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The 91st Athens Old Fiddlers Contest gave the crowd a grand finish Saturday with a skilled veteran battling a younger champion. When the verdict was in, Carl Hopkins walked away

SHELLI PARKER courtesy photo A Texas teen and champion fiddler is set to release his debut album in February. Ridge Roberts, who has been competing since he was 10 years old, will release Lone Star Fiddler on Valentine’s Day, and the event is being met with much anticipation. Roberts was Texas State Champion in 2015 and 2016 and has won titles in Colorado, at the 87th and 88th Athens Old Fiddler’s Reunions and various other events around the country. His first time to Athens was in 2016. “It was an eventful weekend, Alex Hargreaves, arguably one of the most skilled and diversif...