Southwind Extension District 4-H members excelled at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event on Aug. 24-25 in Kansas State Universitys Weber Hall. The Southwind District includes 4-H clubs from Allen, Bourbon Neosho and Woodson Counties.
The 4-H members gained new knowledge and worked on their livestock skills in order to be competitive in the sweepstakes event, which combined their scores from four contests. Southwind Extension District was named the 2019 Champion and Third Overall Kansas State 4-H Sweepstakes Team.
Top 10 individual sweepstakes winners for Southwind were Jillian Keller, 10th; Aidan Yoho, 7th; Sadie Marchiao, 5th; Clay Brillhart, 3rd; Brody Nemecek, 2nd; and Haydon Schaaf was named high individual overall (for the second consecutive year).
Livestock Quiz Bowl
The Livestock Quiz Bowl started with a qualifying exam. The 12 teams with the highest scores advanced to the quiz bowl competition. Southwind Team No. 2 (Schaaf, Nemecek, Brillhart, Yoho) was seated first after the test and was later named the Reserve Champion Quiz Bowl Team. Southwind No. 1 (Marchiano, Keller, Dreher, Fry) earned third-best team.
Livestock Judging
The Livestock Judging contest consisted of nine judging classes and four sets of reasons with 201 contestants and 43 teams from across Kansas.
Southwind Team No. 2 (Keller, Brillhart, Nemecek, Schaaf) placed first in sheep/goats; first in hogs; first in cattle and first in reasons and was named Champion Team Overall.
Southwind No. 1 (Dreher, Marchiano, Fry, Yoho) was second in sheep/goats; third in hogs; 10th in cattle; fourth in reasons and named Fourth Highest Team Overall.
Individual livestock judging results are as follows:
Jillian Keller 1st Sheep/Goats; 3rd Hogs; 8th Beef; 5th Reasons; High Individual Overall
Clay Brillhart 3rd Sheep/Goats; 4th Swine; 4th Beef; 3rd Reasons; 2nd Individual Overall
Haydon Schaaf 5th Hogs; High Individual Beef; 4th Reasons; 3rd Individual Overall
Brody Nemecek High Individual Hogs; High Individual Reasons
