Sugar River Euchre

Hang on, it looks like we’re in for one heck of a ride this year. The second week was more spectacular than the first. We had several perfect scores, three teams that didn’t have a single couple reach 100 and a 68 for a low score.
Cowboys Roger Olstad and Dave Willborn aimed to keep the Ope Haus Pub out of the station with their 118 shots placed squarely in the boiler of the Express. Unable to keep much pressure in the boilers, the best the Express could produce was just 89 PSI out of one of their four couples. The Cowboys easily rode to a 78-point win.
Losing only their 5th game to Derek and Randy Skogen, Jerome Krantz and Greg Stutz bent 116-feet of pipe for the Pipe Benders while Derek and Randy dealt up 112 points for the Shufflers. The Pipe Benders took a 9-point lead after one game and never looked back, winning this one by 12 points.
After having an exceptional night a week earlier, Scott Keys and his partner this week, Bob Sarbacker, could only scrape together 68 points for the River Rats, this week’s low score. The rest of the Rats struggled to reach 99 points while their opponents, Uff-Da, celebrated in Octoberfest style with all four couples drinking up 100 plus pints. John Baumgartner and partner Bruce Milestone scored 110 points as did Rose Ann Maier and Dan Meinholz, and Lavern Maier and Jim Day. The J&M Bar River Rats went home 116 points short of a win.
In the match between Walk-On and Ott Haus, the Trolls took an early lead only to succumb to the cheese gathering expertise of Bryan Buesser and Ed Wettach and the rest of the Cheese Eaters. After 7 games, Bryan and Ed were perfect before they met, for the second time that night, two of the nastiest Trolls found under any bridge in Green County. Pat Baier and Kurt Wedig stole 8 lbs of cheese from Ed and Bryan in the 8th game leaving them with just 112 lbs out of the possible 120. The Cheese Eaters won by 42 points.
The Pranksters, after last week’s win, thought they might have something going this year, and maybe they still do. But this week definitely was not their week. The high score for the Pranksters was a 98 with two of the four couples scoring in the 70s. Unlike the Pranksters, the Hay Shakers had a record breaking evening. Jerry Judd and Roger Truttmann finished the night with 120 points, as did Barb and Jeff Judd. This is the first time, based on my records, that two couples from the same team posted perfect scores in the same night. Al Zimmerman and Jeff Goebler also had a good night, stacking up 113 points for the Hay Shakers. Whereas, Don Williams and Rick Skindrud had a score that feels more in the Prankster’s wheelhouse.
Standings: Cowboys 2-0; Hay Shakers 2-0; Uff-Da 2-0; Cheese Eaters 1-1; Pipe Benders 1-1; Pranksters 1-1; River Rats 1-1; Express 0-2; Shufflers 0-2; Trolls 0-2.
Schedule for October 20: Uff-Da @ Hay Shakers (7:30); Pranksters @ River Rats (8:00); Cheese Eaters @ Cowboys (7:00); Express @ Pipe Benders (7:00); Trolls @ Shufflers (7:00).