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Henney, Singleton Show State Fair Champs


Published: Friday, August 16, 2019

An elite group of 4-H exhibitors finished as grand and reserve grand champions during the 2019 Indiana State Fair Grand Drive on Aug. 4. Held in the coliseum, 4-H members showed livestock of various species, weights and classes, demonstrating the final product of many long hours spent working with their animals this summer.

Categories included dairy steers, meat goat wethers, meat goat wether dams, sheep, rabbit meat pen, best of show rabbit, market barrows, beef heifers and market beef.

The grand champions are as follows:

• Dairy steer: Whittlee Singleton, Marshall County

• Meat goat wether: spencer Goettemoeller, heavyweight, Randolph County

• Meat goat wether dam: Nash Hensley, middleweight, Madison County

• Market lamb: Lane Slaton, Hampshire, Hamilton County

• Rabbit meat pen: Jessica Gauck, Decatur County

• Best of show rabbit: Marley Heritier, Whitley County

• Market barrow: Erika Newhouse, crossbred, Grant County

• Beef heifer: Clint Main, Sim-Solution, Jackson County

• Market beef: Harlee Henney, crossbred, Steuben County

Reserve champion was awarded to the following:

• Dairy steer: Kameron Laux, Whitley County

• Meat goat wether: Skyler Michel, middleweight, Wabash County

• Meat goat wether dam: Sarah Brown, heavyweight, Parke County

• Market lamb: Gabrielle Raute, Hampshire, Hamilton County

• Market barrow: Vade Dishman, Duroc, Henry County

• Beef heifer: Payton Farmer, Maine-Anjou, Jackson County

• Market beef: Hadley Hendrickson, reserve crossbred, Randolph County

Top placing 4-H members will be recognized for their hard work at the Celebration of Champions event, held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 in the coliseum.

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