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Hundreds of people flocked to a park in Nebraska on Saturday to engage in an intense pool-noodle brawl over the name Josh.
The winner? Four-year-old Joshua Vinson Jr., who was honored with a paper crown and hoisted in the air for all Joshes to see.
It all started a year ago when pandemic boredom set in and Josh Swain, a 22-year-old college student from Tucson, Arizona, messaged others who shared his name on social media and challenged them to a duel. The planning began.
Hundreds showed up Saturday at Air Park in Lincoln – a location chosen at random – to participate in the silliness.
Hundreds gather in a Nebraska field for a pool-noodle brawl over the name Josh Jay Cannon, USA TODAY
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Hundreds of people flocked to a park in Nebraska on Saturday to engage in an intense pool-noodle brawl over the name Josh.
The winner? Four-year-old Joshua Vinson Jr., who was honored with a paper crown and hoisted in the air for all Joshes to see.
It all started a year ago when pandemic boredom set in and Josh Swain, a 22-year-old college student from Tucson, Arizona, messaged others who shared his name on social media and challenged them to a duel. The planning began.
Josh fight
With one final swing of his red pool noodle, Josh Vinson Jr. â nicknamed âLittle Joshâ by the crowd â won the inaugural Battle of the Joshes on Saturday.
Hundreds of people â some from as far away as Washington and New Jersey â circled around him as a Burger King crown too big for the 4-year-oldâs head fell to his shoulders. His dad â Josh Vinson Sr. â shouted âlift him up,â and a man proudly lifted Little Josh on his shoulders. The crowd cheered as Little Josh showed his championship belt.
âItâs pretty awesome,â said Vinson Sr., reflecting on his sonâs new fame.
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