Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Ruth Arcand Park
Over 100 word-savy orienteers came out and gave it there all in the first every Scraboggle-O — a score-O on two maps with the ability to score extra points with letters (similar to the Scrabble and Boggle word games). Participants collected score-O points and scrabble tiles at each control visited on the Scrabble map. The scrabble tiles could be arranged into a single crossword-like arrangement of words for extra points. On the Boggle map, everyone started with a full Boggle board (5 letters x 5 letters). At each control visited, they removed a letter from their board. So, the more Score-O points collected, the weaker the Boggle board become. Participants scored additional points for all the words they could find in what was left of their Boggle board. There was a lot of strategy in figuring how to allot the 50 minutes to the two maps and the puzzling.
One unexpected strategy was to forgo any score-o points on the Boggle map and spend that time doing the Boggle puzzle. This strategy allowed Ian Moore, Jen Jolliff and Steve Bodnar to win the team competition. However Steve Gruhn was able to top their score and win the individual competition with a combination of orienteering and puzzling. Not only did Steve collect a sizable number of score-O and Boggle points, he also had the top score in the Scrabble puzzle. Springer Moore won the solo Scrabble-O only competition, while Alejandra Legate & Jania Tumey won the team Scrabble-O only.
Thanks to volunteers Jenny and Mali Redick for help in planning the event and Anne Billman for bringing the pizza and soda for the after party.
Boggle and Scrabble Maps
Solo
| Boggle | Scrabble | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Name | Map | Puzzle | Map | Puzzle | Total |
| 1 | Steve Gruhn | 200 | 309 | 260 | 154 | 923 |
| 2 | Dan Baird | 240 | 55 | 260 | 18 | 573 |
| 3 | Brian Kirchner | 240 | 33 | 210 | 72 | 555 |
| 4 | Mike Robinson | 280 | 6 | 210 | 34 | 530 |
| 5 | Nathaniel Knapp | 270 | 6 | 210 | 30 | 516 |
| 6 | Kai Davids-Schell | 270 | 26 | 130 | 14 | 440 |
| 7 | Mark Findlay | 170 | 0 | 260 | 0 | 430 |
| 8 | Tom Bronga | 230 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 410 |
| 9 | Karen Bronga | 200 | 18 | 120 | 18 | 356 |
| 10 | Peter Johnson | 190 | 7 | 120 | 4 | 321 |
| 11 | Wendy Shaw | 220 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
| 12 | R. Seth Duckett | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
Teams
| Boggle | Scrabble | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Names | Map | Puzzle | Map | Puzzle | Total | |
| 1 | Jen Jolliff, Ian Moore & Steve Bodnar | 0 | 447 | 300 | 52 | 799 |
| 2 | Dorn & Diane VanDommelen | 100 | 338 | 210 | 120 | 768 |
| 3 | Leisha N., Tracy Ballard & Anna Fick | 150 | 359 | 150 | 96 | 755 |
| 4 | Jane, Barret, Erica & Matt Malouf | 190 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 552 |
| 5 | David Stamp & Karen Ramey | 200 | 4 | 220 | 104 | 528 |
| 6 | Drew Dekreon & Charese Gearhart-Dekreon | 100 | 205 | 110 | 54 | 469 |
| 7 | Heidi Borson & Brian Durrell | 200 | 6 | 160 | 42 | 408 |
| 8 | Lynn Spencer, Ben Stedman,& Pat Schmidt | 130 | 144 | 100 | 11 | 385 |
| 9 | Aimee & Jonathon Demientieff | 170 | 23 | 170 | 18 | 381 |
| 10 | Ariel Hippe & Shelly Laws | 130 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 330 |
| 11 | Debra Fitzgerald & Tom Amodio | 160 | 50 | 70 | 16 | 296 |
| 12 | Joyce & Tristan Goodell | 210 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
| 13 | Holly Jo Nunn & Terry Nunn | 100 | 0 | 140 | 12 | 252 |
| 14 | Zoe Rodes & Sarana Schell | 100 | 99 | 50 | 0 | 249 |
| 15 | Lexi Hill, Joann Sullivan, Xanda Lai & Emerson Fitch | 90 | 25 | 110 | 16 | 241 |
| 16 | Jenny & Mali Redick | 70 | 24 | 90 | 24 | 208 |
| 17 | Abram Goodstein, Leah Goodstein & Jeff Hill | 170 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 202 |
| 18 | Agie & Elsa Kupilik | 150 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
| 19 | Mike & Jill Brook | 160 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 184 |
| 20 | Gail Thompson & Matteo Cox | 90 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
Scrabble Map Only
Solo
| Place | Names | Map | Puzzle | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springer Moore | 280 | 56 | 336 |
| 2 | Chris Tomsen | 250 | 23 | 273 |
| 3 | Sue Hoisington | 170 | 26 | 196 |
| 4 | Joe Kurtak | 120 | 0 | 120 |
| 5 | Shelly Matherne | ?* |
Teams
| Names | Map | Puzzle | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandra Legate & Jania Tumey | 290 | 110 | 400 |
| 2 | Lia Moon, Stacey Moon, Aden Moon & Maggie Biggs | 300 | 29 | 329 |
| 3 | Lia, Lani, Bex & Trudy Keller | 260 | 38 | 298 |
| 4 | Tekla & Tobin Shaw | 250 | 22 | 272 |
| 5 | Robin BeeBee & Zola Potter | 220 | 34 | 254 |
| 6 | Rita Norton & Kathy Farynairz | 210 | 40 | 250 |
| 7 | Adam Bacia, Olivia Beckham, Charlotte Kunley & Zan Walsh | 180 | 63 | 243 |
| 8 | Isa Ozturgut & Linnea Shaw | 200 | 36 | 236 |
| 9 | Dan & Danielle May | 220 | 9 | 229 |
| 10 | Joe, Laura, Julie & Jordan Dirksen | 220 | 0 | 220 |
| 11 | Alan & Jacob Nunn | 210 | 0 | 210 |
| 12 | Bill Fleming & Sheryl Mohwinkel | 160 | 42 | 202 |
| 13 | Matt, Olives, and Christopher Kupilik | ?* | ||
| 14 | Annie Luck and Barry Bruninga | ?* |
* Score card was lost or not submitted.
Please join us at Bivouac Trailhead in Far North Bicentennial Park next Wednesday, June 27th for a traditional meet. Check the website for details
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