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Both Hooterville teams lose in Blue Mounds. The Express fell to Jones’ Plumbing by 15 points while the Shufflers’ 37-point demise came at the hands of Eagle Heights. Three Screaming Eagle couples compiled 107 points (Ron and Neil Fargo, Stan Novotny and Dean Disch, and Paul Hodgson and Randy Schmid) while only one Shuffler couple reached the 100-point barrier. Pipe-Benders Jeff Ellingson and John Ott piped-in 113 points, with Tiny Zander and Chris Booth right behind at 110. Don Hook and Steve Hoffmaster (Hooterville-Express) stoked the boilers for 109 points.

Not all were playing with a full deck in the match between Monte’s and Kleeman’s. Literally, one of the decks was short a card while another had an extra card in the first round. One can only wonder how this wasn’t discovered with the first deal. Unfortunately, this was not the only blunder that occurred during the match. Supposedly one or more Hay-Shaker couple(s) rotated to the wrong table causing major confusion with scores; and at the end of the evening several coats couldn’t be immediately found. However, Kleeman’s was able to hand Monte’s their third loss of the half with a score of 408 to 363. To add insult to injury, Tom and Janice Magnuson (Mounties) ended the evening with this week’s low score of just 61 points. Jim Day and Curt Herfel bagged 113 points for the Mounties. But it was Jerry Judd and Al Zimmerman (Hay-Shakers) who tied for this week’s high score with Gregg Burreson and Jerry Retrum (Pranksters) at 115 points. In their 62-point win over New Glarus, the Shenanigan-Pranksters kept the Cheese-Eaters winless for this half of the season. The Norsk-Cowboys also win by a large margin, beating the River-Rats of J&M Bar by 47. Harold Schlimgen and Jerry Rotar lead the posse (or lynch mob in this case) with 114 points.

Standings: Kleeman’s 3-0; Shenanigans 3-0; Eagle Heights 2-1; Jones’ Plumbing 2-1; Norsk Golf Bowl 2-1; Hooterville-Express 1-2; Hooterville-Shufflers 1-2; J&M Bar 1-2; Monte’s 0-3; New Glarus 0-3.

Schedule for January 26: Hooterville Express @ Norsk Golf Bowl (7:30); Hooterville Shufflers @ Jones’ Plumbing (7:00); Shenanigans @ Kleeman’s (8:00); New Glarus @ Eagle Heights (8:00); Monte’s @ J&M Bar (8:00).