The BowlStar Blog: 11/9 MFL Week 10 Scramble!

It was our last week in regulation play for the 2014 Philly Pinoy Mixed Fall League (MFL) this past Sunday, November 9, Week 10 for the MFL, and it was a mad, mad scramble for improved team rankings and chances for individual prizes this upcoming Super Bowl Sunday. Rambolan at skarambolan, patok!

Team Papaya’s opponent for MFL Week 10 was Team Rambutan, with Jun, Rosie and Olee. Team Papaya was ranked #4 and Team Rambutan was ranked #13 going into our Week 10 marquis match: we wanted to stay in good money position and they wanted out of the bottom pronto! New MFLer Jun “Forever” Young is a constant mention in our Breakthrough Performance and Shining Star sections of the blog: he is an avid practice partner and a poster child for continuous improvement, and as a result, he has been consistently hot and dangerous! Rosie (Rochie) Cainglet used to bowl with hubby Jon in the Philly Pinoy Annual Winter League at the Downingtown Palace, but they had not bowled with Philly Pinoy in recent years due to the long distance (Limerick Bowl is definitely closer for them). It was super fortuitous (pinagtagpo ng tadhana) for us to run into them prebowling for their leagues when we came to practice at Limerick Bowl one week before our Open Bowl, which resulted in their joining the MFL this year: good to have you back to Philly Pinoy Bowling, babalik, babalik! Team Rambutan’s anchor Olee Ramiscal is a veteran Philly Pinoy bowler but a first timer this year with the MFL. He has been the anchor of the Chester Splits and BowlDawgs teams in the Philly Pinoy Annual Winter League and is definitely capable of explosive play on the lanes. Limerick Bowl appears to have flummoxed him this year though, or as he has said, as a purist he prefers the real wood lanes of the Palace (daw…). Here is a photo of Team Rambutan, courtesy of May Libo-on.

I had prebowled on Saturday morning due to a scheduling conflict with our daughter Joey’s participation in Bishop Shanahan High School’s production of Cinderella. Under pressure to regain the top slot for female bowlers and wanting to give my Team Papaya an advantage in Week 10, I was sorely disappointed to struggle so hard and end up scoring exactly at my average during my prebowl, as I had been hoping and praying for stellar, BowlStar-like and blog-worthy play. It was now up to the magnificent Ques, the luck and pluck of the Rambutan Team, and the bowling gods to determine Team Papaya’s fate!

When I arrived at Limerick Bowl at around 7 PM, most matches were starting or in the thick of Game 3. O Diyos na mahabagin, Team Papaya was suffering defeat in the hands of Team Rambutan! We had taken Game 1 by a mere 9 pins but we seemed unable to keep up with Rosie, Jun and Olee in Games 2 and 3. Poor James was blaming his practice session the day before, but it seemed to have benefited Gabriel, as the Wonder Kid was bowling up a storm, daig ang tatay niya nitong Linggo, yebah! Game 3 was won by Team Rambutan by a measly 5 pins: 5 pins! Oh the humanity! I was reminded of the baby split I had missed in the 10^th frame of my 3^rd game prebowl…if only, if only, but it was not to be. Team Rambutan wanted it more and took the victory from Team Papaya: congratulations on your awesome play, the battle was well fought!

And how did everybody else fare in this scramboling, ramboling night? Unbelievable and unexpected outcomes were resulting in magical changes in rankings, like the shuffling of cards! Team Duhat won three points off Team Pakwan. Team Suha only allowed Team Lansones one point (quota daw, sabi ni Joel D). Team Bayabas took three points off Team Guyabano. Team Mangga wins three points against Team Durian. Team Langka took three points against Team Chico, leapfrogging into third place over both Team Pakwan and Team Papaya. And Team Santol with their red hot anchor Jay took three wins off Team Atis, which drops Team Atis to a #13 ranking but gives them their first winning game in multiple weeks: they won, they won!

The MFL Week 10 League Standing Sheet has been posted on the Limerick Bowl website. Here is the summary of Week 10 team standings, which will be the basis of our position round play in our 2014 Philly Pinoy Super Bowl Finals this Sunday, November 16.

Team #	TEAM	RANK	CURRENT		Wk 10
Team #	TEAM		win	loss	win	loss
6	Guyabano	1	28	12	1	3
3	Chico	2	24	16	1	3
7	Langka	3	23.5	16.5	3	1
11	Pakwan	4	23	17	1	3
10	Papaya	5	22	18	1	3
13	Santol	6	22	18	3	1
14	Suha	7	21.5	18.5	3	1
9	Mangga	8	21	19	1	3
5	Durian	9	20	20	1	3
2	Bayabas	10	19	21	3	1
4	Duhat	11	16	24	3	1
12	Rambutan	12	15	25	3	1
1	Atis	13	14	26	1	3
8	Lansones	14	11	29	1	3

Here is the rundown of fantabulous performances for MFL Week 10.

Top Male Players: Top three players hold on to their rankings and are poised to receive their well-earned individual prize money next week: congratulations! Look at those averages, wow!

