Proving she’s not just a competitive log roller, Paige Everson tried a new timber sport at the Lumber World Championships, taking part in the ax throw. Photo courtesy of Andrea Everson
Showing great balance, endurance, quick feet and grand strategy, North Shore Roller Allesandra (Alley) Duclos of Lutsen continued her 2018 win streak with her most significant victory of the year, a first place in the girls’ U13 amateur log rolling competition at the Hayward, Wisconsin Lumberjack World Championships.
Amateurs competed on Thursday and Friday (July 19-20) while pro events went into the weekend.
Alley defeated Grace Berg of LaCrosse, Wis. 3-0 in a best of five falls to take the title.
This is Alley’s first world championship. She joins North Shore Roller teammates Jessica Berg Collman, Lucy Shaw, Dominic Wilson, and Paige Everson, all of whom have won world championship titles in various age groups.
Taylor Everson, Duclos’s teammate, finished tied for fifth place in the U13 girls’ bracket that had a broad field of 18 strong rollers.
It was a great day for the fleet-footed Garret Plummer who came away with third place in the U7 coed field. A young roller, Garret is getting better and better, practicing hard with his teammates at the YMCA.
Alexis Plummer, Garret’s sister, took eighth place in the girls’ U10 field. This is often the deepest field of log rollers in the tournament.
Bear Atkinson, the son of Jenny and Neil Atkinson, placed fourth in the boys’ U10 competition. Jenny introduced log rolling to Cook County, teaching the kids the sport and donating a practice log for the kids to train on more than 10 years ago. Jenny placed ninth in the women’s log rolling professional field.
Dominic Wilson finished just outside the medals in fourth place in the boys’ U17 field. Dominic lost to Carson Popoure 3-2 in the battle for third place. Wilson beat Popoure 3-2 last week in the Namekagon River Roll Off.
Rolling in spikes in her second girls’ U-17 semipro competition ever, Paige Everson tied for fifth place with Amara Eltahir. Hayward’s Hailey Miller took first place.
Paige also was one of five women out of a field of 47 participants in the ax throw. She didn’t place in the top five, but all of her throws scored points, which in itself is an accomplishment.
The Lumberjack World Championships features international competition showcasing the best professional timber sports athletes from around the globe competing in sawing, chopping, speed climbing, log rolling, boom running, ax throwing and other events. Fisherman’s Picnic pro and amateur competition
A deep field of men and women professional log rollers will compete at the upcoming Fisherman’s Picnic Minnesota State Log Rolling Championships.
Heading up the field is both the men’s and women’s 2018 world champions Tanner Hallett and Livi Pappadopoulos.
Many of the best amateurs from the Midwest will also attend the competition. Jamie Fisher is bringing his timber sports show to the Fisherman’s Picnic, which should make for great entertainment and family fun.
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