerily similar in format to last week's writeup, with a 3-1 +123 record. Facing off against Thomas Reinke in round one, Bryan overcame Thomas' UNITIES, RADIOMEN, and AERATOR with his own SEQUOIA and EARNINGS (the latter a triple-triple for 131 points), and got a high-scoring 497-445 win. In the category of "good deeds not going unpunished", Bryan was immediately paired with the other Reinke, with not quite as much success, the final result being a 382-462 loss for Bryan. Things turned around in the third game of the night, as Bryan countered Dave Kinzer's AIRFOIL with his own ORIENTS and won, 403-407. As freezing rain turned the church parking lot into a sheet of glare ice, Bryan bravely entered a round-four fracas against Dennis Lloyd and again emerged victorious, 453-398. Dennis did play the word of the week, GRAPPAS, in his losing effort.

3rd Andy Bohnsack went 3-2 +251 and averaged 427 points per game, bringing his yearly average above the expected 400-point threshold. Playing two games in round one afforded Andy the chance to get off to a good start, and he capitalized, beating Dennis Lloyd 388-340 and Sara McLaughlin 474-320, despite playing fewer bingos than his norm (GRIPERS against Dennis, URINALS and ENDORSEE against Sara). The good fortune continued as Andy cruised past Dave Kinzer to the tune of 509-323, finding SOLVENTS, NAUSEATE, and CANDORS. Sadly, Andy's 3-0 record at that point doomed him, and he faced off against both Reinkes in rapid succession, dropping both games and slipping to a still-respectable third place in the night's standings.

1st Charles Reinke extended his current winning streak to twelve games thanks to a 4-0 +481 record. His 16-2 record in the first month of the club season has him comfortably atop the yearly standings, haughtily staring down upon the groveling hordes clamoring at the feet of his throne. He wasted no time getting down to business as he trounced Mark Kenas in round one, 548-366, playing bingos of REGULATE, FELUCCAS (word of the week), and a nine-letter RADIATION. The next round saw Charles score a big win against Dave Kinzer, 445-302, despite Dave's hefty bingo of GOOFIER (Charles got down DONATIVE and ONEIRIC). A rematch against Mark Kenas was a bit closer than the first game, but Charles was able to add another checkmark to the "win" column of his scoresheet, 485-441. A 149-point triple-triple of TUMEFIED from Charles did significant damage there. At this point, a fourth and final Charles victory seemed almost inevitable, but Bryan Benwitz stood poised to halt Charles' progress; sadly, Bryan's efforts fell somewhat short, and Charles won his fourth game, 498-385. Bryan found FAITOURS and ZINGARA, but was overwhelmed by Charles' LAPIDES (plural of LAPIS, don't play LAPIDE*), IGNITES, WEEVILY, and MELINITE.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 with a less-voluminous-than-usual spread of +83. It was a slow start for him as he was held bingoless against Dennis Lloyd (who played SLEEKLY), but Bryan managed to squeeze enough value out of his non-bingo plays to grab a 391-346 win. The bingo struggles persisted in the second round as Bryan was outbingoed by Helen Flores two to one (ALLUDING vs STUDIER and BERLINE), but again, Bryan eked it out, 426-396. Bryan finally got into more comfortable territory as he overpowered Dave Kinzer 494-373, although a phony RESWORN* added a dash of intrigue to the proceedings (his other bingo, UNMITERS, was perfectly cromulent, as were Dave's DREAMED and ELECTION). Bryan's own designs of a flawless 4-0 performance were scuttled by Charles Reinke in the final round, 385-498. Perhaps things would have been different if Bryan realized that Charles now has a five-dollar bounty on his head, given the newly-minted ten-game winning streak...

1st Charles Reinke recorded the first undefeated performance of the young club season, going 5-0 +622 to extend his early lead in the yearly standings. He started with a solid 418-359 win over Bryan Benwitz, finding DIVERTED and CAVEOLA (which anagrams to COAEVAL if CAVEOLA doesn't fit) to Bryan's SCREWUPS, a rare UW bingo. In round two, Charles became embroiled in a high-scoring Collins shootout which ended in his favor, 563-484. The phony PUNCTAL* for 101 points, possibly a combination of valid words PUNCTA and PUNCTUAL, was crucial for Charles' victory, as were his valid bingo finds of QUARTIER, TORTIES#, and OROLOGY. The flow of bingos continued unabated in the next round as Charles got six bingos across the two games of his two-on-one: GROWTHS, MONTAGES, and TENONING in a 440-422 win over Dennis Lloyd; ANORTHIC, BEWIGGED, and UPSTAIRS to defeat Lynda "Provider of Delicious Birthday Cake" Finn 465-336. Charles' evening ended with a total drubbing of Mark, his 599 winning score coming tantalizingly close to the season's first 600 game.

2nd Dennis Lloyd was the only other player to finish with a record above .500, going 3-1 +220. Despite being rendered temporarily sightless by a reading glasses mishap in round one, Dennis wiped for the floor with Sara McLaughlin, winning 538-385. The suspicious-but-valid GRUNTLES, and a 103-point ACHIEST, helped him out thee. That big win was followed up by a smaller win (but a win nonetheless) against Dave Kinzer, 378-349. Dave won the bingo battle (RESEATS and MEANINGS vs. Dennis' CAVITIES) but would probably have preferred an actual win. After a well-fought 422-440 loss to Charles Reinke in the third round, Dennis was faced with the prospect of back-to-back Reinke-provided defeats, but rather than roll over and take the punishment, Dennis turned the tables and toppled Thomas Reinke by a score of 404-348.

A notable loss occured in round one when Thomas lost to Mark by one point, 510-511. That is tied for the fifth-highest losing score since 2011. Bryan Benwitz also made an early entry on the "highest-scoring bingo of the year" list with a 140-point GAINLIER.