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Wednesday, October 21, 2026Vol. II, No. 3Week 3

nickriebs7 bottoms out at 74.64

andymc1241 is unbeaten no more

By the Chronicle staff

nickriebs7 had never scored less than this week's 74.64, which came and still lost to Krafft27. thedonz27 is 3-0, the last unbeaten team in the league. None of it came cheap. thedonz27's opponents are a combined 5-1 against the rest of the league. It is thedonz27's first 3-0 start in two seasons in the league. Down at the bottom, clearytallen13 is still looking for a first win at 0-3. It hasn't been the schedule. clearytallen13's opponents are a combined 2-4 against everyone else.

Elsewhere, andymc1241's unbeaten start is over: NolanGarbacz, who came in at 1-1, won 129.12 to 124.64.

Results

The Games

Closest game

carterolzak gets past clearytallen13

carterolzak1-2120.78clearytallen130-3117.94

carterolzak got past clearytallen13, 120.78 to 117.94. It was the first time the two had met. carterolzak is now 1-2.

Upset

NolanGarbacz knocks off andymc1241

NolanGarbacz2-1129.12andymc12412-1124.64

NolanGarbacz beat andymc1241, 129.12 to 124.64. The win puts NolanGarbacz ahead 2-1 in their all-time series.

BA18 takes care of carterriggs

BA182-1115.04carterriggs1-297.38

BA18 moved to 2-1 with a 115.04 to 97.38 win over carterriggs. BA18 also won their last meeting, in week 11 last season, and leads the series 2-0. carterriggs falls to 1-2.

ChaseZimm pulls away from austinmorris28

ChaseZimm1-2137.34austinmorris281-2114.62

austinmorris28 fell to ChaseZimm, 137.34 to 114.62. ChaseZimm paid back austinmorris28's win from week 15 last season, though austinmorris28 still leads the series 2-1. ChaseZimm and austinmorris28 are both 1-2 now.

Top score

thedonz27 routs JWolney24

thedonz273-0153.08JWolney242-1106.26

JWolney24 fell to thedonz27, 153.08 to 106.26. That makes the all-time series 1-1, dead even. The loss drops JWolney24 to 2-1.

Biggest win

Krafft27 buries nickriebs7

Krafft272-1145.0nickriebs71-274.64

Defending champion Krafft27 moved to 2-1 with a 145.0 to 74.64 win over nickriebs7. Krafft27 has won the last two meetings, which puts Krafft27 ahead 2-0 in the series. nickriebs7 falls to 1-2.

The table

The Standings

Standings
TeamW-LPFStrk
1thedonz273-0473.68W3
2▲NolanGarbacz2-1445.64W2
3▼JWolney242-1385.54-
4▼andymc12412-1381.52-
5BA182-1369.2W2
6▲Krafft272-1359.76-
7▲ChaseZimm1-2397.28-
8▼austinmorris281-2350.8L2
9▼nickriebs71-2306.28L2
10▲carterolzak1-2291.94-
11▼carterriggs1-2267.68-
12▼clearytallen130-3310.7L3

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

This is the short edition. The full paper adds the record book (where every score ranks in league history), how teams with this start have finished, a year ago this week, the players behind each result, power rankings and playoff odds, pick'ems and next week's lines. Rookie is $15 a year for the league.

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