Pull for the Hungry ArmWrestling
Championships XX
February 19, 2005 Ramada Inn, Saint Joseph, Missouri.
American Armsport Association #805-04. The objective was clear:
Ordinary People doing something Extraordinary. The ballroom was
filled with excitement as 206 athletes remembered their blessings and
competed with strength and honor. This fund raiser for American
Second Harvest of Greater Saint Joseph - Food Bank, simply brought us
all a little closer in spirit and heart. The youngest competitor was
25 months old and the eldest was 58 years. Adult Competitors: 127.
Youth Competitors: 79. Total Entries: 367. States Represented:
Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Tennessee. Moreover, two arm
wrestlers who traveled from Turkey. Ernie Kubr, Heavenly Memories
Photography, took over 1200 snap shots, providing a wonderful
opprotunity for family and friends to capture the moment. Highlights:
Margie Worden and Nick Zinna proved to be the best overall arm
wrestlers earning "The Erin Zinna and Christopher Molsbee Last
Warrior Standing Memorials" in fast matches.
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Ernie Kubr, Heavenly Memories Photography, 402-861-9363 /
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Margie Worden and Nick Zinna make quick work of Andi Paul and
Dursen Onder
Little Emily Scott (left) is pulling Sammie Berry and Keegan
Scarborough.
Braelynn Bennet won "BIGGEST HEART"
...arm wrestling through the pain, she never stopped!
Boys & Girls 4 yrs-Under: Josie Middleton -
Nashville, IL; Sammie Berry - St. Joe., MO; Emily Scott - Skiatook,
OK; Braelynn Bennet - St. Joe., MO; Keegan Scarborough - Oak Grove,
MO; Kurt Kauk - Claremore, OK; Aujenai Rock - Omaha, NE; Brooke
Westberg - Woolstock, IA; Jacob McCabe - Hubbard, IA
Terrence Clark II and Isreal Smith both from Saint Joseph,
Missouri
Boys & Girls 5-6 yrs: Brant Price - St. Joe.,
MO; Terrence Clark II - St. Joe., MO; Makenna Evert - Camden , MO;
Isreal Smith - St. Joe., MO; Tanner Fleming - Oak Grove, MO; Cody
Beck - Lebo, KS; Alyssa McFarland - St. Joe., MO; Riley Price -
Olathe, KS; Lacey Westberg - Woolstock, IA
Carly Middleton scratched her way through the B-side of the
bracket to win the 2005 title.
Girls 7-9 yrs: Carly Middleton - Nashville, IL; Raven Price
- St. Joe., MO; Samantha McFarland - St. Jooe., MO; Brooklyn Anderson
- Dixon, MO; Kirsten Kauk - Claremore, OK
Hawk Duggings raises his blood pressure for the win.
Boys 7-9 yrs: Erik Stevens - Warrensburg, MO; Shane
Battagler - Camden, MO; Cory Middleton - Nashville, IL; Hawk Duggins
- Osceola, MO
Deanna Busey and Lacey Talley go to battle; Talley was able to
hold off Busey for the pin.
Girls 10-12 yrs: Jeanne Bierbaum - St. Joe., MO; Lacey
Talley - St. Joe., MO; Kirstie Griffis - Avoca, IA; Deanna Busey -
St. Joe., MO; Alexis Anderson - Dixon, MO;Natasha Gibson - St. Joe.,
MO; Alexis McMartin - Oakland, IA; Molly Dickinson - Hot Springs, AR
Boys 10-12 yrs: Cody Berry - St. Joe., MO; Collin Easter -
St. Joe., MO; Dylan Duggins - Osceola, MO; Bryce Whittle -
Collinsville, OK; JD Brown - Dixon, MO
Girls 13-15 yrs: Dustie Fritsche - Lone Jack, MO; Misty
Fritz - Omaha, NE; Lacie Poindexter - Oak Grove, MO; MacKenzie
McIntosh - Mexico, MO; Nicole Drew - KC, MO; Jeanne Bierbaum - St.
Joe., MO
Gary Talley (left) and Cameran Chambers (right) had 15 competitors in
their class!
