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 By Stan Hook    Sports    March 5, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

The most important match of the night occurred at Harley Blue in Blue Mounds. The undefeated Kleeman Hay Shakers couldn’t get a whole lot of shaking going on as the Express, without three of their r...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    February 27, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

Hay Shakers Steve Sponem and Rick Skindrud shook 112 points out of the J&M Bar River Rats to stack up Kleeman’s eighth win of the half, taking over sole possession of first place. Whereas, the...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    February 20, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

With love in the air on the eve of Valentine’s Day, Pepé Le Pew decided to take Penelope Pussycat out for a quick drink at Morgan’s in Pine Bluff. Pipe Benders Ross Neshiem and Jeff Ellingson...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    February 13, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

The stage was set for a match between two of the three first place teams as the Riley Shufflers traveled to Kleeman’s. Dave Herfel and Randy Skogen lost only their second game to Jeff Judd and...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    February 6, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

This was the week of big returns, with both Mark Losenegger and Dean Disch reappearing on the Euchre scene. Welcome back gentlemen! With their teams, the Pipe Benders and the Cowboys, respectively,...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    January 30, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

Belleville residents may have heard the Harley Blue Express crew yelling, “I know we can, I Know we can, I know we can last Thursday night as the Express clambered by the River Rats with the boost...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    January 23, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

The Norsk Cowboys were unable to trap a single rat as they lost for the second time in as many weeks. This week it was by 42 points at the hands of J&M Bar River Rats. After an in-depth investigation...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    January 16, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

Opie Taylor’s Harley Blue Express steamed right past the Norsk Cowboys’ corral to defeat the Cowboys by 25 points in Blue Mounds. With 118 tickets punched by Tracy Haag and Dale Herfel, they took...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    January 9, 2020

Sugar River Euchre

The New Year brought a new team and new bar owners into the Sugar River Euchre League family. Riley Tavern’s new owners, Chuck and Kate Teasdale (welcome), played host to the Riley Shufflers and...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    December 19, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

Twenty-four Sugar River Euchre players took part in the League's Mid-Winter Tournament at Norsk Golf Club in Mount Horeb on December 12, 2019. A good...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    December 12, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

The Norsk Cowboys finished the first half of the season with their guns blazing in their 60-point massacre of the Mounties, forcing the Mounties to take refuge back across the border into Canada...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    November 28, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

With just one week left to play until the mid-winter tournament, Pranksters Tommy Schulenberg and Rodney Latham were able to pull 113 points out of their hat of tricks (this week’s high score),...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    November 21, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

In a match between the league’s rodents, the J&M Bar River Rats proved to be the bigger eaters. With Rats Jack Gehin and Dan (Honker) Palmer wheeling off with 115 lbs of cheese, and Jim Gehin and...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    November 14, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

After what started out as a 4-point deficit at the completion of three rounds for the New Glarus Cheese Eaters, the match quickly turned for the worse when the Harley Blue Express opened the...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    November 7, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

It was a cold and scary night, with tricks abounding and plenty of treats being handed around. The Shufflers took the biggest treat of the night by out scoring their opponents (the J&M Bar River...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    October 31, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

For the third straight week, the Riley Shufflers have outscored the other eight teams and exceeded 400 total team points in each of those matches. This week they had a combined score of 423 points,...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    October 24, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

Three teams remain undefeated after the third week of the season. Two of these teams call Norsk Golf Club home. The Norsk Cowboys, sitting high in the saddle, rode roughshod over all the J&M Bar...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    October 17, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

The Pranksters got their second win in as many weeks with little help from Chris Hook and Rodney Latham, who had this week’s low score of just 69 points. The poor showing by Chris and Rodney...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    October 10, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

With the 89th Sugar River Euchre League in full gear, I think it only fitting that we pay tribute to one of the League’s greatest Euchre players of all time, Benny Goebler. As League Secretary for...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    October 3, 2019

Sugar River Euchre League's 89th Season to Begin October 3rd

The Sugar River Euchre League will begin its 89th season on Thursday, October 3, 2019, with eight teams seeking revenge over last year’s Champions, the Norsk Cowboys, and a shot at being crowned...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    September 12, 2019

Sugar River Euchre League's 89th Season Is Upon Us

Euchre players, it’s time to clear your calendar and dust off the cards as we shuffle into the 89th Sugar River Euchre League season. A Captains’ meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., on September...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    April 11, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

2018/2019 Season Individual Averages Individual averages (player had to have played 12 games to receive an average), perfect scores and Skunks for the 88th Sugar River Euchre League Season are: Jack...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    April 4, 2019

Norsk Golf Club Cowboys Win the 2018/2019 Championship Title

The Norsk Cowboys win the 88th Sugar River Euchre League's Championship title! After winning eight out of eight matches in the first half of the...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    March 28, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

The 88th Euchre league season came abruptly to an end for the Norsk Pranksters on March 21st, after they experienced a 24-point acceleration from the Harley Blue Express. With five lead changes, it...

 
 By Stan Hook    Sports    March 21, 2019

Sugar River Euchre

With March Madness in full swing, Sugar River Euchre players know it’s time for the League’s Spring Tournament. Thirty-two of them convened in New Glarus on the very night that the New Glarus...

 

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