NETLA Junior Market show off to big start

By Faith Huffman Assistant Managing Editor on Friday, February 24, 2023
  • TOP PHOTO — Kate Taylor gets her animal ready for showing Thursday. She is representing Cumby High School. Staff photo by Don Wallace
    TOP PHOTO — Kate Taylor gets her animal ready for showing Thursday. She is representing Cumby High School. Staff photo by Don Wallace
  • LEFT PHOTO — A total of 74 pens of chickens were taken to be judged Thursday at the NETLA show.
    LEFT PHOTO — A total of 74 pens of chickens were taken to be judged Thursday at the NETLA show.
  • RIGHT PHOTO — Mylie McCormack (center) and her friends are happy after broiler competition. Staff photos by Enola Gay Mathews
    RIGHT PHOTO — Mylie McCormack (center) and her friends are happy after broiler competition. Staff photos by Enola Gay Mathews
  • GROOMING TIME — Chloe Miller, 14, of the Hopkins County 4-H club gets her lamb Buddy ready for competition Thursday at the NETLA show in Sulphur Springs. Staff photos by Don Wallace
    GROOMING TIME — Chloe Miller, 14, of the Hopkins County 4-H club gets her lamb Buddy ready for competition Thursday at the NETLA show in Sulphur Springs. Staff photos by Don Wallace
  • THURSDAY COMPETITION — Young competitors fill the arena at the NELTA Junior Market Show being held through Saturday at the Hopkins County Civic Center.
    THURSDAY COMPETITION — Young competitors fill the arena at the NELTA Junior Market Show being held through Saturday at the Hopkins County Civic Center.

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The Northeast Texas Junior Market Livestock Show got off to a big start Tuesday with FFA students from Hopkins County schools pitting their agriculture mechanics skills against one another in a competition, and continued Thursday and Friday with area FFA and 4-H youth showing their livestock projects, competing for top in class, as well as grand and reserve grand champion honors. Top-rated livestock projects then are to be sold today, Saturday,

Ag Mechanics

Students competed in a number of different categories, but the Grand Champion award went to Sulphur Springs High School FFA members Tate Bradford, Wayne Hinton, Jose Flores and Garrett Tubb, who constructed a float trailer.

Reserve Grand Champion and Showmanship winners were Cash Gamblin and Braddox Rawson, for their cattle squeeze chute.

Lambs

In the lamb contest, Senior Showmanship honors went to Hopkins County 4-H member Reese Ragan, while Miller Grove FFA member Kallie Mabe earned Junior Showmanship honors and Hopkins County 4-H member Ryan Ragan Intermediate Showmanship honors. The lambs are then ranked, with the top 19 considered for Saturday’s sale.

Class results for the lamb show are listed below: Class 1 1. Rachel Davidson, North Hopkins FFA 2. Dallas Davidson, NHFFA 1. Reese Ragan, Hopkins County

4-H

2. Ramsey Ragan, HC4H

3. Laney Bankston, Sulphur Springs FFA

4. Kallie Mabe, Miller Grove FFA, junior showman

5. Mattie Grace McCord, SSFFA Class 3

1. Danny James, NHFFA

2. Chloe Miller, HC4H

3. Trenton Wood, Cumby FFA

4. Lilly Bankston, SSFFA

5. Brett Boatman, HC4H

6. Tatum White, CFFA Class 4

1. Reese Ragan, HC4H, senior showman 2. Lilly Bankston, SSFFA

3. Bella Gamblin, SSFFA

4. Preslie Brown, SSFFA

5. Justin Johnson CFFA

6. Will Sallee, MGFFA

7. Sam Gamblin, SSFFA

8. Charley Weatheread, NHFFA Class 5

1. Ryan Ragan, intermediate showman

2. Caroline Coker, SSFFA

3. Keegan Callihan, NHFFA

4. Danny James, NHFFA

5. Chloe Miller, HC4H

6. Tyler Cash Gamblin, SSFFA Class 6

1. Bayler Boatman

2. Keegan Callihan

3. Will Sallee

Goats

The goat show on Thursday evening featured 11 classes . Intermediate showman honors went to North Hopkins FFA member Hattie Bland, with Sulphur Bluff FFA member Kennedi Lambert name Senior Showman and Miller Grove FFA member Olivia Kelley Junior Showman.

Class results for the goat show are listed below: Class 1

1. Jordan VanWinkle, SSFFA

2. Xzadrian Godbolt, SSFFA

3. Jocelyne Crisamore, SSFFA

4. Liberty Weatheread, NHFFA

5. Kinzley McCoy, SSFFA

6. Vaneza Mosand, SSFFA

7. Chad Stanley, SBFFA

8. Gunner Campbell, CFFA Class 2

1. Hattie Bland -Int Show, NHFFA

2. Jack Roper, Saltillo FFA

3. ordan VanWinkle, SSFFA

4. Lilly Campbell, CFFA

5. Ana Seruin, SBFFA

6. Hadlyn Fisher, HC4H Class 3

1. Laken Callihan, NHFFA

2.Gaby Osornio, CFFA

3. Luke Norman, SSFFA

4. Elle McClendon, SSFFA

5.Kathryn Monk, HC4H

6. Sadie Lawrence, SSFFA

7. Kyleigh Allen, SSFFA Class 4

1. Laken Callihan, NHFFA

2. Kyle Taylor, HC4H

3. Kennedi Lamber, SBFFA, senior showman 4. David James, NHFFA

5. Liberty Weatheread, NHFFA

6. Slayton McClendon, SSFFA

7. Kennley Russell, SBFFA

8. Hannah Roper, SSFFA

9. Belle Bankston, SSFFA

10. Kendall Dobson, CFFA

11. Ethan George, MGFFA Class 5

1. Brooks Burgin, HC4H

2. Belle Bankston, SSFFA

3. Rhett Pickett, SSFFA

4. Jack Roper, SSFFA

5. Joseph Hatley, NHFFA

6. Chloe Ivey, MGFFA Class 6

1. Olivia Kelley, MGFFA, junior show man 2. Sadie Lawrence, SSFFA

3. Susie Tynes,NHFFA

4. Shealee Reiber, MGFFA

5. Keaton Seruin, SBFFA

6. amuel Birkenfeld, HC4H

7. Janie Alberts, MGFFA Class 7

1. Sophie Pickett, SSFFA

2. Elle McClendon, SSFFA 3. Isaac Taylor, HC4H

4. eah Hatley, NHFFA

5. Paislie Reiber, GFFA Class 8

1. David James, NHFFA

2. Titus Bessonett, MGFFA

3. Cady Ivey, MGFFA

4. Claire Monk , HC4H

5. Brooklin Jordan, NHFFA

6. Charlie Hatley, NHFFA

7. Toni TantonSFFA

8. Olivia Kelley, MGFFA

9. Armando Osornio, CFFA

10. Braxton Purser, HC4H Class 9

1. Kennedi Lambert, SBFFA

2. Kathryn Taylor, CFFA

3. Caroline Coker, SSFFA Sophie Pickett, SSFFA Class 10

1. Issac Taylor, HC4H

2. Kathryn Taylor, CFFA

3. Hallie Lawrence, SSFFA

4. Landri McCoy, HC4H

5. Jadee Jennings, NHFFA

6. Slayton McClendon, SSFFA Class 11

1. Jemma Jennings, NHFFA

2. Brody Fisher, HC4H

3. Hadlyn Fisher, HC4H Results for the poultry, swine, steer and heifer shows were not available at press time on Friday, so be sure to pick up the Wednesday, March 1 edition of the News-Telegram for a wrap up of the NETLA show and more results.

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