1st Peter Schmiedicke notched his first undefeated record since 2016 with a dominant 4-0 +381 performance. His first game was a good omen as he defeated the fearsome Charles Reinke by a score of 434-403, playing TERTIAL and RENAILED. The good omens continued in their ominousness as he was able to prevent the equally fearsome Thomas Reinke from reaching the much-sought-after 300-point mark, winning their match 445-290. Thomas had the nice find of PTERYGIA but learned the hard way that making a nice find does not entitle one to scoring above 300. After defeating Sara McLaughlin 433-308, Peter sealed the deal by handily defeating Bryan Benwitz, 453-383. Peter's bingo-finding prowess was on display as he deployed bonus plays of BARONAGE, NOTATES, and LAMENTER.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +88, with his final encounter against Peter putting to rest his dreams of a perfect night of Scrabble (although he has had an undefeated night as recently as November 2021, so maybe Peter wanted it a bit more). Bryan equalled Peter's feat of beating both Reinke brothers in a single session by downing Charles 450-424 and then immediately defeating Thomas, 488-391. Bryan's combined bingos in those games were NUTSIER, ARENITE, GISARME, ESTRINS, and TEAZLING. Bryan also got word of the week when he played SCUNGILE against Dennis Lloyd in a tightly-fought 455-420 win. Word to the wise: SCUNGILE does not take an S, as its plural is SCUNGILI.

Also of note was Dennis Lloyd achieving the same feat that Peter and Bryan did, that is, defeating both Reinkes in a single night of Scrabble. Both games were won by comfortable margins: 455-392 against Charles, and 429-355 against Thomas. The Reinkes are currently exploring legal remedies to address this most unfortunate situation.