Exhibitors in 4-H, FFA come home with State Fair honors

    Chase County was well represented by its youths competing in the 4-H and FFA divisions at the Nebraska State Fair, which concluded Sept. 6.
    Sixteen youths in 4-H had State Fair entries, while four FFA members from the Imperial and Wauneta chapters showed livestock and competed in showmanship classes.
    Jayme Gittlein, an eighth grader at Chase County Schools, earned the handshake from the judge twice at the State Fair as she competed in the FFA division for beef.
    She was named Grand Champion in the Percentage Simmental Bull class with a bull she raised named JRG Hondo. He is half Simmental and half Angus.
    In addition, young Gittlein also took home Grand Champion honors in the junior high beef showmanship class.
    Judge for the beef show was Amanda Schnoor of Modesto, California.
    Also competing in FFA, Morayah Cupp went home with a pair of Reserve Champions in the purebred swine market gilt class.
    While there were no Grand or Reserve Champions in the 4-H exhibit classes, several Chase County youths were awarded purple ribbons.
    Here is the full list of 4-H and FFA results from the State Fair.
4-H
Max Bernard—Red—My Financial Future.
Hayden Fowler—White—Floriculture.
Bennett Kuenning—Blue—Cooking 201.
Lily Kuenning—Red—Design Decision.
Lindsey Mendenhall—Purple—Dog Showmanship - Senior, Dog: Rally - Rally 2. Blue—Dog Skillathon - Senior. White—Dog Obedience - Graduate Novice. Green—Dog: Special Awards - Champion Rally Level 2.
Westyn Mendenhall—Purple—Dog: Rally - Rally 1. Blue—Dog Obedience - Beginning Novice C, Welding.
Sawyer Phipps—Purple—Intermediate Meat Goat Showmanship, Market Meat Goat, Intermediate Poultry Showmanship, Poultry: Game Bantams - Mod Game BB Red Cock, Poultry: Game Bantams - Mod Game BB Red Hen, Intermediate Sheep Showmanship, Market Sheep - Crossbred Market Lambs, Market Sheep - Hampshire Market Lambs. Blue—Poultry: Feather Legged Bantams, Poultry: Game Bantams - Mod Game Birchen Ckl, Breeding Sheep.Green—Reserve Champion Division I Market Goat.
Kendall Prior—Purple—Breeding Meat Goat. Red—Senior Sheep Showmanship, Market Sheep - Hampshire Market Lambs.
Jackson Sauder—Purple—Quilt Quest. Blue—Wildlife Habitat, Floriculture, Horticulture.
Sawyer Sauder—Purple—Conservation & Wildlife. Blue—Photography Unit II, Cooking 201, Aerospace - Rocket. Red—Horticulture.
Miranda Spady—Purple—Photography Unit II, Fashion Show.
Violet Sparrow—Blue—Human Development - Math, Aerospace - Rocket.
Briana Vapenik—Purple—Photography Unit II.
Brittny White—Blue—Cooking 201.
Hadley Worth—Purple—Quilt Quest. Blue—Design Decision.
Hayden Worth—Purple—Veterinary Science. Blue—Sketchbook Crossroads. Red—Portfolio Pathways.
Imperial FFA
Morayah Cupp—Reserve Champion—Swine: Purebred Market Gilts. Purple—Showmanship: Swine, Swine: Crossbred Market Gilts (2). Blue—Swine: Purebred Breeding Gilt.
Jayme Gittlein—Grand Champion—Beef: Foundation Simmental, Showmanship: Beef. Purple—Beef: Foundation Simmental.
Kendall Prior—Blue—Goat: Commercial Breeding, Sheep: Commercial Breeding, Showmanship: Goats, Showmanship: Sheep.
Wauneta-Palisade FFA
Reagan Skow—Purple—Beef: Angus Heifers.