Seven women’s teams and a dozen men’s teams competed in the Solon Fire Department’s firefighters’ Waterball Fights Saturday afternoon during the annual Beef Days celebration.
Solon Firefighter Robin Siddell took third place in the Men’s Division behind Champion Brad Malatek of the Ely Fire Department), and Dillin Rogers from the Brandon Fire Dept. Dalton Kirk with Key West Fire was fourth.
Ely Fire’s Kayla Malatek was the Women’s Division Champion followed by Riverdale Fire’s Kari Tenborg, Ely’s Jade Carter, and Brandon’s Abby Rogers.
Sometimes referred to as “Water Application Drills,” waterball fights are a fire service tradition pitting teams of three firefighters against each other and attempting to push a barrel suspended overhead with hose streams.