Boasters League round
5~~
We are a tight-knit bunch, aren’t we? Even though “Mongoose” are still holding onto top
spot, their lead shrunk from 15 points to just 11, and the teams chasing them
decided to huddle together as close as possible. “Winky-Dinks” made the biggest leap from last week moving from 6th
place into equal second, helped by a week’s best 12 bonus points. The “Space Geckos” and “Butter Nutz” kept pace nicely, but one must not forget that from
the 4 top ranked teams, the “Butter Nutz”
are the only one that have already had the bye week. In reality, they are well
and truly going to be the team to beat for the first half.
“Vivio’s” sat out
this week and clearly suffered as they drop from second to sixth. Still, they
are only 13 points off the second place – something that can be made up quickly
and easily enough. “Foss Nation” and
“Wardogs” and starting to fade a
little, and once again, these two teams - who are last and second last – have so
far accumulated the least amount of bonus points. But, if you average the bonus points picked up per
week (taking into consideration the ‘bye’ week), “Butter Nutz” are collecting 11 points per week as a league’s best,
with “Mongoose” second and “Wardogs”
third, and the lowest average goes to “Nick
at Night” with just 8.2. It might not sound like much, but over 8 playing
weeks, it adds up. “Nick at Night”
also have the bye this coming week and may see themselves fall down close to
the cellar.
Competitive matches last night worth mentioning include: Mark Monaghan (“The Nicker Ballers”) took down not only himself as he turned heads
with his loud diving attempts, but also Todd
Baker (“Space Geckos”) 2-1. We
can’t tell anymore which of Mark’s body scars are new, and which are old. Joe Paglino (“Butter Nutz”) managed to hustle past the crafty Drew Creamer (“Nick at Night”) with a tough 2-1 victory; George Kordas (“Nick at
Night”) picked up his first win of the season with a 2-1 triumph over Ryan Bendzinski (“Butter Nutz”); and James
Stuntz (“Winky-Dinks”) scored
his second win with a 2-1 nail biter over Steve
Murphy (“Wardogs”) – Steve’s
first loss.
We are now just over 1 month away from the end of the first
half. The deadline for completed matches is December 5. The standings are very tight;
hopefully it will stay this way until the end! Bonus points may be the tie
breaker… time to kick it into high gear!
