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Alva 4-H Claims Top Honors at State Fair of Oklahoma Livestock Judging Contest
Mon, 16 Sep 2013 06:04:32 CDT
The Livestock Judging Team that represented Alva 4-H was the high scoring team at the 2013 State Fair of Oklahoma Livestock Judging Contest- winning the Senior 4-H Division in the competition that Oklahoma Farm Bureau YF&R Committee hosted. This contest was open to FFA and 4-H students across the state- and here in 2013, close to eight hundred youth participated.
The Alva 4-H team bested the high scoring Senior FFA team from Idabel by 11 points. (Pictured here is the winning Alva 4-H Judging team, being congratulated by the Chairman of the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee for 2013, Mason Bolay.
The Junior FFA Division was won by Kingfisher2, while the Junior 4-H high honors at the team level were claimed by the team from Amber Pocasset.
High Individual for the day was Kory Dietz from the Alva 4-H Club, while Samantha Graves had the high individual score in the FFA division, three points behind Dietz. Dietz led all scorers with a 462 tally, while Graves had 459.
We have pictures of many of the top winners, which we have posted on our FLICKR page- click here for our pictures from the 2013 State Fair of Oklahoma- which includes these Livestock Judging winners.
Here are the top placings:
Senior FFA Teams:
1. Idabel
2. Morrison
3. Kingfisher
4. Macomb 1
5. Stillwell
6. Lindsay 1
7. Adair
8. El Reno 1
9. Central High 1
10. Amber Pocasset
Senor FFA High Individuals
1. Samantha Groves- Sapulpa
2. Zach Meadows- Adair
3. McKenna Knight- Stillwell
Jr. FFA Teams:
1. Kingfisher 2
2. Tuttle
3. Kingfisher
4. Yukon 1
5. Cleveland 1
6. Alva
7. Central High
8. Chickasha 1
9. Maysville
10. Anadarko
Jr. FFA High Individuals:
1. Austyn Fuss- Cleveland
2. Emily Murray- Kingfisher
3. Paige Garza- Yukon
Senior 4-H Teams:
1. Alva
2. Kay County
3. Marshall County
4. Canadian County
5. Caddo County
6. Canadian County 2
Senior 4-H Individuals:
1. Kory Dietz
2. Will Shelby
3. Courtney Mapes
Junior 4-H Teams:
1. Amber Pocasset
2. Alex
3. Sentinel/Washita County
4. Kingfisher 1
5. Shattuck
6. Sapulpa
7. Kingfisher 2
8. Central High
9. Vanoss
10. Grady County
Jr. 4-H Individuals:
1. Caden Church- Sentinel/Washita
2. Kaylee Holt- Shattuk
3. Phoebe Rogers- Amber Pocasset
The complete results of the contest are available by clicking here.
After the competition was concluded, we talked with Mason Bolay of Cherokee County about why the YF&R invests their time at both the State Fair of Oklahoma as well as at the Tulsa State Fair in just a few weeks, hosting these statewide Livestock Judging Contests. Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear our short visit.
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