820-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,1986
Youthful Competitors Show Champions In Junior Breeding Sheep Show
In the junior Dorset show Margaret Herr of Narvon, right,
showed both the champion ewe and ram. Here she gets a
hand with her champion from David Diffenbach.
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in the junior show, while Debbie Gengler, left, had the
champion ram.
The champion Oxford ewe in the junior show belonged to
Kendra Lay, right, and the champion ram went to Glenn
Heffner, left.
Geoff Powell, right, earned the champion Shropshire ewe in
his first year of competition. The champion ram belonged to
Dennis Kendall Jr., left.
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HARRISBURG For some
exhibitors the Keystone Junior
Breeding Sheep Show Sunday
marked the end of successful show
careers as juniors. Their years of
youthful competition over, a few
will continue showing in open
divisions, while others will turn
their interests elsewhere.
But just as surely as the elders
move onward, new young faces
take their places among the ranks
of expectant competitors. They
will continue the tradition of
exhibiting only their finest
animals, fitted to perfection for the
judge’s scrutiny.
But exhibitor age seemed no
factor in this year’s competition as
retiring juniors claimed some
championships and first-year
members copped others.
In the Dorset division, veteran
exhibitor Margaret Herr of Narvon
ended her junior career with a
flourish. She claimed the cham
pion and reserve champion ram
honors as well as the champion
ewe rosette. Her only concession
was to Alicia Strausbaugh of York,
who captured the reserve ewe
honors.
“It was a tough show,” Margaret
remarked, noting that the com
petition was the toughest she had
encountered here for several
years.
But her homebred entries fared
well in the eyes of judge Ron
Guenther. “They both have a lot of
size and scale,” Margaret said of
her champions.
In the large ewe classes,
Margaret encountered competition
from Joyce Harpster of Boalsburg,
who won the spring ewe lamb
class, and from Alicia
Strausbaugh, who topped
Margaret’s entries in the fall lamb
class.
Margaret, the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Herr, Narvon, is
currently a sophomore at Penn
State University.
Hampshire
Rebecca Hopes’ yearling ewe
continued a winning streak by
claiming the championship in the
Hampshire show. Her ewe was
undefeated last year and earned
the supreme championship honor
at Maryland Fair earlier this year
for the second consecutive year.
The ewe’s success story includes
a reserve championship at the
Virginia State Fair and another
reserve placing in the Keystone
open show earlier in the week.
Rebecca is the 15-year-old
daughter of Marvin and Betty
Hope, who own Hope’s Hampshires
near Brunswick, Md.
In ram competition, Rebecca
had to settle for reserve champion.
The champion honor went to a
homebred entry owned by Debbie
Gengler of Pittstown, N.J. Debbie
reported that her spring lamb had
taken the reserve championship at
Eastern National and at the open
show here earlier.
Debbie is the 19-year-old
daughter of Steve and Verna
Gengler.
The reserve champion ewe
belonged to Robert Dinsmore of
Jefferson, Md.
Kendra Lay of Ridgewood, Ohio,
knew she had a "pretty good”
spring lamb, so she packed her up
and brought her to KILE to see
how She would stack up against the
competition. Apparently the judge
agreed with Kendra’s assessment
of her lamb and named her
champion ewe of the show.
Kendra, the 15-year-old daughtei
of Bob and Beddie Lay, purchased
her champion from Michigan
breeder Charles Cryderman. She
showed another of her ewes to the
reserve spot.
The champion Oxford ram
belonged to Glenn Heffner, the 16-
year-old son of Wilson and Mary
Heffner of Fleetwood Glenn’s
BY SUZANNE KEENE
Dorset
Oxford
In the junior Southdown show, Melissa Trostle of Red Lion
had the champion ewe, while Lee Hayes, left, showed the
champion ram.
Tracy Brookover of Mt. Morris, left, showed the champion
Suffolk ram. The champion ewe belonged to Jason Heeg,
right.
homebred spring lamb won at
county shows earlier this fall and
placed first in its class at the New
Jersey State Fair, he reported.
“I kind of figured he’d do well
today considering the other
shows,” Glenn said of his cham
pion.
Amy Eshelman of Sinking
Springs provided plenty of com
petition in the ram contest with her
entry that claimed the reserve
championship.
Shropshire
Although he wasn’t much taller
than his ewe, 9-year-old Geoff
Powell of Rome showed his entry
to the championship in the
Shropshire show. Competing in his
first Keystone sheep show, Geoff
had little to say to after the show,
but the smile on his face indicated
he may be back next year.
Earlier in the show season
Geoff’s ewe was named county
supreme champion 4-H ewe.
The champion ram was a
homebred spring lamb owned by
Dennis Kendall Jr. of Hydes, Md.
The son of Dennis and Kathy
Kendall, Dennis said he purchased
his ram’s grandmother at the
Keystone sale three years ago.
Earlier this year, Dennis’ ram
was supreme champion at the
Baltimore County 4-H Fair and at
the Hereford Fair.
Robert Dinsmore of Jefferson,
Md., claimed both the reserve
champion ewe and ram.
Southdown
Melissa Trostle of Red Lion
ended her junior show career with
a win in the the Southdown show.
Her stylish spring lamb caught the
judge’s eye long enough to earn the
champion ewe rosette. Melissa is
the 19-year-old daughter Ronald
and Yvonne Trostle.
The reserve champion ewe
was a yearling ewe owned by
Deanna Stumbo of Honeoye, N. Y.
Entries owned by Lee Hayes of
Tyrone dominated the ram
competition. He claimed the
championship with a fall lamb and
the reserve with a spring lamb.
Hayes said he purchased the
champion from Oklahoma breeder
Duron Howard at the Eastern Stud
Ram Sale in Staunton, Va. this
spring. Earlier this year, the ram
was champion at Huntingdon
County Fair and reserve champion
at Bedford and Shippensurg Fairs.
The 17-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel E. Hayes, Lee owns
17 Southdowns.
Suffolk
Twelve-year-old Jason Heeg of
Tully, N.Y. earned champion ewe
honors in the Suffolk show with his
homebred fall lamb. Jason said he
expected her to do well at the show
since earlier in the year she had
been named supreme champion at
the New York State Fair. His ewe
was also first in its class in the
open show and at the Big E.
The champion ram belonged to
20-year-old Tracy Brookover, who
claimed her first championslup in
her final year of junior com
petition.
Tracy, the daughter of Tim and
Joanne Brookover of Mt. Morris,
said her homebred ram was also
champion at the Fayette County
Farm Show
Tracy also received reserve
champion ewe with her fall ewe
lamb, while the reserve champion
ram belonged to Nancy MacCauley
of Atglen.
DORSET
Spring Ram Lamb
1 Margaret Herr 2 Joyce Harpster 3 Alicia
Strasbaugh
Fall Ram Lamb
1 Margaret Herr 2 John Eaton Jr 3 Beth
Stumbo
Champion Ram
Margaret Herr
Reserve Champion Ram
Margaret Herr
Spring Ewe Lambs
1 Joyce Harpster 2 Margaret Herr 3 Jeff
Strausbaugh
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