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.
Charles Reinke | 5-0 +622 |
Dennis Lloyd | 3-1 +220 |
Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +289 |
Sara McLaughlin | 2-2 -8 |
Lynda Finn | 2-2 -191 |
Mark Kenas | 2-2 -361 |
David Kinzer | 1-2 +36 |
Thomas Reinke | 1-3 -47 |
Helen Flores | 0-4 -560 |
Charles Reinke | 86.2 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 480 | 384 | 78 | 2.69 | 6 | 7.7 | 5 |
Mike Johnson | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 438 | 417 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Bryan Benwitz | 62.5 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 432 | 388 | 45 | 1.88 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 |
Andy Bohnsack | 61.5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 415 | 376 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thomas Reinke | 58.6 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 442 | 421 | 68 | 2.34 | 7 | 10.3 | 5 |
Lynda Finn | 57.1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 368 | 387 | 11 | 0.79 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 |
Richard Lauder | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 346 | 391 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Lloyd | 41.2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 374 | 402 | 26 | 1.53 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 |
Mark Kenas | 37.5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 428 | 468 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 22.9 | 0 |
Sara McLaughlin | 37.5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 370 | 387 | 20 | 0.83 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
David Kinzer | 33.3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 353 | 386 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Malzer | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 345 | 407 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Rollins | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 320 | 362 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Helen Flores | 16.7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 346 | 422 | 9 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dora Kilburn | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 291 | 406 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nalina | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 262 | 423 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BingosCharles Reinke | 15 | CAVEOLA DIVERTED QUARTIER OROLOGY GROWTHS MONTAGES TENONING ANORTHIC BEWIGGED UPSTAIRS BELOVED punctal torties tousier tartines |
Bryan Benwitz | 12 | SCREWUPS SEAWEEDY GAINLIER CHIANTIS OPERATED LINEATE DROUTHS BONITAS PERORAL ERRANTS ORALISTS AZURITES |
Thomas Reinke | 11 | MARAVEDI HATREDS SEASONAL EVIDENCE BARONAGE OREGANOS MILLINER TROTTED APHELION FROWNERS REDUCING |
Mark Kenas | 8 | NETTIER RAILINGS ASSUMED RELENDS LEASINGS GESTATING hallings cystids |
Dennis Lloyd | 6 | GRUNTLES ACHIEST CAVITIES TESTATES HECKLING APOSTLE |
Lynda Finn | 6 | CROONING HETAIRA FOSTERS TAGLINES MOTIVES remainers |
David Kinzer | 4 | SQUIRTS RESEATS MEANINGS VIOLATED |
Sara McLaughlin | 2 | IRONERS RAISINS |
Helen Flores | 1 | ENERGIES |
26-Feb: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 5-Mar: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 12-Mar: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 19-Mar: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games |