32nd Badger State Games & Torch Run
The Sayner Barnstormers participated in the 32nd Annual Badger State Games 2021 Snowmobile Torch Run (1/15/21). The two-day event included 14 snowmobile clubs in 4 counties, and covered over 200 miles of snowmobile trails from Wausau, WI to Eagle River, WI. A lighted torch was carried along the route and passed from snowmobile club to snowmobile club. The troop stopped by Eliason Lumber in Sayner at 9 AM on Friday where local snowmobile enthusiasts gathered as the torch was passed from the Arbor Vitae Cross Country Cruisers snowmobile club to Karen Weber Stecker representing the Barnstormers as this year’s torch carrier. Due to a lack of snow, this year’s ride was done in vehicles instead of snowmobiles. The ride ended in Eagle River at the World Snowmobile Championship Derby Complex at 6:00 pm for the Opening Ceremony of the World Championship snowmobile races with the national anthem and the lighting of the torch and the Badger State Winter Games cauldron.