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1st Andy Bohnsack overcame snow, wind, raucous Yu-Gi-Oh players, the wafting smell of delicious pizza, and untold hundreds of other obstacles in order to finish with a 490 per-game average, a perfect 4-0 record, and a towering spread total of +533. Andy was unstoppable almost from the very first play, with his round-one game against Sara McLaughlin ending in decisive victory, 517-319. Andy's winning effort was blemished by a phony LATRILE* (LAETRILE is the correct spelling), played alongside the valid OVERLIES, TINAMOUS, and HERBIEST. Andy's bingo output took a hit in round two, but his singular CITOLAS was still enough to take the win against Helen Flores, 437-374. The bingos flowed freely once again in the following game, as Andy slammed four more of them (NEONATE, AURICLES, STANING, IODATES) onto the board in a 517-326 win against Lynda Finn. The final feather in Andy's feather-festooned cap was a big 488-407 win against Thomas Reinke, where STEARIC, LEGATING, and SEAPORT were added to Andy's already overflowing list of bingos (new double-length scorecards with extra room for recording one's bingos are being printed as we speak).

2nd Dennis Lloyd reversed some recent 1-3 performances with a solid 3-1 +255 outing. Dennis did not seem to be destined for success after round one, which was a tough 273-429 loss to Helen Flores, who held Dennis bingoless while playing TOWNIES and TRUSTEE for herself. However, Dennis immediately turned things around with a 498-292 win versus Sara McLaughlin, having learned from Helen the foolproof technique of "bingo infinity times more often than your opponent" (Sara did not bingo while Dennis had DEIFIES and DILUTED; the math definitely checks out and should not be unnecessarily scrutinized). In round three, Dennis finally put a stop to a lengthy losing streak against Bryan Benwitz, once again holding his opponent bingoless and playing two of his own (WAGERER, PRODUCED) in a 392-335 win. Dennis picked up his third and final win against visiting Iowite Jordan Barger, 462-314; initially being from North Carolina, Dennis receives a pass for not displaying the expected levels of Wisconsinian hospitality.

1st Charles Reinke recovered the high-scoring, no-losing form he displayed earlier in the club season, averaging 488 points per game with a spotless 5-0 +499 record. He started with a vengeful 528-388 win against lifelong enemy Thomas Reinke, getting OUTWRITE as a triple-triple for 113 points, as well as RENATURE and TANSIES. Switching back to the American dictionary, Charles prevailed against Dennis Lloyd despite Dennis' 103-point SAVORED (Charles found CONTUSE and EROTICAS). In round three, Charles faced a very tough two-on-one match against Bryan Benwitz and Andy Bohnsack (who decides these pairings anyway?), but managed to win both. His game against Bryan was especially close, and each of his three bingos (MURIATED, SENATOR, RAPINES) was sorely needed, as the final total of 441-435 can attest. Charles' 485-349 win over Andy was not quite as stressful, and featured bingos aplenty: DHARNAS, ABIOTIC, SUPEREGO for Charles, ORDINAL, GRIEVES, STRIDENT for Andy. The perfect five-and-oh was achieved when Charles matched up against his brother and mostly repeated the carnage of the first game with a 540-388 win, finding bingos of PONCHOS, SAUTOIRE, QUAERES, and TONTINE.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 with a hefty +536 spread and averaging a season-best 475 per game. He rocketed past the 500-point mark with a 550-335 win against Ron Malzer in round one, aided by bingos of SUBTYPE, AIRSIDES, and COLLAGEN (Ron was not content to be left out of the fun, adding REALIGN and REALIST). A high-powered matchup against Andy Bohnsack in round two resulted in a lopsided 444-315 win for Bryan, thanks to TUSSARS and FLOWERET. The aforementioned 435-441 loss to Charles Reinke put to rest Bryan's hopes of an undefeated night. Bryan took this disappointment at the ruination of his plans and channeled it into a commanding 469-271 victory over Sara McLaughlin in the final round, although he showed some restraint by bingoing "only" twice with REGROUPS and SULLIES.

 3rd Thomas Reinke finished at 3-1 +263, beating every opponent with whom he did not share a last name. Deep in the hole early with a 388-528 loss to his brother, Thomas dug himself out (and then some) with a two-on-one contest in the second round. His 462-330 win against Ron Malzer was substantial, but his 576-347 victory over Lynda Finn could appropriately be called "massive". Thomas' inclination towards bingos was more like an obsession, as he made five such plays: ACONITES, ERELONG, BRIQUET, FROGLETS, and INTERMIT. Lynda added AWARDEES. Thomas won big yet again when he played three bingos (TUREENS, STEARINS, PEDDLING) while defeating Dave Kinzer 511-317. But his fortune ran out there when he lost to his brother in the final round, 388-540, although his bingos of BENADRYL and the Collins-only misprint-looking abomination of RETRAITT# were more fun than the average bingo.

1st Thomas Reinke prevailed over all attendees hardy enough to brave the unfriendly weather, finishing 4-0 +160. Thomas dealt major damage to his twin in the first round when their Collins-lexicon clash ended 511-400 in Thomas' favor. The bingo list was lengthy as Thomas got down EUSOCIAL, NOMINATE, ELEGIAC, and TOETOES#, to Charles' IMPUGNED and WURZELS. A rematch in round three was less of a bingo bonanza, with Thomas getting down a singular PETITES, but it was again Thomas' win, 404-389. Thomas similarly was able to claim victories against the club's other top players; 480-423 was his winning score against Andy Bohnsack (playing SORDINI and ORIGANUM), and against Bryan Benwitz, he reversed a recent losing streak with a 442-406 win (playing BOTTOMED and ROUSTED).

2nd Richard Lauder's strong 3-1 outing got him above .500 on the year in addition to a writeup paragraph of impeccable journalistic quality. He began his evening with a strong 392-306 win over Dennis Lloyd, finding SUNDAES to Dennis' REMOVER. Richard has now won nine of the last eleven against Dennis. In round two, Richard and his forty years of high-level Scrabble play went up against James Rollins' four weeks of high-level Scrabble play, and the result was a 361-322 win for Richard, marred by Richard's phony THEREINS* (James got down SARDINE). Richard needed no phonies to prevail in this third-round match against Andy Bohnsack, getting OPIATES in a 404-267 victory. But it all came crashing down in the fourth round as Richard's glimmering vision of a 4-0 night was stomped out of existence by the bootheel of one Charles Reinke: their game ended with a score of 235 for Richard to Charles' 489.

Dennis' creative SLAPDASH was word of the week.