There were six other teams of competitors from Cal Poly, Reedley College, Modesto Jr. College, University Nevada Reno, Central Oregon Community College and University of California Berkeley. The team members competed in individual events and team events in the one-day competition held on Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m. and continuing until after nightfall. Numerous competitive events were held including: axe throw, chopping events, dendrology identification, traverse, choker set race, Jack and Jill, single buck, and double buck.
There were over 100 competitors registered in the events of those 100 competitors Humboldt claimed a more than their share of success and awards for the day including: Molly Heuss, 1st, Kelsey McGrath, 2nd, and Jess Engle, 3rd place in women’s tree climb; Merlin Sabo, 2nd and Craig, Bradshaw, 3rd place in men’s tree climb; Josh Kegerreis,2nd place in dendrology; Jess Engle, Gabriela Mejie, Melanie Hernandez, Merlin Sabo, Nick Knipe, Kelsey McGrath, Joshua Kegerreis and J. D. Wright, Best Team; Jessica Engle repeated as Belle of the Woods for the 2nd year in a row (in her 2nd year of competition) while Merlin Sabo and Nicholas Knipe took 2nd and 3rd respectively for Bull of the Woods (both also in their 2nd year of competition as well).
All in all it was a great outing for the lumberjacks whose team consists of mostly 1st and 2nd year competitors. The team is looking much stronger, deeper and improved from the team that placed 2nd at the AWFC competition last spring. We know the team will be practicing diligently for the AWFC competition in March to be held in Ft. Collins, Colorado.