{"id":197250,"date":"2025-12-03T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=197250"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:15:15","slug":"john-sproull-is-the-2025-pinecone-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=197250","title":{"rendered":"John Sproull is the 2025 Pinecone Champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230; Congratulations to our 2025 Pine Cone Champion John Sproull of Arnold! His winning Pine Cone was 22.75&#8243; &#8211; just 0.15&#8243; shy of matching the Guinness World Record!!! Pictured here with two of our judges, Trish Fabris &amp; Ben Kirby. &#x2764;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587697488_10239614026556593_8930649475480003886_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197251\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587697488_10239614026556593_8930649475480003886_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587697488_10239614026556593_8930649475480003886_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587697488_10239614026556593_8930649475480003886_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"&#x2764;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Proud to also announce Angels Camp resident <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/552215984401416\/user\/100004983871265\/?__cft__[0]=AZWioLfnplxsrHmmoBXIlCVkuAGYZtCDSY3_HxKya0EhnoAv2sVDZVfippfqqwUfEQyvmZF7mCuWkPyetZeJKKxUb36l62iKbBrkNa4NA8I6_I65-vTohtBak5TxfCexj7vhquRsdjRk1nwmRpH0ljc0&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Stephanie Henderson<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> as our 2025 second-place winner with a 20&#8243; inch cone!!! Everyone who does not take first place CAN compete in a future year. We hope to see you again next year <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/552215984401416\/user\/100004983871265\/?__cft__[0]=AZWioLfnplxsrHmmoBXIlCVkuAGYZtCDSY3_HxKya0EhnoAv2sVDZVfippfqqwUfEQyvmZF7mCuWkPyetZeJKKxUb36l62iKbBrkNa4NA8I6_I65-vTohtBak5TxfCexj7vhquRsdjRk1nwmRpH0ljc0&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Stephanie Henderson<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>. <span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"&#x2764;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587929546_10239643120123914_2416019128522327942_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197252\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587929546_10239643120123914_2416019128522327942_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587929546_10239643120123914_2416019128522327942_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587929546_10239643120123914_2416019128522327942_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230; Congratulations to our 2025 Pine Cone Champion John Sproull of Arnold! His winning Pine Cone was 22.75&#8243; &#8211; just 0.15&#8243; shy of matching the Guinness World Record!!! Pictured here with two of our judges, Trish Fabris &amp; Ben Kirby. &#x2764; Proud to also announce Angels Camp resident Stephanie Henderson as our 2025 second-place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19,20,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arnold","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/587697488_10239614026556593_8930649475480003886_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197253,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197250\/revisions\/197253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/197251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}