1st Bryan Benwitz rebounded from a 1-3 record the previous week to pull off an undefeated 4-0 +433 record this week. He ended Thomas Reinke's 12-game winning streak in emphatic fashion, emerging triumphant from their encounter holding up a scoresheet which read "Bryan: 496 - Thomas: 280". Bryan's bingos in that game were CLOUDING, ASSORTED, and EGGLESS. A victory against the other twin, by a score of 421-403, was less impressive from a pure dominance perspective, but Bryan's 149-point triple-triple of DIASTEMA was impressive in its own way, even if the club didn't collect enough money to pay out the $5 triple-triple prize (not to mention the $5 prize for ending a 10-game winning streak).

2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 with a smaller-than-expected +34 spread, although readers of the above paragraph will know exactly why Thomas' cumulative point total was so small. His highest-scoring game was a 495-401 barn-burner against Dennis Lloyd, who suffered his highest-scoring loss of this club season. By way of bingos, Thomas got down RATHOLE, RENTIERS, and AUDIENT (all quite high-probability), while Dennis got down AERATION and BADNESS (the latter for a cool 96 points). And while Thomas may have had his 12-game winning streak brutally terminated by Bryan, he made up for it by extending his winning streak against his brother to an improbable eight games, this time winning 410-341. Sources close to the situation report that tension in the Reinke household has never been higher.

Experts
Bryan Benwitz4-0 +433
Thomas Reinke3-1 +34
Charles Reinke2-2 +139
Sara McLaughlin2-2 -20
Dennis Lloyd1-3 -173
Helen Flores0-4 -413
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Thomas Reinke70.6632614333761942.1652.612
Charles Reinke67.6592814283831641.865310
Bryan Benwitz61.2462914303831481.9510.70
Lynda Finn5022041938851.25000
Mike Johnson5022035840361.5000
Dennis Lloyd44.524301362397671.22464
Sara McLaughlin35.616290346406370.8238.10
Helen Flores23.216530337409520.7523.82
David Kinzer16.715034340740.67000
Intermediates

Bingos
Bryan Benwitz10AIRPOST HUNTERS LUETICS CLOUDING ASSORTED EGGLESS OUABAIN DIASTEMA TROUBLE SUTURED
Thomas Reinke7GRUDGER REGISTER RATHOLE RENTIERS AUDIENT ENABLED SARCOMA
Charles Reinke6INSURER RESPELL RANDIEST CRAYONED RESTARTS CISTRON
Dennis Lloyd6ETESIAN SNOWIER SATIATE AERATION BADNESS INERTIAL
Sara McLaughlin3DONATES STEADIED SCOUTED
Helen Flores1DESTINY
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