Sugar River Euchre

With a victory this Thursday night, Kleeman’s will become the winners of the first half, securing the first spot in the championship match to be played at the end of the season. They assured themselves of at least a first half playoff match with their 26-point win over J&M Bar last week, handing the River-Rats their eighth loss of the season. Norsk Golf Bowl is the only team that still has a chance of upsetting Kleeman’s hopes of becoming the out-right winners of the first half.
In last week’s success over the Screaming Eagles, Marvin Thompson and Tracy Thronson corralled 112 points for the Cowboys, keeping the Cowboys’ hopes alive for another week. A win this week by the Cowboys, combined with a loss by the Hay-Shakers, would force a playoff match to determine the first half winner.
In other play, the Hooterville-Shufflers beat the Hooterville-Express by 14 points, despite this week’s high score of 118 points stock-piled by Engineers Opie Taylor and Charlie Steinhauer. Dave Herfel and Derek Skogen countered the attack of Opie and Charlie by shuffling a 113 points out of the cards themselves.
In Pine Bluff the Pipe-Benders went into the eighth frame with a 2-point advantage over the Cheese-Eaters, but dropped their wrenches to end the night with a 7-point loss. To add to the excitement of this close match, Chris Booth of Jones’ Plumbing was euchred on a lone hand when he was taken cross corners by Kendall Wenger of New Glarus. A new experience for both of them.
Verona’s Mounties dominated the Pranksters by wrangling an impressive 94-point win over Shenanigans. However, Larry Losenegger and Chris Hook left an impression of their own. After the sixth frame in which Larry and Chris barely avoided a skunk by putting just 1-point on the board, they came back strong in the seventh frame to hold Harold Grabandt and Curt Herfel to 5 points. This would be Curt and Harold’s only loss of the evening. After losing four frames, Jim Day and Tom Magnuson racked-up 113 points outperforming their fellow Mounties, Curt and Harold, by 3. This match also gave us this week’s low score, a 72 registered by Jerry Retrum and Rodney Latham.
Standings: Kleeman’s 7-1; Norsk Golf Bowl 6-2; Hooterville-Shufflers 5-3; Hooterville-Express 4-4; Jones’ Plumbing 4-4; Monte’s 4-4; Shenanigans 4-4; Eagle Heights 3-5; New Glarus 3-5; J&M Bar 0-8.
Schedule for December 8: J&M Bar @ New Glarus (8:00); Monte’s @ Jones’ Plumbing (7:00); Shenanigans @ Hooterville Express (8:00); Norsk Golf Bowl @ Hooterville Shufflers (7:00); Kleeman’s @ Eagle Heights (7:30).