Carman's Ken Wilson shattered a Major League 5 Pin record by rolling a seven-game total of 2033 (290 average) Sunday in Carman. Wilson's exploits, which included 353 and 368 singles and five head-to-head victories, improved his season average to a league-best 251. The Wilson-led team earned 20.5 points and continues to hold down the fourth and final playoff spot at the mid-way point of the regular season.

Meanwhile, the Carman-based trio of Ron Scherr, Ian Sylvester and Fern Kerr strengthened its grip on first place with a solid 25.5-point performance. Captain Scherr went 5-and-2 and averaged 251 on Sunday while Sylvester chipped in with four wins and a tie. Through 20 games, Team Scherr has 69 points and a comfortable 15-point lead on Minnedosa's Dave Mansell, Tracy Swift and Phil Syntak. Carman's Randy McFarlane, along with partners Mike Clarke and Steve Derksen, is just one point back of the Mansell squad at 53 with Wilson and company at 48. Rounding out the standings are Team Clisby (42 points) and Team Rae (34 points).

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Spares and Strikes: Team Mansell erased another ML5 record on Sunday with a 917 single in its third game (Mansell - 313, Swift - 346, Syntak - 258)...Randy McFarlane averaged 256 for the day...Tracy Swift averaged 251...Dave Mansell and Brad Ball averaged 250...Mansell and company have the highest team average through three weeks at 234, followed by Team McFarlane (231), Team Wilson (225), Team Scherr (224), Team Clisby (218) and Team Rae (217).

2005 Major League 5 Pin Standings (as of Sunday, October 23rd):

Team Scherr (Ron Scherr, Ian Sylvester, Fern Kerr, John Stedman) - 69 pts.
Team Mansell (Dave Mansell, Tracy Swift, Phil Syntak) - 54 pts.
Team McFarlane (Randy McFarlane, Mike Clarke, Steve Derksen) - 53 pts.
Team Wilson (Ken Wilson, Dean Owen, Christy Wilson, Bob Wilson) - 48 pts.
Team Clisby (Bill Clisby, Bev Clisby, Shad Clisby, Brad Ball) - 42 pts.
Team Rae (Trevor Rae, Gus Scaletta, Derek Sczesny, Krista Ready) - 34 pts.

2005 Major League 5 Pin Top Averages (as of Sunday, October 23rd):

Ken Wilson - 251
Brad Ball - 247
Randy McFarlane - 244
Tracy Swift - 242
Dave Mansell - 241

2005 Major League 5 Pin Point Leaders (as of Sunday, October 16th):

Ian Sylvester - 14.5
Ron Scherr - 14
Dave Mansell - 11.5
Ken Wilson - 11
Randy McFarlane - 11
Trevor Rae - 11
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