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Beth and Will Stern just moved to Santa Rosa County from Wisconsin earlier this year.
“We heard about the Lumberjack Festival here and had to come out to see,’’ Beth Stern said as she and her husband walked the grounds of the Pensacola State College Milton campus on Saturday, Oct. 8, for the 33rd Annual Lumberjack Festival and Northwest Florida Forestry Conclave. “Where we’re from is real lumberjack territory.”
Hey, the Milton campus is real lumberjack territory – once a year at least.
The Lumberjack Festival featured dozens of competitors in events ranging from Axe Throw and Bow Sawing to Pole Toss and Compass and Pacing. The morning started off with the Second Annual Lumberjack Open Cross-Country Tournament, which featured boys and girls high school competition and a women’s college competition where the PSC cross-country team finished first and had four of the top five finishers, including the top three spots.
“Our team did really well,’’ said PSC Cross-County Coach Julie Burger. “I’m really proud of all of them.”
The Lumberjack Festival events were held near the track at the Milton campus. There also was a children’s area with games and face painting, arts and craft vendors and food trucks.
The second annual Lumberjack Launch disc golf tournament took place at the Milton campus on Friday. The tournament was sponsored by Flight Factory.
Lumberjack Festival competitions winners were:
Overall Grand Champion Men: Kyle Shertzer
Overall Grand Champion Women: Leslie Bynum
Overall Grand Champion High School: Gavin Anthony and Jack Finley
Overall High School: Navarre High School
| Men | Women | HS | |||||||
| Compass & Pacing | |||||||||
| First | Evan McClellan | First | Barbra Shertzer | First | Sailor Reynolds | ||||
| Second | Thomas Tyler | Second | Marina Shertzer | Sec | Alexa Rayon | ||||
| Third | James Hill | Third | Jaylyn Smith | Third | Dalan Bunn | ||||
| Axe Throw | |||||||||
| First | Chris Sawyer and James Fox | First | Leslie Bynum | First | Gavin Anthony | ||||
| Second | David Shertzer | Second | Jaylyn Smith | Sec | Joshua Alt | ||||
| Third | Sarah Iwanowycz | Third | Marina Shertzer | Third | Jack Finley | ||||
| Log Roll (Open division) | |||||||||
| First | James Fox/Natasha Kosciuszko | First | Hanza Elgohaly/Jack Finley | ||||||
| Second | David Suggs/Kevin Stroud | Sec | Alexa Rayon/Donovan Powell | ||||||
| Third | James Hill/Chris Sawyer | Third | Dalan Bunn/Gavin Anthony | ||||||
| Bow Sawing | |||||||||
| First | Kevin Stroud/Kyle Shertzer | First | Sarah Iwanowycz | First | Cade Rice | ||||
| Second | James Fox | Second | Natasha Kosciuszko | Sec | Jack Finley | ||||
| Third | Thomas Tyler | Third | Marina Shertzer | Third | Adrian Bonila | ||||
| Grand Caber | |||||||||
| First | David Shertzer | ||||||||
| Second | Ed Meadows | ||||||||
| Third | Anthony Derico | ||||||||
| Pole Toss | |||||||||
| First | Ronald Bonilla | First | Jaylan Smith & Natasha Kosciuszko | First | Adrian Bonilla | ||||
| Second | Justin Evans | Second | Alexa Rayon | Sec | Cade Rice | ||||
| Third | Kyle Shertzer | Third | Leslie Bynum | Third | Jack Finley & Adian Bonilla | ||||
| Standing Chop | |||||||||
| First | Chris Sawyer | First | Natasha Kosciuszko | First | Ian Huesing | ||||
| Second | Donovan Powell | Second | Leslie Bynum | Sec | Jack Finley | ||||
| Third | James Fox | Third | Jaylyn Smith | Third | Matthew Bontrager | ||||
| Cross-Cut | |||||||||
| First | Ronald and Adrian Bonilla | First | Hannah Moores & Ivy CrC Crosby | First | Hanza Elgohaly & Jack Finley | ||||
| Second | Kyle and David Shertzer | Second | Natasha Kosciuszko & Alexa Rayon | Sec | Cade Rice & Jaylyn Smith | ||||
| Third | James Fox & Adrian Bonilla | Third | Gavin Anthony & Dalan Bunn | ||||||
| Jack n Jill | |||||||||
| First | Jackson Clyde & Hannah Mooers | ||||||||
| Sec | Natasha Kosciuszko & James Fox | ||||||||
| Third | Kyle Shertzer & Marina Shertzer | ||||||||
| Knife Throw | |||||||||
| First | David Shertzer | First | Leslie Bynum | First | Gavin Anthony | ||||
| Second | Kevin Stroud & Justin Evans | Sec | Joshua Alt | ||||||
| Third | Jack Finley | ||||||||
| High School Competition: | |||||||||
| Compass & Pacing | |||||||||
| First | Sailor Reynolds | ||||||||
| Second | Alexa Rayon | ||||||||
| Third | Dalan Bunn | ||||||||
| Axe Throw | |||||||||
| First | Gavin Anthony | ||||||||
| Second | Joshua Alt | ||||||||
| Third | Jack Finley | ||||||||
| Log Roll | |||||||||
| First | Hanza Elgohaly/Jack Finley | ||||||||
| Second | Alexa Rayon/Donovan Powell | ||||||||
| Third | Dalan Bunn/Gavin Anthony | ||||||||
| Bow Sawing | |||||||||
| First | Cade Rice | ||||||||
| Second | Jack Finley | ||||||||
| Third | Adrian Bonila | ||||||||
| Pole Toss | |||||||||
| First | Adrian Bonilla | ||||||||
| Second | Cade Rice | ||||||||
| Third | Jack Finley & Adian Bonilla | ||||||||
| Standing Chop | |||||||||
| First | Ian Huesing | ||||||||
| Second | Jack Finley | ||||||||
| Third | Matthew Bontrager | ||||||||
| Cross-Cut | |||||||||
| First | Hanza Elgohaly & Jack Finley | ||||||||
| Second | Cade Rice & Jaylyn Smith | ||||||||
| Third | Gavin Anthony & Dalan Bunn | ||||||||
| Lumberjack Open Cross Country
College division:
Winner: Pensacola State College
Individual medal winners: First: Emmalei Miller, PSC
Second: Kaydee Cook, PSC
Third: Jabria Brothers, PSC
High School division: Winner: Crestview High (boys)
Pace High (girls) |
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| Lumberjack Launch Disc Golf Tournament | ||
| MPO: David Cash | ||
| MA40: Derek Heaton | ||
| MA50: Rick Higbee | ||
| MA1: Dustin Garner | ||
| MA2: Mike Rose | ||
| MA3: Michael Bennett | ||
| MA4: Brant Corley | ||
| FA4: Sarah Stephens | ||