Southwest District hosts invitational judging contests
Nearly 250 4-H and FFA students traveled to Dodge City, Kansas, on March 27, to compete in the Southwest District Livestock Judging Invitational contest. FFA students also competed in an entomology judging contest.
Divisions included: Senior FFA (10th, 11th and 12th grades) and Junior FFA (9th and below); Senior 4-H (13 to 18 years old) and Junior 4-H (9 to 12 years old). The contestants judged seven classes of livestock, which featured market steers, market lambs, market goats, breeding ewes, breeding heifers, breeding does and a class of keep-cull breeding heifers. Seniors in both divisions gave two sets of oral reasons, while the junior divisions gave one set of oral reasons and answered one set of questions.
FFA chapters competing included: Ashland, Bucklin, Cimarron, Deerfield, Dodge City, Ellis, Garden City, Greeley County, Hodgeman County, Holcomb, Hugoton, Ingalls, Kiowa County, Lacrosse, Lakin, Leoti, Ness City, Satanta, Scott City, South Central, Southwestern Heights, Stanton County, Sublette, Syracuse, and Ulysses.
4-H counties competing included: Ford, Greeley, Hodgeman, Meade, Pawnee, and Wichita counties.
Results as reported by www.judgingcard.com:
JR FFA Livestock – Individuals: 1. Logan Simon, Ingalls FFA, 382 points; 2. Keegan Northern, Ingalls FFA, 381; 3. Faith Marcy, Leoti, 373; 4. Colton Hanson, Leoti, 373; 5. Reyce Frick, Ingalls FFA; 6. Rylee Hanson, Leoti, 361; 7. Cade Berni, Lakin FFA, 359; 8. Addison Slattery, Dodge City, 357; 9. Taylor Hoke, Garden City, 348; and 10. Tayson Guerra, Leoti, 347.
JR FFA Livestock – Teams: 1. Ingalls FFA, 1,128 points; 2. Leoti, 1,107; 3. Dodge City, 1,051; 4. Cimarron, 989; 5. Leoti, 972; 6. Lakin FFA, 970; 7. Ingalls FFA, 919; 8. Holcomb, 879; 9. Garden City, 859; and 10. Deerfield FFA, 845.
SR FFA Livestock – Individuals: 1. Teagan Deyoe, Ulysses, 403 points; 2. Degnan Boggs, Ashland FFA, 400; 3. Savanna Hanson, Leoti, 395; 4/5. Camdyn Cunningham, Ashland FFA, 390; 4/5. Megan Jacobs, LaCrosse, 390; 6/7. Emily Dryden, Holcomb, 389; 6/7. Rebecca Durler, Dodge City, 389; 8. Baylor Deyoe, Ulysses, 383; 9. Brody Strine, Scott City, 379; 10/11. Layton Simon, Ingalls FFA, 378; and 10/11. Lincoln Martin, Bucklin, 378.
SR FFA – Teams: 1. Ulysses, 1,137 points; 2. Ashland FFA, 1,114; 3. Ulysses, 1,104; 4. Scott City, 1,091; 5. Greeley County, 1,081; 6. Dodge City, 1,056; 7. Ingalls FFA, 1,055; 8. LaCrosse, 1,051; 9. Hodgeman County, 1,048; and 10. Sublette FFA, 1,032.
JR 4H Livestock – Individuals: 1. Emaily Snodgrass, Pawnee County, 391 points; 2. Josie Feiser, Meade County, 388; 3. Addison Maxwell, Pawnee County, 379; 4. Anna Marquardt, Greeley County, 370; 5. Reid Marcy, Wichita County, 358; 6. Zachary Marcy, Wichita County, 354; 7. Shaun Scott, Ford County 4H, 353; 8. Tenley Loving, Pawnee County, 350; 9/10. Gagee Kreutzer, Wichita County, 345; and 9/10. Tate Josefiak, Pawnee County, 345.
JR 4-H Livestock – Teams: 1. Pawnee County, 1,120 points; 2. Wichita County, 1,057; 3. Meade County, 1,010; 4. Ford County 4H, 1,005; 5. Greeley County, 987; 6. Wichita County, 864; 7. Pawnee County, 641; 8. Hodgeman County, 516; 9. Grant County, 335; and 10. Ford County 4H, 281.
SR 4H Livestock – Individuals: 1. Kansas Lange, Pawnee County, 425 points; 2/3. Ryann Stryker, Pawnee County, 379; 2/3. Jamie Turner, Meade County, 379; 4/5. Natalie Ingram, Meade County, 373; 4/5. Walker Koons, Meade County, 373; 6. Grayson Maxwell, Pawnee County, 367; 7. Hannah Fieser, Meade County, 363; 8. Daniel Kelty, Pawnee County, 360; 9. Cooper Josefiak, Pawnee County, 339; and 10. Braeden Simon, Ford County, 334.
SR 4-H – Teams: 1. Pawnee County, 1,171 points; 2. Meade County, 1,125; 3. Ford County, 976; 4. Pawnee County, 339; 5. Ford County, 334.
SWD entomology – Individuals: 1. Madison Seyb, Stanton County, 422 points; 2. Hannah White, Stanton County, 396; 3. Heidi White, Stanton County, 384; 4. Bryson Dyck, Sublette FFA, 380; 5. Ava Skinner, Hugoton, 354.
SWD entomology – Teams: 1. Stanton County, 1,202 points; 2. South Central, 652; 3. Sublette FFA, 640; 4. South Central, 610; 5. Sublette FFA, 544.
