Thrills and spills at the Slippery Gulch egg toss

Sander Carren and Shane Monroy took the Tekoa Slippery Gulch egg toss Saturday, June 15, winning $50 each.

Monroy, 35, won one other time just after high school, an event which he's participated in since third grade. Carren, 36, Monroy's brother-in-law, had been in 10 Slippery Gulch egg tosses.

"We switch off each year; with our wives one year, then we go for the win," said Carren. "Next year, we have to defend. Sorry, honey."

Monroy is a Tekoa graduate, his wife Jessica a grade below him in school. Carren, originally from Orange County, Calif., met his Tekoa wife, Molly (Smith) in Costa Mesa,...