BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Both
the Pennsylvania junior and
senior dairy bowl teams beat out
tough competitors to win both
divisions at the National
Holstein Junior Convention in
Louisville, Ky, in late June.
Forty-one teams competed in
the contest
Jennfier Neiman, Michael
Mciman, Eric Davis, and
Brandon Treichler were mem
bers of Pennyslvama’s winning
senior team. The team is
coached by Teresa Davis, Donna
Worley, and Ken Raney Three
members of the team, Jennifer,
Michael and Erica, were mem
bers of last year’s runner-up
team to Illinois Melissa Werley
is a team alternate
Pennsylvania prevailed over
the Washington team of Leslie
Latham, Jennifer Devoe,
Melissa Rusch and Ann Mane
Magnochi They are coached by
Pam Latham Twenty-one senior
teams competed in this year’s
contest, the largest competition
to date
In the junior division,
Pennsylvania’s winning team of
Emily Clomnger, Ben Cloninger,
Jeff (Jay) Harding, and Zach
Harding was victorious ovei rhe
New York junior team. The win
ners are coached by Robert
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Cloninger, Cindy Harding, and
Ken Raney. Alana Judy is an
alternate on the team
New York’s junior team con
sisted of Bret Bossard, Ryan
Dennis, Megan Dobell, and
Michael Dobell. Linda Stebbins
is the coach of the New York
team Twenty teams participat
ed in the junior contest
The annual Sportsmanship
Award, determined by the teams
themselves, is given to a team
that displays good conduct and
courtesy throughout the compe
tition Georgia’s team won the
senior division, with the team of
Justin Williams, Abby Menzie,
Emmy Menzie, Josh Moss and
alternates Jon Moss and Daniel
Williams. They are coached by
Laura Menzie and Cindy
Newberry
In the junior division,
California won the sportsman
ship award for the second year
in a row. This year’s team con
sisted of Robert Teixeira,
Lindsey Teixeira, Diane
Coderniz, Michelle Nelson and
Jaime Systma, alternate. Linda
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the Dairy Bowl, please contact
Kelli Devino, Educational
Coordinator, at 1-800-952-5200,
ext. 2124, or visit the Holstein
Association website, at
www.holstemusa com.
Six Receive Holstein Scholarships
BRATTLEBORO, Vt„ Six
Holstein Juniors recently
received scholarships from the
National Holstein Women’s
Scholarship Organization at the
National Holstein Association
Junior Convention held in
Louisville, Ky.
The six winners were inter
viewed by a panel of judges and
will receive $5OO scholarships in
1998
The winners were -
Christopher Connelly, Pa.;
Andrew Genasci, Calif; Amy
Hagenow, Wis ; Jenny Kelsey,
N.Y; Christopher Lahmers,
Ohio; and Eric Sonnek, Minn
Christopher Connelly is from
Pennsylvania Furnace He
works with his fathei and two
uncles to keep the 120-cow oper
ation running smoothly. He is
currently a student at Penn
State, and divides his time
between the farm and school. He
plans on pursuing a career as a
Ag Progress Section 2, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1998—Page
Holstein
large animal veterinarian
Andrew Genasci is from
Modesto Calif He is the fourth
generation to dairy in
California, and has his own
small herd of registered
Holsteins He graduated from
Modesto Junior College with a
degree in dairy science, and is
currently at Cal Poly pursuing
the same course of study He
works as a DHIA tester in the
San Luis area and plans to
return to the family dairy
Amy Hagenow is from
Reedsville, Wis She is a junior
at the University of Wisconsm-
Madison majoring in dairy sci
ence and agricultural journal
ism Her future goals include
working in the agribusiness
field and returning to the family
farm.
Jenny Kelsey, from
Canastota, NY, is the fourth
generation to reside at her
1,160-acre, 300-cow family oper-
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sively and is currently attending
Cornell University majoring in
animal science She is focusing
on animal nutrition and plans to
return to the family farm
Christopher Lahmers is from
Stone Creek, Ohio He started
his involvement with the family
farm at a young age and is cur
rently a student at The Ohio
State University He is majoring
in animal, dairy and poultry sci
ence He has also worked as an
assistant field representative for
the Holstein Association He
plans to remain active in the
dairy industry
Eric Sonnek, from Foreston,
Minn, is a junior at the
University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities, where he is majoring in
animal science He plans to take
his skills to the dairy industry
as a sire analyst following grad
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