Outstanding outing(s):
- The final Scotch-Doubles tournament match (after 14 teams were enrolled) was available to begin a couple minutes after midnight, so both teams agreed to split the pot evenly. Ed S & Sultan S was one of the teams and Lito G & Micah N was the other.
- Ed & Sultan were victorious in the preceding three matches against:
- Mona T & David “Goose” G – this one also measured as the longest duration match of the night.
- Jeff H & Crus A – and a scratch on the hill/hill 8-ball ended the match.
- Nancy K & Wes P
- Lito & Micah won their preceding three matches against:
- Mark H & Jim McC
- Tom B & TJ B – who had a BYE the first round
- Joe L & Sean B
- Ed & Sultan were victorious in the preceding three matches against:
RAFFLE Status:
- James W broke dry on Table 11.
- Ben F (first time ever selected) broke dry on Table 14.
- The entire raffle pot rolls over to next week’s official 2023 Spring Season sign-up night!
OTHER:
- The end of season ceremony included the following announcements:
- The Road Warriors team finished in 1st place averaging 315.933 points per week.
- Mona T was the league’s official Top Shooter with a 9.027 points per game average.
- He also won the top-shooter Side-Pot, but he was the only one who actually even offered to get into it.
- Cristina C was recognized with the greatest average-per-game percentage improvement (12.21%) when comparing final average to the average heading into Week 01.
- Other stats from this season:
- 88 of our 93 rostered players had at least one week played.
- Just like the preceding season, we had 6 players make their league debuts. Three of these were all from the Six Amigos roster! Thank you Ramiro G for a fine recruitment effort.
- 24 different people were selected in the raffle draws this season (Ben tonight made it 25). Four cashed-in winnings – Mike K the only one who did it twice. There also still has not been anyone cash out since Week 09.
- There was mention of a couple players from the past:
- Will K phoned the League Operator on the evening prior to this party night and offered “hello” to all who remain from his tenure.
- The League Operator has attempted to phone longtime league member Bob M several times over the past year without success. We continue to wish he is comfortable in whatever state he’s in.
- Nine 18″ pizzas went fast.
- Contact your captains if you didn’t collect your prize money yet from the 2022 Autumn season.
End of season standings in reverse order:
- Racking My Brain had only two regular-player absences the entire season.
- There Goes My 80 was without an 80 the entire season.
- H.W.G.A. Rejects needs a more positive spin on their name.
- Should Be Out is truly comprised of the “in” crowd!
- Free Agents returned for the first time since pre-pandemic.
- Motley Cue‘s Dan M was recognized for filling in for Chris H.
- Six Amigos – as mentioned earlier, gave us the return of Ramiro G and three new league members.
- Double Focus only had four weeks this season with all regulars shooting.
- It’s Straight In was the previous season’s champs.
- PhaCues returned from pre-pandemic times to offer Happy Thursday again.
- Wolff Pack finished 6th for the 2nd consecutive season.
- Pocket Rattlers finished 5th for the 2nd consecutive season.
- Back Behind the 8-Ball had all five of their players increase their averages since the season’s beginning.
- Galactic Geese has, to the League Operator’s knowledge, the only two of our league’s players enrolled in the ACS Illinois State Tournament this coming March. The league wishes them success!
- Here for the Raffle outscored their opponent every week this season.
- Road Warriors – their first return since pre-pandemic, but not their first turn as league champs.