1st Andy Bohnsack squeaked into first place with a 3-1 +230 record. Round one saw him get a convincing win over Helen Flores, 452-304, bingoing with RESORTED. His bingo output went up threefold for the next game (ALARMING, RENVOIS, OUTSAIL), but it was actually the only game he lost, as Charles Reinke also got three bingos (TEACAKES, COMETARY, INUTILE) for a 438-480 final score. Against John Bialek, Andy recovered to take a 433-313 victory, responding to John's ROADIES with his own INULASES. In round four, Andy prevailed in a high-scoring bout against Thomas Reinke, 470-466, finding ENSNARED and SONGFUL - Thomas got down RATLINS, DAINTIES, and VOTARIES. Reminder for anybody who might need it: you can add a T to DAINTIES to make DAINTIEST.

2nd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +228. For the second straight week, Charles' first opponent was his brother. Also for the second straight week, Charles won their match. Also for the second straight week, Charles got five bingos; this time, it was ECHOISED#, IRENICAL, LAUWINES, SKITTLED#, and EDITION (fun note about IRENICAL: it's been played four times at club, all by Charles. It also takes an E in front for EIRENICAL). Charles continued stacking up bingos with three more (enumerated earlier in the writeup) for a 580-438 win against Andy Bohnsack. Against Dave Kinzer, Charles suffered his only defeat, falling to Dave's finds of ABLUTION and OUTLETS for a 391-411 final. Dave now has a winning record against Charles this year, something that very few players can claim. Charles wrapped things up with a 451-377 win over Helen Flores, thanks to OLDWIFE and ZEOLITE.

3rd Dave Kinzer won his first three before sadly losing the final game, leaving him at 3-1 +219. He fought out a bingoless win against Lynn McDonald, 332-247, to get his first win of the evening. Deciding that bingoing is more fun than not bingoing, Dave then dropped three bingos on Ed Nawrocki (BANDAGES, REVOTING, TITRATES) for a mammoth 426-257 win. The strong play continued as Dave took out heavy-hitter Charles Reinke 411-391, thanks to ABLUTION and OUTLETS. 4-0 was in reach, but Dave was stymied by the late-arriving Dennis Lloyd, who won their fourth round match 421-366. Dennis got down the stylish FABULIST in the course of his win, while Dave had SLATHER. Demonstrating how the cruelty of fate is unbounded, Dennis was actually the one finishing with an undefeated record, going 1-0.