Sugar River Euchre

Barely escaping a skunk at the hands of Rick Skindrud and Steve Sponem (Kleeman’s), Janice Magnuson and Bruce Milestone struggled for the one and only point they could round up in the seventh frame. Janice and Bruce finished the match with a 77, the second lowest score of the week. Whereas, Tom Magnuson and Mary Humphrey mounted a formidable attack, seizing 116 for the Mounties. Unfortunately for the Mounties, this wasn’t enough to put them in a sunset victory ride moment. The Hay Shakers stacked up a 26-point win.
Losing the first frame will always crush the dreams of a perfect night as Dean Disch and Clarence Bierman (Eagle Heights) discovered. Their hopes were quickly extinguished by Ed Chancellor and Erik Massey (5th Quarter) when Ed and Erik allowed Dean and Clarence just 13 of the possible 15 points in the first frame. Dean and Clarence went on to win their remaining seven games to end the evening with an impressive 118 points, this week’s high score. However, as noted above, one good score isn’t always enough to win a match. Bolstered by Ed and Erik’s 111 points and Randy and Derek Skogan’s 110 points, the Shufflers grounded the Eagles by 41 points. Ron Fargo and Terry Zahler added just 73 points to the Eagles’ tally, this week’s low score.
Jones’ Plumbing got its first win of the half by beating the undefeated Hooterville Express by 13. The Pipe Benders began the evening with enough leaks to flood a basement and found themselves down by 37 at the end of the second frame. By the fourth frame, the Pipe Benders broke out the big torches, soldering up a perfect round. At that point, the Pipe Benders began draining the Express boilers and emerged as winners.
The Norsk Cowboys went into the corral fighting to protect their home turf. With Harold Schlimgen and Dave Wilborn’s 111 barrage coupled with the 110 rounds contributed by Ferdie Schmitz and Marvin Thompson, the Cowboys caught the River Rats in a cross fire and with 49 rounds to spare, pushed the Rats back to Belleville. High score for River Rats was a 96 gathered by Pat Palmer and Harry Gehin.
The S’wisco Taphaus led the Nork Pranksters in all of the first seven frames, but as everyone should know, the trait of a good prankster is timing. With Norsk being the Pranksters they are, they won all four eighth round games to pull out a last-minute upset, defeating the Cheese Eaters by 7.
Standings: Norsk Cowboys 3-0; 5th Quarter 2-1; Hooterville Express 2-1; J&M Bar 2-1; Kleeman’s 2-1; Norsk Pranksters 2-1; Eagle Heights 1-2; Jones’ Plumbing 1-2; It’s Time 0-3; S’wisco Taphaus 0-3.
Schedule for January 25: Norsk Cowboys @ Hooterville (7:30); Jones’ Plumbing @ 5th Quarter (7:30); Kleeman’s @ Norsk Pranksters (8:00); Eagle Heights @ S’wisco Taphaus (8:00); J&M Bar @ It’s Time (8:00).