As we enter the last three weeks of the Bill Mastronardi’s Masters league, the standings are still extremally tight at the top and we should be in for a very fun finish to the year.

 

With three weeks left before the final position round, there are five teams within 22 points of the top spot that is being held solely now by Plaza Lanes.

 

Coming into the night, Plaza and T&D Windshield were deadlocked at the top of the standings.

 

Yet that changed after a big night from Landmark, winning 36 of a possible 50 from T&D, which moved them down and moved Landmark up. Three bowlers with the last name Taylor bowled in that matchup, the highest series of the three was from the only one who isn’t a senior, he finished with 723, I think you can figure that out.

 

Plaza was able to do the same and win 36 points allowing them to hold tight at the top of the standings, but as I noted they have five teams that are still within striking distance and they bowl the second-place team W. Down Under next week at Striketown in a big showdown.

 

Down under won a league high 38 points, jumping them from 5th place to 2nd, only trailing Plaza by nine points.

 

The other four teams that are close are Mt. Hawley trailing by 12, Linn Lanes trailing by 19, Landmark trailing by 21 and T&D Windshield trailing by 22.

 

Remember, if a team at the end of the regular schedule has accumulated the most overall points than any other team in the league and has not won any of the three thirds, that team would enter the tournament as a “Wild Card” team. This rewards the team as the overall point winner with an opportunity to win the league.

 

It was a pretty big night on the lanes for a lot of teams, but Sunset Lanes was your Team of the Week with a total series of 2810, followed by Pro Shop Tony earning Bowler of the Week with a nice 770.

 

Tony DeVita followed with a 768, and Cory Andes was third high with 765.

 

 

The Strikeout pot will be at $420 dollars next week as it has only been broken once this year.

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WEEKLY STATISTICS

 

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As noted, it was a pretty good night on the lanes for most of the league, the overall average on the night at Linn Lanes was 225.02.

 

Even with only 14 of the bowlers decreasing their average and 32 raising it, the overall average this year went down from 219.75 to 219.63.

 

Nobody shot 300 or 800, so the league still has 14 300s on the year, and 7 800s.

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TOP 3 TEAM SERIES – MARCH 2ND, 2026

1 – 2810 – SUNSET LANES

2 – 2796 – W. DOWN UNDER

3 – 2776 – LANDMARK

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TOP 3 TEAM SERIES – MARCH 2ND, 2026

1 – 1001 – SUNSET LANES

2 – 985 – STRIKETOWN

3 – 975 – W. DOWN UNDER

 

CURRENT LEADERS

High Average

1 – 239.93 – Tony DeVita

2 – 237.00 – Travis Anderson

3 – 233.17 – Steve Taylor

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Standings

1 – Plaza Lanes 213 - 137

2 – Plaza Lanes 204 - 146

3 – Mt. Hawley – 201 - 149

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