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The 2022 Green River Catfish Festival Terrapin Race was held on Monday, July 4^th with 268 terrapins competing in the annual event.  There were 16 heats, with winners from first to fifth place, with first place in each heat competing in a championship race. Each heat race paid out five places $20 for first place, $15 for second, $10 for third, and $5 each for fourth and fifth place. Championship race winners took home $50 for first place, $40 for second, $30 for third, and $25 each for forth and fifth places. 

The 2022 Terrapin Race was sponsored and organized by Cassia Lodge #272 F&AM with other sponsors including Jones Funeral Chapel and Monument Company, Henderson Land Surveying, Butler County Shrine Club, Drake’s Farm Service, Beech Tree News, WRECC, BBRS and P31.  

R.B. Griffin of Bullseye Taxidermy donated the trophies for the championship heat race and All-Star Trophies donated the labels for each trophy. 

The members of the Cassia Lodge would like to thank the following people, as well as all others, who helped with today's event: Kim Drake, Amy Smith Thomas, Haley Jones, Dionne Merritt, Diane Dyer, Lori Willis, Olivia Jones, Tracy Burden, Kathy Thomas, Lodema Burgess and Taylor Burden and Miss Green River Catfish Cheani Schroder. 

Below is a list of all winners:  

Heat #1: 1^st Miles Shoemake, 2^nd Carter Nash, 3^rd Paisley Phelps, 4^th Charly Gary, 5^th Lawson Barks

Heat #2: 1^st Degan Snodgrass, 2^nd Isaac Vincent, 3^rd Abbott Givens, 4^th Lily Greathouse, 5^th Leevi Mason

Heat #3: 1^st Emmalynn Southerland, 2^nd Caleb Alexander, 3^rd Roman Ross, 4^th Campbell McKinney, 5^thBrody Dockery

Heat #4: 1^st Braylon Richard, 2^nd Kingston Roberts, 3^rd Naomi Burden, 4^th Bennett Givens, 5^th Bristol Snodgrass

Heat #5: 1^st Whitley Dockery, 2^nd Jay Statzer, 3^rd Bennett Givens, 4^th Kaleb Gabbard, 5^th Embry Inman

Heat #6: 1^st Tessa West, 2^nd Preston Richardson, 3^rd Sutton Jenkins, 4^th Hattie Mae Clark, 5^th Damien Johnson

Heat #7: 1^st Tessa West, 2^nd Marley Phelps, 3^rd Gracyn Moore, 4^th Hadley O’Driscoll, 5^th Zoe Henderson

Heat #8: 1^st Owen Henderson, 2^nd Gage Lee, 3^rd Wyatt Martin, 4^th Will Embry, 5^th Ari Rife 

Heat #9: 1^st Esmae Jones, 2^nd Sutton Jenkins, 3^rd Rowan Miller, 4^th Ryan Jane Belcher, 5^th Colton Steele 

Heat #10: 1^st Samuel McKinney, 2^nd Willow West, 3^rd Cooper Henry, 4^th Cylas Logsdon, 5^th Teddy Miller

Heat #11: 1^st Jameson Music, 2^nd Annabella Hatcher, 3^rd Elliot Joiner, 4^th Hudson Hampton, 5^th Lyla Hop

Heat #12: 1^st Silas Lee, 2^nd Mason Hampton, 3^rd Kierra Whitney, 4^th Millie Ray, 5^th Wick Hall

Heat #13: 1^st Silas Less, 2^nd Wick Hall, 3^rd Roy Statzer, 4^th Roslynn Cox, 5^th Cailyx Jackson

Heat #14: 1^st Noah Overstreet, 2^nd Matthew Brown, 3^rd Ellis Johnson, 4^th Emma Cook, 5^th Layla Brooks

Heat #15: 1^st Ellis Johnson, 2^nd Ransom Daugherty, 3^rd Cody Hop, 4^th Quentin Hurd, 5^th Laney Ellis

Heat #16: 1^st Ashlynn Justis, 2^nd Alex Phelps, 3^rd Grant Hughes, 4^th Brinkley Dockery, 5^th Gavin Alexander 

Championship winners were: 1^st Whitley Dockery, 2^nd Emmalynn Southerland, 3^rd Tessa West, 4^th Ashlynn Justis, 5^th Jameson Music