MARY BECKER REIGNS TRIUMPHANT OVER EXPERT RANKS WITH FOUR STRAIGHT WINS
1st Mary Becker went 4-0 +298 for undisputed first-place honors. Her big win came against intermediate player Sue Goldstein, where Mary's bingos of GRANTED and "FRONTERS" (phony, only FRONTER and REFRONTS are good) secured her victory. Mary also got away with the plausible-looking "CANTINES" (ANCIENTS, INSECTAN, INSTANCE, CANNIEST) when turning away Betty Hasselkus, 396-315.
2nd Andy Bohnsack finished at 3-1 +298, scoring above 400 the first three games before being thwarted at the last by Mary Becker, 361-384. He had an impressive 470-408 win over Charles Reinke in which he deployed the sevens URINOSE, CERATES, and HEISTED. Both players in that game found out that URINOSE cannot be extended to "URINOSES", at least if one is concerned with playing only valid words.
3rd Betty Hasselkus averaged a hefty 430 points per game and wound up with three wins, one loss, and a spread of +236. She played WIRINGS and the appropriate word STUNNER in a 420-393 upset win over the club's top dog, Thomas Reinke. Betty also scored a whopping 507 against Molly Gardner, aided by her triple-triple find of SPENDING.
SUE GOLDSTEIN RETAINS "QUEEN OF INTERMEDIATES" TITLE
1st Sue Goldstein walked away with a 2-2 -54 final, turning back both Miuras to notch her two wins. She played two bingos in her 387-292 win over Sharlie, SPITTLES and LOONIER.
13 players showed up in the basement of the church, with only one small fan to soothe their fevered brows...Charles Reinke put down the word of the week WARRIGAL (Noun, a dingo) on his first play of his first game, before the heat could slow his thinking. Betty Hasselkus' 86-point WIRINGS was good for high I, Aki Miura shed a C for five points and three bucks, Richard Lauder's EXPANSES for 101 snagged high E (which would have gone to Betty had she not already gotten high I), and Thomas Reinke clinched low D.
| Intermediates | |
| Sue Goldstein | 2-2 -54 |
| Aki Miura | 0-2 -186 |
| Sharlie Miura | 0-2 -262 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | WARRIGAL POLLERS WEEPIEST DOLLOPS STROWED URBANITE PODAGRA OLEINES STACTES ALBEDOS ROAMING |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | AVERAGE AUDIENT URINOSE CERATES HEISTED AROUSAL OBTAINED COONTIE INARABLE |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | SAUTERNE PALLIEST WATERMAN OUTLAID MORSELS EXPANSES UNDERGO ROCKETS |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 8 | DANEWORT CODIRECT STONIEST SIDERITE AUSTERE RESTORED DAINTIES IDOLATER |
| Mary Becker | 5 | RAVINES GRANTED SPIRITS cantines fronters |
| Betty Hasselkus | 5 | STUNNER WIRINGS AMASSED SPENDING DONNING |
| Molly Gardner | 5 | DIALING GATHERER QUEASIER TANGIER DETRAINS |
| Thomas Reinke | 4 | AIRFOILS TEENERS SPECTRUM BUNTING |
| Sue Goldstein | 3 | LOONIER SPITTLES reironed |
| Helen Flores | 3 | NETTERS BAGGIES BRUISING |
| Dee Lillge | 1 | BEHOOVE |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High I | Betty Hasselkus | WIRINGS | 86 |
| Low C | Aki Miura | 5 | |
| High E | Richard Lauder | EXPANSES | 101 |
| Low D | Thomas Reinke | 11 | |
| High Games | |
| 527 | Charles Reinke |
| 507 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 488 | Charles Reinke |
| 476 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 470 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.25 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 1.6 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.25 | Mary Becker |
| High Averages | |
| 447 | Charles Reinke |
| 430 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 421 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 407 | Richard Lauder |
| 402 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 316 | Mary Becker |
| 333 | Richard Lauder |
| 346 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 351 | Sue Goldstein |
| 358 | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 369 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 304 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 381 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 420 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 318 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
Wednesday, January 8:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 15:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, January 22:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 29:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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