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1999 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest Results
Livestock Update, August 1999
4-Hers from 12 different counties came to Blacksburg on June 26 for the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. They judged classes of beef cattle, sheep, and swine, interpreted performance records, answered questions, and gave reasons. A total of 92 contestants competed in this event.
Winners in the Junior Division (members age 9 through 13) are summarized below. There were 46 contestants with 12 teams of 3 or 4 members who represented 10 different counties. | ||||||||||||
| Top Ten Teams by Category (top 3 members compose team total) | Top Ten Individuals by Category (Ties broken by reasons or questions by species) | |||||||||||
| Beef Cattle | Beef Cattle | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Pittsylvania A | 512 | 1 | Matt Deacon | Rockbridge | 180 | ||||||
| 2 | Shenandoah A | 510 | 2 | John Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 175 | ||||||
| 3 | Rockingham B | 443 | 3 | Lauren Sink | Pittsylvania | 174 | ||||||
| 4 | Washington | 441 | 4 | Daniel Logan | Shenandoah | 172 | ||||||
| 5 | Wythe | 436 | 5 | Graham Wynn | Pittsylvania | 171 | ||||||
| 6 | Rockbridge | 436 | 6 | Eric Vanderhyde | Pittsylvania | 167 | ||||||
| 7 | Hannah Lindsey | Pittsylvania | 166 | |||||||||
| 8 | Sarah Pratt | Wythe | 165 | |||||||||
| 9 | Samuel Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 163 | |||||||||
| 10 | Adam Wilson | Washington | 162 | |||||||||
| Sheep | Sheep | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Wythe | 406 | 1 | Eric Vanderhyde | Pittsylvania | 150 | ||||||
| 2 | Rockingham A | 388 | 2 | Sarah Pratt | Wythe | 148 | ||||||
| 3 | Amelia | 385 | 3 | Hunter Wilson | Wythe | 147 | ||||||
| 4 | Washington | 380 | 4 | Graham Wynn | Pittsylvania | 142 | ||||||
| 5 | Pittsylvania A | 376 | 5 | Samuel Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 141 | ||||||
| 6 | Melissa Motley | Pittsylvani | 139 | |||||||||
| 7 | Colleen Buckley | Fauquier | 136 | |||||||||
| 8 | Andy Butler | Fauquier | 136 | |||||||||
| 9 | Paul Burgess | Rockingham | 133 | |||||||||
| 10 | Laura Ford | Rockingham | 133 | |||||||||
| Swine | Swine | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Rockingham A | 491 | 1 | Hunter Wilson | Wythe | 182 | ||||||
| 2 | Augusta A | 469 | 2 | Laura Ford | Rockingham | 180 | ||||||
| 3 | Pittsylvania A | 438 | 3 | Jessica Rohrbaugh | Augusta | 166 | ||||||
| 4 | Amelia | 432 | 4 | Melissa Motley | Pittsylvania | 164 | ||||||
| 5 | Wythe | 427 | 5 | David Liskey | Rockingham | 160 | ||||||
| 6 | Graham Winn | Pittsylvania | 157 | |||||||||
| 7 | Bryant Burke | Amelia | 157 | |||||||||
| 8 | Colleen Buckley | Fauquier | 156 | |||||||||
| 9 | Eric Vanderhyde | Pittsylvania | 154 | |||||||||
| 10 | Cory Butler | Fauquier | 154 | |||||||||
| Reasons | Reasons | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Pittsylvania A | 124 | 1 | Eric Vanderhyde | Pittsylvania | 44 | ||||||
| 2 | Rockingham A | 122 | 2 | Paul Burgess | Rockingham | 43 | ||||||
| 3 | Pittsylvania B | 120 | 3 | Kathryn Taylor | Amelia | 43 | ||||||
| 4 | Rockingham B | 119 | 4 | David Liskey | Rockingham | 42 | ||||||
| 5 | Wythe | 118 | 5 | Lauren Sink | Pittsylvania | 42 | ||||||
| 6 | Sarah Pratt | Wythe | 41 | |||||||||
| 7 | Melissa Motley | Pittsylvania | 41 | |||||||||
| 8 | Laura Ford | Rockingham | 41 | |||||||||
| 9 | Hunter Wilson | Wythe | 40 | |||||||||
| 10 | Samuel Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 40 | |||||||||
| Total Score | Total Score | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Pittsylvania A | 1326 | 1 | Hunter Wilson | Wythe | 478 | ||||||
| 2 | Shenandoah A | 1293 | 2 | Eric Vanderhyde | Pittsylvania | 471 | ||||||
| 3 | Rockingham A | 1280 | 3 | Graham Winn | Pittsylvania | 470 | ||||||
| 4 | Wythe | 1269 | 4 | Laura Ford | Rockingham | 445 | ||||||
| 5 | Pittsylvania B | 1188 | 5 | Sarah Pratt | Wythe | 443 | ||||||
| 6 | Amelia | 1163 | 6 | Samuel Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 438 | ||||||
| 7 | Augusta A | 1159 | 7 | Garrett Irvine | Augusta | 437 | ||||||
