1st Thomas Reinke overcame an emergency relocation of club operations to go 4-1 +370. He quickly hopped into to the loser's bracket with a first-round loss to Charles Reinke, 439-448, despite flexing his Collins knowledge as a form of intimidation (BANDELET#, PAGODITE#, and EARWIGS). Thomas then ran off four straight victories, starting with comfortable wins over Richard Lauder (532-286) and Bryan Benwitz (469-367). A 118-point double-double of STERILIZE against Richard was word of the week. In the final round, Thomas had to utilize all of his available brainpower to prevail in both games of a two-on-one match: he got a revenge win against Charles, 472-445, playing PIGOUTS, CERRADO#, and SEXTAINS to Charles' OLDSTER, TARTANES#, and TEGUMINA, as well as securing a hotly-contested 419-415 victory over Steve Hartsman, playing BEDEWING and PHENETOL to Steve's high-prob TRAINEE.
2nd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +355 with a per-game average of 480. He used -ED bingos to great effect in the first game, playing RESINED and FRESCOED to defeat his brother 448-439. This was followed up with a dominating 611-310 victory over Andy Bohnsack; 611 is the third-highest score this season and the fifth 600+ game overall. Charles reached such scoring heights with relatively high-probability seven-letter words as his bingos: GRADATE, BOLETES, SARDINE, and KATIONS. Charles' bingo output slowed down in the third game, but his singular LENTOIDS was enough to beat Steve Hartsman 417-345. Sadly, a 445-472 rematch loss to Thomas in the last game put a cruel end to Charles' desires for an undefeated evening.
3rd Sara McLaughlin bounced back from a recent 0-4 outing to go 3-1 +182. Her first game saw her get a 107-point bingo of FRESHING, but the outcome of the match probably wasn't to her liking, as she was felled by Steve Hartsman, 355-458. That game would prove to be her only loss of the night. In the second game, Sara made quick work of Dave Kinzer, winning 431-302 thanks to a find of AGOUTIES. She also got a big win against Andy Bohnsack, 393-278, finding TOASTED to Andy's AERIEST (delayed payback for Andy's 616-point game against her in the not-too-distant past). A 414-373 victory against Richard Lauder, bingoing with GRANTERS and REISSUES, capped Sara's valiant comeback effort after starting the night with a loss.
| Standings | |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-1 +370 |
| Charles Reinke | 3-1 +355 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3-1 +182 |
| Steve Hartsman | 2-2 +28 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 2-2 -371 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 1-3 +195 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-3 -170 |
| David Kinzer | 0-3 -589 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | BANDELET# PAGODITE# EARWIGS STERILIZE LINNIES NEARLIER AMOROSO NATURALS PIGOUTS CERRADO# SEXTAINS BEDEWING PHENETOL |
| Bryan Benwitz | 11 | RIGHTER RADIANT DIORITE SURVEIL REFITTED BEIGNETS DEZINCS AUTEURS ANDESITE NAIVETE TROVERS |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | RESINED FRESCOED GRADATE BOLETES SARDINE KATIONS LENTOIDS OLDSTER TARTANES# TEGUMINA |
| Steve Hartsman | 6 | ECONOMIC MENTION BIGOTED LIONISES REFLETS TRAINEE |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | DUALIST READIEST ROSEATE ASCRIBE KILLERS SAUTOIR |
| Sara McLaughlin | 5 | FRESHING AGOUTIES TOASTED GRANTERS REISSUES |
| Andy Bohnsack | 5 | CATTIES CARDITIS PINIEST AERIEST SPANDEXES |
| David Kinzer | 1 | WILTING |
| High Games | |
| 611 | Charles Reinke |
| 591 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 532 | Thomas Reinke |
| 497 | Richard Lauder |
| 472 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2.6 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.5 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.5 | Steve Hartsman |
| 1.5 | Richard Lauder |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 91 | David Kinzer |
| 81 | Thomas Reinke |
| 80 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 79 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 78 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 480 | Charles Reinke |
| 466 | Thomas Reinke |
| 452 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 422 | Steve Hartsman |
| 398 | Sara McLaughlin |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 353 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 392 | Charles Reinke |
| 392 | Thomas Reinke |
| 404 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 415 | Steve Hartsman |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 118 | STERILIZE | Thomas Reinke |
| 108 | DEZINCS | Bryan Benwitz |
| 107 | FRESHING | Sara McLaughlin |
| 95 | SEXTAINS | Thomas Reinke |
| 94 | PAGODITE | Thomas Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 414 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 466 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 363 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 79 |
Wednesday, February 18:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, February 25:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, March 4:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, March 11:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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