That's true, some very good thumb wrestlers come out of district one. I remember back in the 1980's there was a kid from Rossville that won the tri-state thumb war in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and went on to nationals where he lost in triple overtime to the eventual national champ. I think his name was Luellen.

A lot of people that watched the match thought that Luellen should have been awarded 2 near fall points at the end of regulation, but the ref said he had only exposed the thumbnail for a count of 1.