(at top): CONCENTRATING HARD are contestants in the FreeCo Go Texan Cornhole Tournament on Friday evening.

KIDS COOL OFF with the water slides, water guns, bubbles, and other forms of fun on the courthouse lawn during the weekend’s Fuzzy Peach Festival.

EARNING THE HEAVY WEIGHT BELT at the 2025 Annual Dessert by MommaCakes Cupcake Eating Contest is Will “Mr. Will Power” Dryer (center, wearing belt). His fellow competitors include (l-r) Cesar “The Cup-Cake-N-Ator” Duarte, Nathan “The Sugar Warden” Bryant, Darryl “The Moot” Dallman, and David “Cupcake Crusher” Treece. With the contestants is Dessert by MommaCakes Owner Nicole Hughes. (Courtesy Photo)


SERVING AS JUDGES for the Little Miss Peach Pageant this year were Mika Scott, Lisa Nichols, and Gail Farish.

TAKING HOME THE CROWNS at this year’s Little Miss Peach Pageant are Meilani Gilley (in the 3-6 yrs – pictured in purple dress) and Avalynn Diaz (7-10 yrs – in the pale green dress). With them are (l-r) Third Place (3-6 yrs) Riley Nguyen, Second Place (3-6 yrs) Delilah Phillips, Second Place (7-10 yrs) Kimber Persons, and Third Place (7-10 yrs) Madilynn Diaz.

(Photos by Natalia V. Marsters)