Winners of the 2008 Turkey Shoot – Basketball Free Throw Contest, Independence Township Parks and Recreation, included:
Male: 8-9 year-olds – Thaddeus Koehler 5 out of 10 bastkets; 10-11 year-olds – Samuel Hiltz 7 out of 10 baskets; 12-13 year-olds – Bradley Barker 8 out of 10 baskets; 16-17 year-olds Johnathon Marcks 0 out of 10 baskets; 20-29 year-olds – Adam Ming 7 out of 10 baskets; 30-39 year-olds Edward Harshman 6 out of 10 baskets; 40-49 year-olds – Kenneth Ming 3 out of 5 baskets (first round was a tie); 50-59 year olds – Gerald Curry 9 out of 10 baskets; and 60- and-up – Sam Antonazzo 7 out of 10 baskets.
Female: 8-9 year-olds – Natalie Harshman 2 out of 10 baskets; 10-11 year-olds – Ashley Skaggs 5 out of 10 baskets; 12-13 year-olds – Melanie Moore 3 out of 10 baskets; 14-15 year-olds – Jessica Ming – 9 out of 10 baskets; 18-19 year-olds – Rachael Ming 4 out of 10 baskets; 30-39 year-olds – Lisa Norton 9 out of 10 baskets; 40-49 year-olds – Kathryn McCarty 1 basket; 50-59 year-olds – Gail Hoffman 1 basket.
Each Contestant won a frozen turkey for their Thanksgiving dinners.