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Wednesday, October 21, 2026Vol. II, No. 1Week 1

A career-best 184.36 for thedonz27

Krafft27 sets a career high, and A career-best 146.16 for JWolney24

By the Chronicle staff

thedonz27's 184.36 in a win over NolanGarbacz is the most thedonz27 has ever scored, topping the 141.1 from 2025. The 160.84 was a career high for NolanGarbacz, topping the 121.58 from 2025.

Krafft27 scored 150.6 in a win over ChaseZimm, a career high that tops the 136.9 from 2025. Meanwhile, JWolney24's 146.16 in a win over carterriggs is the most JWolney24 has ever scored, topping the 145.02 from 2025.

Results

The Games

Top score

thedonz27 pulls away from NolanGarbacz

thedonz271-0184.36NolanGarbacz0-1160.84

NolanGarbacz fell to thedonz27, 184.36 to 160.84. That makes the all-time series 1-1, dead even. thedonz27 sits at 1-0, NolanGarbacz at 0-1.

nickriebs7 beats BA18 going away

nickriebs71-0141.66BA180-1117.3

nickriebs7 pulled away from BA18, 141.66 to 117.3. The win puts nickriebs7 ahead 2-1 in their all-time series. nickriebs7 moves to 1-0, and BA18 falls to 0-1.

austinmorris28 handles carterolzak

austinmorris281-0109.22carterolzak0-184.56

carterolzak fell to austinmorris28, 109.22 to 84.56. austinmorris28 also won their last meeting, in week 5 last season, and leads the series 2-0. That makes it 1-0 for austinmorris28 and 0-1 for carterolzak.

Krafft27 pulls away from ChaseZimm

Krafft271-0150.6ChaseZimm0-1123.96

Defending champion Krafft27 handled ChaseZimm, 150.6 to 123.96. ChaseZimm had won their last meeting, in week 14 last season, and still leads the series 2-1. Krafft27 sits at 1-0, ChaseZimm at 0-1.

andymc1241 routs clearytallen13

andymc12411-0148.16clearytallen130-186.56

clearytallen13 fell to andymc1241, 148.16 to 86.56. It was the first time the two had met. andymc1241 moves to 1-0, and clearytallen13 falls to 0-1.

Biggest win

JWolney24 buries carterriggs

JWolney241-0146.16carterriggs0-171.02

JWolney24 routed carterriggs, 146.16 to 71.02. JWolney24 leads the series 3-0 all time. That makes it 1-0 for JWolney24 and 0-1 for carterriggs.

The table

The Standings

Standings
TeamW-LPFStrk
1thedonz271-0184.36-
2Krafft271-0150.6-
3andymc12411-0148.16-
4JWolney241-0146.16-
5nickriebs71-0141.66-
6austinmorris281-0109.22-
7NolanGarbacz0-1160.84-
8ChaseZimm0-1123.96-
9BA180-1117.3-
10clearytallen130-186.56-
11carterolzak0-184.56-
12carterriggs0-171.02-

Ranked by record, then points for. The arrow is the move since last week.

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