On July 7, there were 430 Junior Fair Youth participants in the livestock skill-a-thon.
The youth were able to compete in eight different animal species, including beef, dairy, goats, horses,
poultry, rabbits, sheep, and swine. Each skill-a-thon quizzed members on their knowledge of the specie
including breeds, parts, medication, feed, and structure.
The skill-a-thon is divided into Senior (14 and over) and Junior (13 and younger) categories. The
skill-a-thon is one of the components of the champion project within each species. The others are
interview judging, judging and showmanship at the fair, and rate of gain for some species. Skill-a-thon
will be formally announced during the Showmanship Sweepstakes contest at the fair on Aug. 7.
Beef
Senior: 1. Heather Hugg, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 2. Caroline Weihl, Green Meadows; 3. Allen Limes,
Simply Stock; 4. Hannah Frobose, Livestock Unlimited; 5. Emily Limes, Simply Stock
Junior: 1. Hunter Frobose, Livestock Unlimited; 2. Morgan Mazey, Livestock Unlimited; 3. Lindsay
Boelkens, Duke’s Mixture; 4. Alex Wenig, Haskins Clover Crew; 5. Shannon Weihl, Tontogany Four Leaf
Clovers
Dairy
Senior: 1. Mitch Beaverson, Golden Key; 2., tie Caroline Weihl, Green Meadows and Isaac Shaffer, County
Guys and Gals; 4. Shelby George, Farmcrafters; 5. Samantha Shaffer, Country Guys and Gals
Junior: 1. Madisen Morlock, Livestock Unlimited; 2. Alexis Miller, Farmcrafters; 3. Hunter Frobose,
Livestock Unlimited; 4. Jessica Cline, Farmcrafters; 5. Natalie Beaverson, Golden Key
Goat
Senior: 1. Kyra Fitzpatrick, Livestock Unlimited; 2. Abbi Sheldrick, Blue Ribbon Rangers; 3. Caroline
Weihl, Green Meadows; 4. Sara Boyle, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 5. Logan Browne, Livestock Unlimited
Junior: 1. Maggie Long, Friends in 4-H; 2. Joe Agan, Caprine Capers; 3. Erin Agan, Caprine Capers; 4.
Andrew Michaelis. Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 5. Colton Battin, Beaver Creek Boosters
Horse
Senior: 1. Melissa McDonald, Wood ‘N Horses; 2. Erin Nelson, Saddles and Surreys; 3. Stacie Recker, Rough
Riders; 4. Jessica Sikula, Wood ‘N Horses; 5. Amy Banachowski, Wood ‘N Horses
Junior: 1. Olivia Cox, Saddles and Surreys; 2. Rebekah Wright, Saddles and Surreys; 3. Hannah Johns,
Horses R Us; 4. Jolynn Nissen, Horses R Us; 5. tie, Kathryn Harry, Saddles and Surreys, and Ally Kozina,
Horses R Us
Poultry
Senior: 1. Kelly Damschroder, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 2. Seth Schulte, Tontogany Hotwires; 3. Nathan
Spencer, Black Swamp Outlaws; 4. April Michaelis, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 5. Ben Wilhelm, Leaders
of Tomorrow
Junior: 1. Sarah Schaller, Gold Medal; 2. tie, Jenny Schaller, Gold Medal and Andrew Michaelis, Tontogany
Four Leaf Clovers; 4. Susan Johnson, Colorful Clovers; 5. Bryan Fitzpatrick, Livestock Unlimited
Rabbit
Senior: 1. Kelli Baumgardner, Colorful Clovers; 2. Addie Cantwell, Blue Ribbon Rangers; 3. Kyra
Fitzpatrick, Livestock Unlimited; 4. tie, Sarah Haas, Wood ‘N Horses and Paige Himburg, Livestock
Unlimited
Junior: 1. Kaeleb Borner, Livestock Unlimited; 2. Hannah Sponaugle, Dowling Stitch, Stir, and Stock; 3.
Lydia Dunn, Colorful Clovers; 4. Autumn Converse, Livestock Unlimited 5. Madison Rogers, Portage Valley
Swine
Senior: 1. Hannah Frobose, Livestock Unlimited; 2. Brook Trumbull, Otsego FFA; 3. Kirsten Ameling,
Livestock Unlimited; 4. Jamie Limes, Simply Stock; 5. Austin Shull, Farmcrafters
Junior: 1. tie, Hunter Frobose, Livestock Unlimited and Patrick Shull, Farmcrafters; 3. tie, Andrew
Michaelis, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers and Alex Wenig, Haskins Clover Crew; 5. tie, Madison Kregel,
Haskins Clover Crew and Mackenzie Wenig, Haskins Clover Crew
Sheep
Senior: 1. tie, Sarah Laborie, Perry-Go-Getters and Allen Limes, Simply Stock; 3. Jamie Limes, Simply
Stock; 4. Emily Limes, Simply Stock; 5. Allison Voland, Blue Ribbon Rangers
Junior: 1. Andrew Michaelis, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 2. Adam Canterbury, Tontogany Four Leaf
Clovers; 3. Autumn Converse, Livestock Unlimited; 4. Derek Michaelis, Tontogany Four Leaf Clovers; 5.
Lucas Tuck, Duke’s Mixture
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Additional contest results can be found on the Wood County 4-H Website.
