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2011 Tucson Pumpkin Toss Results

The results are in!

# Team Name Distance Shot 1 (m) Distance Shot 2 (m) Wall Distance (m) Boxes Dislodged Range final score Accuracy final score Combined score
1 Strebuchet 26.10 57.00 57.00 0 57.00 0.00 57.00
2 Kupbis Kill 120.00 120.00 106.00 0 100.00 0.00 100.00
3 Amphitheater High School Panthers 9.20 14.50 9.00 3 14.50 30.20 44.70
4 Pumpkin Poison 22.00 0.00 22.00 0 22.00 0.00 22.00
5 St Greory Hawks 36.70 27.40 41.00 0 36.70 0.00 36.70
6 Pueblo Magnet High Warriors 88.10 86.80 89.40 1 88.10 100.00 188.10
7 Chunkin Pucker 94.90 93.10 92.00 0 94.90 0.00 94.90
8 Jack O'Launcher 42.15 40.50 42.50 0 42.15 0.00 42.15

Pumpkin Toss Video

Thanks to all who participated in and attended the first annual Tucson Pumpkin Toss.  It was loads of fun, and we now have plenty of pumpkin pie filling just in time for Thanksgiving!  More to come soon on the results, but for now we have Leonard Vance, one of the Pumpkin Toss organizers, to thank for posting this video: