Vexillologists

     Weekly Review: February 19th 2005

      MCELC

Things are getting too close for comfort for the team that is in desperate need of a championship.  Much like the Yankees, the Vexillologists franchise has a history of dominance in recent years.  However the past two league championships do not belong to them.  Unlike the Yankees, the Vexillologists are not about to go out and buy some big name free agents.  They are just looking to perform better in order to improve themselves in the standings.  This week the took on "Rachel & Us,"  a team that has given them much difficulty this season.

GAME : 1

The first game statistically was a solid game.  However, the results did not agree with the statistics as Rachel and us shot well over their average and combined that with their handicap and managed to take game one by seven pins.  Fegley lead the team with his first 200 in four weeks.  Brett followed him up with his highest game of the week as Lindsay and Mike changed the rules and tried to see who could shoot the lowest, with Lindsay winning that by three pins.

    SCORES:
  • Brett Bieber-       183
  • Lindsay Runkel-    85
  • Mike Runkel-        88
  • John Fegley-        203

GAME : 2

The team stepped it up in game three with everybody with Lindsay over their average.  Amazingly Lindsay managed to bowl worse than she did in game one.  Fegley again lead the team with his high game of the week as Mike defeated his sister with his high.  Brett came in a close second losing out to his first game by a single pin while the team managed to squeak out a victory by twenty-two pins.

    SCORES:

  • Brett Bieber-       182
  • Lindsay Runkel-    84
  • Mike Runkel-      102
  • John Fegley-        219

GAME : 3

Game three had the whole match on the line with total pinfall and the series up for grabs.  The Vexillologists however failed to step up to the challenge with every member, with the exception of Lindsay, shooting their low games of the week.  Fegley barely beat Brett out for team high while blowing what should have been an easy 600 series.  Lindsay shot her highest game of the week and her only one over the century mark.  She beat out her brother by twenty-four pins as he shot his average.  This margin was enough to give her series over him as well.  Lindsay's scores were unable to keep the Vexillologists from losing by over seventy pins.

    SCORES:

  • Brett Bieber-        152
  • Lindsay Runkel-   125
  • Mike Runkel-       101
  • John Fegley-       156

RECAP

Lindsay managed to salvage as split after losing the first two games of the week.  Her lead keeps the same margin that it had coming into the week (49-40-3).  The disappointing week for the team dropped them out of first place, a view that they have gotten used to after the first half of the season.  Hopefully this ousting will not last long and the team will be able to take back first next week.

Vexillologists v. Rachel & Us

 

Gm

Score

HNDC

Total

    

Score

HNDC

Total

Gm:1

559

207

766

521

295

773

Gm:2

587

207

794

556

295

772

Gm:3

534

207

741

665

295

814

2,301

2,359