Mark Kenas Dominates - The Rest of Us Can Only Hope to Be Spared His Wrath
1st Mark Kenas finished as the only undefeated player with a 4-0 +324 record. He started off the night in classic Mark fashion by slapping around Richard Lauder 510-328. Richard got all four S's and both blanks (using them to play EMULATED and OVERRATE), but such good fortune was nought in the face of Mark's might, a might which yielded bingos of SANCTIFY and TADPOLES. Andy Bohnsack suffered a similar fate, losing 338-419 and being held to zero bingos (more on Andy's bingo situation later). Mark, meanwhile, played three: OUTCLIMB, SERVANTS, and LANGUOR. Mark is seemingly making a habit of spoiling other players' perfect nights, handing Charles Reinke his only loss in an extremely tightly-fought contest, 423-420. Another tri-bingo effort was the key to victory, with Mark playing EROSIVE, RAINOUTS, and SALIENCE. With his perfect 4-0 performance, Mark overtakes Thomas Reinke for second place in the yearly standings.
2nd Andy Bohnsack went 3-1 +650, in the process averaging an easily club-leading 485 per game and playing an even dozen bingos. He handed Thomas Reinke his largest club loss ever, 576-236, a 250-point margin! Thomas played HORSTES (n. HORSTE, a portion of the Earth's crust), but this feeble effort barely impeded Andy's easy journey to victory. "Mr. B." ended up with four bingos: HIDEOUS, MODERNE, BREWING, and the triple-triple LIGHTING. However, this goodly amount of bingos was not enough for the maniacal Andy, who craved even more. He got his wish when he unleashed a stunning five bingos against a dumbstruck Bryan Benwitz: DAMPENS, NOTARIES, INERTIAS, LATICES, and OUTSANG. The outcome of that game was predictably a blowout in Andy's favor, 549-298. However, Bryan still owns the lifetime series 11-8, having won four straight prior to this crushing loss.
3rd Charles Reinke finished with a 3-1 record and a modest (for him) +118 spread. He beat Peter Schmiedicke in a close match, 409-387, his PRETENDS and TETANIES (n. TETANY, a muscular condition) outscoring Peter's ENLIVEN and ENTASES (plural of ENTASIS, a slight convexity in a column). Peter understandably missed his 10-letter bingo of REFILTERED (through ERE) to win the game. Charles also was played extremely tight by Richard Lauder, who got things off to a hot start with his 100-point double-double SHADIER, and later made a calculated one-tile fish for TURBIDLY, which he played for 101 points. However, Charles played ASTRINGE (v. to bind or draw together) to win the game 410-386.
Aki Miura Doesn't Quite Dominate - But, Hey, First Place!
1st Aki Miura finished 1-1 -59. Susan Vergeront put him in a hole too big to dig out of when she beat him 406-259. However, Aki made a valiant effort to regain some of that spread when he defeated newcomer Betty McMurry 340-252 for his highest game this year.
| Intermediates | |
| Aki Miura | 1-1 -59 |
| Sue Goldstein | 1-2 -55 |
| Sharlie Miura | 0-2 -149 |
| Betty McMurry | 0-2 -261 |
| Bingos | ||
| Andy Bohnsack | 12 | HIDEOUS MODERNE BREWING LIGHTING REASONS NEOCONS ELISION DAMPENS NOTARIES INERTIAS LATICES OUTSANG |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 12 | ENLIVEN ENTASES STEALTHY ANOINTED LORINER TENONER AROUSAL DRAGEES SEAROBIN PEARLIER AUBRETIA VAINEST |
| Mark Kenas | 9 | SANCTIFY TADPOLES OUTCLIMB SERVANTS LANGUOR DRAFTEE SALIENCE RAINOUTS EROSIVE |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | EMULATED OVERRATE COESITE VIZIERS TURBIDLY SHADIER LIBERTY etimoya |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | HORSTES TOOTLED TOURNEY WITNESS FERTILE RONNELS DESCANT CAPITULA |
| Chris Vergeront | 7 | BANTERS INVADES VAULTIER OLESTRA BRAGGIER ARIETTE FINALES |
| Charles Reinke | 7 | PRETENDS TETANIES CESSION ASTRINGE NEGATERS HERNIAL wrassler |
| Bryan Benwitz | 5 | VIOLATED SARCOMA DREIDLS ATONERS PROTEINS |
| Helen Flores | 5 | TARRIES STORIES DACOITS RETIRED DETESTS |
| Mary Becker | 4 | REBOOTED DILUTION SETLINE STIFFER |
| Jordan Parker | 3 | GOALIES INERTIAL FETUSES |
| Susan Vergeront | 3 | NARROWS CUBBIES MATURING |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2 | STINGER DRAWERS |
| Dave Gilligan | 1 | HURTLED |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | outreels |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High L | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| Low U | Betty Hasselkus | ||
| High F | Jordan Parker | ||
| Low F | Helen Flores | ||
| High Games | |
| 576 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 549 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 522 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 510 | Mark Kenas |
| 501 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.4 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.25 | Mark Kenas |
| 1.75 | Chris Vergeront |
| 1.75 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 485 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 441 | Mark Kenas |
| 411 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 410 | Charles Reinke |
| 390 | Thomas Reinke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 323 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 324 | Jordan Parker |
| 324 | Sue Goldstein |
| 327 | Helen Flores |
| 329 | Aki Miura |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 369 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 282 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 382 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 418 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 320 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
Wednesday, May 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, May 28:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, June 4:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, June 11:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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