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Tuesday, October 13, 2026Vol. II, No. 5Week 5

NolanGarbacz sets a career high

A career-best 154.78 for Krafft27, and nickriebs7 knocks off austinmorris28

By the Chronicle staff

NolanGarbacz scored 165.74 in a win over carterolzak, a career high that tops the 160.84 from 2026. Krafft27's 154.78 in a win over BA18 is the most Krafft27 has ever scored, topping the 150.6 from 2026. Elsewhere, nickriebs7, at 1-3, pulled the upset of the week over austinmorris28, at 2-2, 113.28 to 72.0.

thedonz27 is the only team left without a loss, at 5-0. The next three weeks will test it: Krafft27, BA18 and austinmorris28, a combined 9-6. It is thedonz27's first 5-0 start in two seasons in the league.

At the other end, clearytallen13 is the last winless team, at 0-5. A way out could be coming. The next three weeks bring JWolney24, nickriebs7 and carterriggs, a combined 5-10.

The week 6 headliner is thedonz27 (5-0) against Krafft27 (4-1).

Results

The Games

Closest game

ChaseZimm outlasts clearytallen13

ChaseZimm3-2130.32clearytallen130-5125.38

ChaseZimm moved to 3-2 with a 130.32 to 125.38 win over clearytallen13. It was the first time the two had met.

andymc1241 beats JWolney24 going away

andymc12413-2154.92JWolney242-3115.9

JWolney24 fell to andymc1241, 154.92 to 115.9. That makes the all-time series 1-1, dead even. That makes it 3-2 for andymc1241 and 2-3 for JWolney24, losers of three straight.

Upset

nickriebs7 trips up austinmorris28

nickriebs72-3113.28austinmorris282-372.0

nickriebs7 crushed austinmorris28, 113.28 to 72.0. nickriebs7 leads the series 2-0 all time.

Top score

NolanGarbacz runs past carterolzak

NolanGarbacz4-1165.74carterolzak1-4123.7

carterolzak fell to NolanGarbacz, 165.74 to 123.7. NolanGarbacz has won the last two meetings, which puts NolanGarbacz ahead 2-0 in the series. NolanGarbacz sits at 4-1, carterolzak at 1-4.

thedonz27 routs carterriggs

thedonz275-0149.76carterriggs1-4102.96

thedonz27 crushed carterriggs, 149.76 to 102.96. thedonz27 also won their last meeting, in week 15 last season, and leads the series 3-0. carterriggs falls to 1-4, losers of three straight.

Biggest win

Krafft27 buries BA18

Krafft274-1154.78BA183-297.64

Defending champion Krafft27 moved to 4-1 with a 154.78 to 97.64 win over BA18. Krafft27 leads the series 2-0 all time. The loss drops BA18 to 3-2.

The table

The Standings

Standings
TeamW-LPFStrk
1thedonz275-0733.92W5
2NolanGarbacz4-1736.76W4
3▲Krafft274-1649.92W3
4▼BA183-2655.44-
5ChaseZimm3-2644.1W3
6andymc12413-2641.0-
7JWolney242-3594.16L3
8austinmorris282-3528.02-
9▲nickriebs72-3524.14-
10▼carterolzak1-4542.26L2
11carterriggs1-4500.56L3
12clearytallen130-5555.06L5

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

Next week

Coming Up: Week 6

Headliner
thedonz275-0146.8 PPGKrafft274-1130.0 PPG

Krafft27 leads the series 1-0.

ChaseZimm3-2128.8 PPGcarterolzak1-4108.5 PPG

The series is even at 1-1.

nickriebs72-3104.8 PPGandymc12413-2128.2 PPG

nickriebs7 leads the series 1-0.

NolanGarbacz4-1147.4 PPGBA183-2131.1 PPG

NolanGarbacz leads the series 1-0.

carterriggs1-4100.1 PPGaustinmorris282-3105.6 PPG

austinmorris28 leads the series 1-0.

clearytallen130-5111.0 PPGJWolney242-3118.8 PPG

First meeting.

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