2021 Weigh Off Results - Hee Haw Farms
Ross Bowman Smashes the State Record with a 2142 Pound Giant Pumpkin!!
The crowd went crazy for Ross Bowman at the 2021 Utah Championship Weigh-Off. The veteran pumpkin grower came to HeeHaw farms with 3 enormous pumpkins. When it was all said and done, he had broken the state record not once, but twice. His largest pumpkin tipped the scales at a whopping 2142 pounds! Additionally his other two pumpkins weighed in at 2047 and 1670.
Ross's pumpkin, grown from the 1542 Urena seed, beat his personal best grown in 2014 by more than 900 pounds. He brought his first pumpkin to a UGPG wiegh-off in 2005 and it weighed in at 494 lbs. An 85 year-old retired "Rocket Scientist", Ross is Utah's oldest and most beloved grower. Congratuations to Ross on his new State Record!
| Giant Pumpkins | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Ross Bowman | 2142 | Brigham City | New State Record |
| EXH |  |
Ross Bowman | 2047 | Brigham City | |
| EXH |  |
Ross Bowman | 1670 | Brigham City | |
| 2 |  |
David Bradley | 1404 | Salt Lake City | Personal Best |
| 3 |  |
Clint Nash | 1258 | Riverton | Personal Best |
| 4 |  |
Jay Richard | 1156 | Worland, WY | |
| 5 |  |
Ed Dennis | 1137 | Highland | |
| 6 |  |
Brent Evans | 1052 | West Valley City | |
| 7 |  |
Chris Miller | 995 | Holladay | Personal Best |
| 8 |  |
Jamie Johnson | 902 | Midway | |
| 9 |  |
Alan Gebert | 878 | Millville | |
| 10 |  |
Ken Kolb | 872 | Roy | |
| 11 |  |
Ralph Laub | 846 | Vernal | |
| 12 |  |
Ben McRae | 813 | West Jordan | |
| 13 |  |
Jim Seamons | 727 | Benson | |
| 14 |  |
Bode Johnson | 674 | Midway | Personal Best |
| 15 |  |
Brent Wolfley/Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 672 | Layton | Howard Dill Award |
| 16 |  |
Cliff Warren | 660 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 17 |  |
Victor Hansen | 628 | Heber City | Personal Best |
| 18 |  |
Hillary Vance | 560 | Mesa, CO | |
| 19 |  |
Andrew Allred | 512 | Ogden | Personal Best |
| 20 |  |
Scott Holbrook | 501 | Heber City | First Time Grower |
| 21 |  |
Bryan Bennett | 494 | Salt Lake City | |
| 22 |  |
Reid Holbrook | 493 | Bountiful | First Time Grower |
| 23 |  |
Jared Larson | 446 | Rigby, ID | |
| 24 |  |
Ryan O'Berry | 280 | Taylorsville | |
| 25 |  |
Gordon Tanner | 279 | Kaysville | |
| 26 |  |
James Morris | 244 | Roosevelt | |
| 27 |  |
Camille Kiser | 220 | Cottonwood Heights | First Time Grower |
| EXH |  |
Andrew Allred | 129 | Ogden | |
| 28 |  |
Andy Morris | 55 | Altamont | First Time Grower |
| Jr. Division - Giant Pumpkins (15 & younger) | |||||
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Brielle Williams | 705 | Payson | Personal Best |
| 2 |  |
Hyrum Johnson | 294 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower |
| 3 |  |
Isaac Johnson | 258 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower |
| 4 |  |
Lydia Johnson | 223 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower |
| 5 |  |
Skyler Johnson | 134 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower |
| 6 |  |
Connor Johnson | 112 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower |
| 7 |  |
Brody and Declan Johnson | 107 | Woods Cross | First Time Grower | Giant Squash |
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Lynne Glassford & Lucy Blaser | 301 | Lindon | |
| 2 |  |
Ken Kolb | 137 | Roy | |
| Long Gourds | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Length | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 | Jodi Vollmer | 114 | Idaho Falls, ID | Idaho State Record | |
| 2 | Ken Kolb | 100.5 | Roy | ||
| 3 | Clint Nash | 86.5 | Riverton | ||
| 4 | Helaman Tarma/VS Troop 530 | 77 | Layton | ||
| EXH | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 66.5 | Layton | ||
| Tomatoes | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Variety |
| 1 |  |
Josh Checketts/VS Troop 530 | 3.736 | Layton | Domingo |
| 2 | Richard Glassford | 3.33 | Lindon | Big Zac | |
| 3 | Cliff Warren | 2.88 | Pocatello, ID | Domingo | |
| 4 | Reid Holbrook | 2.85 | Bountiful | Domingo | |
| EXH | Richard Glassford Fam. | 2.74 | Lindon | Domingo | |
| 5 | Lynne Glassford | 2.66 | Lindon | Big Zac | |
| 6 | Lucy Blaser | 2.52 | Lindon | Domingo | |
| 7 | Porter Pettit/VS Troop 530 | 2.42 | Layton | ||
| 8 | Tyler Parry/VS Troop 530 | 2.31 | Layton | Domingo | |
| 9 | Dale Thurber | 2.03 | East Carbon | Big Marley | |
| EXH | Dale Thurber | 1.97 | East Carbon | Domingo | |
| Watermelons | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Logan Thayne & Tyler Jensen/VS Troop 530 | 97 | Layton | First Time Grower |
| 2 | Dale Thurber | 9.3 | East Carbon | ||
| Field Pumpkins | |||||
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Tyler Parry/VS Troop 530 | 81 | Layton | First Time Grower |
| 2 |  |
VS Troop 530 | 73 | Layton | First Time Grower |
| 3 |  |
Alan Gebert | 57 | Millville | |
| EXH |  |
Alan Gebert | 47 | Millville | |
| Miscellaneous Vegetables, Gourds and Fruits | |||||
| Variety/Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| Bushel Gourd - 1 |  |
Richard Glassford | 182 | Lindon | New State Record |
| Bushel Gourd - 2 |  |
Lynne Glassford and Lucy Blaser | 118 | Lindon | |
| Butternut Squash - 1 |  |
Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 71.28 | Layton | NEW WORLD RECORD |
| Butternut Squash - EXH |  |
Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 68.17 | Layton | |
| Butternut Squash - 2 | Owen Parry | ? | Kearns | ||
| Cantaloupe | Tyler Jensen/VS Troop 530 | 31.25 | Layton | ||
| Cucumber |  |
Ezra Youngberg/VS Troop 530 | 11.26 | Layton | New State Record |
| Eggplant - 1 | Helaman Tarma/VS Troop 530 | 2.73 | Layton | ||
| Eggplant - 2 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 2.63 | Layton | ||
| Marrow - 1 |  |
Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 58.57 | Layton | New State Record |
| Marrow - EXH | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 57.28 | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Tall - 1 | Clint Nash | 189 | Riverton | ||
| Sunflower Tall - 2 | Josh Checketts & Porter Pettit/VS Troop 530 | 186 | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Tall - 3 | Tyler Jensen & Helaman Tarma/VS Troop 530 | 178 | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 1 | Porter Pettit/VS Troop 530 | 25" | Layton | New State Record | |
| Sunflower Big Head- 2 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 24" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 3 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 22.75" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 4 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 22.75" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 5 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 22.5" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 6 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 22.5" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 7 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 22" | Layton | ||
| Sunflower Big Head- 8 | Varsity Scout Troop 530 | 21" | Layton | ||
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