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FOURTH FUN
Kids games delight all ages in Lewes
An event over 50 years old
Lindsey D’Ambrogi, 12, center, gets major air during the sack race at the annual July 4th Kids Games in Lewes. DAN COOK PHOTOS
July 6, 2018
Kids games emcee Frank Shade welcomes everyone to the 4th of July Kids Games.
Neck-and-neck in the sack race are Makena Collick, 4, left, and Gwendolyn Kennedy, 5.
Racing to the finish in the three-legged race are Genevieve Walch, left, 9, and Nick Deemedio, 9.
Winning the Kids Game three-legged race for the 11th year in a row were Washington, D.C residents Naiya Mainigi, 15, left, and her partner Sonia Walke, 14.
Lewes Mayor Ted Becker welcomes everyone to the July 4th Kids Games.
Elise Hale, 4, gets off to a good start in the sack race.
Tenley Hazzard, 5, snags a spud in the potato race.
Heavy concentration is needed for the egg carry race as demonstrated by Ava Brock, 9.
Gov. John Carney speaks to the crowd at the Kids Games.
Patrick Zmuda can’t make the successful catch in the egg toss and catch contest.
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester demonstrates her skill at the hula hoop.
Olivia Tarr, 10, from Parkville, Md. competes in a hula hoop challenge with U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
Tatiana Maroney, 13, comes up for air during the pie-eating contest.
Delaware governor John Carney entered the egg toss with senator Ernie Lopez.
Oops. Krista Carroll misses the catch during the egg toss.
The father and son team of Mark, left, and Hank D’Ambrogi took top honors in the egg toss contest.
In total concentration to catch the egg is senator Ernie Lopez.
Luca Kemper, 6, goes into the lead in the ice block race.
Nick Hughes, left, placed third in the milk-drinking contest.
Gov. John Carney shows his stuff in the hula hoop challenge.
Brielle DiSteano, left, gets her face painted by Cat Flaherty.
Taking part in the hula hoop challenge were Gov. John Carney, left, U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Lewes City Manager Ann Marie Townshend, Lewes Mayor Ted Becker and Lewes Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Betsy Reamer.
Megan Pavlitsa, left, from Kids’ Ketch had quite the following with her bubble wand.
In the pie-eating contest, you just have to go for it.
And they’re off in the sack race!
The July 4th Kids Games in downtown Lewes brought out all ages to enjoy a tradition that dates back more than 50 years. Events held included the three-legged race, sack race, potato relay race, drum roll race, hula hoop competition, egg carry and egg toss, ice block race, milk drinking contest and the famous pie-eating contest.
