2010 Labor Day Classic - Thursday

North Vernon, IN – The first night of the Labor Day Classic saw 90 open Dogs and 50 pups competing for a p ortion of the monies and a shot at the overall title for the weekend. The weather was warm and dry, but most casts scored on several coons. When they returned here were the cast winners and the respective final fours. The Pups opted to split. The Open decided to hunt and their order of finish will be posted when we receive the results.

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Final Four Open
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Dog...Owner...Handler...Score

2nd Noff...M/C/W/H...Nicky Hale...775+ Early

4th Sweat...Ahring/Linnemeyer...Shane Groves...800+ Early

1st Chubby...Alan Hill...Duran Link...625+ Early

3rd Boy...R/Q/E...Lee Ballard...575+ Early

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Cast Winners
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Cast...Dog...Owner...Handler...Score

1...Abagal...Burkholder/Proulx/Groves...Steve
Burkholder...537 1/2+

2...Boy...R/Q/E...Lee Ballard...575+

3...Fiddler...Tony Jackson...Same...175Cr

4...Barack...Leroy Stoltfus...Same...87 1/2+

5...Buck...Jerry Reeves...Timmy Pratt...375+

6...Maggie...B/H/S...Kent Smith...650Cr

7...Chubby...Alan Hill...Duran Link...625+

8...Cricket...Bobby Dearman...Leland Walles...175+

9...Bailey...Casper/Keller...Buddy Hawkinberry...200+

10...Ace...Aaron Gray...Same...225+

11...Clackston...Ronnie Nickens...Same...325+

12...Thumper...McCormick/Seese...David Seese...275+

13...Mack...Kerry Rooks...Andy Harper...175+

14...Ned...Bruce White...Same...0

15...Sweat...Ahring/Linnemeyer...Shane Groves...800+

16...Stinger...Perkins/Seese...Jon Perkins...325+

17...Lot Lizard...Pearson/Jackson...Kevin Hendricks...75+

18...Noff...M/C/W/H...Nicky Hale...775+

19...Hanna...Joe Summers...Same...200+

20...Loud...Drew/Stallard...Ted Halcomb...150+

21...Wendy...Gene Wolfenbarger...Lance Buchannon...450+

22...Scooter...Mike Raef...Same...100+

23...Hooker...Mayne/Mayne...Cody Mayne...250+

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Final Four Pup Split
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Dog...Owner...Handler...Score

Knot...Keith Gillum...David Dillow...700+

Tyrone...Dial/Umphers...David Dial...450+

Lil...Gary VanMeter...Same...325+

Blaze...Jim Magill...James Paynter...275+

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Cast Winners
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Cast...Dog...Owner...Handler...Score

1...Shotgun...William Johns...Kevin Spinks...225+

2...Paige...Jason Gray...Same...450Cr

3...Dream...Randy Morgan...Ronnie Bone...125+

4...Lynch...Carlton Reynolds...Tim Waters...100-

5...Jam...Newton/Ahring...Mike Newton...312 1/2Cr

6...Shock...Larry Dean Weaver...James Tirey...750Cr

7...Jill...Larry Hurt...Same...175+

8...Shine...Proulx/Gilbert...Todd Campbell...175+

9...Knot...Keith Gillum...David Dillow...700+

10...Blaze...Jim Magill...James Paynter...275+

11...Jake...Charles Parsley...John Parsley...200+

12...Tyrone...Dial/Umphers...David Dial...450+

13...Lil...Gary VanMeter...Same...325+