Boys 13-15 yrs: Tom Dixon - Council Bluffs, IA; Gary Talley
- St. Joe., MO; Josh Hildebrand - St. Joe.,, MO; James Parker -
Lathrop, MO; Weston Scott - Tulsa, OK; Kyle Schoenberger -
Plattsburg, MO; Preston Rochel - Marshall, MN; Cameran Chambers -
Exira, IA; Kyle Stevens - Warrensburg, MO; Ethan Fritsche - Lone
Jack, MO; Mark Hildebrand - St. Joe., MO; Roman Driskell - Skiatook,
OK; Greg Arnold - Clayton , OH; Riley Easter - St. Joe, MO; Alan
Middleton - Nashville, IL
Girls 16-18 yrs: Jennifer Putnam - Beresford, SD; Brittany
Guinzy - Ashley, IL; Erica Brown - KC, MO
Boys 16-18 yrs: Brad Hanrock - St. Joe., MO; John Sowards -
St. Joe., MO; Zeb Cook - Albany, MO; Allen Evinger - Oak Grove, MO;
Zack Fritsche - Lone Jack, MO; Jacob Anderson - Trenton, MO; Eric
Cunningham - Trenton, MO; Gary Tally - St. Joe., MO; Tim Pokorny -
Weston, NE; James Sloves - KC, MO; Ben Johnson - Oak Grove, MO; Randy
Lawrence - Edgerton, KS; Jon Wade - St. Joe., MO; Bruce Guinzy
-Ashley, IL
Ladies Right Hand
67 kg = 147-Under lbs: Margie Worden - Omaha, NE; Deniz
Costun - Turkey; Val Hall - Bellevue, NE
67+ kg = 148-Over lbs; Andi Paul - Papillion, NE; Chrystle
Heil - Lathrop, MO; Penny Ford - St. Joe., MO
Men's Right Hand
70 kg = 154-Under lbs: Luke Stanely - Blue Springs, MO;
Justin Joice - Coweta, OK; Chip Gore - Eldon, MO
Durson Onder and Deniz Costun both traveled from Turkey to be a
part of the event.
86 kg = 155-190 lbs: Dursen Onder - Turkey; Bill Logsdon -
Hardin, MO; Roger Nowazke - Louisville, NE
Chris Anderson and Sterling Miles
105 kg = 191-231 lbs: Scott Lohmann - Omaha, NE; Dan
Whittle - Collinsville, OK; Scott Fleming - Oak Grove, MO
Blaine Middleton invites Mike McCabe to settle with
third.
105+ kg = 232-Over lbs: Nick Zinna - Polo, MO; Blaine
Middleton - Nashville, IL; Mike McCabe - Hubbard, IA
Ladies Novice Right - Open: Chrystle Heil - Lathrop, MO; Kelly
Cook - Council Bluffs, IA; Gwen Morgan - Polo, MO
Men's Novice Right Hand
70 kg = 154-Under lbs: Brandon Hunsucker - Douglass, KS;
Chip Gore - Eldon, MO; Eric Cunningham - Trenton, MO
Bruce Scott; Sperry, OK and Eric Parker; Polo MO.
86 kg = 155-190 lbs: Blake Sercest - Coweta, OK; Kevin Ford
- Inola, OK; Garrett Richardson - Buckner, MO
105 kg = 191-231 lbs: Mike Kauk - Claremore, OK; Derek
Hausman - Columbia, MO; Matt Duggins - Osceola, MO
Chris Josten, Beresford, SD placed 4th in the field of 15
Novice Super Heavy Weights.
Brandon Dysart (left photo) pulls on Blake Perry and Paul Ytell
(right) gets caught tugging on another big-big arm!
105+ kg = 232-Over lbs: Ryan Clark - Oak Grove, MO; Blake
Perry - Crockett Mills, TN; Brandon Dysart - Savannah, MO
Juliet Schuenemeyer with Misty Fritz in the ladies left
class.
Ladies Left Hand - Open: Margie Worden - Omaha, NE;
Chrystle Heil - Lathrop, MO; Gwen Morgan - Polo, MO
Men's Left Hand
70 kg = 154-Under lbs: Jeff Puckett - St. Joe., MO; Luke
Stanley - Blue Springs, MO; Brandon Hunsucker - Douglass, KS
86 kg = 155-190 lbs: Dursen Onder - Turkey; Bill Logsdon -
Hardin, MO; Shane McLaughlin - Derby KS
105 kg = 191-231 lbs: Scott Lohmann - Omaha, NE; Scott
Fleming - Oak Grove, MO; Sterling Miles - St. Louis, MO
105+ kg = 232-Over lbs: Nick Zinna - Polo, MO; Don Fritshe
- Lone Jack, MO; Dwayne Hanel - Omaha, NE
