Youth News
Adison Thompson of Noble 4-H Claims Top Honors- as Her Yorkshire Champ Named Supreme Purebred Gilt at Oklahoma Youth Expo
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:22:01 CST
After sorting through more than 1,400 purebred gilts on Thursday and Friday, judges Justin Rodibaugh and Curt Hannon- both from Indiana, agreed on their favorite to be declared the Supreme Champion Purebred Gilt at the 2018 Oklahoma Youth Expo. After thanking lots of folks- including a thank you to the troops who serve this country and keep America safe(that got a sustained standing ovation!)- Rodibaugh walked over and shook the hand of Adison Thompson of the Noble 4-H Club- her Yorkshire champion was named the best Purebred gilt at the 2018 OYE- and will be one of the first animals to sell at the Night of Stars Gilt Sale this coming Wednesday evening. (Adison is shown accepting the Supreme Champion banner and Crystal Vase
The Reserve Supreme Gilt was the Champion Berkshire- owned and shown by Sadie Varner of Bristow.
From Thursday's show- six breeds were shown- and Friday morning, the final two breeds, the Polands and the Durocs competed- and their champions were named.
We have them at the top of the list- followed by the six champions and reserve champions in the breeds shown on Thursday:
Polands
Champion- Cason Crump, Wetumka FFA
Reserve- Gavin Fuss, Cleveland FFA
Durocs
Champion- Rylee Simpson, Locust Grove FFA
Reserve- Dusty Fazekas, Red Oak FFA
Berkshire
Champion- Sadie Varner, Bristow FFA
Reserve- Blake Weeks, Tecumseh, 4-H
Chester
Champion- Marcos Trejo, Ringwood FFA
Reserve0 Korri Waitman, Dibble FFA
Hamps
Champion- Will Jones, Skiatook FFA
Reserve- Brooklym Skidgel, Pawnee FFA
Herefords
Champion- Tucker Lang, Cushing 4-H
Reserve- Trevor Franke, Covington Douglas 4-H
Spots
Champion- Grace Montgomery, Red Oak FFA
Reserve- Brant Weir, Bristow FFA
Yorks
Champion- Adison Thompson, Noble 4-H
Reserve- Baylee Weeks, Tecumseh 4-H
Our Coverage of the 2018 Oklahoma Youth Expo is once again a service of ITC Great Plains, Your Energy Superhighway- learn more about this high voltage, transmission only utility and their commitment to the communities they serve which is the cornerstone of their business-click here for their website.
Reports will be heard daily on great radio stations that cover Oklahoma and that are a part of the Radio Oklahoma Ag Network- on the internet- our reports of the 2018 OYE can be found on the Blue Green Gazette page- available here. We will be adding pictures daily to our official 2018 OYE Album of Photos on FLICKR, found here.
For more information about the Oklahoma Youth Expo, click here for the home page of the OYE website.
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