Season 16 Finale: William Bentley Claims the Championship!

That’s a wrap!

After eight weeks of head-to-head battles, close matches, perfect nights, upsets, and a championship race that went all the way to the final night, Season 16 of the Dayton Underground Pinball League is officially in the books!

For Week 8, DUPL headed to Crazy Martin’s for six final rounds of ranked 1v1 action. With the championship still on the line and only a handful of points separating the players at the top, every single win mattered.

When the final ball drained and the standings were calculated, William Bentley stood at the top as the Season 16 DUPL Champion!

Diane Goes PERFECT at Crazy Martin’s!

One of the biggest performances of the final night belonged to Diane Spackman, who absolutely crushed it with a perfect 6-0 night for 24 points!

Diane started with a victory over Aaron Krueger on Cleopatra and never looked back. She picked up wins throughout all six rounds and closed Season 16 without taking a single loss.

Six rounds. Six wins. 24 points.

That incredible performance moved Diane to 129 points for the season and a third-place finish overall.

What a way to end a season!

William Delivers with the Championship on the Line

William Bentley came into the final night needing another strong performance, and he delivered.

William went 5-1 at Crazy Martin’s, earning 21 points on the night.

His only loss came in the sixth and final round, when Brian Schlagheck defeated him on Roller Games.

By that point, though, William had put together the night he needed.

Those 21 points brought his final Season 16 total to 135 points, enough to hold off Brian and capture the championship by just three points.

Your Season 16 Champion: William Bentley!

After eight weeks of competition, William Bentley finishes Season 16 in first place with 135 points and a 34-14 match record!

Brian Schlagheck was right there until the end, finishing an outstanding season with 132 points and a 32-16 record.

Diane Spackman’s perfect final night pushed her to 129 points and third place, while Tom Bentley and Tony Becker rounded out the top five with 126 points apiece.

Final Top Five

1. William Bentley – 135
2. Brian Schlagheck – 132
3. Diane Spackman – 129
4. Tom Bentley – 126
5. Tony Becker – 126

Take another look at those numbers:

135. 132. 129. 126. 126.

Only nine points separated first through fifth place after eight weeks of pinball.

It doesn't get much tighter than that!

Big Nights at Crazy Martin’s

Diane led the field with her perfect 24-point performance, while William finished right behind her with 21 points to secure the championship.

Greg Tilton and Teresa Roth also put together huge 21-point nights.

Brian Schlagheck, Mitch Roth, Andrew “Muffins” Smith, and Dan Souders each finished with 18 points, while Vern Staats, Shannon Frye, and Jeremy Perry each collected 15.

With Weeks 7 and 8 featuring ranked matchups, there weren't many easy points available. Everybody had to earn them.

Season 16 Final Standings

1. William Bentley – 135

2. Brian Schlagheck – 132

3. Diane Spackman – 129

4. Tom Bentley – 126

5. Tony Becker – 126

6. Mitch Roth – 120

7. Andrew “Muffins” Smith – 114

8. Zach Stoddard – 114

9. Dan Souders – 114

10. Tom Lute – 111

11. Aaron Krueger – 111

12. Vern Staats – 111

13. Teresa Roth – 108

14. Rob Altick – 108

15. Matt Juhascik – 105

16. Daniel Graeter – 99

17. Greg Tilton – 90

18. Glenn Loving – 78

19. Shannon Frye – 78

20. Michael Stankas – 75

21. Brendon Tiffany – 54

22. Jeremy Perry – 39

23. Kayce Stewart – 33

24. Brittany Pritchett – 23

25. Megan Powell – 21

Congratulations, William!

Eight weeks.

A 34-14 record.

135 points.

A 5-1 performance on the final night when the championship was still on the line.

And a Season 16 championship decided by only three points.

Congratulations to William Bentley, your Dayton Underground Pinball League Season 16 Champion!

Congratulations as well to Brian Schlagheck for an incredible season and runner-up finish, Diane Spackman for closing things out with a perfect night, and everyone who competed throughout Season 16.

A huge thank-you goes out to all of our hosts who opened their collections to DUPL this season. And, of course, thank you to every player who showed up Thursday after Thursday, competed, talked some trash, survived some brutal house balls, celebrated the good bounces, cursed the bad ones, and made another DUPL season a blast.

Season 16 gave us perfect nights, upsets, huge shots, brutal drains, standings that changed from week to week, and a championship race that stayed tight until the very end at Crazy Martin’s.

That’s DUPL.

Season 16 is officially complete.

William Bentley is your Season 16 Champion!

Until next season…

Keep flipping, Dayton!