A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 18, 2003
Schuylkill County Youth Shows Champion Lamb
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Kori Morgan of Pine
Grove, Schuylkill County,
walked away with the grand
champion youth market lamb
Kori Morgan and her grand champion market lamb are
joined by, from left, Sarah Regula, Pennsylvania lamb and
wool princess; Sam Hayes, secretary of agriculture;
Amber Shollenberger, lamb and wool queen; and Cassie
Marsh, lamb and wool princess.
banner at the Farm Show Sun
day.
Morgan’s 134-pound
Hampshire/Suffolk crossbred
topped a show of about 250 mar
ket lambs, including a number of
pure breeds, exhibited by youth
from across the state.
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Morgan, 17, is a junior at Blue
Mountain High School and mem
ber of the Schuykill Stampede
4-H Livestock Club. She is the
daughter of Kim and Craig Mor
gan, and has been exhibiting for
nine years.
Becky Cowell of Greene Coun
ty took the reserve championship
with her 133-pound crossbred
lamb, also of Suffolk and Hamp
shire bloodlines.
Cowell, 19, is a freshman at
Waynesburg College, where she
is majoring in biology. Her par
ents are Keith and Sharon Cow
ell.
Judge Ron Guenther of Ohio
said that the top lambs repre
sented “two of the better car
crises in the bam” as well as
demonstrating a live conforma
tion that was “true and correct.”
Guenther commended all the
youth lamb exhibitors and spoke
about the quality of the animals
he selected as class winners.
“The lambs I picked out here
today are all lambs that are going
to yield very nicely,” he said.
The judge also made a call for
continued improvement of the
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Joining Becky Cowell and her reserve champion lamb
are Sam Hayes and Pennsylvania lamb and wool royalty,
from left, Amber Shollenberger, Sarah Regula, and Cassie
Marsh.
lamb industry, noting that lamb responsibility for our product,”
is increasingly being compared to sa *^ - Well-muscled lamb that
. , . tastes good has to be top priority,
other meats on the market. Following are the placings for
“We all need to assume more purebred and crossbred classes:
IMC
JUNIOR MARKET LAMB DIVISION
CHEVIOT
Junior market lamb: 1. Nicole Qemmill. 2. Tasha Flory. 3.
Jenna Moser.
Champion Cheviot junior market lamb: Nicole Gemmill.
Reserve champion Cheviot junior market lamb: Tasha Flory.
Junior market lamb - light: 1. Andrew Paulhamus. 2. Jeff
Longenberger. 3. Adrian Whitmoyer.
Junior market lamb - heavy: 1. Jacob Scott. 2. Chris Ben
mnghoff. 3. Liana Menke.
Champion Dorset junior market lamb: Jacob Scott.
Reserve champion Dorset junior market lamb; Andrew Paul
hamus.
HAMPSHIRE
Junior market lamb - light: 1. Hope Long. 2. Elizabeth Arnold.
3. Qrege Beatty.
Junior market lamb - heavy: 1. Lacey Murray. 2. Kyle Fleener.
3. Kurt Fleener.
Champion Hampshire junior market lamb: Hope Long.
Reserve champion Hampshire junior market lamb; Elizabeth
Arnold.
SHROPSHIRE
Junior market lamb: 1. Wendy Whitman. 2. Thomas McCaf
frey. 3. Taryn McCaffrey.
Champion Shropshire Junior market lamb: Wendy Whitman.
Reserve champion Shropshire junior market lamb: Thomas
McCaffrey.
SOUTHDOWN
Junior market lamb - light: 1. Jimmy Zimmerman. 2. Brandy
Banker! 3. Ashley Bingaman.
Junior market lamb - heavy: ! Shaen Debnar Jr. 2. Dana
Weaver. 3. Brian Kulp.
Champion Southdown Junior market lamb: Shaen Debnar Jr.
Reserve champion Southdown junior market lamb; Jimmy
Zimmerman.
Junior market lamb - light: ! Allyson R. Entz. 2. Amanda
Paulhamus. 3. Travis Flory.
Junior market lamb - heavy; 1. Deidra Smith. 2. Lauren Flem
ming. 3. Brenda Schiff.
Champion Suffolk junior market lamb: Deidra Smith.
Reserve champion Suffolk junior market lamb: Allyson R.
Entz.
MONTADALE
Junior market lamb: 1. Derek Ebling. 2. Nathan Moser. 3. Al
ison Walker.
Champion Montadale junior market lamb: Derek Ebling.
Reserve champion Montadale junior market lamb: Nathan
Moser
Junior market lamb: 1. Neal Hallowell. 2. Megan Potoma. 3.
Esther McCrea.
Champion Oxford junior market lamb: Neal Hallowell.
Reserve champion Oxford junior market lamb; Megan Poto
ma.
OTHER PUREBREDS
Junior market lambs: 1. Rachel E. Albert. 2. Aaron Claycomb.
3. Danielle M. Albert.
Champion other purebreds junior market lambs; Rachel E.
Albert.
Reserve champion other purebreds junior market lambs:
Aaron Claycomb.
CROSSBRED
Junior market lamb, weight division 1:1. Shelby Ranck. 2.
Bethany May. 3 Blake C. Qnce.
Junior market lamb, weight division 2: 1. Kim Long. 2. Joe
lynn Donough. 3. Amy Brandt.
Junior market lamb, weight division 3: 1. Josef Kenms. 2.
William Sollenberger. 3. Lindsey Bosanac.
Junior market lamb, weight division 4: 1. Fia L. Fix. 2. Alicia
N. Oarr.
Junior market lamb, weight division S: 1. John Tracy. 2. Ryan
J. Keyes. 3. Jessica N. McMurtrie.
Junior market lamb, weight division 6:1. Megan Fuls. 2. Tan
ner Waltemire. 3. David W. Negley.
Junior market lamb, weight division 7; 1. Kori Morgan. 2.
Becky Cowell. 3. Gabnel Suonavec.
Junior market lamb, weight division 8:1. Tiffany Dean. 2. Gal
lic Chapman. 3. Samantha Adams.
Junior market lamb, weight division 9; 1. Susan E. Leed. 2.
Molly Blackburn. 3. Forrest S. Ohler.
Champion lightweight, Crossbred: Josef Kenms.
Reserve champion lightweight, Crossbred; William Sollen
berger.
Champion middleweight, Crossbred; Megan Fuls.
Reserve champion middleweight, Crossbred; Fla L. Fix.
Champion heavyweight, Crossbred: Kori Morgan.
Reserve champion heavyweight, Crossbred: Becky Cowell.
Champion Crossbred: Kori Morgan.
Reserve champion, Crossbred: Becky Cowell.
ORAND CHAMPION
Kori Morgan
RESERVE ORAND CHAMPION
DORSET
SUFFOLK
OXFORD