DROWNING THE COMPETITION

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By News Staff, on July 7, 2022

DROWNING THE COMPETITION

Top: This co-ed battle between Richard Weber III and LiErin Wilson, on the right, and brother-sister team Tom Volstad and Josey Scoville was a fierce competition. Weber and Wilson prevailed. Bottom left: Eva Schoonover trains the hose on opponents Nicole Edder and Jourdan Herndon. Bottom right: Sara Martinez receives a group hug after she and Schoonover defeated Edder and Herndon to retain their title as women’s water fight champions. Erin McIntyre — Ouray County...

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