Noteworthy events from 2026 Spring Week 16 (Party)

Outstanding outing(s):

  1. 18 individuals were paired into 9 teams for the Scotch-Doubles tournament.  The two teams that earned the finals match agreed to split the pot evenly.  Mona T & Mark A was one team and John W & Kevin L was the other.
    • Mona & Mark A were victorious in the preceding two matches against:
      • Norberto E & Andrew S (Primo)
      • Romy G & Joe M in the semi-final
    • The team of John W & Kevin L won their preceding two matches against:
      • Julian F & Johnny G
      • Joe L & Jeff H in the semi-final

RAFFLE Status:

  1. Nancy K, Table 7; was selected for the 3rd time this season. The 7-ball darted quickly into the top right corner pocket.  She had the 1-ball in the side, softly hit and made getting position on the 2-ball in the other side, made it. But with no position on the 3-ball, opted for 3/9th of the pot.
  2. Mark A, Table 7; selected for the 2nd time this season, made 2 balls, but one was the cue ball!
  3. The remaining raffle pot rolls over to next week’s official 2026 Summer Season sign-up night!

OTHER:

  1. By night’s end, 11 teams were listed on the signup sheets for the 2026 Summer season. Next week is the official sign-up night to the Open Public, so we’ll hopefully have a few more teams to join in then. Then play will begin 09July2026.
  2. The end of season ceremony included the following announcements:
    1. Scott C was the league’s official Top Shooter with a 9.327 points per game average.
    2. Immer H was recognized with the greatest average-per-game percentage improvement (9.96%) when comparing final average of last season to the average heading into Week 01. Dave F was 2nd at (8.93%) and Sharon C was third at (7.95%).
    3. John W was the player whose final average points per game was closest to what it was at the season’s onset – finishing with a (0.0109%) change! Quite a feat to consistently keep that high of an average!!!
    4. Other stats from this season:
      • We had a total of 16 Teams
      • 90 of our 94 rostered players had at least one week played, and 18 people played all 15 possible weeks.
      • We had 3 players make their league debuts.  Two were from the Rookies roster (Bryan B and Joe M), one with Behind the 8-Ball  (Mark A). Our fourth new player (Joshua I) with Sharp Shooters did not play.
      • Counting tonight-there were 34 raffle selections this season. 22 different people were selected in the raffle draws this season.
        • Sean B & Ricky R had the most selections with four (Ricky cashed out 3 of the 4 time, and Sean was unable to cash out).
        • After tonight, Nancy was picked for the 3rd time, cashing out twice!
        • Ed S, Mona, Roy, Steve VD and Terry N were each picked twice and 4 were able to cash out (sorry Steve!)
        • Four only needed one time chosen to cash out, there were David K, John W, Kevin C and Scott C!
        • There were seven others picked once that were not able to cash out! They were Joe L, Larry P, Mark H, Phil P, Primo, Sharon C and Steve G!
        • Tonight’s picks were Nancy K and Mark A (both mentioned above).
        • Including tonight, there were 13 different cash-outs totaling over forty-four hundred bucks. Ricky R had the largest prize after sinking four balls in Week 02, three balls in Week 05 and 3 balls in Week 12.
  3. The league operator is holding prize money Leynard and James of the Rookies. Anyone else, contact your team captain if you didn’t collect your prize money yet.
  4. Eleven 18″ pizzas were served and none remained at the night’s end.
  5. End of season standings in reverse order:
  1. Racking My Brain
  2. Butchers
  3. Scorpions
  4. Sharp Shooters
  5. Wolff Pack – highly regarded by the League Operator for getting the full fees paid early!
  6. Tied for 10th – Rookies
  7. Tied for 10th – PhaCues
  8. Derpy Ducklings
  9. The Waukegan Avengers
  10. Last Game
  11. Behind the 8-Ball
  12. Chalkoholics
  13. Free Agents
  14. Big Slick
  15. Pocket Rattlers
  16. Jailhouse – finishing with an average of 316.9 points per week and holding their opponents to an average of 268 points.  The team members were captain Julian F, Mona T, Zane E, Steve G and subs Romy G and Lito G.

Congratulations to all!! Looking forward to 2026 Summer Season!