HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #24

Free Agents: 1 - Blood Money 3

Dietrich was out of action for a second consecutive week following a hand injury. This was a series we could have won but we weren't sharp this night with the exception of Kimlang's outstanding 268 in the final game. Unfortunately, Kimlang didn't get any help from the rest of the team and we came up six pins short of earning a split.

This has been a rough week for me. My mom passed away Wednesday morning and my mind has been in a fog since then. I bowled 501 Friday and 496 Monday. I hate bowling like this.

  Free Agents         Blood Money
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     724    0   724      614   95   709
2     745    0   745      694   95   789
3     799    0   799      709   95   804
T    2268    0  2268     2017  285  2302

WEEK 24   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600 700
Dietrich 194 194 194  582  57 11089 194.5 257  670  24   8   6   0
Mark     186 159 182  527  72 14334 199.1 288  696  29  10  11   0
Will     173 205 155  533  69 13209 191.4 268  290  22  10   6   0
Kimlang  171 187 268  626  72 14361 199.5 268  715  33   9  11   1
Total    724 745 799 2268 270 52993 196.3 931 2512 108  37  34   1

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HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #23

Free Agents: 0 - Team 14: 4

Week #23 brought us a tough challenge. Our scores have been down and we've fallen into a slump just as we face the top team in the league. That would be Matt Kish and his mates with a record of 13-3. Our record stood at 8-8 after losing 7 of our last 8.

Dietrich was out of action again this week so the challenge became even greater. Unfortunately, this would not be the night we pulled out of our slump. We hovered right around our average in the first two games and we shot well in the third but it wasn't enough to earn a single point. Our opponents were on their game and we weren't able to keep up. The sweep left us spiraling toward the cellar with a 1-11 record over the past three weeks.

  Free Agents         Team 14
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     782    0   782      775   54   829
2     786    0   786      770   54   824
3     828    0   828      783   54   837
T    2396    0  2396     2328  162  2490

WEEK 23   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600 700
Dietrich 194 194 194  582  57 11089 194.5 257  670  24   8   6   0
Mark     225 245 186  656  69 13807 200.1 288  696  29  10  11   0
Will     177 143 236  556  66 12676 192.1 268  290  21  10   6   0
Kimlang  186 204 212  602  69 13735 199.1 253  715  32   9  10   1
Total    782 786 828 2396 261 51307 196.6 931 2512 106  37  33   1

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #22

Free Agents: 1 - Make It Happen: 3

Make It Happen made it happen and we were nearly swept for the second consecutive week. Dietrich and Kimlang rescued us with a couple of big scores in the final to pull out a win. Our once promising second half start is but a faded memory as we're now in eighteenth place with a record of 8-8.

There's no doubt we've hit a bump in the road. However, there's still plenty of time to pull it back together. Next week we'll take on league leading Team 14.  It's not likely we'll earn any wins against Matt Kish's squad if we continue putting up scores like 728. We'll have to turn it up a notch or two to get back on track.


  Free Agents         Make It Happen
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     728    0   728      719  116   835
2     728    0   728      620  116   736
3     794    0   794      662  116   778
T    2250    0  2250     2001  348  2349

WEEK 22   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600 700
Dietrich 162 152 224  543  57 11089 194.5 257  670  24   8   6   0
Mark     195 191 190  576  66 13151 199.3 288  696  27  10  10   0
Will     208 170 146  524  63 12120 192.4 268  690  20   9   6   0
Kimlang  158 215 234  607  66 13133 199.0 253  715  30   9   9   1
Total    728 728 794 2250 252 49493 196.4 931 2512 101  36  31   1

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #21

Free Agents: 0 - No Ketchup: 4

The momentum we built the two previous weeks hit a roadblock called No Ketchup. We showed up in second place with a record of 7-1 but on this night we found ourselves on the wrong end of a sweep  There was an opportunity to win the first game but we fell ten pins short. I don't know if that loss took the wind out of our sails but we were beaten soundly in the next two games.

Our second half record fell to 7-5 and we slipped from second place to a three-way tie for fifteenth place. We can't afford too many nights like this one if we intend to win the league championship.

  Free Agents         No Ketchup
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     761    0   761      664  107   771
2     805    0   805      744  107   851
3     728    0   728      678  107   785
T    2294    0  2294     2086  321  2407

WEEK 21   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600 700
Dietrich 160 211 201  572  54 10546 195.3 257  670  23   8   6   0
Mark     233 256 194  683  60 12575 199.6 288  696  27   9  10   0
Will     186 172 178  536  57 11596 193.3 268  690  19   8   6   0
Kimlang  182 166 155  503  60 12526 198.8 253  715  28   9   8   1
Total    761 805 728 2295 240 47243 196.9 931 2512  97  35  30   1