Sugar River Euchre

With just three weeks left in the first half, nine of the ten teams still have a shot at first place thanks to the defeat handed to the Hay-Shakers by the Norsk Cowboys. Kleeman’s held a 1-point lead after six frames before the Cowboys recorded a perfect round in the seventh and won three of the four games in the eighth frame. The win by the Cowboys places them in a first place tie with Kleeman’s.
Hooterville-Express traveled to Belleville to take on J&M Bar. Steve Thoni and Dave Steinhauer were able to rack-up 114 points towards Hooterville’s 409 points, with the River-Rats coming up 25 points short at 384.
The other Hooterville team spent their evening at Shenanigan’s sparring with the Pranksters. Even after Dave Herfel and Frank Schwenn were skunked in the third round by Dave Losenegger and Chad Kitsemble, the Shufflers held a 28-point lead going into the sixth round. In the eighth round the Prankster’s were perfect, gaining 25 points on the Shufflers to win the match by 11 points. Captain Chris Hook and Richard Losenegger made the difference, losing only two games. They added 117 points to the team total for this week’s high score.
The New Glarus Cheese-Eaters played the bad host to Monte’s Mounties by taking the lead in the first frame and standing their ground throughout the evening. New Glarus had three couples over 100 to Monte’s one. New Glarus 407, Monte’s 361.
With Pat Collins and Tiny Zander’s 110 points, Jones’ Plumbing clipped 9 points from the Eagles’ wings. Neal Fargo and Pat Dann put up a mere 74 points for the Eagles, this week’s low score. They were closely followed by Rick Skindrud and Al Zimmerman’s 75 points, and Mark Losenegger and John Ott’s 76 points added to Jones’ Plumbing’s total.
Standings: Kleeman’s 5-1; Norsk 5-1; Hooterville Express 4-2; Eagle Heights 3-3; Hooterville Shufflers 3-3; Jones’ Plumbing 3-3; Shenanigans 3-3; Monte’s 2-4; New Glarus 2-4; J&M Bar 0-6.
Schedule for November 17th: Monte’s @ Hooterville Express (7:30); J&M Bar @ Hooterville Shufflers (8:00); Eagle Heights @ Shenanigans (8:00); Jones’ Plumbing @ Norsk Golf Bowl (7:30); New Glarus @ Kleeman’s (8:00).