1st Thomas Reinke topped a field where nobody went undefeated, but four players went 3-1, with his 3-1 +264 record. That +264 spread put him a whopping nine spread points ahead of second place and nineteen spread points ahead of third. Thomas started strong by beating Helen Flores 472-272, despite "only" bingoing once with VERTISOL. His scoring potency wore off in the next game as he was bested by Andy Bohnsack 347-402; his bingo of INDURATE failed to stand up to Andy's DONATES and POSTMAN. The bingos flowed more freely in a Collins-lexicon matchup against Charles Reinke; Thomas deployed AGOUTIES, PACIFIED, EMBROWN, and AVENIRS# en route to a 558-444 win. Thomas finished with a low-scoring 338-333 win against Steve Hartsman, where Thomas' three-O OVERTOOK was the only bingo played by either player.
2nd Steve Hartsman reversed the previous week's 1-3 record with a 3-1 +255 showing. His first game was a hard-fought 378-336 win over Sara McLaughlin, where Sara's RECRUIT was matched by Steve's INSIDES. Round two saw Steve and his 20+ years of tournament experience go against the upstart James Rollins, and experience prevailed as Steve played PARITIES and CONTORTS on his way to a 431-253 victory. Matching up against Andy Bohnsack in the next game, Steve played two more bingos (ADMIRING, SIRENIAN) for a 442-402 win. Sadly, a potentially perfect night was disrupted by Thomas Reinke, as their fourth-round contest ended with both players well below their yearly averages, 333-338.
3rd Lynda Finn made her third writeup appearance in four attempts with a 3-1 +245 record. A 368-410 loss to Charles Reinke in round one was perhaps not Lynda's preferred way to start a relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble, but things quickly turned around with a big 488-263 win against Sara McLaughlin. Lynda got down STOLLEN, INTONERS, and CAESIUM in that one. Things were a bit closer against James Rollins, but Lynda found the game's only bingo (HETAIRA) and it was her win, 370-334. She finished her relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble with a 434-408 victory versus Andy Bohnsack, playing MISINTER, ENDEMIC, and GEARING to Andy's SHIVERED. That win makes her the winner of six of the last eight games in the Lynda-Andy matchup, although the lifetime series still belongs comfortably to Andy.
4th Helen Flores went 3-1 -35, recovering from a big loss in round one to win her next three. Among those wins was a 384-379 victory against Bryan Benwitz, snapping a 26-game losing streak against Bryan.
Bryan Benwitz got the first 600-point game of the year when he scored exactly 600 against Sara McLaughlin. His 212-point SPEEDWAY accounted for over a third of his final score, and is the highest-scoring bingo so far this year by a significant margin (Mark Kenas' SLABBERY for 176 is the next highest). 212 points is also tied for the fourth-highest scoring bingo since modern statkeeping began in 2011.
Thomas Reinke | 3-1 +264 |
Steve Hartsman | 3-1 +255 |
Lynda Finn | 3-1 +245 |
Helen Flores | 3-1 -35 |
Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +331 |
Andy Bohnsack | 2-2 +159 |
Charles Reinke | 2-2 -100 |
James Rollins | 2-2 -176 |
Richard Lauder | 1-3 -119 |
Dennis Lloyd | 0-2 -287 |
Sara McLaughlin | 0-4 -537 |
Mike Johnson | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 438 | 417 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Bryan Benwitz | 66.5 | 78 | 39 | 1 | 436 | 374 | 240 | 2.03 | 6 | 2.5 | 0 |
Thomas Reinke | 66.2 | 86 | 44 | 0 | 443 | 401 | 301 | 2.32 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 |
Charles Reinke | 65.7 | 90 | 47 | 0 | 446 | 397 | 304 | 2.22 | 26 | 8.6 | 18 |
Andy Bohnsack | 65.4 | 59 | 31 | 1 | 425 | 377 | 188 | 2.07 | 8 | 4.3 | 7 |
Steve Hartsman | 63.5 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 412 | 378 | 65 | 1.76 | 5 | 7.7 | 1 |
Lynda Finn | 53.8 | 50 | 43 | 0 | 390 | 390 | 137 | 1.47 | 3 | 2.2 | 10 |
Richard Lauder | 48.1 | 38 | 41 | 1 | 370 | 393 | 119 | 1.49 | 12 | 10.1 | 0 |
Dennis Lloyd | 45.6 | 41 | 49 | 0 | 368 | 396 | 120 | 1.33 | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
Mark Kenas | 44.4 | 32 | 40 | 0 | 430 | 448 | 150 | 2.08 | 31 | 20.7 | 3 |
James Rollins | 42.1 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 359 | 380 | 37 | 0.97 | 3 | 8.1 | 0 |
Ron Malzer | 38.9 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 358 | 408 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 |
David Kinzer | 34.5 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 350 | 390 | 36 | 0.65 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 |
Sara McLaughlin | 33.9 | 38 | 74 | 0 | 355 | 399 | 92 | 0.82 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 |
Helen Flores | 28.8 | 23 | 57 | 0 | 352 | 402 | 68 | 0.85 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 |
Ari Smith | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 306 | 375 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Creedy | 12.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 280 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nalina Cherr | 9.1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 266 | 402 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dora Kilburn | 8.7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 300 | 390 | 16 | 0.7 | 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 |
Lesley Salas | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 398 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffy Hogan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 335 | 423 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Adams | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 321 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BingosLynda Finn | 9 | RESTRICT PROVIDES STOLLEN INTONERS CAESIUM HETAIRA MISINTER ENDEMIC GEARING |
Thomas Reinke | 7 | VERTISOL INDURATE AGOUTIES PACIFIED EMBROWN OVERTOOK avenirs |
Bryan Benwitz | 7 | ASHRAMS GLEETING PANICKED SPEEDWAY CAVEATOR AIRFIELD WHEELIE |
Andy Bohnsack | 7 | ENDPLAY OROIDES ETOILES DONATES POSTMAN MOORINGS SHIVERED |
Charles Reinke | 7 | GRISTLE RATATAT DEFILING SAFROLE CERUSITE COTTONED salinate |
Helen Flores | 6 | RESTOKE GOBLETS WIVERNS GREASED OUTRIDE NOVATES |
Richard Lauder | 6 | CLENCHED FRONTIER MINUETS DARTLES DREAMILY TENNERS |
Steve Hartsman | 5 | INSIDES PARITIES CONTORTS ADMIRING SIRENIAN |
James Rollins | 2 | PATIENT DIASTER |
Sara McLaughlin | 2 | RECRUIT OUTLIES |
Dennis Lloyd | 1 | FINALES |
20-Aug: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games | 27-Aug: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 3-Sep: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 10-Sep: Scrabble at Covenant Church |