Mid-Atlantic Qualifier and U.S. Hot Saw Shootout

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YOU HAVE SEEN THEM ON ABC SPORTS AND ESPN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK TO COMPETE IN MORGANTOWN. IT IS THE STIHL TIMBERSPORTS PRO LUMBERJACK FESTIVAL FROM NOON TO 5PM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019 AT TRIPLE S HARLEY-DAVIDSON. OVER 20 OF THE BIGGEST AND BADEST LUMBERJACKS FROM ACROSS THE US WILL BE COMPETING IN SIX DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING NUMEROUS WORLD AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! THERE WILL BE TWO EXCITING EVENTS HAPPENING ON ONE DAY, WITH THE STIHL TIMBERSPORTS MID-ATLANTIC QUALIFIER STARTING AT NOON, FOLLOWED BY THE U.S. HOT SAW SHOOTOUT. THE TOP FOUR OVERALL WINNERS REPRESENTING THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION WILL MOVE ON TO MILWAUKEE, WI FOR THE STIHL TIMBERSPORTS US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN JULY, WHICH WILL BE BROADCASTED ON ESPN AND ABC SPORTS. THE LUMBERJACKS WILL COMPETE IN THE SPRING BOARD CHOP, THE STIHL STOCK SAW, STANDING BLOCK CHOP, UNDERHAND CHOP, SINGLE BUCK AND THE HOT SAW. LUMBERJACKS WILL ALSO BE COMPETING FOR THE NATIONAL HOT SAW TITLE. THE ATHLETES WILL BE COMPETING FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY AND AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN AT 5PM. AMONG THE GREATS WILL BE “THE KING OF LUMBERJACKS”, MEL LENTZ FROM DIANA, WV WHO IS THE WINNINGEST AXEMAN IN THE HISTORY OF US LUMBERJACK SPORTS. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING IN THE STIHLTIMBERSPORTS SERIES SINCE 1985 AND HAS WON SIX US STIHL TIMBERSPORTS SERIES TITLES AND DOZENS OF OTHER TITLES. ALSO COMPETING IS WV NATIVE AND CURRENT SIX TIME U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPION MATT COGAR WHO WILL ASLO BE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AFTER THE SHOW. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COGAR FAMILY WHOSE HERITAGE COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF COMPETITIVE LUMBERJACKS FROM WEBSTER COUNTY, WV. WILL ALSO BE COMPETING. ARDEN COGAR JR IS A FOUR TIME US OVERALL CHAMPION AND IS RANKED IN THE TOP 10 IN THE US OVERALL. THE FAMILY RIVALRY WILL CONTINUE IN MORGANTOWN. “NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE A DAY FULL OF AXE SWINGING AND SAW GRINDING ACTION, BUT THOSE ATTENDING CAN ALSO SHOP VENDOR BOOTHS AND FOOD CONCESSIONS,” SAYS LABETH HALL OF PR PLUS EVENTS AND ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT. “THERE ARE ALSO TRUCKS, TRACTORS, CAMPERS, ATV’S, MOWERS, AS WELL AS STIHL EQUIPMENT, AND MUCH MORE. DOORS OPEN AT TRIPLE S AT 10 AM WITH THE COMPETITION STARTING AT NOON. ENTRY IS FREE. HOWVER, TICKETS FOR A SPECIAL VIEWING AREA CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE GATE RAIN OR SHINE, ADMISSION FOR ADULTS IS $9 AND CHILDREN 6-12 YEARS ARE $3. UPON ENTERING ATTENDEES SHOULD REGISTER AT THE PRIZE BOOTH WHERE WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN HOURLY. “WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BRING THIS EVENT BACK TO MORGANTOWN FOR ITS FOURTH YEAR”, SAID LABETH HALL OF PR PLUS EVENTS. “WE ARE EXPECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO COME CELEBRATE THE MOUNTAIN STATE, VISIT THE GREATER MORGANTOWN AREA AND ENJOY ALL THE FUN AT TRIPLE S.” THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY TRIPLE S HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND ORGANIZED BY PR PLUS EVENTS AND SLINGERLAND LUMBER