Before getting to the Week 2 results, a tip o' the hat is in order for the venerable Grand Slam/BWW-Crystal City team for posting the win for the night. The Slammers have been a force to be reckoned with in these tournaments for twenty years now, and I reckon that's not going to end anytime soon.
So here are this week's results. Several teams bounced back from rough games last week, and others bounced forward(?) into rough games this week:
55931 BWW-Crystal City (Arlington) VA 53583 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 47959 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 47470 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 44978 Mad River, New York NY 44545 Old Barn, Portland OR 44206 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 42979 Houlihan's, Westbury NY 42841 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 42231 BWW-Blacksburg VA 41901 Bilmar Station Town 'n' Country, Tampa FL 41635 Time Out, St. Louis MO 40626 Humperdink's, Dallas TX 40383 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 39636 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 39182 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 38428 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 38412 Teasers, Chicago IL 37186 BWW-Tallahassee FL 36377 Blue Goose, Cincinnati OH 35811 End Zone, Ironton OH 35499 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver CA 34490 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 33527 KC's Time Out, Evansville IN 32761 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 32160 Danny K's, Orange CA 31941 Cameron's, Half Moon Bay CA 29840 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 29498 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 25730 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 23762 Houlihan's-Brick NJ 21746 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 19591 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 17192 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT
Adding last week's scores to this week's shows that The Slammers not only took first place on Tuesday, but also now lead the field in cumulative points, followed by The Fellowship and Big Guys. There is a deceptively large drop-off after that:
105511 BWW-Crystal City (Arlington) VA 103528 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 99618 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 91381 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 89291 Mad River, New York NY 87125 Teasers, Chicago IL 86390 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 85190 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 84180 Houlihan's, Westbury NY 83601 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 82508 Danny K's, Orange CA 81300 BWW-Blacksburg VA 81136 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 79975 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 78994 Blue Goose, Cincinnati OH 78039 Bilmar Station Town 'n' Country, Tampa FL 74161 Old Barn, Portland OR 73608 Humperdink's, Dallas TX 72893 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 72635 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 66586 Cameron's, Half Moon Bay CA 65650 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 65339 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 64923 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 63814 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 61677 Houlihan's-Brick NJ 60742 KC's Time Out, Evansville IN 58448 End Zone, Ironton OH 57285 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver CA 55390 BWW-Tallahassee FL 49623 Time Out, St. Louis MO 37160 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 34712 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 31605 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT
I say "deceptively large" because of course every team gets to drop a low score, which tightens things up considerably. The drop will come as a relief to several teams, not the least of which was The Ragged Rascals at BWW-Albuquerque, who quite unfortunately experienced a glitch during the pyramid round, depriving them of two questions. This (and similar such events) is one of the main reasons why the rules for years now have allowed a dropped score in the preliminary round. When low scores are dropped, the top three remain the same, but The Ragged Rascals ran round and round the rugged rocks into fourth place:
55,931 BWW-Crystal City (Arlington) VA 53,583 The Fellowship, BWW-Kent OH 51,659 Big Guys, Winnipeg MB 50,840 The Ragged Rascals, BWW-Albuquerque NM 50,700 Scooter's, Las Vegas NV 50,348 Danny K's, Orange CA 48,713 Teasers, Chicago IL 48,540 Tailgate Sports Cafe, Minneapolis MN 47,470 K-zoo Krew, BWW-Kalamazoo MI 44,978 Mad River, New York NY 44,545 Old Barn, Portland OR 44,206 BWW-Oklahoma City OK 43,053 Wallaby's, Lenexa KS 42,979 Houlihan's, Westbury NY 42,617 Blue Goose, Cincinnati OH 42,231 BWW-Blacksburg VA 41,901 Bilmar Station Town 'n' Country, Tampa FL 41,635 Time Out, St. Louis MO 41,500 Four Corners, Chapel Hill NC 40,626 Humperdink's, Dallas TX 40,383 Broadway Bar and Grill, Nepean ON 39,182 BWW-Bloomingdale IL 38,428 Tilted Kilt, Scottsdale AZ 38,084 West Park Station, Cleveland OH 37,915 Houlihan's-Brick NJ 37,186 BWW-Tallahassee FL 35,841 Stadium Cafe, Addison TX 35,811 End Zone, Ironton OH 35,499 Cedar Cottage, Vancouver CA 34,645 Cameron's, Half Moon Bay CA 33,527 KC's Time Out, Evansville IN 21,746 Moose McGuire's, Ottawa ON 19,591 Adam's Mill, Manchester CT 17,192 Meriden AOH, Meriden CT
So there has been a lot of movement in the standings, but with two weeks to go in the preliminary round, there is plenty of time and room for more. Good skill to all teams this week!
_________________ Anon "He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."
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