Pounding foundation stakes in Skagway may have given him the edge in the Fourth of July spike-driving competition, carpenter Manual Rogers of Haines said this week.
Rogers, who is helping build Skagway’s new public safety building, won the competition on the afternoon’s very last spike, driving it in 5.4 seconds.
Winning, Rogers said, requires hitting the spike solidly every time. “I just got lucky.”
Visitor Megan Prawdzik led women competitors in the event with a…