8th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Hunting Island State Park

Friends of Hunting Island hosted their 8th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest on Saturday afternoon at Hunting Island State Park.

There were 18 teams that participated in the event. "It's a way of getting families out to the beach at Hunting Island," Nancy Grimaldi, chairman of the sand sculpture contest, said.

The teams were broken up into four groups: the Sand Fleas, contestants up to 8 years old who have an adult leader, the Sand Hoppers, ages 9 to 15 years old, the Sand Tribes, families, the Sand Fantasies, familes with children age 7 and under, and the Sand Shapers, adults compteting alone or in a small team.

Judges selected a first and second place winner for each group and then selected one team as the best in show. The results from the contest are:

Sand Fantasies:

1^st Place - Russell,& Megan Rothenburg Bryce, Jennifer & Liam Barnes Spartanburg, SC

Sand Shapers:

1^st Place: Kelly Chelten and Linda Chelten

2^nd Place: Jasmine Christian and Leland Christian

Sand Tribes:

1^st Place Deann Palmer, Robert, Deann, Madisyn, Sydney, Mason, Sage

2^nd Place: Molli Appling, Tom Page and Adele Page

Sand Hoppers:

1^st Place: Aleah Seay, Concetta, Chloe, Olivia, Audrey, May, Thatia

2^nd Place: Isabelle Lieblein and Nishta Ramasamy

Sand Fleas:

1^st Place Linda and Shelby Tant and Elliott Clark

2^nd Place: Warren and Roman Benjamin

Best In show: Girl Scout Troop 2711

This story was originally published June 13, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "8th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Hunting Island State Park."