ANOTHER WEEK OFF

We didn't bowl last week because it was Christmas Eve. Tonight it's New Year's Eve so we're off for a second consecutive week. I must admit I don't like it. I'd much rather be bowling. We'll finally be back in action next week. The following week will bring us the first half position round. That's all I have for now. In the absence of any league news, I'll throw a few stat graphs at you.

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #16

Free Agents: 1 - Roll Players: 3

We averaged 202 as a team so we must have nailed down at least a couple of wins.... Well, not quite. Our opponents, Roll Players had a very good night. We started out with a respectable score of 823 for a win. We followed that up with an 832 which turned out to be our highest score of the season that resulted in a loss. We tailed off in the final game while Roll Players stayed hot to take the series from us, 3-1. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to your opponents and this was one of those nights. We bowled well but the Roll Players bowled a little better.

Our record fell to 36-28 but we held onto seventh place for what it's worth.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Free Agents         Roll Players
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     823    0   823      633   94   727
2     832    0   832      790   94   884
3     777    0   777      758   94   852
T    2432    0  2432     2181  282  2463

WEEK 16   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 218 172 169  559  39  7639 195.9 258  664  16   5   5
Mark     225 255 216  696  48  9457 197.0 288  696  20   7   7
Will     171 214 140  525  48  9419 196.2 268  690  18   7   6
Kimlang  209 191 252  652  48  9570 199.4 253  658  22   6   8
Total    823 832 777 2432 183 36085 197.2 931 2512  76  25  26

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #15

Free Agents: 2 - Too Raw: 2

Dietrich was out of action and Too Raw has a vacant spot in the lineup so we bowled 3-on-3. We bowled well but Too Raw had the hot hand in the second and third games. Our margin of victory in the first game was enough for us to hang onto the point for total pinfall but just barely -- it was a margin of seven pins. The split left us with a record of 35-25 and we dropped from fifth to seventh place in the standings. We're ten points out of first place and eight points out of second. If we're going to have a shot in the position round, we'll have to pick up the pace.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Free Agents         Too Raw
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     795    0   795      619   83   702
2     776    0   776      726   83   809
3     818    0   818      788   83   871
T    2389    0  2389     2133  249  2382

WEEK 14   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 196 196 196  588  36  7080 196.7 258  664  15   4   5
Mark     195 168 248  611  45  8761 194.7 288  661  17   7   6
Will     194 199 192  585  45  8894 197.6 268  690  17   7   6
Kimlang  210 213 182  605  45  8918 198.2 253  658  20   6   7
Total    795 776 818 2389 171 33653 196.8 931 2512  69  24  24 

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #14

Free Agents: 1 - Team 10: 3

We weren't able to follow up on last week's success as Team 10 took three of four from us. We got off to a slow start in the opening game while our opponents had the hot hand. We spotted them a handicap of 105 and they beat us without it. With the handicap, it was a crushing 143-pin defeat. That gave us a tall mountain to climb for anything better than a split.

We evened the series by winning the second game and our 94-pin margin of victory gave us a fair shot at pulling out a 3-1 series victory. We would have to win the third game by at least 50 pins to earn the point for total pinfall.

Unfortunately, Team 10 wasn't very cooperative in the final game. Our performance tailed off and they nearly beat us scratch as they did in the first game. With the handicap, it was a 100-pin defeat and we finished with only the point from winning the second game.

Entering the night, our record for the season was 32-20 which put us in fifth place. We were five points behind the league leaders, 5Ft Nothins, and three points from second place. Now our record is 33-23 and we likely slipped in the standings.

   Free Agents         Team 10
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     711    0   711      749  105   854
2     873    0   873      674  105   779
3     696    0   696      691  105   796
T    2334    0  2334     2429  315  2429

WEEK 14   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 169 189 175  533  36  7080 196.7 258  664  15   4   5
Mark     171 288 202  661  42  8150 194.0 288  661  16   7   5
Will     201 198 176  575  42  8309 197.8 268  690  17   6   6
Kimlang  170 198 197  565  42  8313 197.9 253  658  18   6   6
Total    711 873 750 2334 162 31852 196.6 931 2512  66  23  22