1st Thomas Reinke marched ever forward in his incipient quest to repeat as club champion, going 3-1 +279 and coming in first place. Defeating Charles Reinke in both their encounters certainly was helpful in reaching that far-off goal. In the final round, a 498-368 victory was emphatic in putting the (temporarily) lesser Reinke in his place. That game saw Thomas get down bingos of ENDORSER, VALUATOR, and UNSEATS, while Charles got down just one: PERIBLEM. But a round-two loss to Helen Flores, 399-408, was a setback to Thomas' secondary goal of going undefeated for the night. Thomas struck with KILTERS and OUTLIERS, but Helen struck right back with DEAFENS and FANNIES. Helen is now two and two in her last four games against Thomas, an admirable feat indeed.

2nd Helen Flores went 3-1 with an anomalous spread total of -258, but no amount of negative spread could dislodge her from her rightfully earned second-place finish. Her evening stared out with a skin-of-her-teeth 336-334 win against Sue Goldstein, where Sue's SUBMITS for 90 points was nearly enough to get her over the cusp. A 408-399 win against Thomas Reinke, discussed in more detail above, was ego-boosting even if it wasn't really spread-boosting. However, a 290-563 loss to a vengeful Charles Reinke was a spread setback that couldn't be recovered from. Helen rounded out her strong performance with another close win, this time 346-342 against Sara McLaughlin.