As the temps dropped in the barn on Friday night the youth of Washington County began to get there animals ready for the showmanship portion of the 2013 Washington County Youth Fair. The shows were set up alittle different this year as all the showmanship classes were done on Friday night and the actual shows where done on Saturday. All of the youth did a great job showing off their showmanship skills.
The following are the top three from each of the Swine Showmanship Classes:
Juniors (ages 8 to 10)
First Place: Elliannah Anderson
Second Place: Audrey Holley
Third Pace: Cole Dillard
Intermediate (ages 11 to 13)
First Place: Desi Beman
Second Place: Emily Anderson
Third Place: Bailey Miller
Seniors (ages 14 to 18)
First Place: Emily Clark
Second Place: Kyle Beman
Third Place: Matthew Fisher
The following are the top three from each of the Beef Showmanship Classes:
Intermediate (ages 11 to 13)
First Place: Coby Clark
Second Place: Case Birge
Third Place: Bailey Miller
Senior (ages 14 to 18)
First Place: Taylor Birge
Second Place: Matthew Fisher
Third Place: Kyle Beman
On Saturday morning in the blistering cold the youth’s nerves and emotions were running high. But they braved the cold and pulled off a spectacular show and did a great job.
The following are the top three from each of the Swine Classes:
Class 1 (swine weighing 226 Pounds to 252 Pounds)
First Place: Abigail Anderson
Second Place: Chipley FFA shown by Taylor McGowan
Third Place: Desi Beman
Class 2 (swine weighing 258 Pounds to 268 Pounds)
First Place: Emily Anderson (Reserve Grand Champion)
Second Place: Emily Anderson
Third Place: Matthew Fisher
Class 3 (swine weighing 271 Pounds to 277 Pounds)
First Place: Elliannah Anderson
Second Place: Madison Ross
Third Place: Ashley Granger
Class 4 (swine weighting 280 Pounds to 290 Pounds)
First Place: Elliannah Anderson (Grand Champion)
Second Place: Abigail Anderson
Third Place: Lexi Helms
Class 5 (swine weighing 294 Pounds to 324 Pounds)
First Place: Chipley FFA shown by Devan Blair
Second Place: Kyle Beman
Third Place: Zac Wilson
The following are the top three in the Steer Classes:
Class 1 (steers weighing 972 Pounds to 1004 Pounds)
First Place: Chipley FFA
Second Place: Sarah Wilson
Third Place: Desi Beman
Class 2 (steers weighing 1030 Pounds to 1102 Pounds)
First Place: Case Birge (Grand Champion)
Second Place: Zac Wilson
Third Place: Matthew Fisher
Class 3 (steers weighing 1132 Pounds to 1194 Pounds)
First Place: Walker Crawford
Second Place: Emilee Crawford
Third Place: Bailey Miller
Class 4 (steers weighing 1265 Pounds to 1415 Pounds)
First Place: Taylor Birge (Reserve Grand Champion)
Second Place: Cara Griffin
The following are the top three from each of the Heifer classes:
Class 1 (heifers with birth dates ranging from Feb. 1, 2012 to Feb. 13, 2012)
First Place: Chipley FFA
Second Place: Matthew Fisher
Class 2 (heifers birth dates ranging from Nov. 23, 2011 to Dec. 7, 2011)
First Place: Coby Clark (Reserve Grand Champion)
Second Place: Bailey Miller
Third Place: Walker Crawford
Class 3 (heifers with birth dates ranging from Oct. 1, 2011 to Nov. 9, 2011)
First Place: Case Birge
Second Place: Taylor Birge
Third Place: Chipley FFA
Class 4 (heifers with birth dates ranging from Aug. 25, 2011 to Sept. 22, 2011)
First Place: Cheyanna Clark (Grand Champion)
Second Place: Taylor Birge
Third Place: Case Birge
Class 5 (heifer with a birth date of March 3, 2011)
First Place: Matthew Fisher
Class 6 (heifers with birth dates ranging from Sept. 1, 2010 to Nov. 18, 2010)
First Place: Chipley FFA
Second Place: Matthew Fisher
