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morning began with rain clouds and rain drops falling as young
exhibitors herded their individual animals across the road from the
hog barn to the livestock show arena. Those the animals and the kids
were already glistening clean as they came into the show area, the
moisture collected as they came across the road added to the happy
healthy glow of the two legged and four legged contenders.
In the gilt show, the judge struggled often choosing the best of the
breed and weight class because the competition was tough, and the
animals all looked to be of equal quality.
There was more than one occasion that the judge said the placement
could have gone either way and that he was sure others in his
position would have had an equally difficult time deciding who to
call as the number one animal.
In the end Emma Boerma took the Grand Champion Gilt with her
Crossbred hog. Taking reserve was Alex Bobell who was also the
reserve winner in the Crossbred Gilt category. Placing third overall
was Luke Prestegaard, William Boerma took fourth, and fifth went to
Reed Naughton.
When the Barrow show began the rain had stopped, but the hogs and
kids looked no less impressive as they crossed the road in dry
weather. The Barrow or Market Hog category was also blessed with
some remarkable looking animals, and the judge seemed to labor even
harder to choose the winner of each breed.
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Because the decisions were so complicated, the swine
show went longer than normal with the Grand Champion Barrow not
being announced until almost 2 p.m.
In the end it was Alex Bobell who took the big trophy
and the title of Grand Champion Barrow with her Crossbred Barrow. In
addition to the purple banner of the champ, Alex took home with her
the traveling trophy given as a memorial to the late Donnie Crane.
The Reserve Grand Champion went to Audrey Brown with her Reserve
Champion Crossbred.
Third place overall went to Luke Prestegaard as did fourth overall.
The fifth place overall went to Reagan Titus.
[Nila Smith]
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