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FFA, 4-H Members Celebrate 100 Years Of 4-H With Spring Livestock Show

FFA students and 4-H members from Escambia County celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 4-H in conjunction with the GCA and NRA Spring Livestock Show.

Despite heavy rains and flooding conditions, the show went on this past Saturday. Local 4-H and FFA members from Northview and Tate high schools showed their very best swine, goats, lambs and steers in the annual event.

Winners are listed below by category:

SWINE

• Lightweight Swine: 1st Jessica Imholte – 4-H, 2nd Forrest Gibbs – 4-H, 3rd Abbie Courson – 4 H, 4th Devin Bell – FFA
• Middleweight Swine: 1st Meagan Gibbs – FFA, 2nd John Hardin – 4-H, 3rd Jennifer Taylor – FFA
• Light Heavyweight: 1st Kellie Gindl – 4-H, 2nd Thomas Aliff – 4-H, 3rd Donald Cunningham – 4-H
• Heavyweight Swine: 1st Austin Dodd – 4-H, 2nd Brandon Lattourelle – 4-H, 3rd Josh Malonzo – FFA
• Grand Champion Market Hog – Kellie Gindl – 4-H
• Reserve Champion Market Hog – Thomas Aliff – 4 H
• Swine Jr Showmanship: 1st Brendan Bell – 4-H, 2nd John Hardin – 4-H, 3rd Tristan Livingston – 4-H
• Swine Intermediate Showmanship: 1st Forrest Gibbs Jr. – 4-H, 2nd Austin Dodd – 4-H, 3rd Donald Cunningham – 4 H
• Swine Sr. Showmanship: 1st Devin Bell – FFA, 2nd Meagan Gibbs – FFA, 3rd Thomas Conway – 4-H

YOUTH GOAT

• Class I, Breeding: Allison Vidak – FFA
• Grand Champion Doe: Allison Vidak – FFA
• Senior Showmanship: 1st place – Allison Vidak  – FFA

YOUTH LAMB

• Class I Breeding Lamb winner: Miranda Vidak – 4-H
• Class II Breeding Lamb: Kellie Gindl – 4-H
• Breeding Champion: Kellie Gindl – 4-H
• Reserve Breeding Champion – Miranda Vidak – 4-H

MARKET LAMB

• Market Lamb: 1st Brooke Schlobohm – 4-H, 2nd Amber Estes – 4-H
• Market Lamb Champion:  Brooke Schlobohm – 4-H
• Market Lamb Reserve Champion: Amber Estes – 4-H
• Lamb, Intermediate Showmanship: Miranda Vidak, 1st place – 4-H
• Lamb, Senior Showmanship: Kellie Gindl, 1st place – 4-H Amber Estes, 2nd place – 4-H Brooke Schlobohm , 3rd place – 4-H

MARKET STEERS

• Lightweight Steers: 1st place Julie Hester – FFA, 2nd place Amber Estes – 4-H, 3rd place Cody Wiggins – 4-H
• Middleweight Steers: 1st place Tyler Hester – FFA, 2nd place Austin Cunningham – 4-H, 3rd place Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Heavyweight Steers: 1st place Donald Cunningham – 4-H, 2nd place Blake Worley – 4-H, 3rd place Ashley Cunningham – 4-H
• Grand Champion Market Steer: Donald Cunningham – 4-H
• Reserve Champion Market Steer: Tyler Hester – FFA
• Junior Showmanship: 1st place, Blake Worley– 4-H,
• Intermediate Showmanship: 1st place, Donald Cunningham– 4-H, 2nd place, Ashley Cunningham– 4-H, 3rd place, Austin Cunningham– 4-H
• Senior Showmanship: 1st place, Lynsey Meharg – FFA, 2nd place, Cody Wiggins– 4-H, 3rd place, Amber Estes– 4-H

YOUTH PREVIEW STEER

• Class I winner: Allison Vidak – FFA
• Class II winner: Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Grand Champion Preview Steer: Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Reserve Champion Preview Steer: Allison Vidak – FFA
• Senior Showmanhip: 1st place, Lynsey Meharg – FFA, 2nd Place, Allison Vidak – FFA

YOUTH BEEF BREEDING

• Class I, Commercial: 1st Ashley Cunningham– 4-H,
• Class II, Commercial: 1st Emily Higdon – FFA, 2nd Allison Vidak – FFA
• Class III, Commercial: 1st Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Grand Champion Commercial: Emily Higdon – FFA
• Reserve Champion Commercial: Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Class I, Registered: 1st Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Class II, Registered: 1st Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Grand Champion Registered:  Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Reserve Champion Registered: Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Overall Supreme Champion: Lynsey Meharg – FFA
• Overall Reserve Champion: Emily Higdon – FFA
• Intermediate Showmanship: 1st place, Ashley Cunningham– 4-H,
• Senior Showmanship: 1st place, Lynsey Meharg – FFA

Pictured top: The participants in this past weekend’s  GCA and NRA Spring Livestock Show. Pictured below: Thomas Aliff (left), 13, won second place Reserve Grand Champion and John Wesly Hardin, 8, won second in his class and second in showmanship. Pictured bottom: Julie Hester (left), Ernest Ward Middle School FFA member, won first place in the lightweight steer category. Tyler Hester, Northview High FFA member, won first place in the middle weight steer category and was the Reserve Grand Champion. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.