California Engineer Wins Pumpkin Contest With 2,346-Pound Gourd

California Engineer Wins Pumpkin Contest With 2,346-Pound Gourd

HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds. Brandon Dawson, of Santa Rosa, California, clinched the victory Monday at the 52nd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. Dawson pumped his arms in the air and sat his two children on top of the…

Santa Rosa gardener squashes rivals with 2,346-pound pumpkin at Half Moon Bay weigh-off - Local News Matters

Santa Rosa gardener Brandon Dawson, whose pumpkin lost last year’s weigh-off in Half Moon Bay by a scant six pounds, found redemption with a 2,346-pound gourd that won the top prize. Dawson’s pumpkin this year outweighed his closest challenger by more than 300 pounds and brought in a prize of $21,114. Second place went to Bran Werner of Gridley, for a pumpkin that came in at a mere 2,017 pounds. The 52nd annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin…