Morning League Standings
Evening League Standings
Four weeks into the season, Wawenock's two men's leagues are telling very different stories — one of separation, one of a scramble for position, and both featuring the same restless duo at the center of it all.
In the morning league, Joe Taylor and John Reeves broke away from a three-way tie atop the standings, posting a perfect week to reach 8.0 points and claim sole possession of first place. For Wawenock's winningest player in club history, it's a return to form — and a bigger target on his back. Rob Davidson and Wayne Gilbert also moved up, adding a point to reach 7.0 and take over solo second, while Mark Hurlbut and Brad Hastings, the third team in last week's tie at the top, were held scoreless and now sit alone in third at 6.0 — still in the hunt, but no longer sharing the lead.
They've got company in that third-place tie. Pete Lewis and Wally Ornsteen, one week removed from their crash back to earth, answered with a perfect week of their own, climbing from 4.0 to 6.0 points to join Hurlbut/Hastings. It's the kind of whiplash that's defined their season so far — and, as it turns out, they're not the only Lewis/Ornsteen pairing making noise this week, with the evening league version of the duo doing much the same thing.
Further back in the morning field, the middle tightened considerably. Tim Alley/Daryl Benner, Doc Barbera/Ron Hiser, and Chuck Plummer/Peter Davidson each posted perfect weeks, jumping to 5.0 points and forming a three-way tie for fifth, while Brian Wiacek and Blaine Schwabe were held scoreless and now sit just behind at 4.5. The biggest riser was Peter Christine and Peter Bass, who also went perfect, leaping from 1.0 to 3.0 points and into a tie for ninth alongside Frank Dearnley/Tony Papa, Rick Hagen/Ted Silar, and Tom Volpe/Rob McCreary; John Swall/Mike Hynes also cracked 3.0. At the bottom, Scott Craig/Malcolm Foster reached 2.0, while four teams — Geoff Chick/Charlie Hughes, Jim Cosgrove/Lee Simard, Tom Curtis/Allen Ikalainen, and Phil Taylor/Barrett Silver — sit tied at 1.0.
Over in the evening league, the story is less about a crowded scramble and more about one team pulling away. Jason Pafundi and Ken Steele have turned a share of the lead into a runaway, winning all three of their matches to reach 10.0 points — the first team in the league to hit double digits. Right behind them, Lewis and Ornsteen also had a strong week, taking 2.5 of 3 points to climb from 6.5 to 9.0. They're joined in a share of second by Mike Prentice and Reed Prentice, who added 2.0 points to also land at 9.0 — a step back from a share of the outright lead, but still very much in the thick of it.
A cluster of teams swept the week to climb into the mix just behind. Daniel Wall and Leonard Wall won all three matches to jump from 5.0 to 8.0, while Damon Elinwood/Spencer McDaniel, Dan Etheridge/Brian Etheridge, and Randall Waltz/Donovan York each also went perfect, rocketing to 7.0 points apiece. Adam Gamage and Jed Weaver swept as well, moving from 4.5 to 7.5. Rounding out the 7.0 logjam are Ryan Feltis/Don Shiminski, who added 1.5, and Arthur Poland/Paul Kelsey, who picked up 2.5.
Further down, Bob Boutelle and Keith Shea had a quietly solid week, doubling their point total from 2.0 to 4.0 to pull into a share of 18th, while Tim Stiles and Tucker Stiles were shut out and slipped from a share of third all the way to a tie for 12th at 6.5 — a rough week that cost them real ground. At the other end, Clayton Giggey/Herb Sears sit last at 2.5 points, unmoved from Week 3, while Bill Soares/Joe Rose and Josh Hatch/Aaron Bradbury also had modest weeks.
Four weeks in, the two leagues are on different trajectories: the morning field is a jumble still sorting itself out, while Pafundi and Steele have built themselves some daylight in the evening. Both leagues, though, have proven the same lesson — a perfect week can shuffle the board in a hurry, and nobody's position is safe for long.