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Seniors Joe Hendershott, left, Ryan Zehner, front, and John Kirk, back, celebrate as their vessel stays afloat Friday afternoon during the cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park. The team won the best design award in the competition among Moffat County High School students.

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Spencer Hebert, left, continues to paddle while teammates Katelyn Sollenberger, front, and Nicole Sollenberger swim for shore and Moffat County High School teacher Eric Hansen looks on Friday afternoon during the cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park. Hebert said he intended for his boat, named “Titanic II,” to sink.

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Carli Griffith, paddling, and Shelby Dobson make their way into the water Friday afternoon during the cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park.

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Moffat County High School students Tasha Sloan, left, and Andy Browning paddle to shore Friday afternoon during the cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park.

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The shores of the pond at Loudy-Simpson Park were lined with spectators as students of the Moffat County High School science department tested their vessels in the cardboard boat regatta Friday afternoon.

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Senior Ryan Zehner awaits the go-ahead before boarding his boat Friday afternoon during the cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park.

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Moffat County High School seniors Ethan O’Mailia, left, and Maury Mirante discuss Mirante’s cardboard boat Friday afternoon before the boat was launched into the pond at Loudy-Simpson Park. Mirante said the vessel was made with “hope, willpower and imagination,” and plenty of duct tape. The boat carried a sign that offered $500 to anyone who would take it away. The boat didn’t make it away from the dock before losing pieces and being submerged.

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Maury Mirante, a Moffat County High School senior, stands up in the water after falling from his boat Friday afternoon at the high school’s cardboard boat regatta at Loudy-Simpson Park.

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