There's a New Sheriff in Town
1st Thomas Reinke cobbled together a perfect 5-0 night, a night sweetened by the fact that he had overtaken his brother at the top of the yearly standings. After somehow overcoming two opponents at the same time in Dave and Gail while playing no phonies, he brought out a timely fake against Peter, with DISHABLE*, to earn the win. It turns out that Aaron had played that word (which doesn't mean what you think it means) against Mark a while back in a Collins game, so while it wasn't a total fabrication on Thomas' part, it remains a glaring indictment on his word knowledge. Seriously glaring. Really, really glaring. I don't know how we'll ever be able to trust him after this. Feeling a combination of shame and embarrassment, he went phony-less the rest of the night. He beat Charles 433-386 in round three, and then opened with a bingo-bango-bongo of LORDING, GREEDILY, and DRENCHER against Richard in the final round. Richard made it close with CATIONS and STABILE, but Thomas ended up pulling away with an avalanche of high-scoring non-bingos to secure his undefeated session.
2nd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +174 to come in second place, coincidentally the same place he now resides in the yearly standings. He opened with a 418-350 win against Dennis, playing ENFRAMED and RIBOSOME. He then ended Betty's 1-game winning streak against him, winning 458-338 with the aid of SEINERS and RANKLERS* (n. one that rankles, except not really, because it's not a word and thus has no reasonable definition). Against Thomas, he must not have realized that the top spot on the standings was at stake; otherwise, he definitely would have played more than one bingo, right? Someone needs to work on their situational awareness. Charles did end up winning his final game against Peter, but it was too late; he is now doomed to an eternal fate of coming in second to his brother.
3rd Gail Salm came in third at 3-1 +114. She recovered from an opening loss against Thomas to win three straight, the first against Dave, 377-340. Of note: she played STONIER in that game, and then played it again in her 419-338 win over Bryan. If she had played it for a third time on the night, I think we would have had to make a prize for that occurrence and then award it to her. As it stood, she had to be content with a decisive 455-389 win versus Lynda.
Richard played the word of the week, DIURESIS for 122 points. As it was a triple-triple, and it won the high-D prize, he was awarded 9 green-gray rectangles for that play alone.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 11 | AERIFIES ENDEARS OLEATES ORBIEST INSTARS FLINDERS EMENDATE LORDING GREEDILY DRENCHER dishable |
| Gail Salm | 9 | EROSION FATLING STONIER INFESTED TINDERS STONIER TRAILERS LINTERS LEDGIER |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 8 | BRINIEST FAINEANT ARMOURS COREMIA NEITHER TENPINS RETORTER MATERIAL |
| Lynda Finn | 7 | TEXTILES DEFILES ANIMATO TOPSIDER BROWNEST MORALISE spinnet |
| Charles Reinke | 6 | ENFRAMED RIBOSOME SEINERS PUNNIER RESELLER ranklers |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | DOTTIEST OUTSPEED DIURESIS(3x3) REEQUIPS CATIONS STABILE |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | HORDEINS MOURNED HERRIES DESERTER PEASCOD FLOATERS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 6 | LITORAL ALIENATE NONEQUAL ATONIES PATENTOR SOURDINE |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | EMANATE WARINESS NITRATE BLASTING ANIMATE TINGLERS |
| Jordan Parker | 4 | AEROLITH SOOTIER RAIMENTS INVESTOR |
| Dave Gilligan | 4 | LANOLIN TANGLER BRIDGES REUNITE |
| Betty Hasselkus | 3 | BASTING TALLIER SPIELER |
| Mary Becker | 3 | DOUBTERS SALINES waistes |
| Helen Flores | 2 | BULLETIN gaussed |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High J | Dennis Lloyd | ||
| Low U | Gail Salm | ||
| High D | Richard Lauder | ||
| Low Y | Peter Schmiedicke | ||
| High Games | |
| 574 | Thomas Reinke |
| 556 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 477 | Richard Lauder |
| 471 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 458 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2.2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2 | Aaron Bader |
| 2 | Jordan Parker |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 86 | Richard Lauder |
| 78 | Lynda Finn |
| 78 | Aaron Bader |
| 76 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 76 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 449 | Thomas Reinke |
| 427 | Aaron Bader |
| 421 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 412 | Charles Reinke |
| 405 | Gail Salm |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 338 | Thomas Reinke |
| 363 | Sue Goldstein |
| 366 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 366 | Dave Gilligan |
| 369 | Charles Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 122 | DIURESIS | Richard Lauder |
| 105 | PEASCOD | Aaron Bader |
| 95 | dishable | Thomas Reinke |
| 92 | ANIMATO | Lynda Finn |
| 91 | DEFILES | Lynda Finn |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 385 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 385 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 422 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 347 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
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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