Pendleton County was well represented at the 105th annual Tri-County Fair in Petersburg. After weeks of working with cattle, goats, hogs or sheep, Pendleton County youth showed their animals at the fair. With tears in their eyes, some of the exhibitors sold their market animals. Pendleton County youth claimed some top honors.
Awards
Dottie Warner Memorial Outstanding Exhibitor Award — Lindsey Smith, senior;
Derika Shae Crites Memorial Scholarship — Lydia Heavner;
A Clyde Ours Scholarship — Lydia Heavner;
Herdsman Awards — Beef – Tori Heavner and Sheep – Breymann Keesecker;
Premier Sheep Exhibitor — Ty Heavner;
Skill-A-Thon — Aiden Whetzel (first junior swine); Kallie Keyser (second junior swine, first junior sheep and first junior goats); Tia Heavner (third junior swine, first junior beef, second junior sheep and second junior goats); Tori Heavner (fifth junior swine and fourth in junior sheep); Katie Heavner (third senior swine); Katie Keyser (fifth senior swine and first senior sheep); Ty Heavner (third senior beef and second senior sheep); and Phoebe Pownell (third senior sheep and second in senior goats);
Carcass Evaluation — Lydia Heavner (second in steers and fourth in goats), Tori Heavner (third in heifers and sixth in lambs), Hannah Heavner (fourth in heifers), Hannah Schell (first in lambs), Tia Heavner (third in lambs and fifth in goats), Ryleigh Cook (fourth in lambs), and Kelby Rumer (sixth in goats);
Beef Showmanship — senior – Kelby Rumer, fourth, and Lindsey Smith, fifth; intermediate – Adalyn Rumer, first, and Aubriana Holloway, second; junior – Tori Heavner, third, Brynleigh Ruddle, fourth, and Jaelyn Rumer, sixth; junior novice – Piper Hubbard, sixth;
Sheep Showmanship — senior – Tia Heavner, first, Adalyn Rumer, second, Ty Heavner, third, and McKenna Hedrick, sixth; intermediate – Phoebe Pownell, first, Aubriana Holloway, second, Gracie Hedrick, third, Kallie Keyser, fourth, and Aiden Whetzel, sixth; junior – Tori Heavner, fourth, and Jaelyn Rumer, sixth; and junior novice – Maddie Grace Nesselrodt, first;
Goat Showmanship — senior – Ty Heavner, second; intermediate –Tia Heavner, second, Gracie Hedrick, third, and Reagyn Atkins, sixth; and junior – Jaelyn Rumer, second, and Bella Hoover, fifth; and
Swine Showmanship — senior –Lindsey Smith, first; and junior – Brynleigh Ruddle, second.
Breeding Cattle
Reagyn Atkins — champion Hereford heifer;
Tori Heavner — second in two Simmental heifer classes;
Aubriana Holloway – champion commercial heifer;
Norah Hubbard — first in open class of commercial heifers;
Piper Hubbard — reserve champion junior class commercial heifer and second in open class of commercial heifers;
Bailee Kiger — reserve champion Simmental Solution;
Brynleigh Ruddle — reserve champion Simmental heifer;
Adalyn Rumer — reserve champion heifer and grand champion Simmental Solution;
Landyn Warner – first in class of Simmental Solution; and
Maycee Woods — second in junior class of commercial heifers and third in open class of commercial heifers.
Feeder Calves
Piper Hubbard — reserve champion feeder calf heifer and grand champion feeder calf steer;
Branson Smith — second in feeder calf heifer class and second in two feeder calf steer classes; and
Maycee Woods — reserve champion feeder calf steer and first in feeder calf heifer class.
Breeding Sheep
Ryleigh Cook — fifth in crossbred open and junior shows;
Tia Heavner — supreme grand champion ewe, champion crossbred ewe and champion bred and owned ewe;
Tori Heavner — second in open and junior shows;
Ty Heavner — third in crossbred open and junior shows and reserve champion bred and owned ewe;
Gracie Hedrick — second in crossbred open and junior shows;
Breymann Keesecker — grand champion Hampshire ewe;
Kallie Keyser — first in crossbred open and junior shows;
Katie Keyser — second in crossbred open and junior shows;
Maddie Grace Nesselrodt — reserve supreme champion ewe and reserve champion crossbred ewe
Phoebe Pownell — first and second in crossbred open and juniors;
Jonah Seymour — first, second and two fourths in the crossbred open show;
Olivia Seymour — eighth in crossbred open show;
Aiden Whetzel — third in crossbred open and junior shows; and
Colten Whetzel — fifth in crossbred junior show and seventh in crossbred open show.
Market Lamb
Ty Heavner — grand champion market lamb (champion middleweight) and champion bred and owned;
Kallie Keyser — reserve champion market lamb (champion heavyweight) and reserve bred and owned;
Tia Heavner — reserve champion middleweight;
Breymann Keesecker (first) and Owen Champ (fourth) placed in their lightweight classes;
Britlee Basagic (fourth), Ryleigh Cook (second), Maddie Griffin (eighth), Gracie Hedrick (third), McKenna Hedrick (fourth), Maddie Grace Nesselrodt (second), Adalyn Rumer (second), Jaelyn Rumer (sixth), Hannah Schell (fifth), Aiden Whetzel (sixth), Maycee Woods (sixth) placed in their middleweight class; and
Marley Champ (fourth), Tori Heavner (fourth), Aubrianna Holloway (third), Bella Hoover (second), Piper Hubbard (seventh), Katie Keyser (second), Phoebe Pownell (first) and Emily Schell (fifth) placed in their heavyweight class.
Market Goat
Jaelyn Rumer — reserve champion market goat (reserve middleweight);
Reagyn Atkins — champion lightweight;
Tia Heavner — champion heavyweight;
Ty Heavner — reserve champion heavyweight;
Gracie Hedrick and Kelby Rumer both placed first in their middleweight class; and
Lydia Heavner (third), Bella Hoover (first) and Breymann Keesecker (fifth) in their heavyweight class.
Market Hog
Lindsey Smith — reserve champion heavyweight and fourth place in heavyweight (two hogs);
Brynleigh Rudde — first in lightweight class; and
Olivia Gonshor (second and second – two hogs) and Addy Rumer (first) in the mediumweight class.
Market Heifer
Tori Heavner — reserve champion market heifer; and
Hannah Heavner — third in class.
Market Steer
Bailee Kiger — grand champion market steer (champion heavyweight) and fifth with second heavyweight steer;
Kelby Rumer — champion lightweight;
Brynleigh Ruddle (second), Adalyn Rumer (first), Hannah Schell (sixth), Lindsey Smith (fourth and fourth – two steers) in their lightweight class;
Katie Heavner (fourth), Tori Heavner (fourth), Aubriana Holloway (sixth) and Emily Schell (sixth) in their middleweight class; and
Lydia Heavner (third) and Branson Smith (third) in their heavyweight class.
Pendleton Youth Representatives on Committees
Beef – Lydia Heavner, goat – Breymann Keesecker, sheep – Kallie Keyser, and swine – Brynleigh Ruddle.
