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S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F Kegler Chronicle INTEREST: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 2, 2014

 Playoff Pride?  Eliminated Chase for the ...  Playoff For- mat With week 10 coming to a hungry eyes. They are 1 pressure to take a two game completion, it’s time hold on first place. The surprise to start thinking about team of the year, Bumpers Need- the playoffs. Playoffs? ed, have recently relinquished Playoffs? When does their hold on 1st place. Last that begin. Well there year’s league champs, Strikes for are 6 weeks remaining Reps find themselves in 3rd until they begin. Let’s place. Danny & the Miracles hold check out the race as a slim one game lead over TFD we begin with the and Lack of Pinterest for the 4th annoying phrase, “If and final spot in the playoffs. the playoffs were to After that Smac Talk and Wreck- begin today.” ing Balls are just off the pace. In the Ernie Get Ready for the Chase When looking at the McCracken division Split standings, the interesting thing is I N S I D E Happens are running away with out of the playoffs. After 5th that everyone except for No Pins THIS ISSUE: the No. 1 position. Herrre’s place there are 3 teams just 3 Intended are pretty much still in Eladio’s? week 10 sweep pro- out of the hunt. The Pow- the race. So start fine tuning Week 10 pelled them to the 2nd spot. erful Pick Up Artists and two your games and make your push Recap Mine’s in the Gutter hold a slim newcomers in That’s How We into the 1st ever ESPN League Roll and The Achievers. Week 11Re- ½ game advantage for 3rd place playoffs. view and Duckpin Dynasty is hanging Over in the Roy Mun- on for 4th place. The Black Ball- son Division, Diversity Personi- The Good, ers are eyeing 4th place with fied has recently applied some Bad and Ugly

Wood ‘n’ Tap Challenge … Power Rankings The playoffs begin in the second place teams week as the two win- week 17. Here are the will play the third place ning teams from week details. The top four teams. In Week 18 the 18 will face off for the teams in each division winners of the 1-4 league title. Week 20 will make the playoffs. matchup will play the will be the March Mad- In week 17 each first winners of the 2-3 ness . place team will play the matchup. Week 19 will fourth place team, while be the championship VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8 P A G E 2 Week 10 Recap

Lanes 1-2 Black Ballers 3-1 Bumpers Needed Mine’s in the Gutter 1-3 Smac Talk Jesse Lewis continues to lead Black Ballers MitG just hanging on for the playoffs while Smac charge. Bumpers Needed slip a little, but still Talk are making strides to get in. in charge of their own destiny.

Lanes 3-4 Lanes 15-16 Herrre’s Eladio! 4-0 Danny & the Miracles No Pin Intended 3-1 Strikes for Reps H.E. solidifying their playoff position. Danny Big night for NPI as they surprise the reign- and the Miracles faith wavering. ing champs. Strikes for Reps need to re- bound next week.

Lanes 5-6 Lanes 17-18 (25-26) Dazed & Confused 0-4 Franks & Burgers Name change has everyone confused. Slow Your Roll 1-3 Diversity Personified Franks & Burgers climbing out of cellar and Lane breakdown may have played a roll in loss. into playoff contention with sweep

Lanes 31-32 Lanes 7-8 Pick Up Artists 0-4 Lack of Pinterest Split Happens 4-0 Affirmative Pin Action Splits showing no signs of slowing down. PUA struggles continue. They are on the

Cellar is looming for APA after sweep. outside looking in.

Lanes 9-10 Lanes 33-34

Bulfs 1-3 Total Freaking Disaster That’s How We Roll 3-1 FUN da Mentals

Huge first game for Bulfs (1022) kills sweep THWR keeping up with the Joneses. FUN prediction. da Mentals wishing the editor would stop picking them.

Lanes 11-12 Lanes 35-36 The Achievers 3-1 Where’s Julie? The Achievers climbing into contention Duckpin Dynasty 2-2 Wrecking Balls Big night for Cam Neal, personal record with a smackdown of Where’s Julie? 202 game, only nets a split. Wrecking Balls

impressive continues. Lanes 13-14 Wood ‘N’ Tap Weekly Week 10’s Wood ‘n’ their prize. Tap challenge went to Week 11’s chal- the first 5 people to lenge will go to convert the 2, 4, 5, 8 the first 5 to spare. Only Vin Velez convert the and Jesse Lewis 3,5,6,9 stepped up to collect TFD is hungry and charging Prediction: TFD 3-1

Week 11 Preview Lanes 13-14 Lanes 1-2 Bulfs vs. Duckpin Dynasty Where’s Julie? Vs. FUN da Mentals Can Bulfs rebound from last weeks smackdown? Both teams need big nights, neither will get one Prediction: split 2-2 Prediction: FUN 2-2 Lanes 15-16 Lanes 3-4 Mine’s in the Gutter vs. Pick Up Artists Lack of Pinterest vs. Smac Talk MitG Playoff hopes about to be dashed Winner could be in, loser will be a longshot the rest Prediction: PUA 3-1 of the way Prediction: Smac Talk 3-1 Lanes 17-18 Black Ballers vs. That’s How We Roll Lanes 5-6 Is Jesse Bowling? Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! Affirmative Pin Action vs. Wrecking Balls Prediction: BB 4-0 No answers in sight for APA’s struggles Prediction: WB 3-1 Lanes 31-32 Herrre’s Eladio! Vs. Split Happens Lanes 7-8 3 vs. 1 in the McCracken division. HE! Struggles to Diversity Personified vs. Bumpers Needed stay in the top 4 Battle for First Place in Roy Munson Division Prediction: SH 4-0 Prediction: Diversity Personified 3-1 Lanes 33-34 Lanes 9-10 Dazed and Confused vs. No Pin Intended Strikes for Reps vs. Franks and Burgers D&C get just what they need to stay in it No more cellar for Franks and Burgers Prediction: Dazed 3-1 Prediction: F&B 3-1 Lanes 35-36 Lanes 11-12 The Achievers vs. Slow Your Roll T.F.D. vs. Danny and the Miracles Slow Your Roll speeds things up Big matchup as the Miracles need to win to stay in. but Prediction: SYR 4-0 Eliminator

Week 8 TEN bowlers fell. Week 9 Rich Faber, Maura Jo Lynch, will se 2 bowlers eliminated. Marty Bernoski, Aaron Coleman Eliminated Week 8: Tim Orcutt, Stephen D’Amico , Week 1: Jeremy Frankel Mike Carbone, Marcus Week 2: Dan Dodd Matthews, Milton Jackson, Garit Grigery, Mike Cerbo, Week 3: Brad Rice Tom Beers, Tony Lewis Scott Hohenschutz and Bryan Burgan Week 4: Deb George

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Week 5: Steve Clancy Rick Metzroth Paul Tomlin Week 6: Chris Rossi Chris Dube Frank Kozakiewicz Week 7: Nick Hagen, Jeremy Slone,