Week 8

Persistent rain threatened to cancel week 8, but the aid of howling winds and loads of sawdust made for near-perfect pit conditions.  Tom and Dave took down Adam and Nick by the score off 11-10 in a thrilling championship match.  The old men also move into first place for best championship picture.

Nick Swanson, fueled by his controversial week 7 title, returned to form and netted twelve ringers.  The performance placed him ahead of Tom in the overall points race.  The curse of Dave Lennox appears to be over.

Leaners were being thrown at an alarming rate this week, seven in all.  Oh, and that's not counting a WEHL first:  Double Leaner.

In other news, a new hobby has been trending in the league:  Urine Tagging.  What started as attempts to wet as much of the fence as possible has now escalated to Picasso-esque works of piss-art.  At this rate, the league will soon be known as "West End Horseshoe League presented by Figge Art Museum".

"W   e   h   l"™  -  Jim Swanson  -  2011

Power Rankings:

1. Nick Swanson (326)

2. Tom Swanson (307)

3. Jim Swanson (276)

4. Dave Roll (268)

5. Adam Roll (224)

Points/Game:

1. Tom Swanson (5.90)

2. Nick Swanson (5.82)

3. Dave Roll (4.87)

Ringers/Game:

1. Tom Swanson (1.17)

2. Nick Swanson (0.91)

3. Dave Roll (0.69)

Hundley Award:  Joe Kelly.  7 games.  2 wins. 12 points. 1 lumberjack gut.

Biggest Complainer:  Nick Swanson.  Getting to be an every week thing.  This fuckin' guy.

Biggest Surprise: Matt Kolar.  Showed up with THIRTY Keystone Lights.  Yeah, they were warm, but there were THIRTY of them.

MIA:  Big Mage.

Injury report:  Just a couple mud burgers, nothing serious.

Week 9 - THREE BOLD PREDICTIONS:

1)  The Condor nets three ringers.

2)  Jim Swanson leads in points.

3)  Kolar brings beer.