Brolympic VII Recap: Part Four

EVENT 4- THREE POINT SHOOTOUT

After three events, Team Fugate is up 2 -1 and heading into another heavily favored event- Three Point Shoot Out. The shooting order selected randomly the night before:

As you can see, the Brolympic Gods smiled on Team Fugate when they matched up Steve and Anthony as the anchors of the last two rounds to go up against notorious ballers Mike E. and Chad.  As a reminder, this event is a best of three round format.  Players shoot from 5 different spots on the court.  3 shots per spot. 2 regular balls worth one point each.  One "money ball" (mini ball) worth two points.

Mike E. and Chad preparing to anchor Team Erno.

Chris started round one for Team Erno with 4 points.  Motz knocked in 3 points to leave Team Erno with a 4-3 lead.  Rose followed with a respectable 5 point performance, besting Nate's 4 point round. Team Erno still clinging to a lead, 9-7.  Mid way through the first had Weaver matching Rose's 5, while Ty matched Nate's 4.  Team Erno up 14-11. A dark horse performance from Mike E. found him putting in a short lived game high of 6 points.  Steve feeling disgusted by his teams performance in this event, and especially at the site of a bloated Italian banking home half a dozen points, went off for a new game high, 11 points.  Team Fugate now up 22-20.  Looking to salvage the round for Team Erno, Chad knocked in a valiant 3 points, to put Team Erno ahead by a precarious one point with one shooter to go.  Anthony quickly vanquished any delusions of a Team Erno first round victory with a 6 spot of his own.  Team Fugate takes round one, 28 - 23.

 Both Steve and Chris showing excellent form.

Chris opened Round 2 with 6 points, giving Team Erno a little life.  However, recent HR Derby King, Mike M. was still feeling it, and matched Chris with 6 points of his own.  Round 2 tied 6-6.  Rose followed with a 4 point performance, but Team Erno couldn't find any separation as Nate xeroxed Rose's performance with another 4 points.  Round 2 still knotted up at 10 a piece.  Weaver joined the four party but the Commish broke the tie in a big way with an 8 point round.  Team Fugate up 18-14.

Chad fueling up before a pivotal 2nd round match.

Mike E., sensing he had some work to do, immediately shit the bed with a 2 point round, and Steve continued to add some cushion for the Champs with a 6 point round.  Team Fugate up 24-16. Down to their last shooter, Chad came out firing for Team Erno and scored a team high 7 points, but anyone with a second grade education can do the math, Team Erno was cooked.  With zero stakes, Anthony cruised to another 7 points to close out Round 2 with a score of 31-23 in favor of Team Fugate.

PROP BETS:

• Highest Round: Lewis 
• Highest Round for Single Player Over/Under- 9.5 points: OVER
• First Air Ball: Chris
• Mike Total Points Over/Under- 7.5: OVER (barely) 
• MVP: Lewis

TEAM ERNO 1 - TEAM FUGATE 3

LUNCH BREAK/ VAN RIDE

After some much needed lunch, the new and improved van arrived to take us to the bowling alley.  Like Home Alone, we did a count to make sure we had everyone in the van.  Only needing the fingers from both hands, it was easy to tell we were only missing two. Moments later, the Commish and Weave arrived from the garage with their hands full of half and 3/4 spent liquor bottles, as if they were packing for a bachelor party on the Oregon Trail. To be fair, we didn't know how long we'd be stuck in the van and it's better to be safe than to be sober sorry.  

 There's a guy that knows how to handle some DUDE.

 That's one way to fight dysentery on the Oregon Trail.

More shots from the luxury ride. 

Like any good stewards of Earth, we had some recycling to do once we arrived. 

EVENT FIVE- BOWLING

With the closing of Cedar Lanes (RIP), we returned to our Brolympic I location, Palmyra Bowing Alley, and most importantly to Chris...the Sinkhole Saloon.  Down 3-1 for the day, Team Erno finds themselves in a familiar situation heading into this fan favorite event.

GAME ONE:

Anthony opened game one with a strike for Team Fugate.  Unfortunately Palmyra does not have radar guns, but we did watch a little girl turn 6 and 7 before his ball reached the pins.  He remained mostly quiet for the rest of the game before notching a spare in the 9th and finishing with 108.  Mike E. opening for Team Erno and responded with a surprising spare.  To his chagrin, he struggled the remainder of game one, tarnishing his lone bright spot, a strike in the fifth frame, with a double gutter ball performance in the sixth.  The Motz line may need adjusted, or renamed, as he finished with an 86.  Speaking of Mike M., he sat with a score of 80 going into the 10th frame.  He would need a miracle to get to triple digits.  As if on cue, he strike, gutter ball, spared his tenth and extra frame to reach 100 points.

