Ridge Hill Sisters Take Home Top Honors At Quarryville Holstein Show
MICHELLE RANCK The Holstein show was down Farm in Red Lion.
Farming Staff in numbers from previous years. This year’s grand champion
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster “I’m sorry there aren’t more placing went to a 4-year old Hol-
Co.) Lower numbers did not cows in the classes,” said Knut- stein who, according to Knutsen,
seem to take a toll on the quality sen, “because these cows could is “milking well and still holds it
of Holsteins shown at the recent stand some more competition.” all together.”
Quarryville fair. A pair of sisters gathered dou- “Ridge-Hill Charles Laura,” a
Robert Knutsen of Loudale ble prizes as they took home homebred animal, moved from
Farms judged the event. Knut- grand and reserve grand champi- the top of the 4-year-old class to
sen, a longtime 4-H leader, milks on in the open classes. The girls, grand champion Holstein for
approximately 80 Holsteins on Stormi and Stevie Anna Greek, Stormi.
his farm in Rising Sun, Md., and are the daughters of Leonard and Stormi, a senior at Red Lion
judges 2-3 dairy shows per year. Bonnie Jo Greek of Ridge Hill High School, also won first place
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Ridge Hill Farms, Red Lion, took home several awards at the recent fair. Parents week’s average costs of various mgred- or " ' *° n ’ ’ 5' vt-
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in the senior division of the
showmanship classes, with sister
Stevie taking home a second
place in the junior division.
Stormi is currently looking at
colleges to attend next fall, where
she is planning to study elemen
tary education.
A 2-year-old took home re
serve champion. Stevie, 9, in the
fourth grade at Red Lion School
District, took home reserve
grand champion honors with her
homebred, “Ridge-Hill Sky Buck
Molly.”
Ridge Hill farm also took
home a first in the best three fe
male class, along with premier
exhibitor and premier breeder
honors.
Nicole Welk of Welk-Shade
Holsteins won Junior champion
honors with her homebred heifer,
“Welk Shade Astre Destiny.”
Welk, 10, in the fifth grade at So
lanco School District, also took
home grand champion Jersey
honors with one of her animals
and a class winner with another
Jersey.
She is the daughter of Mark
and Kris Welk. Welk picked the
heifer out of four of her own ani
mals at home.
Brian Mull, 18, of Mar-Mul-
Idale Farms, took home reserve
junior champion in the Holstein
classes with his homebred “Mar-
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farm which hosts 125 cows.
A complete list of Holstein
Dairy Show results follows:
SOLANCO FAIR
HOLSTEIN DAIRY
SHOW RESULTS
Spring Calf 1 Zachary Akers 2 Joshua
Akers 3 Justin Hershberger
Winter Calf 1 Stevie Anne Greek 2
Matt Groff 3 Amber Kiser
Fall Calf 1 Nicole Welk 2 Kevin Groff
3 Ellis Kreider
Summer Yearling 1 Charles Groff 2
Ellis Kreider
Spnng Yearling 1 Joshua Hershberger
2 Bnan Mull 3 Ellis Kreider
Winter Yearling 1 Brian Mull 2 Kyle
Miller
Junior Champion Nicole Welk
Reserve Junior Champion Brian Mull
Dry Cow Michael Mellott
Senior 2-Year-Old 1 Stevie Anne
Greek 2 Bnan Mull
4-Year-Old 1 Stormi Greek 2 James
Findley
Senior Champion. Stormi Greek
Reserve Senior Champion Stevie Greek
Grand Champion Stormi Greek
Reserve Grand Champion Stevie Greek
Premier Exhibitor Greek family
Premier Breeder Greek family
Junior Division Champion Stormi Greek
Reserve Junior Division Champion Ste
vie Greek
Best Three Females 1 Stormi and Ste
vie Greek 2 Matt Groff
SHOWMANSHIP
8-10 Years Old 1 Nicole Welk 2 Stevie
Greek. 3 Kyle Miller
11-14 Years Old 1 Zach Akers 2 Matt
Groff. 3 Kevin Groff
15 Years and Older. 1 Stormi Greek 2
Brian Mull 3 Josh Akers