1. Joel C (Atis) 204

2. Romy (Guyabano) 195

3. Paolo (Bayabas) 190

Top Female Players: Ramboling, scramboling… Although I had conceded after my frustrating prebowl play, my scores were enough to gain me back the top spot, wow! Mitchie’s stellar play this week (536 scratch series!) got her to within 5 pins of Angie (muntik na!), but Angie holds on to second place. Go Philly Pins!

1. Jing (Papaya) 159 = 4775 pins

2. Angie (Langka) 158.27 = 4748 pins

3. Mitchie (Mangga) 158.10 = 4743 pins

Here is a photo of the Philly Pins (Mitchie, Angie, Giovie and Jing), courtesy of Jun and Giovie Young. Thank you to Angie for our cool team shirts!

The Philly Pins: Mitchie, Angie, Giovie & Jing

200-Clubbers: The lanes were not generous this week, we only have four on this list. Our top male players took 2-3 games each, super-galing! But our Commish is proving that his star turns in the past weeks were no flukes: he is the real deal, baby! Yebah ebah ebah!

· Romy (Guyabano): 226, 201, 204

· Paolo (Bayabas): 204, 203, 225

· Joel C (Atis): 211, 220

· Jay (Santol): 213

PLAYER OF THE WEEK is Jay (Santol) who logged games of 176, 150 and 213 (wow!) for a 179 average for the night against a previous average of 150. He played well, making marks even while the entire league was watching him! He had a string of strikes going into the 10^th frame of the 3^rd game, and we all booed when he left some pins standing, but he still got his mark and ended with a 213, way to go! I was asking Joel D if Jay will find it hard to go back to playing at the Palace (Joel started chanting “Palace! Palace!”). Hindi namimili ng lugar ang kagalingan, naks! Multiple lanes, multiple weeks, multiple stellar games: way to go, Commish!

SALUTE TO THE WONDER KIDS: Both our junior players had breakthrough performances this week! Victor (Duhat) had a 102 average and logged games of 106, 118 and 134 for a Sunday average of 119. Super amazing, congratulations! Gabriel (Papaya!) had a 116 average going in and scored 123, 115 and 153 (!) for a 130 average this Sunday. Go Wonder Kids! Thank you for gracing our league!

BREAKTHROUGH PLAYERS who logged averages for the night that were more than 10 pins above their previous average are:

· Mitchie (Mangga): My BowlStar anchor and Philly Pin star Mitchie had scores of 174, 197 and 165 for a 178 Sunday average and 536 series against her previous 155 average. Way to go!

· Paolo (Bayabas): He and Romy were keeping up and playing tapatan with each other, their scores were so evenly matched. Coming in with a 188 average, Paolo had scores of 204, 203 and 225: 210 average, OMG!

· Jun (Rambutan): His hot streak continues as he scorches Team Papaya with scores of 177, 149 and 129 against 132 previous average (151 average for the night). Walang patawad, galing-galing!

· Edwin (Suha): He continues to amaze every week! Coming in with a 159 average, he had scores of 179, 181 and 172 for a 177 average for the night. Wow!

· Romy (Guyabano): His tapatan play with Paolo resulted in scores of 226, 201 and 204 against a previous average of 193. He truly is a dominating Bowlinator!

· Jon (Mangga): Wow, bow! Jon had scores of 159, 165 and 196 for a 173 average this Sunday against a 157 previous average. Hanep!

· Giovie (Durian): My Philly Pin teammate was most improved with scores of 131, 123 and 160 (!) against 122 previous average (138 Sunday average). Superstar!

· Jojo (Lansones): With a 140 average coming in, he had a 155 average this Sunday with scores of 140, 165 and 160. Awesome!

SHINING STARS with outstanding games are Lino (198), Blue (190), Rosie (189), Julio (188, 184), Ivan (187, 177), Jeff (187), Desi (187), Marlon (176), Paul (172), Roy (169, 152), Lanie (160, 152), Chona (156), Grace (145), Eden (141), and Lolet (140). Congratulations on your stellar play!

LUCKY STRIKE RAFFLE (50/50): Thank you, dear Alice M, for taking care of our final 50/50 raffle for this year’s MFL. Our lucky ticket was shared by Chona and Marlon, who won the $39 prize. Congratulations! Our final pot of additional monies for cash prizes from our raffles is a whopping $371.

REMINDERS FOR FINALS NIGHT:

· It will be Filipino shirt day on our Finals Week, November 16. Let us show our Philippine flag colors, everybody! Huling hirit!

· Please bring food or drinks to share. We will have a potluck dinner at the Limerick Bowl Party Room and the awarding of prizes right after we bowl. Please be prepared to stay later than our usual 8 PM-ish wrap-up time.

2014 MFL SUPER BOWL MATCH-UPs: We are pleased to present to you the position round match-ups for the 2014 Philly Pinoy Mixed Fall League (MFL) Super Bowl Finals on November 19. Congratulations! Remember, you are fighting for the higher rank and corresponding prize money for your match-up, winner take all: may the best team in each match-up win!

Teams ranked 1 & 2: Guyabano/Chico

Battle of the Bowlinators!