HSC youth perform well at state fair

Results from the Wyoming State Fair were recently released with the following Hot Springs County awards.

4-H

Remi Adams: (photography) photo of wheat, blue; photo of two dogs, blue; photo of spider web, blue

Rylee Agar: (fabric and fashion) denim dress with green buttons, purple

Luke Dickey: (food and nutrition) peach pound cake, red; lemon ricotta cookies with lemon glaze, red; blueberry muffins, blue (robotics) motion activated guard robot, purple, reserve in division (self determined) Lego tank, blue

Silas Dickey: (food and nutrition) peach pie, blue; blueberry lemon pound cake, blue (muzzleloading) parts of a muzzleloader poster, red

Tymber Eckley: (youth breeding sheep) commercial/crossbred ewe one year, fifth place

Taylor Ivie: (visual arts) sunglasses and moustaches, purple, third overall Jr. Exhibit Visual Arts

Lilly Johnson: (food and nutrition) lemon chiffon cake, blue

Miriam Johnson: (food and nutrition) chocolate dandy cake, purple

Rebekah Johnson: (food and nutrition) chocolate chiffon cake, red; toffee candy, blue

Ruthanne Johnson: (food and nutrition) blueberry scones, purple; angel food cake, red; grape jelly, blue

Hallie Martinez: (cake decorating) flower garden cake, red (food and nutrition) butterscotch cookies, blue; turtle cookies, red; peach cakes, red; baklava, blue; bread, blue

Owen McCumber: (youth market swine) blue butt, eighth place (sportfishing) fly fishing poster, purple (youth leadership) Hunting with Heroes poster, purple, reserve in division

Lauren Muench: (visual arts) abstract prints book, blue; ink picture, blue; acrylic pour picture, red

Talyah Myers: (crocheting) crocheted white mouse, red

Ramsay Owens: (visual arts) porcelain tile, blue; plate, blue; rainbow painting on tan paper, red

Chloee Owsley: (youth market lambs) white faced market lamb, sixth place; (showmanship) third overall, Jr. dog showmanship

Jayssie Owsley: (youth market lambs) white face market lamb, fifth place

Eli Ready: (gardening) Hydro-garden tube, blue (robotics) robotics poster tank, blue

Reagan Severance: (photography) photo of a wall, blue; photo of an orange canoe, red (self determined) camper planter, red

Hanna Ward: (food and nutrition) chocolate chip cookies, blue

Hot Springs County 4-H members Taylor Agar, Rylee Agar, Hadley Johnson and Lexi Overfield competed in the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in the Intermediate Division, bringing home a ninth place finish among 21 teams.

The team judged 10 classes of livestock including cattle, sheep, swine and goats, giving oral reasons on two placing classes and questions on two placing classes.

Hadley Johnson was second overall in placings, second overall in oral reasons and was high individual overall in the intermediate contest. Owen McCumber was the only Hot Springs County participant in the 4-H individual Senior Division livestock judging and received an eleventh place in high individual placings out of 59 senior contestants.

FFA

Kaitlyn Schmuck: FFA horse showmanship, sixth; aged mare, second in class

Owen McCumber: FFA Champion of Champions swine show; third in market class; third in class, jackpot

Hallie Martinez: FFA Ag I notebook, third

Kallie Van Heule: FFA Pinto beans, Great Northern beans and corn, first

Simon Ream: FFA Classroom exhibit, third

Audrey Axtell: FFA Classroom exhibit, sixth