MAD SCRAMBLE to get their pig in the Youth Fair Pig Scramble.
NATHAN PARMENTIER offers some encouragement to his daughter, Riley Parmentier, trying to decide on the tractor pull competition.
CAROLINE OTTEN is the 2021 Queen.
From left to right are Ava Vandergriffe, Sheny Delgado, McKenzie Pecaut, Caroline Otten, Emilee Hinten and Hannah Borcherding.
BILL HORN and his ‘61 Ford Bronco at the Car Cruise.
MARIA VEDDER shows her dairy cow.
Soggy Youth Fair Brought Smiles And Fond Memories
Lighting was crackling across the sky during the New Haven Youth Fair’s Cornhole Tournament and the crowning of the Fair Queen last Friday night. Caroline Otten was crowned and honored as both Queen and Miss Congeniality. Recent New Haven High graduate Sheny Delgado was first runner-up, and second runner-up was the lovely McKenzie Pecaut.
While the ladies were celebrating, rain seemed imminent leading up to the Pig Scramble, but, fortunately, the hundreds of people who came out were spared a soggy event. The Pig Scramble has been a tradition for generations and many parents once ran through the mud and slop to catch a pig and drag it back to the gate just like their kids were presently doing. There were age categories from 4 year olds up to 18 and over. Part of the appeal is the competitive nature of wrestling the pig back to the gate without anybody else stealing the prize on the way. As a badge of honor, every pig scramble entrant is covered head to toe in mud. Most of the kids know what to expect and dive headlong after the fleeing swine.
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For additional details about the New Haven Youth Fair, check out the July 14 edition of the New Haven Independent News! See all event results in the July 21 edition.