West Aurora High School’s Battle of the Big Butts, strength, speed and endurance contests for high school football linemen, will be held Thursday, July 14.
The 22nd annual event will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at West Aurora High School, 1201 W. New York Street in Aurora.
Michael Runge, Blackhawk assistant football coach, is coordinating the event.
The public is invited. Admission is free. Concessions will be available.
Runge said, “During the Summer, skill players compete by throwing, catching passes, and making interceptions. This week is about the other positions on the field-,the linemen.”
Events scheduled:
Bench Press, varsity: 185 pounds; frosh/soph: 135 pounds. Total reps counted for team score; 40-yard dash; medicine-ball throw; agility run including chutes, bags, cones, hurdle, ladders; tractor-tire relay, two-man teams will flip tires for 10 yards; five-man sled drive for five seconds; tug of war; watermelon-eating race (non-scoring event).
—Al Benson