Chris followed for Team Erno and marked in 7 of his 10 frames, including a strike in the 10th to score a healthy 136.  Nate kept pace by marking in 6 of his 10 frames, including a strike of his own in the 10th for a robust 140.  Dave W. starting slow (for him) found himself with a 91 after 9, but promptly strike/spared his 10th and extra frame to finish with a 111.

Ty also had an uncharacteristic round for himself (dream round for Mike E.) but he was in prime condition with the extra curricular events that always transpire at bowling. Marking in three frames with two strikes, he finished with a 106.

A pivotal moment in the first game found Ty and Rose matched up in the final frame with Team Fugate up by about 10 points.  Both Ty and Rose were coming off spares in the 9th. Ty opened with a six and Rose followed with a nine.  Ty only got half of his remaining pins and Rose closed the door with another spare.  Chaos ensued...

Celebration gone wrong, or unintentional proctology exam?

Rose started slow, but ultimately found his A Game with 6 of 10 marks, including Strike, Strike, Spare, Spare in the final four frames. His 150 would be the high mark for game one.  Also enfuego, Steve had an amazing 3-8 frames, marking in all but the 7th, including 3 strikes.  He ended with a 138, as well as snagging the first gutter ball prop bet honors. Chad sealed the deal for Team Erno, littering 4 spares throughout the round and finished with 119.

Bowling Game One: Team Erno 602 - Team Fugate 592

GAME TWO:

This recap is getting entirely too long.  Let's jump to some high lights:

• Not the "greatest" of rounds for Team Erno.  Weaver bowled out of his mind, marking in 7 frames for a team high 159.  Rose had 114, Chad 102, Chris 99.
• Somehow the event got worse for Mike E. as not only did he fail to mark, he failed to hit pins on one of his attempts for each of the last 6 frames, bottoming out at a wincing (and potential Brolympic Low) 74 points. 
• On the flip side, Team Fugate were lights out bonkers.  Lead by Motz's 70 point swing from game one, every single player landed in triple digits.  Despite knocking down three strikes, Anthony had Team Fugate's team low of 111 points. (Which was three points away from tying Rose for second place on Team Erno). Ty picking up steam, bowled a 131.  Nate had another strong performance with 135 points, as well as Steve picking up 139.  But the dude that is having a sneaky good BROVII, Mike M. crushed with 170 points. His first six frames were Spare, Strike, Strike, Strike, Spare, Spare.  He then spared the 10th frame just for fun.  

Bowling Game Two: Team Erno 558 - Team Fugate 686

Now before we get around to the rubber match, lets dive into some of the previously mentioned side adventures-

Not pictured, approximately 14 pitchers of beer, multiple baskets of wings, and Chris buying Little Beers (shots) for us, as well as a complete stranger at the bar.

Pictured...these gems:

The game may have cost four quarters, but the superfluous pointing was free. 

 

GAME THREE:

Nitty gritty recap time-

• The big game hunting must have helped, because Chris and Ty went off in game three.  Ty marked in an incredible 8 out of 10 frames for an event high 175.  Chris marked 7 times, but 4 of them came in the 8th, 9th and 10th frames, finishing spare, strike, strike, strike for a total of 168.  
• Anthony and Steve both marked 6 times a piece for matching 137 scores.  Motz came back down to earth with a 79 and Nate finished with 91. 
• Mike E. got off the schnide with a team low 118, as Chad's 123, Rose's 119 and Weaver's 149 provided the bounce back game that Team Erno needed to win Game 3 of Bowling as well as the event. 

Bowling Game Three: Team Erno 677 - Team Fugate 619

Despite taking pictures of the scoreboard throughout the event, a certain reviewer had no idea Team Erno had won bowling.  The entire van ride back to Bro HQ he was under the impression that Team Fugate was ahead 4-1 for the day.  Speaking of the van, some more prop bets were covered:

PROP BETS:

• Pictures w/ Van Driver: Over/Under 3.5- OVER
• First Strike: Anthony
• Highest Score in One Game: Ty
• Score of Highest Scoring Player: Over/Under 170.5- OVER
• Lowest Bowling Score: Mike E.
• Score of Lowest Scoring Player: Over/ Under 92.5- UNDER
• Highest Team Bowling Score in One Game: Over/ Under 695.5- UNDER
• First Gutter Ball: Lewis
• MVP: Weaver (Highest total score 419, besting Ty by 5 points)

Team Erno 2 - Team Fugate 3

UP NEXT:

• God Willing, the Rest of the Day
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