RALEIGH – The Benson Nites team returned to the winner’s circle in the N.C. State Fair’s Tobacco Stringing Contest Friday, Oct. 17. The team, made up of Nancy Stewart, Susie Allen and Debbie Barbour, all of Benson, posted the fastest time and the highest points in the judging of the stick of tobacco.
Stewart looped the stick of tobacco in 1:03.47 and earned 68 out of 70 points for quality. The Benson Nites took home $250 in prize money.
Defending champions, the Maple Hill Loopers made up of the husband-and-wife duo of Sandy and Ken Jones of Mapel Hill and son-in-law Michael Sunday of Hendersonville, took home second place honors and $200. Sandy Jones turned in a 1:05.02 time and earned a score of 65…