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Thomas Reinke Plays Bingo of the Millenium, His Three Wins Were Secondary

1st Thomas Reinke had three wins with an impressive 455 cumulative.  He played OMOPHAGIA for 112 (a double-double through OP) in a 522-349 victory versus a stunned Lynda Finn.  Omophagia is defined as "the eating of raw flesh", but I'm having some problems tying that in to Scrabble, so if you want a pun you'll have to come up with one yourself.  One 500-point game not being enough, Thomas also scored 505 against Andy Bohnsack, unleashing the words FLAILING, TWEETING, and CONENOSE (the more plausible-sounding NOSECONE being phony).

2nd Shayla Dunn also went 3-1.  In the closest game of the night, she notched a close 444-438 win vs. Charles Reinke, playing IODINES and the nice FREEBIE, before falling to the other Reinke twin.

3rd Charles Reinke was held to a "mere" five bingos, but still managed to go 3-1 +54.  His lone bingo of PORTRAYS was enough to take down Peter Schmiedicke's ONETIME in a 407-369 win.

Betty Hasselkus Takes Intermediates to School

1st Betty Hasselkus was the only undefeated player in the group, going 4-0 +286.  She was the only Intermediate player to get a bingo down, playing one in each game: FLOATERS, GREETED, FALLERS, and LOOTERS.

2nd Barb Besadny went 1-2 -72, her win being against Sue Goldstein 338-320.

3rd June Scott was also 1-2, with a -194 spread.  She beat the aformenetioned Barb Besadny with a score of 355-295.

BRYAN BENWITZ BREEZES ALONG AT BARNES & NOBLE

1st - Bryan Benwitz successfully battled to a 4-0 +364 night to top a field of 12 experts. His closest encounter was a narrow 23 point win in a 378-355 encounter with Andy Bohnsack.

2nd- Andy Bohnsack's 3-1 +333 took second, his big game his opening 488-371 with Lynda Finn. Andy also played the word-of-the week, when he played BRULYIES, the Y in that word being a blank. A BRULYIE (or BRULZIE) is a loud quarrel.

3rd- Richard Lauder's 3-1 +100 garnered 3rd.  Richard was handed his first game win at 411-375 when Peter Schmiedicke mistakenly tried hooking a D to WOE as a go-out play.  Woe was Peter.

Mary Becker scored an amazing 106 points with a five letter  AZURE play in her game with Helen Flores.

HARWINDER DOWD TOPS INTERMEDIATES WITH 1-1 +39

1st -Hardwinder Dowd returned from a long hiatus, and with her 1-1 +39 finished in 1st place. Welcome back Harwinder!

2nd - June Scott's 1-2 record was enough to edge out Sue Goldstein for 2nd place this evening.

3rd- Sue Goldstein came early and toughed out the full four games, and her final tally of 1-3 -334 giving her the final position of the three Intermediates. Sue's last game was with expert Peter Schmiedicke. Sue survived with her sense of humor intact to be able to soldier on with us on another day.

Bryan Benwitz wins the three way scrabbleoff and is bingo king with 10 bingos.