Girl Scouts' Cookie Crunch-off

Girl Scout Leaders exult to win the 14th Annual Missouri Heartland Cookie Crunch-off at the community center. Narrowly besting the R-5 Nevada Bus Drivers, they took the title to begin the Scouts' annual cookie drive.

Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-off teams get down to business as the 2012 championship goes on the line.

Winning the annual Cookie Crunch-off are, from left, Girl Scout leaders Sara Kettner, Nani Wilde, Joelle Mason, Tammy Rundell and Tricia Matthews. They took first place for the second consecutive year.

R-5 Nevada Bus Drivers, in the blue, white and gray shirts, take second place in the Jan. 6 Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-off. Taking part for the first time were Boy Scouts including John Hunter, at the table, and the next-in-line Nathan Vincent. Behind them is Troop 42 Scoutmaster Walt Coffer.

The audience applauds and cheers the start of the Girl Scouts Cookie Crunch-off Jan. 6 at Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center.

You don't want to spend too much time on any one cookie, so this contestant from the Girl Scout Leaders was eating one while soaking the next.

Competing in Vernon County's annual Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-off takes lots of resolve, as you can see in this man's expression.