Peters Family takes top three spots in Egg Fight
Published 8:16 am Tuesday, April 23, 2019
There may have been snow on the mountains, but there was a fire in the hollow. Jerry Peters, who won eight titles over 50-years couldn’t attend this year but he was well represented. His granddaughter Laura Baird won the title by defeating her brother Matt Peters to be named the 2019 Peters Hollow Egg Fighting Champion. Jeff Peters, Laura and Matt’s dad, and Jerry’s son took third place. There were 38 contestants in this year contest and like last year where the final three were the Dale Colbaugh’s family, this year it was the Peters’. Noel Branch, the 1991 winner, finished seventh and former winners Chuck Hyder 1971 and Norman Peters 1970 also competed. Norman said it made the 77th year he had attended the egg fight. Avery Edwards took the title in the youngest age group 0-3 with Yaznelix Rosario took second place. Aubrey Collins won the 4-7 Division with Ruben Rosario of Jonesboro finished second. In the 8-12 division, Seth Henry won first place with Logan Collins taking the runner up position. The adult division was the largest crowd in some time and many fought the cooler weather to compete, the competition took over three hours to complete.