1st The long-suffering Mark Kenas, cursed for eternity to only play games in the international Collins lexicon, finally broke through the barrier that his twin tormentors present him on a weekly basis, finishing 4-0 +267. His perfect record stands in stark opposition to his 0-4 effort the week before. Mark started off strong with a 486-399 win against Charles Reinke, getting SERAPHIN and DISMALER to Charles' heavy-hitting IMBIBERS for 106 (a word which would have been more relevant last week, when we played at a bar). Mark followed that up with his big win of the night, a 510-406 slugfest against Thomas Reinke where, again, Mark was able to turn away a high-scoring opponent bingo (this time, EFTSOON for 106) with some of his own (SPEARMEN, OUTTRICK, INOSITE). Another big win against Charles followed, 488-441, this time with Mark finding DENOTING, MOSSING, and UNHIVED#. Perfection was attained when Mark downed Thomas in the final round, 423-394, appending three more bingos to his sizable list of bonus plays: TRIMERIC, ANALECTS, and AUNTLIKE.
2nd Bryan Benwitz topped 400 in all his games as he went 3-1 +304, nudging up his yearly win percentage by just a little bit as we head into the last few months of the club season. Bryan's first round match against Ron Malzer went exactly to plan with a big 452-367 victory, supplemented by bingos of NUTRIAS and ATTENDS. Another solid win followed as Bryan felled Sara McLaughlin 414-319, getting SLINGER to her CAMERAS. Bryan kicked into high gear in round three with his highest score of the night, a 467-324 win against Lynda Finn. Bryan got TAMEINS, SLANDER, and the crafty OOMIAKS (an alternate spelling of our beloved UMIAQ) as his bingos. A 4-0 outing was in grasp heading into the last round, but Bryan fell just a bit short of Andy Bohnsack, playing one bingo (DIALIST) in a 401-420 defeat.
3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2 (or "three and Mark") with a +356 spread total. A 399-486 loss to Mark at the outset was a bad omen, but a good omen quickly arrived to supplant the bad one as Charles proceeded to defeat Richard Lauder 458-330. Charles found ICICLES and INFORMER in that one, while Richard had SULTANA. In round three, Charles played a two-on-one and split the pair, losing to Mark 441-488 but winning against Andy Bohnsack, 469-356 (Charles had the straightforward GIRASOL and AUDITED, while Andy had the flashier HETAERIC). The best was saved for last as Charles romped in round four, defeating Lynda Finn 508-259 on the back of INKPOTS and BESTIAL.
| Bingos | ||
| Mark Kenas | 11 | SERAPHIN DISMALER SPEARMEN OUTTRICK INOSITE DENOTING MOSSING UNHIVED# TRIMERIC ANALECTS AUNTLIKE |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | IMBIBERS ICICLES INFORMER KARAITS# BRAVEST GIRASOL AUDITED INKPOTS BESTIAL |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | NUTRIAS ATTENDS SLINGER TAMEINS OOMIAKS SLANDER DIALIST |
| Thomas Reinke | 6 | EFTSOON NOTECASE LYRISTS PLEBEIAN ETHANOLS GALEATE |
| Lynda Finn | 5 | DARINGLY BEANIES OUTDRIVE SUPINATE ASTERIA |
| Andy Bohnsack | 5 | DEADLIEST CUTESIER HETAERIC ANOTHER OVERSAW |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | ARTISTIC SULTANA EXALTERS SORBETS antedora |
| Sara McLaughlin | 4 | PENISES CAMERAS FEMINIST GAUNTLET |
| Helen Flores | 4 | VENTURES CORONETS LAGGERS BLINDING |
| Ron Malzer | 4 | DUELING TINKLES HORNIER SISTERS |
| David Kinzer | 2 | WORRIED RIVALED |
| High Games | |
| 544 | Thomas Reinke |
| 510 | Mark Kenas |
| 509 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 508 | Charles Reinke |
| 488 | Mark Kenas |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Mark Kenas |
| 1.8 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.25 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 1.25 | Richard Lauder |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 90 | Thomas Reinke |
| 82 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 82 | Charles Reinke |
| 76 | Mark Kenas |
| 76 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Averages | |
| 477 | Mark Kenas |
| 455 | Charles Reinke |
| 434 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 397 | Thomas Reinke |
| 395 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 349 | David Kinzer |
| 358 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 358 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 371 | Lynda Finn |
| 381 | Richard Lauder |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 106 | EFTSOON | Thomas Reinke |
| 106 | IMBIBERS | Charles Reinke |
| 103 | BRAVEST | Charles Reinke |
| 98 | ETHANOLS | Thomas Reinke |
| 94 | OUTTRICK | Mark Kenas |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 386 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 435 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 336 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
Wednesday, December 31:
NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE
Wednesday, January 7:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 14:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Saturday, January 24:
Madison Scrabble Club Party and Tournament
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