DES MOINES, IA — Horseshoe throwers from across the state competed in the Iowa State Men’s Championship division and the Iowa State Elders Championship division of the Horseshoe Contest Saturday at the 2016 Iowa State Fair. The State Fair hosts horseshoe competitions every Fair day. Division winners are crowned daily. All Horseshoe Pitching competitions take place on the horseshoe courts just east of Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall.

Iowa State Men’s Championship

1) Joseph Smith, Gladbrook 2) Vern Kollasch, Iowa City 3) Ron Rowley, West Des Moines 4) Pat Simon Sr., Waterloo 5) Dave Mittlestadt, Jewell 6) Ronnie Burgess, Cedar Rapids 7) Levi Flint, Little Sioux 8) Doug P. Anderson, Stratford 9) Randy Fox, Council Bluffs 10) John Peterson, Ottumwa 11) Dennis L. Hopkins, Missouri Valley 12) Steve Ronk, Council Bluffs

Iowa State Elder’s Championship

Championship 1) Bert Logsdon, Pleasantville 2) Glenn Warden, Grimes 3) Ron Stanerson, Marengo 4) LeRoy J. Law, West Des Moines 5) Larry Bolt, Traer 6) Larry Purcell, Cedar Rapids

Class A 1) Henry Trumpold, Marengo 2) Richard Cranston, Keswick 3) Jack Navin, West Des Moines 4) Marvin Dirks, Fonda 5) Maurice Hartz, Marengo 6) Paul Clark, Marshaltown