The First went a Duck named Sean. Sean achieved his Horses Ass by drinking way more than he can handle and attempting to snatch the sacred Turtle Flag from a T. I T (turtle in training) who was waving it in the air. Sean weighing in about a hundred and nine pounds made his escape through the back door only to be apprehended moments later by a 250 LB turtle who caught him with in 50 yards of the theft. I guess he never heard of the tortoise and the hare. The second went to Mike, (a turtle in training himself). Mike, making his first visit this year decided that it was easier to make up a fish story than actually catch one. When he failed to weigh in his imaginary 22 LB Lake Trout he was a shoe in for the Horses Ass Award.
John got the third one. John a member of the United States Coast Guard set out from the other side of the lake in a rental boat that had no gas. Upon running out of in the middle of the vast lake some other members came to the rescue with a gas can. Instead of handling the situation the CoastGuardsman left the dirty work of siphoning the gas from the can to his 68-year-old father in law.
On a more serious note the legendary Banks Boys were completely snuffed out of the competition for the first time in club history. The Banks Boys consist of two brothers and a father who are the most highly decorated anglers in Cross Roads history. Between the three of them they have won 25 out of the past 32 Cross Roads Cups. Never before this year has a Banks weighed in at least a third place entry. This year may signal the sunset on the long standing dynasty and angler empire the Banks have emassed over two generations.