Hands on a House recorded the earliest win ever as it went EXTREME.

The 9th Annual Brownwood Reunion Celebration contest sponsored by Coldwell Banker, Avalon Custom Homes, and WT Harris Company declared a winner at about 11:30am on Sunday.

After 41 and a half hours of standing with their hands on the custom built playhouse with no sleep, 18 year old Zach Peterson, a Brownwood High School student, was declared the winner.

Peterson prevailed through the extreme challenges offered in this years contest such as holding a waiter tray, being blindfolded, and squatting after many hours of standing.  All of these extra challenges helped eliminate several of the other contestants.

Peterson also won some extra breaks as a result of the food drive competition that ran in conjunction with the contest.  Peterson received over 750 donations of can goods to put him in the lead.  However, second place winner Chuck Gebhardt received almost the same number of donations so each of these contestants received an extra 30 minute break each.  All donations went to Doers Ministries and St. John’s Food Pantry.

Peterson also won another 30 minute break from the first ever Hands on a House costume contest after getting the most votes for his Elvis costume from spectators.

Peterson has pledged to auction off the playhouse and donate the money to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on behalf of a friend seeking treatment.

The final 3 contestants left standing signed the door of the playhouse which included Peterson, Gebhardt, and third place Bobbie Jordan.

In place of the number one spot, Peterson wrote Jesus Christ as he said, “I could not have done this without him.”

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