Its that time of year again, during the first two weeks of October, Sierra FFA sends some of its greatest members to compete with their animals at the Big Fresno Fair. This year, the members had great success in both market classes and showmanship classes. Swine, beef, goats, sheep, and poultry were all brought to the fair this year with varying levels of success.
The first week of fair went to the goat team. This team was comprised of Taylor Collins, and Kennedy Newton. Taylor Collins received Supreme Champion Replacement Doe, Reserve Grand FFA Replacement Doe, Supreme Toggenburg and Reserve Lamancha, 3rd in both of her market classes, and 2nd in advanced showmanship. Kennedy Newton also excelled by receiving 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in her respective market classes; 3rd in her breeding class; Champion Commercial Doe; 1st in advanced showmanship; and an amazing 3rd in Round Robin. The second week of fair was for the beef, swine, sheep, and poultry teams. First off, the beef team was made up of: Keilani Mendenhall, Jayden Baker, James Lujano, Maddie Hill, Colby Perry, Jesse Tyler, Mason Tarr, Macy Myers, Cooper Ford, and Brian Austin. Keilani was awarded 2nd in her market class and 5th in intermediate showmanship, and 3rd in her feeder class; Jayden received 4th in his market class; James received 4th in his feeder class; Maddie was given 4th in her market class; Colby won Supreme Champion, intermediate showmanship, and Round Robin; Jesse got 1st in his market class, and 5th in advanced showmanship; Mason was awarded Champion Overall Heifer, Reserve feeder steer, Champion British market steer, 1st in advanced showmanship, 1st in Round Robin, and 1st Cow- Calf pair; Macy received 2nd in her feeder class, and 4th in advanced showmanship; Daygan got 4th in his market class, and Champion Bred by Exhibitor Heifer; Cooper received 6th in his market class; lastly, Brian got 5th in his market class, and 6th in intermediate showmanship. Next up is the swine team composed of: Liz Adams, Wilsena Ahboah, Jammie Baker, Jordan Coburn, Elyas Day, Emma Day, Justin Dement, Wyatt Dority, Austin Dudley- Nelson, Cody Hall, Cody Heirendt, Baylee James Mason Tarr, Derek Maxwell, Kelsey Mehling, Marissa Miller, John Price, Mikyala Riemath, Jocelyn Rodrigues, Juliana Sullivan, Hayden Tarr, and Logan Vandenack. Liz received 1st in her crossbred class; Wilsena got 4th in her class; Jammie got 2nd in her market class; Jordan received 3rd in his market class; Elyas received 1st in his feeder class; Emma got 5th in her market class; Justin got 1st Grand Champion AOB; Wyatt won Reserve Champion crossbred; Austin received 1st in his feeder class, 1st in his market Yorkshire class, and 7th in advanced showmanship; Cody Hall got 5th in his market class; Cody Heirendt got Reserve Champion Yorkshire, and 1st for both of her Yorkshires; Baylee got 2nd in her class; Mason won Champion Yorkshire, Reserve Champion FFA Hog, 4th place Breeding Gilt, 1st in advanced showmanship, Champion Bred by Exhibitor, and the Gragnani memorial Outstanding Livestock Exhibitor; Derek Maxwell got 6th in his market class; Kelsey got 3rd in her market class; Marissa received 1st in her market class; John received 3rd in his market class; Mikayla got 8th in her market class; Jocelyn won 1st in her market class; Juliana received 4th in her class; Hayden won Reserve Champion Hampshire, Rate of Gain Champion, and Champion Breeding Gilt; lastly Logan won first in his market class. Next is the sheep team containing: Seth Chrisman, Savannah Jenkins, Kelsey Mehling, Macy Myers, Lily Sellers, Carly Turner, Madeline Wait, and Shane Wyman. Seth received 6th in his market class; Savannah got 4th in her market class; Kelsey received 2nd in her market class; Macy got 6th in her market class, and made cut in showmanship; Lily received both 3rd and 6th in her market classes; Carly got 3rd in her market class; Madeline won 1st in her market class; and lastly Shane won Reserve Natural Champion, 1st and 2nd in his market classes, and 3rd in advanced showmanship. Lastly, Sierra FFA’s very own poultry advisor, Seth Chrisman, brought two of his very own chickens to the Big Fresno Fair. He is the first to bring poultry from Sierra in the past few years, and he did great with them. Many of these fine showmen and women look forward to again showing at Chowchilla Fair in the spring. All of Sierra FFA would like to thank friends, family, and supportive community members who helped out with making this fair such a success. -Kathleen Marsh Sierra FFA Reporter
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