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).

Experts
Bryan Benwitz4-0 +431
Charles Reinke2-2 +246
Thomas Reinke2-2 -26
Helen Flores2-2 -39
Sara McLaughlin1-3 -233
David Kinzer1-3 -379
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Thomas Reinke70.41526404493975092.365711.230
Charles Reinke671467204493985062.325310.527
Bryan Benwitz66.41256314363733892.0692.30
Andy Bohnsack61.6955914183863122.01103.211
Steve Hartsman56.3534114063881571.65106.43
Lynda Finn52.9746603893862011.444211
Randall 5011029737410.5000
Mary Parrish5022035340451.25000
Richard Lauder47.7727913783982401.58166.70
Dennis Lloyd45587103703971701.3274.16
James Rollins40.517250360383431.02370
Carol Ormand4010150320370160.64000
Mark Kenas39.1548404294512822.0462223
David Kinzer36.938650359388760.7445.30
Ron Malzer36.416280354414420.9524.80
Sara McLaughlin355610403563981300.8132.30
Chloe 33.312027839500000
Ed Nawrocki306140362383241.214.20
Helen Flores29.4409603494051150.8554.30
Kelsey Stanczak15.4211026139730.23000
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Dora Kilburn8.72210300390160.7000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Buffy Hogan004033542310.25000
Ryan Adams004032138900000
Kimberly 001026236600000
Jessica Pasch002029634700000
Alison Jennings003022032600000
Intermediates

Bingos
Bryan Benwitz10SEEDING SEAMIER TELERAN NOTIFIED GEOIDAL BISTABLE VORTEXES ARTISTRY BEDIAPER MORTICES
Charles Reinke9FOVEATED STRANDS DOCENTS CISTERN ANGARIES ENDNOTE BLANKIE staired ganoine
Thomas Reinke6OMITTERS ISATINE TOONIES INSIPID TREADLERS SLANGIER
Helen Flores6RETAILED RINSERS INVITEES EMENDER GLORIES ELISION
Sara McLaughlin3DANCERS ORATION REGRESS
David Kinzer2TITTERS DROWNERS
31-Dec: NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE7-Jan: Scrabble at Covenant Church14-Jan: Scrabble at Covenant Church21-Jan: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games