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1st Bryan Benwitz went undefeated for the second straight week, finishing at 4-0 +532. He flattened Charles Reinke in the first round, 546-299, finding MATURERS, PASTINA, ISOLATE, and SPREADER. A subsequent match against another player suspiciously named Reinke also ended in victory for Bryan, 424-400, and again, Bryan came out ahead in the all-important "number if bingos" stat, playing three (RELEVES, ECOTOURS, YESSIREE), to Thomas one (PRALINES). The winning continued with a 432-340 victory over Lynda Finn, although Bryan's bingo output in that game (ASTERIA, MARLINS) was slightly less demoralizing for his opponent than his other games were. Bryan secured his perfect record by defeating Dennis Lloyd 486-317, finding BRAIZES, STRIVED, and PINNULE along the way.

2nd Lynda Finn went 4-1 +323 and made progress towards building up her yearly average with a 407 average game score. Despite letting a phony OUCHIES* get by her (OWIE and BOOBOO but no OUCHIE*), Lynda prevailed in her round-one match against Dennis Lloyd, 398-291. Round two saw Lynda awarded the privilege (punishment?) of playing two games at once, and it worked out quite well for her, as she defeated Sara McLaughlin 404-309 and Dora Kilburn 469-271. Lynda played TRAINED and the odd-looking HETMANS against Sara; DIRTIEST, SANDIER, and WONDERED were her bingos against Dora. A 340-432 loss to Bryan Benwitz put Lynda's plans of world domination on temporary pause, but those plans were fully revived with a 422-407 win over Charles Reinke in the final round. Lynda got down SCANDIAS and BRAILLED, while Charles had COUNTIES and ATTACKED.

1st Bryan Benwitz returned to his winning ways with a 4-0 +431 record. He saved his best for first as he torpedoed Dave Kinzer in round one, 564-373; SEEDING, SEAMIER, TELERAN, and a 149-point 3x3 of NOTIFIED were his bingos. His next game was a lot closer, squeaking by Charles Reinke with bingos of GEOIDAL and BISTABLE for a 416-411 win. Cruelly thrown back into the Reinke arena for round three, Bryan once again emerged victorious, with the final tally of 467-336 being quite decisive in Bryan's favor. Crafty finds of VORTEXES and ARTISTRY contribued to the pulverisation, while Thomas stemmed the bleading with the three-I INSIPID and the nine-letter TREADLERS. Bryan finished his clean sweep with a 457-353 win against Helen Flores, playing the odd-but-valid BEDIAPER in addition to MORTICES (Helen found GLORIES and ELISION).

2nd Charles Reinke's 2-2 +246 record was sufficient for second place, with only six players interrupting their spring break to play Scrabble; we assume everybody else was on a party bus en route to South Beach. Having no party-bus-related distractions, Charles won his first game against Thomas Reinke, utilizing his Collins knowledge to play STAIRED#, GANOINE#, and FOVEATED in a 463-362 win. A 411-416 loss to Bryan Benwitz in round two was immediately followed by an upset 355-423 loss to Helen Flores. Helen got down RINSERS, INVITEES, and EMENDER while ending a losing streak that had persisted for over a year, and was last seen piloting a plane over the Madison area trailing a message that reads "I beat a twin". Charles turned things around for the final game, soundly defeating Sara McLaughlin 555-337 with his own avalanche of bingos: ANGARIES, ENDNOTE, BLANKIE, and CISTERN (extended correctly to CISTERNA and then incorrectly to CISTERNAS* - CISTERNAE and CISTERNAL are the valid extensions).

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.