| 8 | Fauquier A | 1137 | 8 | Colleen Buckley | Fauquier | 436 | ||||||
| 9 | Augusta B | 1136 | 9 | John Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 435 | ||||||
| 10 | Washington | 1104 | 10 | David Liskey | Rockingham | 427 | ||||||
In the Senior Division 46 Individuals and 10 teams of 3 or 4 members participated. They represented 10 different counties. The winners in each category are shown below. | ||||||||||||
| Top Ten Teams by Category (top 3 members compose team total) | Top Ten Individuals by Category (Ties broken by reasons or questions by species) | |||||||||||
| Beef Cattle | Beef Cattle | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Rockingham A | 640 | 1 | Bo Knight | Rockingham | 235 | ||||||
| 2 | Shenandoah A | 631 | 2 | Jennifer Showalter | Rockbridge | 231 | ||||||
| 3 | Amelia | 623 | 3 | Whitney Lindsey | Pittsylvania | 224 | ||||||
| 4 | Rockbridge | 618 | 4 | Jonathan Coleman | Augusta | 223 | ||||||
| 5 | Augusta A | 597 | 5 | Rebecca Begoon | Rockingham | 218 | ||||||
| 6 | Abbi Copp | Shenandoah | 217 | |||||||||
| 7 | Jessica Bricker | Amelia | 216 | |||||||||
| 8 | Rachel Swortzel | Augusta | 214 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jennifer Bricke | Amelia | 212 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jason Arehart | Augusta | 211 | |||||||||
| Sheep | Sheep | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Rockingham A | 540 | 1 | Rebecca Begoon | Rockingham | 187 | ||||||
| 2 | Augusta A | 540 | 2 | Neal Buchanan | Augusta | 184 | ||||||
| 3 | Pittsylvania B | 531 | 3 | Jonathan Side | Madison | 181 | ||||||
| 4 | Amelia | 516 | 4 | Emily Curry | Augusta | 181 | ||||||
| 5 | Shenandoah A | 514 | 5 | Jessica Sink | Pittsylvania | 180 | ||||||
| 6 | John Dillard | Amelia | 180 | |||||||||
| 7 | Rachel Swortzel | Augusta | 180 | |||||||||
| 8 | Carrie Heizer | Augusta | 180 | |||||||||
| 9 | Bo Knight | Rockingham | 179 | |||||||||
| 10 | Ronnie Funkhouser | Shenandoah | 178 | |||||||||
| Swine | Swine | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Pittsylvania A | 664 | 1 | Nicole Ross | Shenandoah | 234 | ||||||
| 2 | Rockingham A | 661 | 2 | Neal Buchanan | Augusta | 233 | ||||||
| 3 | Augusta A | 651 | 3 | Rebecca Begoon | Rockingham | 233 | ||||||
| 4 | Augusta C | 646 | 4 | Tim Gregory | Pittsylvania | 230 | ||||||
| 5 | Amelia | 636 | 5 | Adam Motley | Pittsylvania | 227 | ||||||
| 6 | Matt Switzer | Rockingham | 224 | |||||||||
| 7 | Jennifer Bricker | Amelia | 223 | |||||||||
| 8 | Jonathan Sides | Madison | 223 | |||||||||
| 9 | John Rieck | Pittsylvania | 223 | |||||||||
| 10 | James Hankins | Pittsylvania | 223 | |||||||||
| Reasons | Reasons | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Rockingham A | 511 | 1 | Rebecca Begoon | Rockingham | 175 | ||||||
| 2 | Amelia | 497 | 2 | Jennifer Bricker | Amelia | 173 | ||||||
| 3 | Augusta A | 457 | 3 | Bo Knight | Rockingham | 168 | ||||||
| 4 | Pittsylvania A | 456 | 4 | John Dillard | Amelia | 168 | ||||||
| 5 | Shenandoah A | 448 | 5 | Matt Switzer | Rockingham | 168 | ||||||
| 6 | Neal Buchanan | Augusta | 163 | |||||||||
| 7 | Jonathan Sides | Madison | 163 | |||||||||
| 8 | Abbi Copp | Shenandoah | 160 | |||||||||
| 9 | Adam Motley | Pittsylvania | 158 | |||||||||
| 10 | Sarah Liskey | Rockingham | 158 | |||||||||
| Total Score | Total Score | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Score | Rank | Contestant | County | Score | ||||||
| 1 | RockinghamA | 1820 | 1 | Rebecca Begoon | Rockingham | 638 | ||||||
| 2 | Augusta A | 1765 | 2 | Jennifer Bricker | Amelia | 612 | ||||||
| 3 | Amelia | 1751 | 3 | Bo Knight | Rockingham | 611 | ||||||
| 4 | Pittsylvania A | 1705 | 4 | Rachel Swortzel | Augusta | 609 | ||||||
| 5 | Pittsylvania B | 1695 | 5 | Nicole Ross | Shenandoah | 599 | ||||||
| 6 | Shenandoah A | 1690 | 6 | Emily Curry | Augusta | 598 | ||||||
| 7 | Augusta C | 1678 | 7 | Whitney Lindsey | Pittsylvania | 598 | ||||||
| 8 | Augusta B | 1670 | 8 | Neal Buchanan | Augusta | 593 | ||||||
| 9 | Rockbridge A | 1596 | 9 | Jonathan Side | Madison | 593 | ||||||
| 10 | Rockingham B | 1508 | 10 | Carrie Heizer | Augusta | 592 | ||||||