Sugar River Euchre

For inspiration, on the coldest night of 2017 thus far, Shawn Farrell and John Scheidegger (Hooterville-Express) sat near last season’s individual championship trophies, which were located by the entrance of Hooterville Inn. The cold blast of air that swept over Shawn and John each time a patron entered or exited Hooterville Inn was not enough to cool their hot hands as they became the fourth couple to record a perfect score (120 points) this season. They were also the only couple between Hooterville-Express and the New Glarus Cheese-Eaters to break the 100-point barrier. The Express caught the Cheese-Eaters short by 37 points.
In the back of Hooterville Inn, the Hooterville-Shufflers could not dance fast enough to escape the Hay-Shakers’ forks. With the help of Al Zimmer and Rick Skindrud’s 114 points, Kleeman’s poked enough holes in the Shufflers that would make a mixing bowl look like a colander. The Hay-Shakers went on to win the match by 63 points. Ed Chancellor and his partner could only scare up 74 points toward the Shufflers’ tally. Harold Schlimgen and Dave Wilborn (Norsk Golf Bowl) also recorded a 74 to tie for this week’s low score with Ed and Stan. Dean Herfel and Chad Kitsemble (Shenanigans) ended the night with 118 points, losing only to Tracy Thronson and Tom Schlimgen in the seventh frame. Tracy and Tom also had a good night corralling 115 points for the Cowboys in their 42-point loss to Shenanigans.
East of Barneveld, the Screaming Eagles swooped into Verona knocking the Mounties off their mounts. With the Eagles’ lowest score (99 points) equaling the highest score for the Mounties’, Eagle Heights glided to a 53-point win over Monte’s. In the meantime, the J&M River-Rats were working hard to trap their first win of the season. Their host, Jones’ Plumbing, pulled out to an early lead and led by 22 points halfway through the match only to squander 20 of those points away by the end of the match. The Pipe-Benders turned their wrenches just enough to keep the River-Rats at bay by 2 points. Greg Stutz and Tiny Zander hauled in the high score for this match with 116 points.
Standings: Eagle Heights 1-0; Hooterville-Express 1-0; Jones’ Plumbing 1-0; Kleeman’s 1-0; Shenanigans 1-0; Hooterville-Shufflers 0-1; J&M Bar 0-1; Monte’s 0-1; New Glarus 0-1; Norsk Golf Bowl 0-1.
Schedule for January 12, 2017: Hooterville –Express @ Kleeman’s (7:30); Hooterville-Shufflers @ New Glarus (8:00); Monte’s @ Norsk Golf Bowl (7:30); J&M Bar @ Eagle Heights (8:00); Shenanigans @ Jones’ Plumbing (8:00).