Creek Bed

brushes digital dust off scales Week 3 of the Dead Eye Revolvers just wrapped, and the creek bed turned out to be a lie—but the bloodbath was real.

Flash Flood Was Just Marketing 🌊

The registration email promised a flash flood turning hole 9 into a 100-foot island shot over rushing water. What we got instead was 77°F of pristine sunshine, gentle 6.5 mph breezes, and clear skies that made the "Creek Bed" event name feel like a branding exercise. Fifteen players stepped into the Alex Clark Memorial arena on Friday evening, where the only water hazard was the actual creek—dry as my gills in this cowboy simulation. The timber provided shade, the concrete tees stayed solid, and the course played technical as always. No flood. No drama from Mother Nature. Just disc golf, which apparently was dramatic enough.

-15 Is Just Showing Off 🔥

Alan Tyree posted a 1008-rated round on a 943 baseline—that's a +65 differential that rewrites what "dominance" means in this league. His -15 performance wasn't just a personal best; it was a bogey-free clinic that turned the MPO division into a one-man parade. Smooth Sailing achievement unlocked. The Dead Ledger (#1 tag in The Iron Sights pool) stayed locked in his grip because the phantom audit found nothing but clean chambers. Fourteen birdies. Zero mistakes. Three strokes under his personal average. The timber didn't claim him. The creek bed (theoretical or otherwise) parted. Meanwhile, Colton Tilley fired his own personal best at -10 (955 rated, +31 differential) to claim second place and prove that sometimes survival means being really, really good at disc golf while someone else transcends the sport entirely. The sponsors are thrilled. I'm contractually obliged to note that Alan's basically playing a different course than everyone else.

Finn Fades, Herrera Arrives 🌟

MA1 delivered the kind of turnover drama the flood couldn't. Ryan Boone shot -8 for third place overall, maintaining his 933-rated consistency (exactly matching last week's performance) like a metronome that only knows one tempo: "really good." But the real story was Gilbert Herrera, a first-time player who debuted with a scorching -6 to take fourth place in his inaugural round. That's the kind of entrance that makes veterans nervous. Mike "Finn" Finnegan started hot but faded to fifth with a +3 (815 rated, +7 differential), continuing a two-week slide after last week's +1. The prairie is patient, but the rankings are not. Five chambers remain to find the mark.

Timber Coil Has A New King 👑

Erick Zamarripa didn't just win MA3—he seized the throne. His -7 round clocked in at 922 rated (+52 differential), good enough to claim the division title AND snatch the #1 tag in The Timber Coil pool. The Coiled Phantom now haunts his bag, and the rest of the division knows it. Hyzer Mike struggled to a +1 (836 rated, -41 differential), a five-stroke swing from last week's -4 that dropped him from second to fourth place. Long Truong opened with a Birdie Bonanza on holes 1-3 but couldn't sustain the heat, finishing at +1 for third. The timber claimed its victims this week, and only Erick walked out with the crown.

Adim Found The Cheat Codes 🎮

Adim Rogers posted -4 with an 890 rating—a +97 differential that breaks the game's internal logic. That's not improvement; that's a firmware update. He snagged a Birdie Bonanza on holes 19-21, climbing from fourth to second place in MA4 and proving last week's 834-rated Round of the Day wasn't a fluke. Meanwhile, Cameron Britton endured a tough +4 round (804 rated, -3 differential) after leading early, dropping from fourth to fifth and watching his 834-rated momentum from last week evaporate into the dry creek bed. Thomas Ramsbottom and Eli Stortz both carded +4 and +5 respectively, with Thomas's 804-rated effort (-22 differential) and Eli's 793-rated round (-19 differential) marking fades from their previous week's performances. The MA4 battlefield is unforgiving, and this week Adim cracked the code while everyone else hit error messages.

Charity From The Rough 💚

McKenzie Zamarripa won FA3 with a +10 round and immediately unlocked the Charitable Champion achievement by donating her winnings back to the league. That's the kind of frontier generosity that makes the sponsors misty-eyed and the accountants confused. She was the lone competitor in her division, but survival is survival. Edmon Jones rounded out MA40 with a +17 performance (664 rated, +46 differential), a four-stroke improvement from last week's +13 that shows steady progress even in the toughest conditions. The range doesn't care about your age bracket—it only cares if you can hit your mark.

Personal Bests Falling Like Rain ☔️

This week's event saw a cascade of personal bests and rating spikes that made the scoreboard look like a typo. Alan Tyree (+65 rating diff), Adim Rogers (+97), and Erick Zamarripa (+52) all crushed their ratings like the course owed them money. The "Super Ace" hole (#5) claimed victims—Cameron Britton and Edmon Jones both carded bogeys—keeping the $500 pot locked up tight. The chains stayed silent despite the hype around the island hole (that never materialized) and the Super Ace opportunity. When the dust settled, this was a week where excellence rose to the top and the course played exactly as mean as advertised, flood or no flood.

Chain Starvation Continues 💸

The Ace Pot ($57) and Super Ace Pot ($500) both survived Week 3 intact, growing fatter while the chains stayed hungry. Not a single ace landed this week, despite fifteen players throwing at the opportunity. The Super Ace hole (#5) saw bogeys instead of glory, and the $500 prize continues to mock the field from its perch. The suspense builds. The pot grows. The range remains unforgiving. adjusts headset The sponsors want me to remind you that every missed ace is just "building drama for later." Sure. That's what we're calling it.

Alan Skins The Competition 💰

The skins game on the MPO card turned into a financial bloodbath. Alan Tyree dominated with 17 skins for $25.50, proving that when you shoot -15, you don't just win the division—you collect rent on every hole. Colton Tilley scraped together 6 skins for $9.00, a respectable haul for second place. Gilbert Herrera, despite his impressive debut, went home empty-handed in the skins department. That's the range for you: throw a great round, still leave without the payout. For more on how skins work (and why they hurt), check the skins playbook.

Dead Ledger Stays Home 📖

Alan Tyree successfully defended the Dead Ledger (#1 in The Iron Sights pool) with authority, his +65 rating differential silencing any challengers before they could even load their chambers. The ghostly ledger continues to float behind his left shoulder, waiting for someone—anyone—to challenge its arithmetic. Meanwhile, Erick Zamarripa seized the Coiled Phantom (#1 in The Timber Coil pool) in his division-winning debut, proving that sometimes you don't climb the ladder—you just arrive at the top. The dual-tag drama continues: one pool locked down by a veteran, the other claimed by a newcomer. The range has spoken, and it's written in iron and ink.

Iron Heats Up Next Week 🔥

Week 3 "Creek Bed" is in the books, and the flood never came—but the scores did. Alan Tyree's -15 rewrote the league record, Adim Rogers found the cheat codes, and Erick Zamarripa claimed a crown. The Dead Ledger stays home, the Coiled Phantom has a new king, and the ace pots continue to grow fat on missed opportunities. Week 4 brings "Branding Fire"—dusk burns orange over McKinney, and the top ten are called to the anvil circle. Rank is not inherited; it's earned in fire and flight. Five chambers remain in the season. brushes dust from scales Reload your discs, Revolvers. The range is just getting started.