1st Bryan Benwitz returned to his winning ways with a 4-0 +431 record. He saved his best for first as he torpedoed Dave Kinzer in round one, 564-373; SEEDING, SEAMIER, TELERAN, and a 149-point 3x3 of NOTIFIED were his bingos. His next game was a lot closer, squeaking by Charles Reinke with bingos of GEOIDAL and BISTABLE for a 416-411 win. Cruelly thrown back into the Reinke arena for round three, Bryan once again emerged victorious, with the final tally of 467-336 being quite decisive in Bryan's favor. Crafty finds of VORTEXES and ARTISTRY contribued to the pulverisation, while Thomas stemmed the bleading with the three-I INSIPID and the nine-letter TREADLERS. Bryan finished his clean sweep with a 457-353 win against Helen Flores, playing the odd-but-valid BEDIAPER in addition to MORTICES (Helen found GLORIES and ELISION).

2nd Charles Reinke's 2-2 +246 record was sufficient for second place, with only six players interrupting their spring break to play Scrabble; we assume everybody else was on a party bus en route to South Beach. Having no party-bus-related distractions, Charles won his first game against Thomas Reinke, utilizing his Collins knowledge to play STAIRED#, GANOINE#, and FOVEATED in a 463-362 win. A 411-416 loss to Bryan Benwitz in round two was immediately followed by an upset 355-423 loss to Helen Flores. Helen got down RINSERS, INVITEES, and EMENDER while ending a losing streak that had persisted for over a year, and was last seen piloting a plane over the Madison area trailing a message that reads "I beat a twin". Charles turned things around for the final game, soundly defeating Sara McLaughlin 555-337 with his own avalanche of bingos: ANGARIES, ENDNOTE, BLANKIE, and CISTERN (extended correctly to CISTERNA and then incorrectly to CISTERNAS* - CISTERNAE and CISTERNAL are the valid extensions).

Experts
Bryan Benwitz4-0 +431
Charles Reinke2-2 +246
Thomas Reinke2-2 -26
Helen Flores2-2 -39
Sara McLaughlin1-3 -233
David Kinzer1-3 -379
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Mike Johnson75310438417102.51100
Charles Reinke67.1552704513931892.3147.410
Thomas Reinke65.8522704404021782.25179.67
Andy Bohnsack65.7331714253811132.2243.53
Bryan Benwitz63.9462604373751452.0132.10
Steve Hartsman59.4961402370211.3129.50
Lynda Finn57.128210384389671.37236
James Rollins46.714160361374311.0339.70
Dennis Lloyd44.826320371393821.4133.74
Ron Malzer43.8790351406140.88000
Richard Lauder42.912160362399361.2938.30
David Kinzer40.711160354383220.8114.50
Mark Kenas34.411210421463631.971320.60
Sara McLaughlin33.823450357405530.7811.90
Helen Flores27.113350353400430.912.30
Dora Kilburn14.3212030338590.64000
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Intermediates

Bingos
Bryan Benwitz10SEEDING SEAMIER TELERAN NOTIFIED GEOIDAL BISTABLE VORTEXES ARTISTRY BEDIAPER MORTICES
Charles Reinke9FOVEATED STRANDS DOCENTS CISTERN ANGARIES ENDNOTE BLANKIE staired ganoine
Thomas Reinke6OMITTERS ISATINE TOONIES INSIPID TREADLERS SLANGIER
Helen Flores6RETAILED RINSERS INVITEES EMENDER GLORIES ELISION
Sara McLaughlin3DANCERS ORATION REGRESS
David Kinzer2TITTERS DROWNERS
21-May: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games28-May: Scrabble at Covenant Church4-Jun: Scrabble at Covenant Church11-Jun: Scrabble at Covenant Church