A banner year for Bluffton Cattle Club
Find Allen County Fair results for the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H HERE.
By Lydia Gratz
Bluffton Cattle 4-H reporter
The Bluffton Cattle 4-H Club wrapped up their 2022 season exhibiting a wide variety of projects at the Allen County Fair. The club members worked hard throughout the summer and their efforts were recognized as they won many banners and ribbons throughout the week. Congratulations to all of the participants on a job well done.
MEMBER RESULTS:
Amber Gladwell:
• Market Goats
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Market Goat show – 2nd in class
o Born & Raised - 4th in class & Reserve Champion
Brittany Goodman:
• Dairy
o Champion Senior Showmanship
o Champion of Champions Showmanship
o Dairy Breed Champion
o Jr. Champion
o Supreme Dairy cow
o 1st place overall Outstanding Livestock Interview
• Dairy Beef
o Grade A
o 3rd place
o Champion Senior Showmanship
o 1st place overall Outstanding Livestock Interview
• Leadership
o County winner
o Ohio State Fair Delegate
• Allen County Dairy Princess
Lydia Gratz:
• Market Chickens
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Grade A
• Market Goats
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 3rd place – Market class
o 3rd place – Beginner Showmanship
o Grade A
Katherine Gratz:
• Market Chickens
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Grade A
• Market Goats
o 2nd place overall Outstanding Livestock Interview o 3rd place – Market class
o Grade A
• Snack Attack
o 2nd place overall
o Ohio State Fair Alternate
Riley Herriman:
• Beef
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Born & Raised – 2ndin class; 7th overall
o Reserve Champion – Junior Showmanship
• Dairy Beef
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Market Class – 2nd place & 3rd place
o 6th overall dairy steer
• Market Goats
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Born & Raised – 2nd & 6th in class
Branson Hilty:
• Market Beef Steer
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd place – Market class
o 3rd place – Market class
• Beef Feeder
o 1st place in class at Kewpee Classic
o 4th overall feeder calf at Kewpee Classic
o Reserve Champion
KJ Hohenbrink:
• Dairy Feeder Steer
o Grand Champion
o Reserve Champion
• Dairy Steer
o 2nd in class
o Champion Beginner Dairy Beef Showmanship o Outstanding Livestock Interview
Klaira Hohenbrink:
• Feeder Calf
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 3rd place in class
o 3rd place – Beginner Showmanship
• Market Steer
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd place – Market class
Kaidree Hohenbrink:
• Feeder Calf
o 2nd in class
o 4th place overall
o 5th place – Rate of Gain
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd place in Best Dressed Bovine class; 4th overall
Parker Kimmel:
• Dairy Beef
o 1st place overall Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Grade A
o Reserve Champion Jersey (3 yr. old)
o Reserve Champion (Open Class)
• Dairy Feeder
o 1st place – Rate of Gain
o 2nd in class
o 4th place Showmanship
• Dairy Steers
o Grade A
o 3rd overall
o 5th place – Rate of Gain
o 6th place – Most improved
o Selected for carcass show
Bennett Kimmel:
• Dairy Steers
o Grade A
o Class Winner
o 7th place overall
o Selected for carcass show
• Dairy Beef
o 2nd place Outstanding Livestock Interview
• Dairy Feeder
o 3rd place – Rate of Gain
o Class Winner
• Dairy
o Champion Jr. Fair Shorthorn Heifer
o Class Winner (Open Class) – Summer yearling Shorthorn Heifer
Elizabeth Phillips:
• Dairy Beef Steers
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd & 3rd place – Market Class
o 8th & 10th place – Rate of Gain
o 5th & 7th place – Beef Improvement
• Cake Decorating
o County winner (Beginner)
o Ohio State Fair Delegate – Outstanding of the Day • Seeing Through Graphic Design
o 2nd place
• Reserve Champion Livestock Judging Contest (Beginner) Hudson Phillips:
• Dairy Beef Steers
o Reserve Champion – Rate of Gain
o 3rd place – Market class
o 4th place – Beef Improvement
• Not Just Knots
o County winner
• Grill Master
o County winner
o Ohio State Fair delegate
Landon Sehlhorst:
• Market Chickens
o Grade A
• Market Rabbits/Single Fryer/Breeding Rabbit o Grade A
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
Bryce Sehlhorst:
• Market Rabbit/Single Fryer/Breeding Rabbit
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o Grade A
• Let’s Start Cooking
o Grade A
Brody Sloan:
• Market Steer
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd & 3rd place -Market class
o 6th place overall
• Superhero You
o County winner
o Ohio State Fair delegate
• Getting to Start Your Tractor
o County winner
• Livestock Judging Contest – 7th place (Junior Division) Brock Sloan:
• Livestock Judging Contest – 3rd place (Junior Division) Bentley Webb:
• Beef
o Outstanding Livestock Interview
o 2nd & 3rd place – Market classes
• Dairy Beef
o Champion – Dairy Beef Improvement
o Reserve Champion – Rate of Gain
o 5th place overall – Best Dressed Bovine
• Market Goats
o Class winner – Born & Raised
o 2nd place in class – Market show
Autumn Wischmeyer:
• Dairy Market Feeder
o Grade A
o 2nd place in class
o 5th place – Best Dressed Bovine
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Tornado Watch issued for Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties at 9:15 p.m. on April 2
- Flood Warning issued for Allen County at 11:03 a.m.
- Pirate tennis loss at Elida
- Pirate softball loses opener to Ada
- Pirate baseball falls to Ada
- Allen County will not test warning sirens on April 2
- March 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District
- April 22 crash report shows driver hit N. Dixie home
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll announced for 3rd quarter of 2024-2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Obituary for Betty C. Mumaugh
- Leo Club supports Bluffton Clean Up
- Wind, rain and potential flooding for April 2
- Grandey to major in education, play basketball at John Carroll
- Pirate tennis blanks Bath
- Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
- “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God” reader's theater, April 13
- Easter Cantata performed on April 13 in Pandora