Thomas Brings Back Clover, Wins Champion At 4-H Dairy Show
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Morgan Thomas
thought she’d bring back the
cow that won the blue ribbon the
first time.
So Wednesday afternoon,
holding onto C Wridale Broker
Clover, a 7-year-old Holstein,
proved fruitful as Morgan won
grand champion Holstein at the
Lancaster County 4-H Dairy
Show.
Morgan, whose family
showed then-3-year-old Clover
(S: Conant-Acres- JY Broker-
ET, D: Jaclean Jet Cake) to
grand champion at the Lancas
ter County Holstein Show in
1997, said she plans to go to So
lanco and Lampeter fairs and
the Farm Show.
Morgan, 11, is the daughter of
John and Sandy Thomas, Lan
caster. Morgan is in the seventh
grade at Lampeter Strasburg.
Morgan also won grana
champion Jersey and champion
Holstein dam and daughters at
the show. She also won her divi
sion in the showmanship con
test.
Reserve champion of the
show went to Benjamin Welk
with his 4-year-old, LovDal Sky
buck Elvisa (S: Hanover Hill
Skybuck, D; MS LovDal Waden
Echo).
Benjamin, 16, is the son of
Gary and Donna Welk, Quarry
ville. He is a junior at Solanco
High School.
Benjamin also won reserve
dam and daughter at the show.
Nicole Welk, 10, daughter of
Kris and Mark Welk, Quarry
ville, won Holstein junior cham
pion with her fall senior calf.
She will be in the fifth grade at
Clermont Elementary School.
Blake Brubaker, 13, son of
Deb and Lowell Brubaker, Man
heim, won reserve champion of
the junior show with his summer
yearling. Blake is in the eighth
grade at Manheim Central
Middle School.
There were 76 animals and 38
exhibitors at the show. Judges
were Jed Beshore (type) and Sue
Beshore (showmanship) of New
Cumberland.
Following is a list of show
placings:
LANCASTER COUNTY
4-H DAIRY SHOW
RESULTS
FITTING CONTEST
Junior Division: 1. Tim Donough. 2. Marc
Waltemyer. 3. Amber Kiser.
Senior Division: 1. Josh Akers. 2. Tom
Spnng. 3. Lindsey Hess.
COLORED
BREEDS AYRSHIRE
Winter (Int) Calf; 1. Rachel Spnng.
Fall (Sr) Calf: 1. Thomas Spnng.
Spnng (Jr) Yearling: 1. Katenna Morfesis.
2. Bnttany Kemper. s
Winter (Int) Yearling: 1. Shawn Hambnck.
Junior Champion; Rachel Spnng. Re
serve: Katenna Morfesis.
Grand Champion; Rachel Spnng. Re
serve; Katenna Morfesis.
Best Animal Bred and Owned; Shawn
Hambnck.
BROWN SWISS
Spnng (Jr) Calf; 1. Andrew Smith.
Fall (Sr.) Calf: 1. Lori Hess. 2. Lon Hess.
Summer Yearling: 1. Andrew Smith.
Spnng (Jr.) Yearling: 1. Lon Hess.
Fall (Sr.) Yearling; 1. Bnan Smith.
Junior Champion: Brian Smith. Reserve;
Lon Hess.
Junior 2-Year-Old: 1. Tom Kauffman.
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Lori Hess.
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Scott Kauffman.
4. Year-Old; 1. Andrew Smith.
5-Year-Old: 1. Lon Hess.
Senior Champion; Lon Hess. Reserve:
Lon Hess.
Grand Champion: Lon Hess. Reserve;
Lon Hess.
Best Animal Bred and Owned; Lon Hess.
Reserve. Lon Hess.
Dam and Daughter: 1. Lon Hess Re
serve Lon Hess
GUERNSEY
Spring (Jr) Calf’ 1 Bnan Smith.
Spring (Jr) Yearling - 1. Andrew Smith.
Winter (Int.) Yearling - 1. Brian Smith.
Junior Champion: Bnan Smith. Reserve
Bnan Smith
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Bnan Smith.
Senior Champion: Bnan Smith.
Grand Champion: Brian Smith. Reserve:
Brian Smith.
Best Animal Bred and Owned: Bnan
Smith. Reserve: Brian Smith.
