Category: HCLS

#HCLS About More Than Ribbons

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By Michael V. Hannigan

We’ve made it to Friday at the Henderson County Livestock Show and even though there is still plenty on the schedule, you can see the end of #HCLS 2014 from here.

While walking around the Fairpark Complex this week I have seen hundreds of students. AgriLife Extension Agent Rick Hirsch told me as many as 600 students could participate with up to 1,800 entries.

What I have learned is that every single one of them has a story to tell. From the girl who has won grand champion four straight times to the boy who was happy his dad got out of work early enough to see him earn a fifth place ribbon … it is about so much more than where you finish.

It is about family and friends and lifetime memories.

Take Helen Bobbitt and Noah, for instance (pictured). I have no idea where they will finish because they haven’t competed yet as I write this, but that doesn’t really matter.

Not that Helen, who lives in Eustace,  wouldn’t like to win. It is just that Helen and Noah are going to be together regardless.

Noah — who is the only survivor of a storm that wiped out his siblings — has already been around four years and is a part of the family. He even sat on the front porch with Helen this past Halloween and handed out candy.

Noah is also a link to Helen’s grandmother, who got Helen started with chickens. Mom and Dad are part of the circle, too, putting in those “livestock show parent hours” so many in our community know about.

Because Noah is more than just a chicken.

It is a story everyone out here at the fairgrounds can understand, because the Livestock Show is more than just an event.

It is more than ribbons or even buckles.

It is family and friends and lifetime memories.

#HCLS BROILERS

GRAND CHAMPION: Cooper Norman, Cross Roads 4-H

RESERVE CHAMPION: Lyn York, Brownsboro FFA

1. Cooper Norman, Cross Roads 4-H
2. Lyn York, Brownsboro FFA
3. Cooper Norman, Cross Roads 4-H
4. Haley Durden, Happy Days 4-H
5. Kyler Anding, Timber Trails 4-H
6. Shelby Massey, LaPoynor FFA
7. Kolton Mattingly, Timber Trails 4-H
8. Lyn York, Brownsboro FFA
9. Kinleigh Anding, Malakoff 4-H
10. Allie Dalrymple, Timber Trails 4-H
11. Josiee McNeece, Happy Days 4-H
12. Kaden Mattingly, Timber Trails
13. Jacob Cole, Timber Trails
14. Kaden Mattingly, Timber Trails
15. Kolton Mattingly, Timber Trails
16. Jacob Cole, Timber Trails
17. Maci Mattingly, Timber Trails
18. Shelby Massey, LaPoynor FFA
19. Peter Cole, Timber Trails

#HCLS MARKET FRYERS

GRAND CHAMPION: Claire Spivey, Cross Roads 4-H

RESERVE CHAMPION: Garrett Nuckolls, LaPoynor FFA

1. Claire Spivey, Cross Roads 4-H
2. Garrett Nuckolls, LaPoynor FFA
3. Trey Salazar, Happy Days 4-H
4. Jacob LaBelle, Eustace FFA
5. Joshua Jones, Horizon 4-H
6. Claire Spivey, Cross Roads 4-H
7. Karlie Watson, Happy Days 4-H
8. Trey Salazar, Happy Days 4-H
9. Emily Womack, Brownsboro FFA
10. Macey Crabtree, Happy Days 4-H
11. Sierra Perez, Cross Roads 4-H
12. Katie Beth Bumard, Brownsboro FFA
13. Ben Smith, All American 4-H
14. Crystal Reynolds, LaPoynor FFA
15. Klayton Watson, Happy Days 4-H
16. Samantha Wogerer, Cross Roads 4-H
17. Claire Hodge, Brownsboro 4-H
18. Alyssa Wogerer, Brownsboro 4-H
19. Sara Spivey, Cross Roads 4-H
20. Adrianne Kinabrew, Happy Days 4-H