Bryan Benwitz Has Sworn Off Losing, Perhaps Forever
1st Bryan Benwitz enjoyed a night free from the agony of loss, going 4-0 +436. His big game came against Mary Becker, who he defeated roundly by a score of 506-290. Bryan unleashed four bingos in his winning effort: PICRITES, INGRAIN, OBTUSER, and ENMESHED. Charles Reinke fared somewhat better, but not much, as Bryan handed him his only loss, 471-339. This time around, Bryan had just three bingos (SPOOKED, STOURIE, and PANNERS), but it was easily enough to overcome Charles' singular bingo of LEASHED. The experience and knowledge gained from beating one Reinke was then applied towards beating the other Reinke, and it worked, with Bryan besting Thomas in a close game, 388-385. In contrast to Bryan's other games, there was not much bingoing going on in this one, with each player having just one to their name: LEADERS for Bryan, SOLANDER for Thomas.
2nd Sue Goldstein bested her yearly average by fifty points, averaging 366 points per game while finishing 3-0 +266. She started off by introducing new player Adrienne Kiser to the ways of the world via a 361-276 win. She then reintroduced those same concepts to Susan Vergeront, playing a 72-point bingo of FASTING as part of a solid 344-282 victory. The best was saved for last, however, as she defeated the returning June Scott by a landslide, 377-258.
3rd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +261, with only first-place finisher Bryan Benwitz able to disrupt his winning ways. The rest of his games were higher-scoring affairs, the lowest of them being a 447-366 victory over Lynda Finn. Lynda had SHORTIA for 95 points, but three lower-scoring bingos are preferable to one high-scoring bingo; Charles had TENSION, DIPLOMAT, and ETERNITY to ensure the win. Similarly, against Betty Hasselkus, Charles' bingos of PHILTRE (v. to put under the spell of a love potion) and GREAVED more than countered Betty's SOUREST, and he won 488-337. To end the evening on a high note, Charles took down Gail Salm 470-309. Gail had NUTSIER, but a pair of hefty bingos (COZENAGE for 86, PERCIDS for 99) swung the pendulum far to Charles' side.
Dave Gilligan's IFFINESS was chosen as word of the week, narrowly beating Mary Becker's ALPACAS. We had a good amount of new bingos played: ANODISE (Bryan), PERCIDS (Charles), SHERWANI (Aaron), and ANTHROS (Peter). We also welcomed a new player, Adrienne Kiser, to the club. She got her first taste of Scrabble success by defeating Barb Besadny 320-317 thanks to a bingo of JELLIES.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Mark Kenas | 11 | CASERNE ATTORNEY TUMOURS POTENTLY DEPLANE TENANTS NEEDIER UNBEATEN MORGUES SLEIGHT AGENCIES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | PICRITES INGRAIN OBTUSER ENMESHED ANODISE SPOOKED STOURIE PANNERS LEADERS |
| Charles Reinke | 8 | TENSION DIPLOMAT ETERNITY GREAVED PHILTRE LEASHED COZENAGE PERCIDS |
| Aaron Bader | 8 | STUDIER GLOMERA SIDEREAL SHERWANI treeship sposhier uptrains leaming |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | ATTORNEY SERAGLIO TIERING CAVILER REPRISE ATELIER SOLANDER |
| Gail Salm | 7 | BESTING RERAISED DABSTER DAUTIES GRANITE LAITIES NUTSIER |
| Andy Bohnsack | 7 | NEAREST HIRPLED REGENTAL ATROPISM INSURED BOOSTERS FIERIER |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 6 | DARIOLES ANNEXING STINGER BRANNED INLIERS ANTHROS |
| Lynda Finn | 5 | SHORTIA ARTSIER STANDEE FATTIER nonovert |
| Dave Gilligan | 5 | DONATING INSULTS ATTAINS IFFINESS roanest |
| Mary Becker | 4 | ALPACAS SAINTED REPENTING DICTION |
| Susan Vergeront | 2 | COINERS REFUSER |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2 | SOUREST RESTOKE |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | FASTING |
| Helen Flores | 1 | LOADING |
| Adrienne Kiser | 1 | JELLIES |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | WRANGLES |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High D | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| Low E | Susan Vergeront | ||
| High V | Peter Schmiedicke | ||
| Low I | Helen Flores | ||
| High Games | |
| 537 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 513 | Thomas Reinke |
| 506 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 503 | Mark Kenas |
| 488 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Mark Kenas |
| 2.25 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Aaron Bader |
| 2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 87 | Susan Vergeront |
| 81 | Lynda Finn |
| 81 | Charles Reinke |
| 80 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 80 | Aaron Bader |
| High Averages | |
| 454 | Mark Kenas |
| 440 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 436 | Charles Reinke |
| 416 | Aaron Bader |
| 415 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 272 | Sue Goldstein |
| 326 | Susan Vergeront |
| 331 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 338 | Dave Gilligan |
| 365 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 102 | treeship | Aaron Bader |
| 99 | PERCIDS | Charles Reinke |
| 98 | DABSTER | Gail Salm |
| 96 | CAVILER | Thomas Reinke |
| 95 | SHORTIA | Lynda Finn |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 381 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 381 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 429 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 333 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
Wednesday, April 9:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 16:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, April 23:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 30:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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