Dam and Daughter Brian Smith.
JERSEY
Spnng (Jr.) Calf: 1. Morgan Thomas.
Winter (Int.) Calf: 1. Stephanie Donough.
Fall (Sr.) Calf: 1. Morgan Thomas.
Summer Yearling; 1. Nicole Welk.
Spnng (Jr.) Yearling; 1. Nicole Welk.
Winter (Int.) Yearling; 1. Tiffany Donough.
Junior Champion: Nicole Welk. Reserve'
Morgan Thomas.
Junior 2-Year-Old: 1. Stephanie Do
nough.
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Morgan Thomas.
4-Year-Old: 1. Morgan Thomas. 2. Timo
thy Donough.
Senior Champion; Morgan Thomas. Re
serve: Morgan Thomas.
Grand Champion: Morgan Thomas. Re
serve: Morgan Thomas.
Best Animal Bred and Owned: 1. Morgan
Thomas. Reserve; Stephanie Donough.
Dam and Daughter: Morgan Thomas.
Reserve: Morgan Thomas.
RED AND WHITE
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Stephanie Kauff
man.
Senior Champion; Stephanie Kauffman.
Grand Champion: Stephanie Kauffman.
SHOWMANSHIP
8-10 Year Olds: 1. Nicole Welk. 2. Can
dice Brubaker. 3. Leslie Hoover.
11-13 Year Old: 1. Morgan Thomas. 2.
Blake Brubaker. 3. Aaron Tnmble.
14-18 Year Old; 1. Crystal Brubaker. 2.
Lon Hess. 3. Lindsey Howard.
HOLSTEIN
Spnng (Jr.) Calf: 1. Lindsey Howard. 2.
Zach Akers. 3. Candice Brubaker.
Winter (Int.) Calf: 1. Chad Shertzer. 2.
Esther Tnmble. 3. Matt Groff.
Fall (Sr.) Calf: 1. Nicole Welk. 2. Morgan
Thomas. 3. Ellis Kreider.
Summer Yearling: 1. Blake Brubaker. 2.
Crystal Brubaker. 3. Ashley Frey.
Spnng (Jr.) Yearling: 1. Lindsey Howard.
Winter (Int.) Yearling: 1. Chad Shertzer.
Fall (Sr.) Yearling: 1. Aaron Tnmble. 2.
Lindsey Howard. 3. Kevin Groff.
Junior Champion: Nicole Welk. Reserve:
Blake Brubaker.
Dry Cow 2 Years and Oven 1. Lindsey
Howard. 2. Ashley Frey. 3. Matthew Groff.
Junior 2-Year-Old; 1. Marc Waltemyer. 2.
Blake Brubaker.
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Nicole Welk. 2. Alli
son Waltemyer.
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Blake Brubaker. 2.
Justin Wivell. 3. Crystal Brubaker.
4-Year-Old; 1. Benjamin Welk. 2. Marc
Waltemyer.
6 Years and Older: 1. Morgan Thomas.
Senior Champion: Morgan Thomas. Re
serve: Benjamin Welk.
Grand Champion: Morgan Thomas. Re
serve: Benjamin Welk.
Best Animal Bred and Owned: Justin
Wivell. Reserve: Matthew Groff.
Dam and Daughters: Morgan Thomas.
Reserve; Benjamin Welk.
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co.) In a good sense, a strong
shot of Bourbon July 12 at the
county fairgrounds brought out
a champion for Pennwood
Farms at the Somerset District
Holstein Show, however, no ine
briation was involved.
Pennwood Stardust Bourbon,
a senior three-year-old was in
excellent form as far as judge
Curtis Day was concerned and
that couldn’t help but put the
Stoltzfus family in high spirits
no pun intended when he
selected the lady as grand cham
pion.
Bom January 5, 1996, a
daughter out of Browndale Star
dust and Lovdal Inspire Da
quire, Bourbon also had the best
udder in the class. Breeder was
Duane and Kevin Stoltzfus,
Berlin.
