Pancakes fly at maple syrup event in Boardman

Pancakes fly at maple syrup event in Boardman

BOARDMAN — Destiny may have played a role for the team who wolfed down the most pancakes at the Boardman Rotary/Boardman Park’s first pancake-eating contest.

Garrett Pancake is one of the team members.

He and teammates Richard Pipak and Ryan Giambattista, all 16, choked down 30 pancakes among the three of them to take home the $100 prize.

Drinking water in between bites was their secret.

“Eat then drink, eat then drink,” Garrett explained.

The boys ate sparsely before the afternoon event today.

“We had Taco Bell at 1 a.m.,” Richard said.

“The fourth meal,” Garrett chuckled.

“We beat my brother’s team,” Ryan boasted.

Older brother Craig Giambattista and teammates Mike Koziorynsky and Kyle Blase took the $25 third prize.

Second place and $50 in the team competition went to Mike Libbey, Dewey Slagle and Jamal Nasser, all 17.

They gulped down 29 pancakes, with Jamal responsible for 15 of them.

For the complete story, see Sunday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.