With three flawless walks, eighteen-year-old Gloucester ‘Farm Boy’ Derrick Hopkins sweeps the Greasy Pole competition Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Only one other walker, Jake Wood, has won three consecutive competitions. As announcers Tom Favazza, Al Millefoglie and Jimmy Tarantino joked, “he could have walked all the way to the Boulevard.”
Derrick’s Dad Rich Hopkins came out of retirement to walk with his son.
Saturday’s winning walk
Friday’s winning walk
Friday’s winning walk
Good Morning Gloucester 