Area Youths Show State Fair Winners
Published: Friday, August 12, 2022
Area 4-H'ers were among the big winners in the Indiana State Fair's 4-H Grand Drive Sunday night in the coliseum. After tight competitions, several of the exhibitors were crowned grand and reserve champions.
During the event, 4-H members showed livestock of various species, weights and classes on the prestigious dirt in the coliseum. Categories included: dairy steer, meat goat wether, meat goat wether dam, market lamb, market barrow, beef heifer and beef steer.
Austin Hesters, a 10-year 4-H'er from LaPorte County, showed the grand champion dairy steer, which weighed 1,565 pounds and was the winner in Class 6 of the dairy steer show. Hesters also exhibited this dairy steer at the LaPorte County Fair and won grand champion.
In the market lamb show, Harper Henney of Steuben County brought a Natural Color lamb that was chosen as the grand champion market lamb. The reserve champion was the champion Hampshire exhibited by Caleb Lechlitner of Kosciusko County.
Logan Walter of Huntington County was the big winner in the rabbit show, exhibiting the grand champion meat pen.
Other grand champions for each species are as follows:
• Grand champion meat goat wether: Colton Kephart, heavyweight, Johnson County
• Grand champion meat goat wether dam: Maxwell Scamihorn, middleweight, Vigo County
• Grand champion market barrow: Emily Myers, Duroc, Jasper County
• Grand champion beef heifer: Houston Ferree, Angus, Sullivan County
• Grand champion beef steer: Ashlyn Kelley, Chi, Howard County
Reserve champion was awarded to the following:
• Reserve champion dairy steer: Kley Beer, Class 5, Adams County
• Reserve champion meat goat wether: Spencer Goettemoeller, lightweight, Randolph County
• Reserve champion meat goat wether dam: Parker Miller, heavyweight, Boone County
• Reserve champion market barrow: Riley Rodibaugh, crossbred, Jasper County
• Reserve champion beef heifer: Spencer Goettemoeller, MaineTainer, Randolph County
• Reserve champion beef steer: Hogan Hendrickson, crossbred, Randolph County
Approximately $150,000 was raised by the Indiana State Fair Foundation, the Indiana State Fair's non-profitorganization, to provide monetary awards for the winners of Sunday's competition. Top placing 4-H members will be recognized for their hard work at the Celebration of Champions event, held in September at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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