Students receive awards at livestock show
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Students receive awards at livestock show
The Monitor • Naples, Texas 75568-0039 • Thursday, March 10, 2016 • Page 2 Grand and reserve champions are chosen by judges Students receive awards at livestock show The 5th Annual Pewitt FFA Invitational Livestock Show selected its champions Saturday, February 27. A total of 18 members of the Pewitt FFA and Pewitt Jr. FFA exhibited their market animals along with six members who showed their breeding heifers. The day started with the market swine classes. Brooke Traylor was awarded the Grand Champion with her 220-pound pig while Alli Gentry was confirmed to be the Reserve Champion market swine winner. Others that proudly showed their pigs were Rylee Hutchings, Courtney Kiefer, Sydney Gentry, Hannah Wright, Calli Osmon, Seth Ashley, Aiden Henniger, Colby Crocker, and Jace Clubb. The Jr. Showmanship honor for the swine division was given to Calli Osmon and the Sr. Show- manship award went to Courtney Kiefer. The goats were next to exhibit at the show. Those involved in this show were Natalie Cobb, Ashtyn Boyd, Jake Rosewell, Will Swafford, Pamela Clubb, and Bradley Wallace. The Grand Champion was shown by Will Swafford and the Reserve award went to Pamela Clubb. Bradley Wallace took home the buckle for Jr. Goat Showmanship, while Pamela Clubb was the winner in the Sr. Showmanship division. There was only one calf entered in the steer division. Colby Frost won the Grand Champion buckle with his 1,090-pound steer. The breeding heifers were the last to be exhibited in this year’s show. The Grand Champion heifer this year was shown by Hannah Wright who exhibited her Polled Hereford heifer, and the Reserve Champion went to Allyson Boyd and her Santa Gertrudis heifer. Rachel Clayton also showed her Beefmaster heifer, Chelsy Edwards showed her Grey Brahman heifer, Spencer Thacker exhibited his Red Brahman heifer, Logan Donham showed his Red Brahman heifer, and Shelby Martin exhibited her Beefmaster heifer. The Beef Sr. Showmanship winner for this year was Rachel Clayton and the Jr. Showmanship was won by Alyson Boyd. Congratulations should also go to all who volunteered their time and energy to help these fine students of the Pewitt ClSD and the Pewitt FFA, and Pewitt Jr. FFA to achieve their goals for this year and to ensure that the second annual Pewitt FFA Invitational Livestock Show was a great success. GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER HANNAH WRIGHT RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER ALLYSON BOYD GRAND CHAMPION STEER COLBY FROST RESERVE CHAMPION PIG ALLI GENTRY RESERVE CHAMPION GOAT PAMELA CLUBB GRAND CHAMPION PIG BROOKE TRAYLOR A Big Thank You GRAND CHAMPION GOAT WILL SWAFFORD The Pewitt FFA Invitational Livestock Show would like to thank all the people who spent their time, money and energy to help us be a huge success again this year. A special thank you to all the members of the Pewitt FFA Alumni for their hard work and dedication. The Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Exhibitors and Buyers Grand Champion Steer exhibited by Colby Frost and purchased by Hodges Farms; Grand Champion Market Hog exhibited by Brooke Traylor purchased by Stagecoach Trailers; Grand Champion Market Goat exhibited by Will Swafford purchased by Best Fender Products; Reserve Champion Market Hog exhibited by Alli Gentry purchased by Best Fender Products; Reserve Champion Market Goat exhibited by Pamela Clubb purchased by Best Fender Products; Grand Champion Breeding Heifer exhibited by Hannah Wright; and Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer exhibited by Allyson Boyd Buckle Sponsors Grand Steer - Frost Farms; Reserve Steer - Tucker Feed; Grand Heifer -Randy & Donna Clayton; Reserve Heifer - Bar 13 Ranch; Sr. Beef Showmanship -Rear of the Steer; Jr. Beef Showmanship - Morris County National Bank; Grand Hog Middle G Feed; Reserve Hog - Tucker Feed; Sr. Swine Showmanship -Chubb Art Signs; Jr. Swine Showmanship - First National Bank of Hughes Springs Omaha Branch; Grand Goat - Brad Branch Farms; Reserve Goat - Tucker Feed; Sr. Goat Showmanship - Clubb’s Air Conditioning; and Jr. Goat Showmanship - Texas Heritage Bank Omaha