4-H members do well at district contest

The Donley County 4-H members participated in the Big Fun in D1 district 4-H contest on Friday, April 23, at West Texas A&M University with the horse judging teams winning several honors.

Local youth made up the District champion teams in two divisions: Juniors – Makynna Williams, Kassie Askew and Colton Henson; and Intermediates – Whitney Williams, Gracie Ellis, Maloree Wann and Bryce Williams.

Junior – Makynna Williams and Intermediate – Whitney Williams were also named district champion individuals.

Individual results are as follows: Junior division – Makynna Williams 1st overall, 5th halter, 1st performance, 1st reasons; Kassie Askew 3rd overall, 3rd halter, 3rd performance, 2nd reasons; and Colton Henson 4th overall, 1st halter, 4th performance, 5th reasons.

Intermediate division – Whitney Williams 1st overall, 1st halter, 4th performance, 1st reasons; Gracie Ellis 2nd overall, 3rd halter, 5th performance, 2nd reasons; Maloree Wann 7th overall, 4th halter, 12th performance, 4th reasons; Bryce Williams 8th overall, 11th halter, 9th performance, 14th reasons; Elliot Frausto 12th overall, 8th halter, 17th performance, 5th reasons; and Mary Jo Dushay 21st overall, 19th halter, 19th performance, 23rd reasons.

Senior division – Brenna Ellis 3rd overall, 5th halter, 3rd performance, 4th reasons; and Laney Gates 6th overall, 10th halter, 5th performance, 5th reasons. Brenna Ellis will represent Donley County at the State 4-H Roundup horse judging contest on June 9 at Texas A&M University.

In the Livestock judging competition, fourth place went to the Intermediate team of Hudson Howard, Grant Haynes, Parker Haynes, and Hayden Moore with Individual results as follows:

Intermediate – Hudson 2nd overall, 6th Beef division, 6th Sheep & Goat, 12th Swine; Grant 14th overall, 15th Beef, 28th Sheep and Goat, 3rd Swine; Parker 41st overall, 53rd Beef, 33rd, Sheep and Goat, 25th Swine; Hayden 49th overall, 27th Beef, 50th Sheep and Goat, 41st Swine; and Senior Division – Jodee Pigg 33rd overall, 30th Beef, 33rd Sheep and Goat, 27th Swine, 39th Reasons.

In the Share the Fun Contest, Grace and Emily McCurdy competed in the Musical/Instrumental Contest with their piano performances. In the Intermediate division, Emily had a 1st place performance while Grace finished 7th in the Senior division.