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DUPL Season 16 – Week 6: Two Bentleys Go Perfect and the Race Tightens Up!

Week 6 of Dayton Underground Pinball League Season 16 is officially in the books, and apparently the Bentley household decided one perfect night just wasn’t enough.

William Bentley and Tom Bentley both went a perfect 6-0 Thursday night at Dana’s, each putting up the maximum 24 points!

That’s right. Father and son. Same night. Twelve matches. Twelve wins.

Not a bad ride home.

WILLIAM GOES 6-0

William came into Week 6 already sitting near the top of the standings and then proceeded to make his intentions very clear.

His road to perfection:

• Diane Spackman on Jaws LE

• Tom Lute on Portal

• Tony Becker on Godzilla Premium

• Michael Stankas on Scared Stiff

• Brian Schlagheck on Dialed In

• Jeremy Perry on Stranger Things Premium

That Round 5 victory over Brian was especially important. William didn't just have a perfect night — he took down the current league leader along the way.

The 24-point performance moves William to 99 points, just three points behind Brian heading into the final two weeks.

TOM MATCHES HIM

Meanwhile, Dad apparently wasn't interested in letting William have all the fun.

Tom Bentley also finished the night a perfect 6-0:

• Mitch Roth on Circus Voltaire

• Diane Spackman on Gladiators

• Aaron Krueger on Jaws LE

• Matt Juhascik on Portal

• Tom Lute on The Big Lebowski

• Brendon Tiffany on Godzilla Premium

Another 24 points goes on the board, moving Tom to 93 points and right into the thick of the battle near the top.

Two Bentleys entered Dana's.

Two Bentleys left undefeated.

Jamie is probably going to have to listen to this story for a while.

BRIAN STILL HOLDS THE THRONE

Despite the Bentley invasion, Brian Schlagheck isn't giving up the top spot easily.

Brian put together another strong night with 21 points, bringing his season total to 102 and keeping him in first place.

But look at what is sitting directly behind him:

Brian Schlagheck – 102
William Bentley – 99
Tony Becker – 96
Tom Bentley – 93

That's only nine points separating first through fourth.

And now things get interesting.

WEEK 7 & WEEK 8: RANKED MATCHES

The setup portion of Season 16 is over.

Weeks 7 and 8 will be ALL RANKED MATCHES.

That means the standings are going to determine who you see across the machine from you, and with the top of the leaderboard this tight, every single match can have huge consequences.

There is nowhere to hide.

Want to move up?

Beat the people ahead of you.

Want to stay on top?

Beat the people coming for you.

And with Brian, William, Tony and Tom separated by only nine points, we're heading into two weeks where the top players are going to be seeing plenty of each other.

BIG NIGHTS AROUND THE LEAGUE

The Bentleys weren't the only players putting up points Thursday.

Brian Schlagheck and Daniel Graeter both finished with 21 points, while Tony Becker, Aaron Krueger, Rob Altick and Vern Staats each put up 18.

Daniel's 21-point night was particularly important, moving him into a tie at 87 points with Aaron Krueger.

Meanwhile, things are absolutely packed in the middle of the standings. Mitch Roth, Rob Altick, Tom Lute and Zach Stoddard are all sitting at 84 points, with Andrew "Muffins" Smith, Matt Juhascik and Vern Staats right behind at 81.

Three points can move somebody several positions right now.

CURRENT TOP OF THE STANDINGS

1. Brian Schlagheck – 102

2. William Bentley – 99

3. Tony Becker – 96

4. Tom Bentley – 93

5. Diane Spackman – 90

6. Aaron Krueger – 87

7. Daniel Graeter – 87

8. Tom Lute – 84

9. Mitch Roth – 84

10. Rob Altick – 84

11. Zach Stoddard – 84

And remember: the lowest weekly score is dropped, so what you see right now isn't necessarily what the final math is going to look like once everything shakes out.

TWO WEEKS LEFT

Six weeks are finished.

Two remain.

And we've officially reached the part of the season where the standings stop being something you casually check between rounds and start becoming something you stare at while doing math on your phone.

Brian has the lead.

William is three points behind.

Tony is another three back.

Tom is another three behind Tony.

And now everybody gets ranked opponents.

This should be fun.

A huge thank you to Dana for once again opening up that ridiculous collection of machines and hosting all of us for Week 6. Nights like this don't happen without people willing to open their homes, maintain a mountain of pinball machines, and let a bunch of competitive pinball players invade for an evening.

Week 7 is next.

Ranked matches begin.

Bring your A-game.

And if your last name happens to be Bentley...

Apparently bring two of them.