Cookoff draws large crowd

Best Overall -Mobile Forest Products Photo by Logan Gatlin/Deep South Media Group GROVE HILL — More than 1,000 people gathered in Grove Hill last week for the 10th annual Southwest Alabama Wild Game Cookoff, where 32 teams competed in several food categories for prizes and the opportunity to represent the region at the state finals. This year’s event featured live music from Gringo Fife along with an EZN Outfitters pop-up shop. Attendees also had opportunities to participate in a silent auction featuring cornhole boards, grills, hunting gear, a chainsaw, gun cases and other items. Items for the silent auction were donated by Pine City Outdoors, Slayton Brothers II Inc., Baldwin Express Pipeline, Jackson Ace Hardware, Grove Hill Ace Hardware and Tucker ATV. Connie and Scott Williamson also made and donated custom cornhole boards. The winners were: FISH • First place: Mobile Forest Products. • Second place: Outlaw Road Crew. • Third place: Canfor.

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