Members of the Lebanon County senior-age division livestock Judging team are the
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mnty livestock Judging team is the first from that county to capture the
senior-age division regional championship in sheep. From the left are Justin Levan,
Stephanie Bowman, and Nicole Knepp.
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The top junior-age divielon team of the Southeast Reg
ional Livestock Judging Contest are Lebanon County's
Brandon Winebark, Kyle Fleener, and Nathan Ryan.
Lebanon County Wins
Livestock Judging Contest
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) The Southeast Dis
trict 4-H Livestock Judging
Contest was held August 2 in con
junction with the Lebanon Area
Fair and Lebanon County posted a
decisive win, with both junior-age
and senior-age teams and topping
teams from Lancaster, Berks, Dau
phin and York counties.
In the junior-age division, Kyle
Fleener, of Robesonia, was the
overall outstanding individual,
while Ann Leed, of Lebanon was
the highest ranking individual in
the senior-age division.
For Fleener, the honors capped a
strong week with his showing the
grand champion steer of the Leba
non Area Fair, as well as the
reserve grand champion market
lamb.
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The livestock judging competi
tion involves individual and team
efforts in judging market lambs,
beef and hogs. Complete final
results were not available from
competition organizers.
However, from partial results
made available, and from
announcements made during the
award presentations on August 2,
Fleener was the top junior-aged
individual in beef and swine. Hope
Long, of Lancaster was the high
junior-age individual for swine.
The Lebanon junior-age judging
team, consisting of members
Fleener, Nathan Spalz and Bran
don Winebark woe first in beef
and swine and top overall.
The Lancaster County team
with members Danny Bollinger,
Nicole Hess and Hope Long were
fust in sheep.
In the senior-age divi
sion, the top overall
individual was Ann
Leed, of Lebanon Coun
ty. She was first in
reasons-giving for
sheep judging, but she
didn’t place first in any
specie competition.
First place individu
als according to species
were Blaine Brown, of
Lebanon, top individual
in beef; Nicole Knepp of
Berks County, first in
sheep; and Conrad
Smoker of Chester
County, first in swine.
The top senior-aged
team overall was Leba
non County, with mem
bers Ryan Spatz, Anri
Leed and Blaine Brown.
That team finished first
in beef and swine
catagories.
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The Berks County
team posted a personal
best in becoming the
first team from that
county to win top hon
ors in sheep judging. It’s
members were Justin
Levan, Nicole Knepp
and Stephanie Bowman.
The overall senior
age team for reasons
giving was Chester
County.
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