Some have called and asked about points . . . so I thought I'd give you the snap shot in time as things stand right now. Perhaps that will help you see how far you are from making it into the Championship in 2005.

The top 18 teams have already been determined by points for MWC East. You can see that list by clicking on the left navigation bar labeled "leaderboard" and then click on the East Division final standings.

Now... about MWC Central and the Challenge. Currently 31 teams will advance from the Central. If we were take the 31 teams as of today (not counting Leech) it would be:

1. Babe/Babe
2. Butz/Allen
skip over Zachowski & Manthei they already made it in via East
3. Stadler/O'Brien
4. Nathe/Thompson
skip over Pestka/Wilde
5. Henderon/Iblings
6. Wheaton/Koplin
7. Kohl/Zag
8. Butz/Frederick
9. Zsido/Carstensen
10. Powers/Bowman
11. Olson/Olson
12. Dahl/Stack
13. Russell/Lampen
14. Howard/Laabs
15. Damron/Steiskal
16. DeDeker/DeDeker
17. Kreger/Christenson
18. Gahagan/Gahagan
19. Myrdahl/Myrdahl
20. Fournier/Olson
21. Blanck/Drehmel
22. Schwarz/Wilkens
23. Bjorkman/Bjorkman
24. Zawicki/Sowinski
25. Hammargren/Newhoff
26. Bodinger/Bodinger
27. Carlson/Schrimpf
28. Aydelotte/Trow
29. Balla/Byrne
Skip over Koval/Werner -- in thru East
30. Kalis/Monda
31. Madson/Schriefels

If we get one more team for Leech it will push us to 32 teams to the Championship -- that would be

32. Hanisko/Wangerin


Now -- there will be 14 advance from the Challenge. (We had some cancellations so this group has gotten smaller.)

The first team that would advance to the Championship from the Challenge would be (now remember -- this is not finished; just based on where things are at right now)

Zachowski/Manthei - skip
Butz/Allen = skip
Zsido/Carstensen = skip
1. Wilson/Solis
2. Schmidt/Zillges
3. Pelkey/Pelkey
4. Carroll/Klein
5. Schroeder/Schroeder
6. Sparks/Mans
7. LaPine/LaPine
8. Minnema/Kunstman
9. Jirik/Jirik
10. Tompkins/McDonald
11. Hanson/Muche
12. Beskow/Miller
13. Goldapske/Goldapske
14. Raimondi/Larsen

Raimondi/Larsen currently have 162.48 Challenge Points. So you can see from how far back that you'd have that many points to make up.

Look at it this way....The teams getting in through the challenge are averaging 39 points per tournament for the three. If you do better than that -- and others do worse; can you move up enough to get in?

Just me rambling....but I thought it might be helpful to see how things sit today. Obviously, you have to do well and put fish in the boat for Leech Lake.

Good luck!