The Platte County Fair 2022

Mark DeLap
Posted 8/9/22

pig wrestling at the fair

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The Platte County Fair 2022

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The biggest draw by far was the grand finale pig wrestling contest at the Platte County Fairgrounds. There was a record number of teams entered for the contest and the show went on in the midst of intermittent raindrops which began to cool off a week that was sweltering at times. Shown is a team from Guernsey called Gettin’ Piggy Wit’ It and chasing the pig were Brody Sterner, Juliana Schiele and in the mud, Domonic Dimas. Each team had a clever name such as this Guernsey team and an all-female team called “The Great Hambonies.” Youth teams had 1:30 to capture their pig and get it into the barrel while the adult teams had only a minute to successfully compete the task. The Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department was on hand with the fire cannon to hose the muddy contestants off after their turn in the competition. The new addition this year was the teams that got their pig into the barrel and then did belly flops into the muck. Some of the pigs this year were so large that there were two broken plastic pig barrels.