Tim Hayles of Berwick finished second in Class C in the Louisiana State Singles Horseshoe Pitching Championships on Sept. 24 in Welsh. Hayles finished with a 4-2 mark and a ringer percentage of 26.3. He fell in a 40-shoe playoff with first-place finisher Mack Thibodeaux of Lake Arthur. Thibodeaux finished 5-1 with a ringer percentage of 27.5. Above, in no particular order, are Thibodeaux, Hayles and third-place finisher Charles Savoy of Jennings. Hayles wasn't the only Berwick resident to excel at the event as Ryan Fryou of Berwick won Class B with a 5-0 mark and a ringer percentage of 28. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of The Bayou Horseshoe Pitchers Association)
Hilton Rhodes of Bayou Vista took third place in Class E at the Louisiana State Singles Horseshoe Pitching Championships in Welsh Sept. 24. Rhodes finished 3-2 with a ringer percentage of 13.5. Not pictured is second-place winner Ivory Hilliard, who finished 3-2 with a ringer percentage of 17 in Class E. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of Bayou Horseshoe Pitchers Association)
Tim Gilmore of Bayou Vista won first place and Al Dodson of Morgan City, third place in Class A Elders at the Louisiana State Singles Horseshoe Pitching Championships in Welsh Sept. 24. Gilmore, who was declared the Elder's State Champion, finished 5-0 with a ringer percentage of 55, while Dodson was 3-2 with a ringer percentage of 43. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of Bayou Horseshoe Pitchers Association)