When last we checked, the Nelson team was holding a 5.5 point lead over the field at the end of week 6. Based on last night's results, that lead was cut to 1.5 points in week 7 by the Moritz team, with the McEvilly team only 2 points behind.
Week 8 saw the Moritz team take over the top spot with 31 points to Nelson's 30.5, while the Kraus team stood at 30 and McEvilly at 29.5. That means, going into last night's match-ups, there were only 1.5 points separating the top four teams.
Before we get to the final results, though, I'd like to remind you all that the league scramble is next Tuesday. Remember, we're playing as teams, and the tee times are posted over on the right side there. Like last year, I gave my team the first tee time so I can finish and take care of business. The rest of the tee times were divined using a random number generator. If you don't like your draw, blame your karma. I'll have another, separate post (that McGettigan won't read) about the scramble, the rules, and the cookout. I collected cookout money from 9 of you last night. I will catch the rest of you next when you finish your round. If you don't plan to stay for the cookout, please let me know ahead of time so I can help Bill with a head count.
Oh yeah, final results. So, the league leading Moritz team needed just to hang on. Could they do it? Nope. Only 2.5 points last night left them with 33.5 as they dropped to 4th.
The other three contenders did pretty well, with 4, 5, and 5.5 points. While the Kraus team leapfrogged Moritz, they couldn't get higher than 34 points and a 3rd place finish.
Being a math whiz, you've already figured out the winner. The two remaining contenders - Nelson and McEvilly - had scores of 5 and 5.5 last night. However, the Nelson team led McEvilly by a full point after 8 weeks, and only a half-point separated them last night. Therefore, no matter which score belonged to McEvilly, it wasn't enough to make up the one point deficit, clearly identifying the Nelson team as the first half champs! (And that is how you make a rain-out marred pennant race exciting -and confusing.)
Congrats to the Nelson team, who now take a break to win the scramble and await their second-half foes. All the results and standings and crap will be posted as soon as I can get to it. Since last night's storm knocked out our DSL modem, I cannot do it from home.
Edit: Here, then, are the top four finishers. Everybody's at zero again starting next week!
| 35.5 | Brad Nelson |
| 35.0 | Pat McEvilly |
| 34.0 | Mike Kraus |
| 33.5 | Bob Moritz |
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