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They call it the Sugar River Euchre League Spring Tournament, but from what we witnessed at the Red Mouse on March 9th, it was a far cry from what we know as spring. As has been the case lately, last...

The second half of the season came down to the final night of league play. Would a playoff match be needed to determine the second half winners? The Red Mouse Shufflers, hoping for a second shot at...

The tie for first place was broken last Thursday night in the match between the Norsk Cowboys and the Red Mouse Shufflers. The match wasn’t all it was hyped up to be. The Shufflers took a 3-point...

The Kleeman Hay Shakers were pushed out of the playoff picture by the Red Mouse Shufflers last Thursday night. Now only the Shufflers and the Norsk Cowboys have a shot at winning the second half of th...

Perfect again for the second time this season, Barb Judd, with her partner, Rick Skindrud, stacked up 120 points for the Kleeman Bar Hay Shakers. Her last perfect score was back on December 8th, and...

The Norsk Pranksters, looking to improve their record to 4 and 1, found the road to victory so deep in their magical hat that it was virtually impossible to retrieve. Dave Hook and Laurel Grindle...

All four of the Nork Cowboy couples roped 100 plus calves away from the J&M Bar River Rats. Don Field and Steve Dower lost only their first and sixth games to ride point for the Cowboys, with 116 calv...

There were a few high scores on January 19th, with a couple of skunks thrown in for the aroma. In the match between the Red Mouse Shufflers and the Viking Bar & Grill Trolls, Shufflers Loretta and...

The match between the Pipe Benders and Shufflers had some intense moments. The first was when Ross Nesheim and Mike O’Brien broke into a cold sweat after Randy Skogen and Stan Hook made three straig...

The one thing I love about our Euchre league is that there is always a player you enjoy playing cards with. I am certain that many of you feel the same way. Sadly, we recently lost three such players...

Results for December 15: The Pipe Benders cross-threaded almost every pipe they attempted to install, while the Pranksters didn’t miss using a single trick from their bag. Partners again this week,...

December 8th proved to be another night to remember. There was a perfect score, a skunk and a cross corners called against a loan hand. The Trolls have had a tough start to the season and tonight was...

Due to a long delay in our travels back to Wisconsin, this article is shorter than planned in order to meet the deadline. With the help of Jeff Goebler and Jerry Judd’s 111 points, the Hayshakers...

On December 1st, after a short break for Thanksgiving and deer season, the Sugar River Euchre League is ready to finish the first half of the season. The standings at this point are: Uff-Da 6-0,...

Red Mouse team Uff-Da had one of its easiest nights of the season thus far to remain atop the league as the only undefeated team. The Trolls, for the second week in a row, were not able to field (tabl...

The Pipe Benders had an easy go of it last week and were able to pull out their second win of the season without playing a single card in competition. With their captain out of town and down three...

On October 27th that horrific smell experienced in New Glarus on the 20th made its way to the Norsk Golf Club in Mt. Horeb, when Cheese Eaters Kohl Wegner and Jeff Buesser were skunked by Pranksters...

Once again there were three teams that failed to have a single couple reach 100 points. But, before we identify those teams, let’s try to identify that horrific smell you may have noticed if you wer...

Hang on, it looks like we’re in for one heck of a ride this year. The second week was more spectacular than the first. We had several perfect scores, three teams that didn’t have a single couple...

The first week of the Euchre league is in the books. A few of us wish that wasn’t the case as several teams failed to have anyone reach 100 points and we would like to rewrite history with a do over...

The 91st Sugar River Euchre League season is here. On Thursday, October 6th, we will begin the season less one longtime player and good friend, George Eichelkraut. George was a player that everyone...

Euchre players, it’s time to clear your calendar and dust off the cards as we shuffle into the 91st Sugar River Euchre League season. A Captain’s meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m., on September...

Individual Averages Sixty-seven players qualified for an average by playing in 13 matches: Steve Hoffmaster, 105.385; Charlie Steinhauer, 105.056; Roger Truttmann, 104.882; Tom Schulenberg, 104.778;...

The Red Mouse in Pine Bluff hosted the Sugar River Euchre League’s Spring Tournament on March 17th, with 32 in attendance - all with expectations of walking away as the tournament champion. Dave Hoo...