As we’re heading down the home stretch, there are only a few teams that start to seperate themselves from the rest of the pack. Aside from the top 2 teams, I’d say there are four additional teams that have an outside shot at the title.
T-Bird, Jon C., and Dan Mahar have a matchup against a struggling team of Mike C., Fanto and Art. Seven points would vault them right back into the thick of things. Hawk, Prucha and Cregger have a pivotal match against Pat D., Vinny and Bobby Z.. Devin, Mott, and Joey need to get a sizeable win against Dickie, Denny and the Flight 3 superstar Bill John. If Hawk and company can take at least 5, they should still be in it. If they lose, they will most likely be out of the chase.
All of these other matches are important, but the KEY matchup of the week is TJ, Connor and Tony Massa against Nick, DJ, and Bobby Mo. #1 vs. #2. Here’s a quick snapshot of how these two teams are performing over the last 9 weeks
Nick Wight: 8-0, averaging a 39
DJ Mahar: 1-8, averaging a 44
Bobby Mo: 3-4-2, averaging a 50
TJ Donegan: 5-4, averaging a 42
Connor Brown: 6-3, averaging a 40
Tony Massa: 8-1, averaging a 45
This IT Nerd believes the key match between the teams is going to be DJ vs Connor. While DJ is struggling over the last 9 weeks, there is little doubt that he is more than capable of going low. If he can, that will have massive implications for those teams still chasing the title.
However, if TJ and team take this matchup, they really put themselves in the driver’s seat for the last few weeks of this season. In a nutshell, the title would be their’s to lose.
| Flight 1 | Flight 3 | ||||
| Nick Wight | $ – | Bob Moran | $ – | ||
| Pat Donahue | BIR#2 | $ 36 | Bob Zaleski | $ – | |
| Brian Thompson | $ – | Bill Kirkby | $ – | ||
| Mike Carroll | $ – | Art Brillanti | $ – | ||
| Dick Donegan | $ – | Bill John | PAR#5PAR#9 | $ 18 | |
| TJ Donegan | $ – | Tony Massa | BOG#4 | $ 9 | |
| Jack Donegan | $ – | Tom Donegan | $ – | ||
| Steve Donegan | $ – | Jim Morgan | $ – | ||
| Craig Hawkinson | $ – | Pat Cregg | $ – | ||
| Tom Phillips | $ – | Dan Mahar | PAR#6 | $ 9 | |
| Devin Carrigan | $ – | Joe Donegan | $ – | ||
| Dale Russell | $ – | Marty Donegan | $ – | ||
| Flight 2 | |||||
| DJ Mahar | $ – | Gary Antos | $ – | ||
| Vinny Procopio | PAR#9 | $ 12 | Matt Lochner | $ – | |
| Gary Thompson | $ – | Drew Prucha | $ – | ||
| Rick Fanto | $ – | Jon Carroll | BIR#1 | $ 12 | |
| Denny Welch | $ – | Sean Mott | BIR#5 | $ 12 | |
| Connor Brown | $ – | Chris Donegan | $ – | ||
| Week 16 | ||||
| Steve Donegan | 12 | VS | 11 | Dale Russell |
| Matt Lochner | 9 | VS | 10 | Chris Donegan |
| Jim Morgan | 5 | VS | 9 | Marty Donegan |
| Devin Carrigan | 15 | VS | 13 | Dick Donegan |
| Sean Mott | 10 | VS | 7 | Denny Welch |
| Joe Donegan | 6 | VS | 12 | Bill John |
| Tom Phillips | 11 | VS | 11 | Mike Carroll |
| Jon Carroll | 11 | VS | 9 | Rick Fanto |
| Dan Mahar | 7 | VS | 6 | Art Brillanti |
| Brian Thompson | 11 | VS | 12 | Jack Donegan |
| Gary Thompson | 8 | VS | 8 | Gary Antos |
| Bill Kirkby | 4 | VS | 8 | Tom Donegan |
| TJ Donegan | 13 | VS | 14 | Nick Wight |
| Connor Brown | 14 | VS | 12 | DJ Mahar |
| Tony Massa | 9 | VS | 5 | Bob Moran |
| Craig Hawkinson | 12 | VS | 14 | Pat Donahue |
| Drew Prucha | 10 | VS | 12 | Vinny Procopio |
| Pat Cregg | 7 | VS | 4 | Bob Zaleski |