Sugar River Euchre

With the first half of the season quickly coming to a close, two players had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Rick Skindrud and Jeff Goebler (Kleeman’s) became the only players thus far to record a perfect score. I was led to believe this was quite a shock to the rest of the team, given Rick’s struggles the past few weeks. With Rick and Jeff’s help and the 16-point loss by the Norsk-Cowboys to Jones’ Plumbing, Kleeman’s Hay-Shakers retook sole position of first place when they handed New Glarus a 30-point shaking. Putting up 119 points for the Cowboys, Tracy Thronson and Dave Wilborn came within one shot of paradise. Tracy and Dave’s only loss came at the hands of Jeff Ellington and John Ott in the sixth frame.
In other action around the league, Shenanigans pulled out a 12-point win over Eagle Heights when Larry Losenegger and Greg Burreson saw fit to skunk Ron Waldsmith and Ron Fargo. The two Eagles screamed their way into the second lowest score of the evening with a 79. The Mounties from Monte’s commandeered the Express in Hooterville at the end of the 4th frame to secure a 41-point win over Opie’s engineers. The Express was definitely short on fuel as not one engineer could break the 100-point barrier. In the other match played in Hooterville, the J&M River-Rats just couldn’t pull themselves out of the cold, dark waters as they ended up drowning with their 25-point loss to the Hooterville-Shufflers. Frank Schwenn and Randy Skogen racked up 116 points for the Shufflers, while Mike Doyle and Kurt Buetel’s scratched out 115 points for the Rats. This match also saw this week’s low score. Just 11 points higher than the league’s record low score posted in 1972 by Laverne Framstad and Kevin Underwood, Ernie Sarbacker and Kelsey Bodenmann could only generate 58 points for the Rats.
Standings: Kleeman’s 6-1; Norsk Golf Bowl 5-2; Hooterville-Express 4-3; Hooterville-Shufflers 4-3; Jones’ Plumbing 4-3; Shenanigans 4-3; Eagle Heights 3-4; Monte’s 3-4; New Glarus 2-5; J&M Bar 0-7.
Schedule for December 1: Kleeman’s @ J&M Bar (8:00); Norsk Golf Bowl @ Eagle Heights (7:30); Shenanigans @ Monte’s (8:00); New Glarus @ Jones’ Plumbing (8:00); Hooterville Express @ Hooterville Shufflers (7:30).