Now it is time to find out who is the best individual roller here at skeeboston. You all rolled for 8 weeks pretending to be each other’s friends, but you can drop that act now.
Let’s start with the 4 seed bracket: Andrews Awesome Corner
Has Andrew won a HRT before? Honestly I am not really sure, he probably should have. But I do know that Chuck, Robo and Brian all have and guess what, they are all here too. I should probably come up with another name for the bracket but it’s too late, ChatGPT does not want to rewrite this. Super rookies Tayla and Kellie both win their play-in matches and unfortunately now have to go against Andrew and Brian. I think the rookies can pull off one frame each but the experience from these two high rollers is too much.
Robo beats Katie G and a furious Andrew gets revenge, knocking out Robo. He does not even need lane 1 to do it.
Chuck will beat Megan but not before she rolls a couple combos to make it interesting.
Chuck versus Brian is everything you want in a HRT match. High hundo possibility, combo or 50 streak highly likely. If I could make this a best of seven I would because it would be worth it. Brian wins the frame he goes for hundos, Chuck wins the frame he goes for hundos, the up the middle frame Brian tries for 50s and misses a couple. Chuck does his thing and rolls a combo to beat Brian.
Chuck versus Andrew wont be on lane 1 and Andrew loses. I will now rename this part of the bracket Chuck’s Cool Corner.
Chuck moves on to the final 4!
Up next is the 3 seed bracket: Dawsons Drunk Corner
This is the highest seed Dawson has been before and he is ready to win his first HRT. He has the likes of Moody, Marissa and Greek in his way though. Super rookies Nicholas and Sandy win their play-in games but also unfortunately now face Dawson and Greek. Depending on what time of day this is Dawson could be locked in, or blacked out, good news is he rolls pretty good either way, He and Greek win their first round matchups.
Moody and Marissa also squeak by after dropping early frames to Jeff and Abby.
Marissa versus Greek goes much the same way as the Brian Chuck match up. Greeks score relies too much on his hundos and being limited here Marissa beats him up the middle.
Similarly Moody seizes on his opportunity here and reminds Dawson why he has already won a HRT. He wins the first frame, Dawson pushes for hundos on the second one but can’t connect.
Marissa versus Moody to punch their ticket to the final four. Both had a strong finish to the season and have been rolling well. I give the edge to Marissa, she has seen all the recent success Ben has had and wants to put up some new hardware in her house.
Marissa moves on to the final 4!
Now we have the 2 seed bracket: Pattys Party Corner
I really want a Pat versus Dionne elite 8 here, but I don’t know if I can get that wild with my picks. Instead we have consistent high roller Cory, Jerry, and always tournament contender Karen in this bracket. Just one play-in game here where Carlie wins the opportunity to go against Pat. Pat is not focused on the game at all, but he still wins this first match. Karen has to go against her teammate Janet in the first round. She leans on her tournament experience to get the win here. Jerry beats Butters and Cory beats Dionne, ruining the Pat/Dionne match up for everyone.
Jerry versus Cory is a close match up until Cory switches to hundo mode and hits a 81 beating Jerry’s 54. Now eliminated from the HRT Dionne can help keep Pat focused and he beats Karen.
Now we have Cory versus Pat. Cory rolled more combos than Pat did this season and I think that’s going to come into play here. His consistency up the middle leads him to victory after both rollers use their hundos frame one.
Cory moves on to the final 4!
And now the 1 seed bracket: Bens Ballin Corner
What has he not won in the last 2 or 3 seasons? I can’t even keep track at this point. Rob quit and is basically handing all the awards to Ben since Pat is distracted running the league and Andrew can’t roll on lane 1 all the time. Polischuk wins the play-in game because he basically lives for the end of the season. In a return to form he rolls a combo and hits a 900. That’s 900 insults per hour, he could never hit a 900. All that is not enough to stop Ben. Nate and Johnny have a great battle as the 16/17 matchup with Lake Nate winning in the 3rd frame. Salvucci shows her HRT winning skills and beats Viggy and Steve shows his HRT winning skills and beats Greg.
Now that I have made it this far and seen the whole bracket I think there are 15 HRT wins on the left side and 3 on the right side. Seems balanced.
Ben beats Nate and Steve beats Salvucci.
Team 1101 teammates now face off to get into the final four. Steve wins RPS and has Ben roll first. He goes up the middle and does not do well. Steve responds with a 50 streak. Steve opens trying for hundos but misses early, switching back to middle and 50-ing out. Ben manages an up the middle win to even it 1-1. Now it’s a hundo shoot out. Ben averaged 2.2 more hundos per frame than Steve did this season. Ben wins.
Ben moves on to the final 4!
Ben versus Chuck
Both have won Chalices and HRTs. One crushes the combos, while one crushes the hundos. Last time I checked the rule book for the HRT, two winning combos beat a killer hundo frame, even if it is a 900. Chuck methodically takes the two middle frames despite Ben’s very impressive display of hundos.
Marissa versus Cory
Cory likely opens with a 40 streak putting big pressure on Marissa. She rolls well enough up the middle to have a chance with a last ball hundo but misses. She starts her next frame nailing 50s and wins the second frame with a good middle frame while Cory saves his hundos for the 3rd frame. One time Cory rolled a 900 in the final frame of a team championship after he had mathematically lost. So jot that down. He rolls a 72. Marissa has a strong response but ultimately falls short giving Cory his first HRT finals.
Chuck versus Cory
C & C Music Factory Everybody Dance Now, here we go finals time. We are going to need all 5 frames for this one for sure. Two rollers who are consistent up the middle and can put up big hundo frames when needed. Chuck has the edge on the middle game and Cory is the better hundo shooter. With the HRT finals cycling through the lanes Cory gets to pick the lane he wants to burn his hundo frame dropping the hammer on Chuck. It will just depend where his favorite lane lands in the cycle and if he is leading or trailing at that point. I think things will be in his favor pulling out a couple last ball hundos that take what would have been a 40 streak to a 420 score beating a Chuck combo. In dramatic fashion lets pretend he rolls a 900 in the 5th frame to cap off his first HRT win!Skeeson 32 HRT predictions