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HCS Grad in National Lumberjack Competition

Sat, Aug 27, 2011

Schuyler Van Auken is competing in the collegiate division of the national timbersports championships.

HCS Grad in National Lumberjack Competition

Hamilton's own Schuyler Van Auken's a lumberjack and he's OK.

In fact, he's better than OK ... he's gunning for a championship title.

Van Auken, who graduated from HCS and whose family lives in Hamilton, is competing this weekend in the Stihl Timbersports Championship at the Oregon State Fair in Salem. A student at Paul Smiths College, Van Auken is one of six men competing in the collegiate division.

Read Van Auken's lumberjack profile.

The competion's website explains:

Athletes compete in a variety of disciplines based on traditional logging skills to determine the best all-around lumberjack. Disciplines include hot saw, single buck, springboard chop, standing block chop, stock saw and underhand chop.

Follow live video of the events.

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