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Moose lodges compete in state horseshoe tourney

The steady clang of steel meeting with steel, the occasional thud from hitting wood, the subtle swish of landing in sand, and the constant hooting and hollering filled the horseshoe pitch stalls of the Mooresville Moose Lodge.

Nearly a dozen two-player teams converged on the six groomed pits maintained by local Lodge 2012 just of U.S. 21 north of Mooresville recently, when the lodge hosted the annual N.C. Moose Lodge Horseshoe Championships.