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Hamilton, MT

Hear Ye, Hear Ye -

The results of the 3rd Annual Big Sky Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off are in!!!

On a day of perfect temps and bluebird sky we weighed in a record number of pumpkins in front of a record number of spectators.

Here are the stats:
Number of Pumpkins Entered: 39
Number of Growers/Families: 23
Number of 1st year Growers: 18
Number of Children Division Entries: 15
Estimated Number of Spectators: 150
Best Pumpkin Name: Cheetah
Number of Volunteers: 18
Number of Sponsors: 12
(All of the above numbers are all time highs.)

Here are the Pumpkin Results:
Competition Class
1st: 393lbs - George Brown (1st yr Grower!!)
2nd: 349lbs - Mike Violette
3rd: 341lbs - Mike Violette
4th: 315lbs - Don Coon
5th: 307lbs - Dave Moak
6th: 306lbs - Kim Thomas
7th: 262lbs - Kim Thomas
8th: 214lbs - Khyley Haugen
9th: 193lbs - Len Ballek
10th: 186lbs - Karla Schriver
11th: 148lbs - Tiffany Haugen
12th: 145lbs - Benjamin Schmidt
13th: 143lbs - Allen Sperry
tie - 14th: 141lbs - Allen Sperry
tie - 14th: 141lbs - Maya Gurgiolo
15th: 133lbs - Kyle Lubke
16th: 102lbs - Maya Gurgiolo
17th: 90lbs - Kate Davis
18th: < 1.0lb - Jane Stoll

Exhibition Class
216lbs - Western Ag Research
188lbs - Western Ag Research
138lbs - Lewis Harmon
78lbs - Larry Johnson
53lbs - Anne Garde

Children's Class
1st: 195lbs - Kiana Ballek
2nd: 111lbs - Kyle Lubke
3rd: 99lbs - Sedona Gaudin
4th: 95lbs - Tyler Coorough
5th: 93lbs - Helen & Henry Madeen
6th: 90lbs - Jade Thomas
7th: 61lbs - Hunter DiBrito
8th: 58lbs - Hudson DiBrito
9th: 40lbs - Serena Howard
10th: 30lbs - Tanner Thomas
11th: 24lbs - Stevensville After School Program
12th: 18lbs - Amber Ibey
tie - 13th: 15lbs - Isaac Schmidt
tie - 13th: 15lbs - Andrea Schmidt
14th - 1lb - Eric Ibey

9/26/2004 4:03:35 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Congrats guys!

9/26/2004 6:28:59 AM

Long Island,New York

Is this the Bitteroot pumpkin contest?

9/26/2004 9:02:18 AM

Hamilton, MT

Yup,
We were the Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off until this year we changed to the Big Sky.

Gettin' bigger and bigger each year. The most fun is meeting all new growers on weigh off day - 1st year growers - that have no idea how friendly and generous the other growers are.

It's awfully humbling to have a 1st year march in and take the show. George Brown was a total ham!

Thanks for everyone's encouragement every step of the way.

9/26/2004 10:05:05 PM