1,200 Games Later, America Has New Marbles Champs

Emily Cavacini wins for the girls, Cooper Fisher for the boys
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 21, 2013 9:57 AM CDT
1,200 Games Later, America Has New Marbles Champs
The National Marbles Tournament celebrated its 90th year in Wildwood, N.J.   (Shutterstock)

Yesterday saw the completion of the 90th National Marbles Tournament, and America has crowned two new winners. Emily Cavacini, 11, who hails from outside Pittsburgh, took home the title of girls' champion, while Cooper Fisher, 12, from Middletown Valley, Maryland, beat out the other boys, reports the AP. It was a more involved process than you might imagine: Each competed against 25 others in a tournament in Wildwood, NJ, that lasted four days. The Post-Gazette reports that more than 1,200 (yes, twelve-hundred) games were played, in which the kids were tasked with knocking seven marbles out of a circle using a shooter marble. (More marble stories.)

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