C2-Unc»tw Farming, Saturday, October 14,1989 Youth Show Their Skills In BY LOU ANN GOOD HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Erick Hayes of Tyrone cap tured the coveted grand champion market lamb title with his 117-pound Suffolk during KILE competition on Sunday, October 8. In his sixth year of showing, Erick also has won grand champion titles at his county fair and at Farm Show. As a cross country runner at Warriors Mark school, Erick runs daily with his sheep to keep them both in shape. Erick is also in Hun tingdon County 4-H and in FFA. If you drive past B & B Lives tock in Danville, Ohio, you’ll probably see Angela Banbury and her 18 sheep running up and down hills every morning and evening. All that running paid off for Ange la’s market sheep took reserve champion market lamb title the champion pair market lamb placing. For her showmanship, Angela placed first in the senior showman ship competition. She also had won grand champion at Louisville last year and at seven different state shows. Angela is the grand daughter of Dr. Robert Herr, a well known sheep breeder from Nar von’s Nix Bessler’s farm. Junior showmanship honors went to Andrea Musser of New Middletown. During the Suffolk competition, Donna MacCauley, Atglen, was crowned the PA Suffolk Queen. The 19 year old will compete for the national crown at Kentucky. The daughter of William and Joan MacCauley, Donna is majoring in ag business at Penn State, Dela ware County campus. DORSET Christine Baxter showed a win ning combination with her champ ion ram and her reserve champion ewe during the Dorset breeding sheep competition held on Sunday. Jenny Zerby of Red Oak Farm, Beavertown, took the champion ewe title. The reserve champion ram Dorset belonged to Robert Wilson of Dansville N.Y. Stacy Suffel, 15, of Carlisle cap tured the judge’s attention with her top showmanship qualities. She also placed third in the senior divi sion of the Lead Line. OXFORD Champion Oxford ram and reserve champion ewe went to Kendra Lay of Ridgeway, Ohio. Reserve champion ram went to Paula Hunter of Fleetwood. Her sister, Christine, won the junior showmanship contest for the Oxford breed. Jason Bixler took the champion ewe for his Oxford from Mt. Holly Springs. HAMPSHIRE Fifteen-year-old Stacy Suffel was all smiles during KILE com petition. Night Stalker, the Carlisle teen’s Hampshire ram was the big gest, heaviest, most volume mus- celed and structurally correct ram competing in the breed’s division. The day before. Stacy had placed second in the open show. And in the Dorset division she placed first with her spring ewe lamb. That wasn’tall, in lead line competition, Stacy came in third. For seven years, Stacy has been showing sheep from their Sulphur Run Farm flock of 30 breeding and market sheep. Reserve champion ram honors went to Robert Dinsmore of Jeffer son, Md. The champion ewe belonged to Matthew Nickerson of Wellsboro and Christine Baxter of Lane Ranch placed as reserve champion with her yearling ewe. SHROPSHIRE Renee Cleversy of Painesville, Oh., took the champion ram Shropshire trophy with her spring ram lamb. The reserve champion went to Greg Erb of Beavertown. Champion ewe went to a year ling owned by Geoff Powell of Rome. Robert Dinsmore of Jeffer son, Md., placed with his reserve champion ewe. SOUTHDOWN Only 10-years-old and Matt Trostle has already surpassed the friendly competition he has with his 22-year-old sister Melissa. The brother and sister show South downs from their Red Lion flock of 65 Hamps and Southdowns. Matt swept Southdown honors for champion ram, champion and reserve ewe and showmanship. Ironically, the reserve champion ram was from Trestle’s ewe. It was owned and showed by Jennifer Flinchbaugh of York. The Trestles never intended to get into the sheep business. Seven years ago Melissa won a slieep in 4-H competition. They soon found out they couldn’t raise one alone; consequently they purchased another and things snowballed from there. Sheep are no longer a hobby but a business on the Trostle farm. SUFFOLK Suffolk champion ram went to T.L. Brookoverof ML Morris. Sta cy Brasheare’s ram won the reserve placing. Champion ewe honors went to Melanie Snyder of Parker. The 12-year-old is the daughter of Jack and Donna Snyder who operate Snyder’s Suffolks in Clarion County. Melanie, who said it was her first time at KILE, has her own herd of 18 Suffolk and several Holstein cows. Precious and Bugs Bunny brought success to Ohio exhibitor Susan Marie Wise with a reserve champion ewe and a second place in Lead Line modeling and second in showmanship of her breed and first in the Suffolk breed. On the family’s 80-Lin-Su farm they raise 55 to 60 registered Suffolks for the past 17 years. The Danville teen started showing six years ago and has placed in several national shows. A partial listing of the winners in each breed follows: JUNIOR BREEDING SHEEP SOUTHDOWN Spring Ram Lambs 1. Matt Trestle, PA; 2. Jennifer Flmch baugh, PA; 3. Luke John Zerby, PA. Fall Ram Lambs 1. Matt Trestle, PA, 2. Luke John Zerby, PA Champion Ram Matt Trestle, PA. Reserve Champion Ram Jennifer L. Flmchbaugh, PA (Turn 16 Pag# C 4) Sheep Breeding And Shd Southdown ram of the Junior show. ,*at t K* show was. 'V- ira Lay of Ridgeway, Ohio. Showing the -ram was Marc Copeland. .••e j division belonged to Christine Baxter. T.L Brookover Jr. claimed the champ ion ram award in the junior Suffolk division. Mt. Holly Springs, was named the champion Oxford ewe. h' ion Junior Shropshire ewe. .y y ~ Carlisle, was selected as the junior champ ion Hampshire ram. 1 w—w, w Matthew Nlckeson of Wellsboro showed the champion Hampshire ewe in the Junior show. At KILE
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