1st Charles Reinke's performance wasn't as dominating as some he's had in the past, but the 4-1 +126 record was still good for first place in a field of thirteen players where nobody went undefeated. He was thrown into the fire early with a tough two-on-one match against Mark Kenas and Thomas Reinke. He escaped with a 424-410 win against Mark, playing a single bingo of BESAINT#, but fell well short against his brother, losing 341-447 with his only bingo being SALTIES. Charles' bingo totals started trending upwards as he played two (ENEMIES, UNVARIED) in a 422-327 victory over Lynda Finn, then played four (REALITY, DIABETES, OLEFINS, EGOSURFS#) in a high-scoring 527-453 bout against Mark Kenas, who played ROUTHIER# and TERMINI. Facing the undefeated Dennis Lloyd in the final round, Charles held on for a 415-366 win, thanks to finds of HELOTAGE and PANOCHES (Dennis had VARIOLAS).
Dennis Lloyd went 3-1 +317, scoring well above 400 in each of his wins. He got down his first triple-triple since 2023 when he deployed LUSTIEST for 122 points in a round-one win against James Rollins, 440-318. Dennis also had EARNERS in that game, while James had TREATIES. A game against Ron Malzer required no triple-triples for Dennis to win, 458-275, although a 92-point phony EXCELING* certainly helped. Not content with just a single triple-triple for the evening, Dennis played another one, PRENATAL for 140, in a 483-422 victory against Andy Bohnsack (PRENATAL presumably occurred sometime after his challenged-off phony of PALANTIR*, which is an orb from the Lord of the Rings which possessed dangerous yet alluring magical properties). This victory disrupts a recent streak in which Andy had won ten of the last eleven against Dennis. Sadly, Dennis' night ended not with an undefeated record, but a 366-415 loss to Charles Reinke.
3rd Sara McLaughlin overcame a large first-round loss to win her next three and go 3-1 -137. Sara would not have been blamed if she had simply walked out the door after losing to Lynda Finn 285-541, but her perseverence was rewarded with wins in each of her next three games. She defeated Andy Bohnsack 403-369 with a bingo find of STORIES, overcoming Andy's TRAIPSES and PROWING*. Round three saw her fight to a 393-361 win against Dora Kilburn; Sara was again outbingoed, but this time it was her turn to phony, as she played AGONISER* (real word: ORGANISE) to Dora's REASONER and STRANGER. Sara wrapped things up with a 418-365 triumph over Helen Flores, getting BALDIES and RENTING.
Notable was a game between Lynda Finn and Ron Malzer where both players bingoed with LATRINES. Since this is a professionally-penned writeup, the opportunity for potty humor will pass by untaken.
The highly-contested battle for top spot in the yearly standings is now at a deadlock as both Thomas and Charles have identical 66.7% winning percentages. To achieve total statistical purity, Thomas and Charles will no longer play any opponent other than each other for the remainder of the club season.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | TRAWLING PILFERED DESTINES FENCERS DELUSORY OUTRIGS ANTIGEN DEVOLVE DIVERSE ABLATOR SACRARIA athletas |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | SALTIES ENEMIES UNVARIED REALITY DIABETES OLEFINS HELOTAGE PANOCHES besaint egosurfs |
| Andy Bohnsack | 10 | TARRIEST ALEURON TRAIPSES DEMOTES MUSTARD GLOVERS RATINGS DETESTS prowing isology |
| Mark Kenas | 8 | PIPEAGES SLURRIED DYSURIA TERMINI TOWNSITE polings routhier nerines |
| Dennis Lloyd | 7 | EARNERS LUSTIEST(3x3) RAILERS TANNERY PRENATAL(3x3) VARIOLAS exceling |
| Lynda Finn | 7 | TINDERS LOGGIER TAENIAE AVIATION DELUSION LATRINES KNIGHTED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 6 | DEMOTES SONNIES MISKEEP YEARLIES ADIOSES latisol |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | FISSATE LINTERS DOLLIED DREAMER RUNDLES agaroth |
| James Rollins | 5 | TREATIES ANODISES SULTANIC SORBATE PERCEIVE |
| Sara McLaughlin | 4 | STORIES BALDIES RENTING agoniser |
| Ron Malzer | 4 | LIKEABLE LATRINES SOLDIER shoulds |
| Dora Kilburn | 3 | BURNOUT REASONER STRANGER |
| Helen Flores | 2 | REVENUES SEIZING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High Games | |
| 561 | Thomas Reinke |
| 541 | Lynda Finn |
| 527 | Charles Reinke |
| 483 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 476 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.4 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2 | Mark Kenas |
| 1.75 | Dennis Lloyd |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 88 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 78 | Charles Reinke |
| 78 | Mark Kenas |
| 78 | Thomas Reinke |
| 77 | Richard Lauder |
| High Averages | |
| 454 | Thomas Reinke |
| 437 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 429 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 426 | Charles Reinke |
| 425 | Lynda Finn |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 351 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 354 | Thomas Reinke |
| 358 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 384 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 387 | James Rollins |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 140 | PRENATAL | Dennis Lloyd |
| 122 | LUSTIEST | Dennis Lloyd |
| 94 | DIVERSE | Thomas Reinke |
| 93 | REALITY | Charles Reinke |
| 92 | exceling | Dennis Lloyd |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 395 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 395 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 442 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 348 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
Wednesday, August 13:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, August 20:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, August 27:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, September 3:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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