Sugar River Euchre

The Norsk Cowboys were unable to trap a single rat as they lost for the second time in as many weeks. This week it was by 42 points at the hands of J&M Bar River Rats. After an in-depth investigation into their second loss, it was revealed that all the Cowboys, except for Don Field and Ferdie Schmitz, who shot 118 holes in the River Rats, were using blanks. As for the River Rats, two of the couples collected 105 points for the night’s feast while the other two couples gathered 104 points.
Tracy Haag, Dave Steinhauer, Dale Herfel and Charlie Steinhauer tied the 118 points shelled out by Don Field and Ferdie Schmitz for this week’s high score. Although with different partners, this is the second consecutive week that Tracy and Dale recorded 118 points. In doing so, along with the 112 points scooped up by Steve Hoffmaster and Opie Taylor, the Express once again had so much speed that they were unable to even make a whistle stop at Tyrol as they screamed past the Trolls by 143 points. Trolls Brittney Onsager and Autumn Patrick had this week’s low score of just 50 points. This is a record breaking low score based on the records I have.
With Jerome Krantz out of town, it was difficult for Jones’ Plumbing to find subs. Reluctantly, one of the Pipe Benders’ sons agreed to play so they wouldn’t have to forfeit. Apparently this player had never played Euchre before. It is for this reason that I am not going to mention the names of the father/son couple that were skunked in the seventh round by Jeff Judd and Al Zimmerman, but the skunk cards have been mailed. I hope this doesn’t discourage this young man from playing Euchre in the future. Hay Shakers Jerry Judd and Rick Skindrud stacked-up 115 points for Kleeman’s, while Ryan Arneson and Mark Zimmerman squeezed out 111 points for the Pipe Benders.
The Norsk Pranksters were unable to pull a rabbit out of the hat this week, falling to the S’Wisco Taphaus Cheese Eaters by 5. The Cheese Eaters led the entire match, with a 29-point lead going into the eighth frame. It was here, with all four Prankster couples winning, that the Pranksters thought they might just pull a win out. But it wasn’t to be, the Pranksters fell just short of their second win of the half.
The Riley Shufflers played host to the Riley Mounties. Although the match was close at times, the Shufflers never relinquished the lead after taking it in the first round. Ed Chancellor and Derek Skogen executed the best defense against the Mounties with their 113-point attack. In the end, the Shufflers stole 37 points from right under the Mounties’ noses for the win.
Standings: Harley Blue Express 3-0; Kleeman’s 3-0; Riley Shufflers 3-0; J&M Bar 2-1; S’Wisco Taphaus 2-1; Norsk Cowboys 1-2; Norsk Pranksters 1-2; Jones’ Plumbing 0-3; Riley Mounties 0-3; Tyrol Trolls 0-3.
Schedule for January 23rd: Harley Blue @ J&M Bar (8:00); Riley Shufflers @ Norsk Pranksters (8:00); Norsk Cowboys @ Kleeman’s (7:30); S’Wisco Taphaus @ Riley Mounties (7:00); Tyrol Trolls @ Jones Plumbing (7:00).