HOWDY ALL YOU SPORTBALL FANS!!!

The crowd went wild this contest with some spectacular comics pitched at us, all going for the same goal and high score. But some of you really knocked it out of the park! Without further ado, let's go over the winners whose comics really touched down with the judges:

The winners of this month's contest, Play Ball:

• In first place with a score of 8.00, is the comic Nuclear Football by /u/GateNerd. As a reward, they get the coveted Golden Guns award for the next month, and a permanent gold medal by their name!
• In second place, with a score of 7.17, is the comic Hometown Appeal by /u/Marzipanbread. As a result, they will receive the Silver Guns around their name for the next month, as well as a permanent silver medal!
• In third place, with a score of 6.50, is the comic It's lights out and away we go! by /u/Ktulumbanished. They will receive the Bronze Guns around their name for the next month, as well as a permanent bronze medal!

Here are the full results:

Our invited judge for this contest was u/do_not1, last month's Golden Gun. Thanks to them for their participation!

The updated annual rankings can be found here

Congratulations to the winners and all the participants! See you for the next contest!

Additionally, we have a special announcement today:

u/TheSnipenieer will be stepping down as stateball moderator, effective immediately. Thank you for your service, Snipe, and all the best to you. You will be missed! o7

Y'all come back now, y'hear!