Bt The Beacon Staff

Marie Antoinette is reported to have said, “Let them eat cake”; maybe things would have turned out differently if she said, “Let them eat blueberry and strawberry-rhubarb pie.” She didn’t, but last Thursday on the Midcoast Campus, Alex Curtis, DeAngelo Weeks, and Darrell Wilson braved future doses of Tums and/or Pepto Bismol to participated in the 1st Annual Midcoast Pie Eating Contest, a tournament that not only allows you to eat your dessert first, it actually encourages it.

The contest was conceived of and organized by Madelyn Baker, who works in the Midcoast CeSIL office.

After 10 minutes of furious jaw-grinding competition, Alex Curtis was crowned the 2017 Midcoast Pie Eating Contest winner for eating his pie the fastest. The Beacon would like to congratulate Alex and his competition: DeAngelo Weeks and Darrell Wilson for their just desserts well deserved.