Sauerkraut Days turned into an exciting, wet competition Saturday, Aug. 17, when the annual bathtub races were held. Participants ran out of water balloons before the final round (the department had filled 5,000 water balloons at the beginning of the morning), but the annual races did not disappoint.
There were 10 teams competing against each other at the event. Siggins Farms pulled out a dominate win with a time of 13.28. Evan Coleman, Quinn Coleman, Tiernan Boots, and Daylin Schaffer’s time was almost a full second faster than the Lisbon Fire Department, who placed second.
In the heat of the day, water balloons were getting tossed by people in the crowd before the races had even begun. Unfortunately, the demand for water balloons was much higher than anticipated and by the time the final round started, there was a scarcity of balloons. Members of the fire department took it upon themselves to make up for the lack of balloons during that round. They sprayed the hose at the racers for a little longer time than in the first round.
Siggins Farms and Lisbon Fire Department had the two fastest times of the day. “Ow! My Knee!” rounded out the podium. The “Blue Lagoon Racers,” made up of Addie Clark, Gretchen Moelhman, Brynn Epperly, and Kayla Ries just missed the top three by less than half a second.
