Sugar River Euchre
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Hooray, it is great to be playing Euchre again! After more than a year and a half off, we have finally put the first week of the 90th season of the Sugar River Euchre League in the books. What a fun night it was for most. But not so much for Norsk Cowboys, Don Field and Steve Dower. Pipe Benders Jerome Krantz and Ryan Arneson showed no mercy in placing Don and Steve on the wrong end of the skunk in the very first game of the night. Ouch! Don’t worry, Don and Steve, I am sure there will be plenty of us joining you before the season is over. Jerome and Ryan finished the night with 116 points, sharing this week’s high score with Pranksters Laurel Grindle and Tommy Schulenberg. Ross Neshiem and Tom Arneson added another 113 points to the Pipe Benders. The Cowboys ended up 55 rounds short of a win.
Harley Blue Express engineers Opie Taylor and Charlie Steinhauer also had a rough start to their night, losing the first game by 6. But they stoked the boilers to 114 degrees as they won the remaining 7 games. This was just enough for the Express to reach the station just 6 points ahead of the Red Mouse Mounties.
In Mount Horeb, all four Prankster couples broke 100 points to pull a fast one over on the Paoli Pub Trolls defeating them by 83 points. Trolls Captain Scott Hook and partner Larry Kluesner had the League’s low score of 71.
The Red Mouse Shufflers danced their way to a 25-point victory over the J&M Bar River Rats. Eric Massey and Randy Skogen cut the floor up to the tune of 111 points while Stan Hook and Derek Skogen tuned in an additional 110 points.
Larry Disch made a cameo appearance for the Sportsman’s Bar & Grill, and, with the help of partner Brett Eichelkraut, they dished up 110 lbs of cheese for the Cheese Eaters. After scoring just 5 points in the first game, Larry and Brett won the remaining 7 games. But with the 66-point defect in the Cheese Eaters budget by the end of the third frame, Larry and Brett’s late perfection just wasn’t enough. Kleeman’s Hay Shakers held on to win by 35 points.
Standings: Harley Blue Express 1-0; Jones Plumbing 1-0; Kleeman’s 1-0; Pranksters 1-0; Shufflers 1-0; Cowboys 0-1; J&M Bar 0-1; Mounties 0-1; Sportsman’s Bar 0-1; Trolls 0-1.
Schedule for October 21: Harley Blue @ Cowboys (7:00 p.m.); Jones’ Plumbing @ Shufflers (7:00 p.m.); Pranksters @ Kleeman’s (7:30 p.m.); Mounties @ J&M Bar (8:00 p.m.); Sportsman’s Bar @ Paoli Trolls.
