1st Charles Reinke started the new club season with style, finishing 4-1 +486, playing 16 bingos, and averaging 489 points per game. The year couldn't have started any better as he prevailed mightily in a two-on-one game, defeating Mark Kenas 498-435 and crushing his brother Thomas Reinke 561-319. Both games saw Charles play four bingos: PETIOLED, RAVIOLIS, REENACTS, and HEDERAS# against Mark, BONNIER, ANGORAS, INSANITY, and SAVOYARD# against Thomas. In round two, Charles felled last year's club champion, Bryan Benwitz, by a score of 501-363. Bryan had an uncharacteristic total of zero bingos in that game, while Charles played PIRATES, RANDIES, and INTERRED. A third-round rematch against Mark Kenas saw Charles' fortunes reverse, as this time Mark was the one to get four bingos (TRAMCAR, GLOOMIER, UPDATES, SEALINE#). It was an easy win for Mark, 523-434. With the weight of a (somewhat unreasonable) "win every game for the entire year" goal now removed from his shoulders, Charles won his final game against Sara McLaughlin, 451-319, finding PINTADA, RETIEING, and SAUNTER vs. Sara's SPOOLERS.
2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-2 +152, a healthly-looking 60% win percentage which is nevertheless lower than his 2024 win% of 66%. The new club season started with a whimper as he was trounced by Charles Reinke 319-561, but a 549-280 win over Dennis Lloyd (playing SORTABLE, NEONATAL, and CHORINE) undid all the damage and then some. Unfortunately, a 403-443 loss to Mark Kenas put Thomas back in the losers' bracket, despite bingo finds of CINEASTE, URETERAL, and INTROFY. Thomas was able to vanquish two-time champion Bryan Benwitz in the next round as they fought to a close finish, 439-428. The bingo situation in that game was even, with Thomas playing ABALONE and PINAFORE to Bryan's BASINETS and DANGLES. A landslide rematch win versus Mark Kenas, 479-324, helped boost Thomas into second place on a sparsely-attende first session of the club season.
We welcomed "new" player Dora Kilburn into the ranks, and while she did not manage to snag a win in her three games, she had a few close ones and did get down three bingos: STRIKER, ORANGES, and DAISIES. "New" is in quotes because Dora has played at our club before, way back in the late 90's.
| Charles Reinke | 4-1 +486 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-2 +152 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 3-2 -150 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +153 |
| Mark Kenas | 2-2 -88 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 1-3 -299 |
| Dora Kilburn | 0-3 -254 |
| Mike Johnson | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 438 | 417 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Charles Reinke | 73.4 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 455 | 391 | 149 | 2.33 | 12 | 8.1 | 8 |
| Thomas Reinke | 65.1 | 41 | 22 | 0 | 441 | 406 | 142 | 2.25 | 14 | 9.9 | 7 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 64.3 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 437 | 380 | 115 | 2.05 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 64.1 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 422 | 378 | 88 | 2.26 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Richard Lauder | 61.5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 366 | 374 | 16 | 1.23 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Lynda Finn | 56.8 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 383 | 393 | 47 | 1.27 | 1 | 2.1 | 6 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 45.5 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 375 | 392 | 65 | 1.48 | 3 | 4.6 | 3 |
| Ron Malzer | 41.7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 355 | 398 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Kinzer | 38.1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 356 | 389 | 18 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Rollins | 35.7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 342 | 368 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 32.7 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 359 | 404 | 37 | 0.71 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 |
| Mark Kenas | 32.1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 425 | 468 | 56 | 2 | 12 | 21.4 | 0 |
| Helen Flores | 22.2 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 356 | 403 | 33 | 0.92 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dora Kilburn | 9.1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 301 | 403 | 8 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nalina Cherr | 9.1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 266 | 402 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beth Amos | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 394 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Barger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 314 | 462 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bingos| Charles Reinke | 16 | BONNIER ANGORAS INSANITY PETIOLED RAVIOLIS REENACTS PIRATES RANDIES INTERRED GNATHITE
DISTRAIN PINTADA RETIEING SAUNTER savoyard hederas |
| Thomas Reinke | 11 | SORTABLE NEONATAL CHORINE CINEASTE URETERAL INTROFY ABALONE PINAFORE ATTUNED twaites
douleia |
| Mark Kenas | 10 | RINGENT MOULDING OVERGIRT LIGULOID TRAMCAR GLOOMIER UPDATES FENCINGS uneared sealine
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| Dennis Lloyd | 8 | AQUIVER INSURERS SANDIEST TILAPIA AVIATES CORNIEST TATTERS LEATHERS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | HINDERS REUSING BASINETS DANGLES STIFLES RETINOID DANKEST |
| Dora Kilburn | 3 | STRIKER ORANGES DAISIES |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | SNORING SPOOLERS |
| 23-Apr: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 30-Apr: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 7-May: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 14-May: Scrabble at Covenant Church |
