The rain did not dampen the spirit of this year’s strawberry pie-eating competitors. Dozens of children and adults turned out for the hands-free, face-smothering strawberry experience. Speedy eaters went head to head in age categories from 6 years of age to 18 and older adults.

This year’s winners included:

Girls age 6-7: Charlotte Nowlin

Boys age 6-7: Jaylen Hill

Girls age 8-10: Maddy Winner (3 year winner)

Boys age 8-10: Atticus Kemper

Girls age 11-13: Brooke Grieshop

Boys age 11-13: Thomas Miller

Girls age 14-17: Haley Howard (6 year winner)

Boys age 14-17: Andre Sonntag (2 year winner)

Women 18+: Maggie Matthews

Men 18+: Graham Duty

The competition closed with a Troy Celebrity Pie-Eating Contest involving Festival Chairman Nathan Walters, Matt Watkins, Tall James, and Matt Roetter. Spectators agreed that the competition was intense but not serious. Shortly after the contestants planted their faces in the pies, Chairman Walters unloaded handfuls of his pie into competitor’s plates. The ensuing retribution digressed until whipped cream and strawberries were airborne and competitors were chasing one another across the levy. When the pie plates were finally empty, strawberries and whipped cream were not only on faces and hands but carnage had been wreaked on clothes, shoes, and hair. In the aftermath, celebrity contestants posed proudly for pictures and audience members laughed uproariously. Judges could not make the final call on a winner for the celebrity category. As Festival Chairman, Walters declared himself the winner.