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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...