Sports
Simmons wins horseshoe meet

BRISTOL — Forty horseshoe pitchers from four states came to the Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitching Clubs near the recreation fields in Bristol to compete in the PresState Tournament his past Sunday.
Brian Simmons was tops in the tournament with a 4-0 record and 82% ringers in Class A.
The next tournament at the Sodbusters courts will be Addison County’s first ever hosting of the New England Champions Tournament. That competition will be on Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-6.
In Sunday’s competition, the winners and others placing (including won-loss record and ringer percentage), were:
Class A
1. Brian Simmons, 4-0, 82.00; 2. Georgia McCormick, 3-1, 48.03; 3. Melanie Eno, 2-2, 48.68; 4. Dan Gonyaw, 2-2, 45.21; 5. Kevin Fisher, 2-2, 41.10; 6. Patty Farrey, 2-2, 39.39; 7. Brianna McCormick, 1-3, 43.51; and 8. Brandyn Lebarron, 0-4, 30.77.
Class B
1. Kevin Greene, 7-2, 29.61; 2. Neil Kennedy, 5-3, 39.69; 3. John Remy, 5-3, 37.02; 4. Jordan Draper, 4-3, 35.82; 5. Scott Santor, 3-4, 31.34; 6. Jennifer Bassette, 2-5, 35.87; 7. Steve Clark, 2-5, 30.07; and 8. Joe Hill, 2-5, 25.41.
Class C
1. Judy Kinner, 7-2, 19.21; 2. Stan Bigelow, 6-3, 24.15; 3. Maurice Cyr, 6-3, 24.13; 4. John Plante, 5-4, 20.83; 5. Lou Cousino, 3-4, 21.17; 6. Juanita Ratta, 3-4, 19.78; 7. Paul Wilson, 2-5, 17.65; and 8. Juan Perez, 0-7, 17.88.
Class D
1. Robert Bergeron, 7-0, 20.00; 2. David Hall, 5.5-1.5, 23.88; 3. Donna Lewis, 5-2, 10.74; 4. Linus Kinner, 3.5-3.5, 12.14; 5. Andre Bergeron, 2.5-4.5, 15.11; 6. Angela Chellis, 2-5, 9.71; 7. Rick Fitzgerald, 2-5, 9.26; and 8. Thomas Brooks Jr., 0.5-6.5, 9.29.
Class E
1. Traci Greene, 6-1, 18.57; 2. Victor Little, 6-1, 16.67; 3. Lisa Isabelle Bowen, 5-2, 13.33; 4. Christopher “CJ” Hudson, 4-3, 9.64; 5. Dakota Santor, 4-3, 7.86; 6. Beverly Forgues, 2-5, 4.29; 7. Colby Little, 1-6, 5.19; and 8. Randy Little Sr., 0-5, 4.07.
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