Pig scrambles - 2006

       Fairgoers planning to watch one of the four pig scrambles scheduled during fair week should plan to arrive early if they want a seat. The highly entertaining events always draw huge crowds.
        The scrambles are open to boys and girls ages 8-10. Entries must be made at the Livestock Office on the day of the scramble and will close one hour prior to the scheduled start. Names are drawn at random.
        The first, the Society Pig Scramble, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on opening day, Sunday, Sept. 30 in the pulling pavilion. The Society Scramble is open to kids who live in any of the 22 towns that make up the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Sixteen towns are located in western Maine and six in eastern New Hampshire.
        The pigs average six to eight weeks in age. Fair officials choose 12 youngsters to go after 10 pigs.
        The second and fourth scrambles are both open events. One is set for Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m., and the other on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. Both scrambles will be held in the pulling pavilion and are open to any youngsters age 8-10.
        The third scramble will be held outside on the racetrack in front of the main grandstand on Friday, Oct.5 following the 4-H calf scramble that begins at 10 a.m. This scramble is reserved for third graders from the local SAD 72 school system. These youngsters are selected in advance of the event.
        Youngsters are encouraged to keep the pigs they catch and raise them. But for those that don't want to or can't take them home, Jerry Watson, supplier of the pigs, will be on hand to buy them back.

Pigmaster Ted Raymond prepares the pigs for battle.
Kyle Bennett dives into the group.
Corissa Trafton and Jasmine Ramsey of Fryeburg, Sidney Andreoli
of Lovell and Travis Dewees of Fryeburg scurry in the SAD 72 pig scramble on Friday, Oct. 6.
Travis Dewees, third grader from the CA Snow School in Fryeburg.
"What do I do now?" asks Corissa Trafton of the Snow School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006 Scramble participants
Sunday Oct. 2
Society scramble

Silas Eastman, Chatham, NH
Amanda Gillette, Brownfield
Brody McOwen, Conway NH
Leonne Kugelmon, N. Bridgton
Kallie Moulton, Lovell
Asa Lewis, Harrison
Colby Trace, Fryeburg
Tiffany Howick, Stow
Ethan MacDonald, C. Conway NH
Shelby LeBlond, Denmark
Blake Trueworthy, Porter
Courtney Burrell, Freedom NH

Wednesday, Oct. 5
Open Scramble

Ricky Lavasseur, Conway NH
Rebecca Hatch, Cinncinatti OH
Brice Johnson, Boyston, MA
Will Price, E. Fryeburg
Michale Hammond, Auburn
Kayla Towle, Ft. Myers FL
Matt Marcotte, Pittsfield
Solomon Somers, Cambridge ONT
Adelle Sens, N. Conway NH
Chelsea Dubin, Holliston MA
Elliott Bullard, Bethel
Hanna Cooper, Candia NH

Friday, Oct. 7
SAD 72 3rd Graders

Snow School
Travis Dewees, Carissa Trafton, Vasminr Ramsay, Shelby Hesslein and Jane Imdieke-King
Denmark School
Halie Bartlett and Joseph Schrader
New Suncook School
Sidney Andreali, Makayla Rae Packeco, Jacob Morse, Kyle Bennett and Reid O'Brien.

Sunday, Oct. 9
Open Scramble

Peter Reilly, Franklin CT
Morgan Clauss, Lancaster NH
Josh Andrews, Limerick
Sheighla Wall, Tamworth NH
Gabriel Perry, Fayetteville NC
Emily Munstedt, Needham MA
Brandom Viens, Denmark
Abigail Fitxpatrick, Kennebunk
Rikki Bryant, Randolph
Chad Knighton, Lisbon NH
Sullivan Mullen, Tunbridge MA
Emily Pereson, E. Bridgwater MA

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