Kirsten Miller from Boswell
had the reserve champion in
Milbro Major Babe, a senior
two-year-old out of Gor-Wood-
D Super Sire Major and Milbro
Skybuck Babette. Babe, addi
tionally, was junior show grand
champion for the 21-year-old
Miller who is. approaching. a _
Colored breed champions at the Lancaster County 4-H Dairy Show. From left, Tiffany
Donough, dairy miss; Stephanie Donough, dairy ambassador; Toni Kauffman, dairy dar
ling; Elizabeth Young, dairy princess; Stephanie Kauffman, Red and White; Rachel
Spring, Ayrshire; Lori Hess, Brown Swiss; and Morgan Thomas, Jersey. Brian Smith, not
pictured, won Guernsey grand champion. Photo by Andy Andrews
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Welk. reserve We,k * iunlor^hampS'Sen
judge. Photo by Andy Andrews ** ° maS ’ grand champion; and Jed Beshore,
Somerset District Holstein Show Held
five-week sojourn in China.
Matt Mosholder’s junior
three-year-old GCS Leader
Buckwheat was the junior
show’s reserve champion. Mos
holder is from Rockwood.
The Best Animal Bred and
Owned belonged to Oakview-
Ridge, Accident, Md., owned
and operated by the family of
Carl and Martha Bender. She
was Oakview-Ridge Stardom
Fritz, a daughter out of Hano
verhill Stardom and Oakview-
Ridge Freckleo and shown the
six-years and over class.
Oakview-Ridge garnered pre
mier breeder and premier exhib
itor honors in the senior show
while in the junior show premier
breeder was Hillmont, Berlin
and premier exhibitor was Pi
neybrook, Markleton. Juliana
Hillegass had the junior show’s
Best Animal Bred and Owned
with a winter calf that was born
Dec. 2,1999.
The Junior Champion was a
spring yearling shown by Jenna
Fox of Berlin. Melinda Thomas,
Bruceton Mills, W. Va. had the
reserve junior champion with a
winter yearling.
The show was sponsored by
the Somerset County Holstein
Club and co-chaired by Mark
Ream and Mert Maust. Ring
master was Pete Hamming. Feli
cia Maust did catalogs and
Stacy Ream was responsible for
trophies and sponsors.
Following are top three in
each class:
Spring Calf: Jared Hillegass; Alec Hille
gass; Jenna Fox.
Winter Calf: Juliana Hillegass; Melinda
Thomas; Desirae Hillegass.
Fall Calf; Juliana Hillegass; Hillary
Kneppen Melinda Thomas.
Summer Yearling: Brent Maust; Eliza
beth Fullerton; Jenna Fox.
Spring Yearling: Jenna Fox; Amber Klmg;
Justine Stoltzfus.
Winter Yearling; Melinda Thomas; Mel
inda Thomas; Todd Lohr.
Fall Yearling: Todd Latin Hillary
Kneppen Melinda Thomas.
Dry Cow Four-Years-Old And Under
Cassandra Kneppen Jessica Rose; Justin
Rohrbaugh.
Dry Cow Five-Years Old And Oven Eric
MILK.
IT DOES A
BODY good:
Murray.
Fall Yearling In Milk: Brian Rose.
Unfresh Junior Two-Year-Old: Hillary
Kneppen Desirae Hillegass.
Junior Two-Year-Old: Desirae Hillegass;
Juliana Hillegass; Todd Lohr.
Senior Two-Year-Old: Kirsten Miller;
Melinda Thomas; Oakview-Ridge.
Futurity Class: Amber Kling; Pineybrook
Farm; Willard Maust.
Junior Three-Year-Old; Matt Mosholden
Oakview-Ridge; Willard Maust.
Senior Three-Year-Old: Pennwood
Farms; Pineybrook Farm; Amber Kling.
Four-Year-Old: Oakview-Ridge; Matt
Mosholder Oakview-Ridge.
Five-Year-Old; Delvin Mast; Todd Lohr;
Oakview-Ridge.
Six-Years-Old And Over Oakview-
Ridge; Delvin Mast; Willard Maust.
125,000 Class; Oakview-Ridge.
Best Three Females: Oakview-Ridge;
Scenic Ridge; Pineybrook.
Produce of Dam; Juliana Hillegass; Juli
ana Hillegass; Justin Rohrbaugh.
Dam And Daughter Ron Kling; Brent
Maust; Justin Rohrbaugh.