After 24 weeks smack talking, 7-10 splits, spilt beer, agonizing defeats, hellacious comebacks, heartbreaks, jaw-dropping upsets, and glorious victories, Kingpin’s USBC-sanctioned leagues are over. Both leagues, Monday Nights and Thirsty Thursdays, showed up every week for our first run at league bowling. Despite some growing pains, unplanned equipment malfunctions, and one rogue squirrel, both leagues were supportive of the bowling alley throughout the season.
For Monday Night, the season ended with Tias Del Norte taking 1st place with a winning 61.1-percent of their games. Mind in the Gutter took 2nd place with a winning 52.1-percent of their games. We Don’t Give a Splits took 3rd place and won 51-percent of their games. Stampede Strikers! took 4th winning 50-percent of their games. Wooden Horse took 5th winning 44.3-percent of their games. In 6th place was 3 Spares and a X winning 33.3-percent of their games. It is to be noted that the scratch series winner (winner without handicap scores added) was Wooden Horse.
Individual bests for Monday Night an interesting mix of bowlers. Best Scratch Game went to Jake Wise with a score of 243 and best Scratch Series went to Jesse Cavasos with a score of 569. Best Handicap Game also went to Jake Wise with a 305 score and Best Handicap Series went to Doug Munsell Jr with a score of 744. For the women, Best Scratch Game and Series went to Amber Shapland with scores of 193 and 515 respectively. Best Handicap Game and Series went to Grace Chavez with scores of 291 and 820. The team with the highest Scratch Game was Wooden Horse with 627. The highest Handicap Game went to Tias Del Norte with 971.
For Thirsty Thursdays, Gibbons! climbed to the top of the mountain and took 1st place by winning 62.5-percent of their games. Alley Catz took 2nd winning 56.3-percent of their games. Bowl Dogs took 3rd by winning 52.6-percent of their games. Piper Tire took 4th place by winning 51.6-percent of their games. Team 8 won 5th place by winning 45.8-percent of their games. Sheriff’s took 6th place by winning 41.7-percent of their games. Shapland Strikeforce took 7 by winning 40.6-percent of their games and We Can Do It! took 8th by winning 36.5-percent of their games.
The season high individual scores were more centrally located for Thirsty Thursdays than Monday Night with Kris Gibbons winning Scratch Game (275), Scratch Series (786), Handicap Game (343), and Handicap Series (990). For the women, LaDawna Godfrey won both Scratch Game and Handicap Series by bowling a 197 and 278 respectively. Best Scratch Series went to Sandra Ackley with a 497 and best Handicap Series with Chynthia Godfrey with a score of 756.
Kingpin’s is insanely grateful for everyone’s patronage thus far. We will host a variety of non-sanctioned leagues in the summer. We will have a booth at Spring Fling to sign people up for these leagues. USBC sanctioned league will return next fall. Bene, Chris, and Hel thank everyone for bowling with us and look forward to future competitions.
Kingpin’s can be reached at 620-356-1454, on their Facebook page, or a kingpinsulysses@gmail.com for party reservations or general questions.
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