Sugar River Euchre
October 18, 2018
Two teams (Jones’ Plumbing and S’Wisco Taphaus) failed to exceed the hundred point barrier last week. Jones’ Plumbing could only solder together 341 points to the Pranksters’ 431 points, leaving 90 unrepaired leaks by the Pipe Benders with none of their work reaching anything close to a 100 psi rating. Chris Hook and Jordy Schmitz were the Norsk Pranksters’ magicians in this match pulling 116 points out of the hat (tying for this week’s high score) while each of the remaining three Prankster couples also pulled more than 100 points out of the hat. In Riley, the S’Wisco Taphaus Cheese Eaters found the 100-point barrier out of their reach as well, whereas all four Riley Tavern couples shuffled over that mark. Randy Skogen and Pat Maclean led the way by delivering 114 points to the Shufflers coffers.
The Mounties (It’s Time) also struggled in what was their first week of play this season, due to a bye last week, capturing a “mare” 357 points to the Cowboys’ 422 points. Cowboys Harold Schlimgen and Randy Schmid corralled 116 points (tying this week’s high score) with Marvin Thompson and Steve Dower rounding-up the stragglers for 114 points.
In Blue Mounds, Kleeman’s continued to stack up the hay with a 50-point win over the Hooterville Express, putting the Hay Shakers in a tie for first place with the Cowboys. Jeff Goebler and Jerry Judd staked up 111 points, while Barb Judd and Al Zimmerman forked in another 110 points for the Hay Shakers. Shawn Farrell and Dave Steinhauer shoveled in just 75 lumps of coal into the boilers for the Express, this week’s low score.
NOTE: The Express is moving from Hooterville to Harley Blue effective with their next home match on October 25th. Harley Blue is located at 2961 Main Street, Blue Mounds.
Standings: Kleeman’s 2-0; Norsk Cowboys 2-0; Jones’ Plumbing 1-1; Norsk Pranksters 1-1; Riley 1-1; S’Wisco Taphaus 1-1; Harley Blue Express 0-2; It’s Time 0-1; J&M Bar 0-1.
Schedule for October 18: It’s Time @ Kleeman’s (7:30); Pranksters @ S’Wisco Taphaus (8:00); J&M Bar @Norsk Cowboys (8:00); Riley Shufflers (BYE); Harley Blue @Jones’ Plumbing (7:30).