Ronn Matt’s wife encouraged him to enter the annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in southwestern Michigan on Saturday. It’s a good thing she did. The 46-year-old Chicagoan pulled a ...

CROWN POINT | Family, tradition and sportsmanship played key roles in the Bean Spitting Contest during The Times Day at the 160th Lake County Fair on Saturday morning – along with a lot of saliva. The ...

The Indiana State Fair is known for its competitions—from the 4-H Best in Show to a competition for the best alpaca costume—but the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest is no ordinary competition. In the ...

For the first time, the Marion County Fair held a watermelon seed spitting contest. Danny Weston won first place. The seed traveled 27 feet. Louis Iverson came in second, spitting the seed more than ...

Michael Breazeale, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. July 7, 2023 at 8:35 AM Jul. 7—TRAVERSE CITY — Tonight is the last chance to participate in the National Cherry Festival's classic adult ...

POTTER COUNTY, Pa. — Many unique events happen this time of year. In Potter County, one festival includes frog jumping races and a log rolling competition, and in the 1980s, there was also a tobacco ...

Watermelon seed spitting contest brings dozens of competitors to Marion County Fair The watermelon seed spitting contest at the Marion County Fair is new this year, but competitors of all ages gave it ...