4-H'ers compete at junior livestock show

by members of the Douglas County Livestock Clubs

Special to The R-C

Douglas County 4-H Livestock Clubs and FFA members attended the Nevada Junior Livestock Show to show and sell their beef, sheep and swine at the Reno Livestock Events Center on May 1-4.

Saturday night some of the seniors left to go to prom and had to be back early the next morning to show again. We attended the unity dinner and award ceremony.

Our families take time off of school and work to stay for the four days in Reno. There were 4-H and FFA families from all over Nevada and California participating. Everyone stays in hotels or camps in RVs in the parking lot because we have to tend to our animals several times a day to get them cleaned up and groomed, and to feed and water them and keep their pens clean. It was a lot of hard work but everyone helps each other and we had fun. On Sunday, there was the livestock auction and scholarship award winners.

We'd like to especially thank our 4-H livestock leaders: Nita Vick, Carson Valley Shepherds; Todd Gansberg, Carson Valley Beef; Skyler Zulian, Carson Valley Divine Swine and Tami Seddon, Carson Valley Livestock Judging.

Results:n Market steer:

Shannon Martinez, FFA, first place

Jessa Gansberg, second

Anna Lekumberry, fifth

Ben DiSalvo, ninth

n Feeder steer:

Becky Glocknitzer, second

n Home grown steer class:

Shannon Martinez, FFA, third

Anna Lekumberry, eighth

n Intermediate beef:

Jessa Gansberg, seventh

n Feeder lambs:

Shannon Martinez, second

n Registered yearling ewe:

Brian Hoskin, FFA, first

n Spring ewe lamb:

Shannon Martinez, second

n Winter ewe lamb:

Shannon Martinez, second

n Pair of females:

Shannon Martinez, second

n Bred and owned sheep:

Shannon Martinez, first

Brian Hoskin, second

n Market lambs:

Amy Westre, first

Jamie Greer, first

Andrew Godecke, first

Bailey Gansberg, first

Leah McKinney, second

Rachel Godecke, second

Cheyenne Bidart, third

Brian Hoskin, fourth

Grace Bonafede, fifth

William Cassinos, seventh

Griffin Frensdorf, eighth

Timothy Godecke, eighth

Kelsey Nalder, 10th

n Home produced market lamb:

Leah McKinney, fifth

n Market group sheep:

Douglas County 4-H, second

n Junior sheep showmanship:

Amy Westre, first

Rachel Godecke, fourth

n Senior sheep showmanship:

Jamie Greer, first

Brian Hoskin, fifth

n Market swine:

Etienne Lekumberry, second

Connor Billman, fourth

Kate Schnoor, FFA, fourth

Caitlyn Bidart, eighth

n Dairy senior heifer:

Shannon Martinez, first

n Senior dairy showmanship:

Shannon Martinez, first

n FFA dairy cattle handler:

Shannon Martinez, first

n Livestock judging:

High Point Intermediate Beef Judge, Anna Lekumberry

Intermediate Judging Team third place: Anna Lekumberry, Jessa Gansberg, Kelsey Nalder, Cheyenne Bidart

Junior Judging Team third place: Amy Westre, Bailey Gansberg, Leah McKinney, William Cassinos

William Cassinos, high point swine judge

Amy Westre, high point goat judge

Grace Bonafede also judged in the junior individual category