1st Andy Bohnsack fully recovered from his slow start to the 2026 club season with a dominant 5-0 +452 performance. In round one, he administered a severe whupping to last year's club champion, beating Thomas Reinke 417-296 and finding WATERBUS and RUINABLE in the process (note that the total of two bingos Andy played in that game would end up being his lowest single-game bingo total of the night). A regularly-scheduled bout against Bryan Benwitz was well-fought, but the end result was another Andy win, 477-435, thanks to RIVALED, DEBONAIR, and DETRAIN. A two-on-one match against both Dennis Lloyd and Lynda Finn resulted in more bingos and more wins for Andy: against Dennis, Andy cruised to a 516-324 win (FOLKIEST, TURNSOLE, OESTRONE), while his game against Lynda ended 442-373 in his favor (COADIES, TENERS, EPIGEES* [APOGEAN, EPIGEAN, APOGEES, no EPIGEES*]). Andy put the fifth and final jewel in his crown with a 464-436 victory against Charles Reinke, finding LINGUIST, LAMBASTE, and LEOPARDS (what's with all the L's?) to Charles' UTOPIST, PREVAILS, and DETONATE.
2nd Thomas Reinke finished 3-2 +275. It was a slow start for him as Andy Bohnsack dispatched him early, 296-417, but he immediately recovered with a 475-317 trouncing of Mark Kenas, finding DALGYTES# and BOURREE. A round three encounter against Bryan Benwitz ended in sad defeat, 388-446, despite bingos of CORSAIRS and ENTHETIC (Bryan one-upped him with ESTUARY, IBOGAINE, and DOUTING). To end the evening, Thomas found himself in a two-on-one match; Mark Kenas was sent away with ease for the second time, 541-294, while Dennis Lloyd put up more of a fight but still lost, 413-364. Across those two games, Thomas had bingos of SNEERED, RIPENED, FLAVOUR, RANCORED, and ESTRIOL.
3rd Lynda Finn enjoyed a 2-1 +140 record, her late arrival preventing her from getting a third win and sneaking into second place. She welcomed newcomer Jennifer with her first-ever (but hopefully not last-ever) club loss, 390-309. Lynda paid for this lack of midwestern hospitality with a 373-442 loss to Andy Bohnsack, putting her losing streak against Andy at nine games. In her last game, she won big against Kelsey Stanczak, 410-282, thanks to her bingo of GUILTIER.
Bryan's REUPTAKE was word of the week.
| Andy Bohnsack | 5-0 +452 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-2 +275 |
| Lynda Finn | 2-1 +140 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +93 |
| Richard Lauder | 2-2 +36 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 2-2 +1 |
| Mark Kenas | 2-2 -187 |
| Charles Reinke | 1-4 -209 |
| Jennifer Tibbetts | 0-1 -81 |
| Kelsey Stanczak | 0-3 -520 |
| Beth Amos | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 383 | 350 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Bader | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 458 | 397 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Reinke | 75.8 | 94 | 30 | 0 | 446 | 386 | 296 | 2.39 | 4 | 1.4 | 16 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 68.7 | 57 | 26 | 0 | 432 | 376 | 171 | 2.06 | 3 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Charles Reinke | 60.9 | 75 | 48 | 1 | 439 | 403 | 279 | 2.25 | 4 | 1.4 | 16 |
| Steve Hartsman | 60.1 | 49 | 32 | 3 | 415 | 389 | 142 | 1.69 | 11 | 7.7 | 4 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 59 | 62 | 43 | 0 | 425 | 392 | 222 | 2.11 | 10 | 4.5 | 13 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 58.3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 384 | 390 | 15 | 1.25 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 |
| Howard Pistol | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 400 | 395 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 |
| David Kinzer | 47.1 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 370 | 383 | 62 | 0.91 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 45.6 | 35 | 42 | 3 | 375 | 384 | 100 | 1.25 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Lynda Finn | 44.9 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 377 | 397 | 89 | 1.29 | 6 | 6.7 | 5 |
| Ed Nawrocki | 44 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 370 | 380 | 67 | 1.34 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 |
| James Rollins | 43.8 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 380 | 391 | 90 | 1.61 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Richard Lauder | 43.4 | 49 | 64 | 1 | 368 | 398 | 177 | 1.55 | 11 | 6.2 | 3 |
| Mark Kenas | 41.7 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 423 | 438 | 90 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake DeSwarte | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 355 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Malzer | 37.5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 356 | 413 | 12 | 0.75 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 |
| John Bialek | 34.6 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 354 | 389 | 32 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vacharat | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 346 | 364 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Helen Flores | 33.1 | 26 | 53 | 1 | 347 | 399 | 63 | 0.79 | 4 | 6.3 | 1 |
| Dora Kilburn | 31.6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 301 | 363 | 9 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chani Katz | 28.6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 360 | 411 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Ormand | 27.8 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 330 | 365 | 31 | 0.86 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Loden | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 273 | 313 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Edwards | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 303 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn McDonald | 8.7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 259 | 359 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| Jennifer Tibbetts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 309 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelsey Stanczak | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake W | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 238 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bingos| Andy Bohnsack | 14 | WATERBUS RUINABLE RIVALED DEBONAIR DETRAIN FOLKIEST TURNSOLE OESTRONE COADIES TENTERS
LINGUIST LAMBASTE LEOPARDS epigees |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | DALGYTES BOURREE CORSAIRS ENTHETIC SNEERED RIPENED FLAVOUR RANCORED ESTRIOL |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | TUATERA GANGSTER OXTAILS HALENESS ESTUARY IBOGAINE DOUTING REUPTAKE LADRONES |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | COONTIE UNICORN TRIAGED DENARII ANTERIOR VEALIER UTOPIST PREVAILS DETONATE |
| Mark Kenas | 6 | SHEAFING UNROPED SOSATIE DIORAMIC UNRESTS AERATORS |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | SEXTAIN COUNSEL PALADIN STAYING DEVOURS |
| Richard Lauder | 4 | COLDEST SENATOR LATEENS RANDIES |
| Lynda Finn | 3 | LEGENDS HOOTING GUILTIER |
| 29-Jul: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 5-Aug: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 12-Aug: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 19-Aug: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games |
