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Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, August 12, 2015 A9 WEDNESDAY August 12, 2015 4-H, FFA members are livestock winners The 2015 round of livestock auction winners is in the books %\&KHU\O+RHÀHU Blue Mountain Eagle John Day — The aroma of livestock wasn’t the only thing in the air at the Sale Barn Saturday night. The pride of Grant County \RXWK ¿OOHG WKH DWPRVSKHUH of the 2015 Grant County Fair livestock auction, as each of the young livestock owners paraded their ani- mals in front of the crowd of Carson Weaver, of the Izee Livestock 4-H club, had the grand champion steer, friends, family members and bought by Iron Triangle, represented by Jordyn Young. potential buyers. Just over 100 members of 4-H and FFA clubs from every corner of the county participated in this year’s auction. Grand and reserve grand champion winners this year were: Beef Hailey Carter, of the Izee Livestock 4-H club, stands with Bob Cowan Thompson of Chester’s Thriftway, the buyer of her reserve grand champion steer. • Grand champion: Carson Weaver, Izee Livestock club; buyer, Iron Triangle. • Reserve grand champi- on: Hailey Carter, Izee Live- stock club; buyer, Chester’s Thriftway. Swine Abby Winegar, of Grant Union FFA, had this year’s grand champion swine. The buyer was Iron Triangle, represented by Jordyn Young. • Grand champion: Lo- gan Namitz, Strawberry Riders club; buyer, Triangle Oil. • Reserve grand cham- pion: Skylar Powell, Day- ville FFA; buyer, Chester’s Thriftway. Sheep • Grand champion: Abby Winegar, Grant Union FFA; buyer, Iron Triangle. • Reserve grand champi- on: Erika Dickens, Lone Star Livestock club; buyer, Ches- ter’s Thriftway. Eagle photos/Cheryl Hoefler Logan Namitz, of Strawberry Riders 4-H club, had the grand champion swine this year. Triangle Oil, represented by Trent Wright, was the buyer. Skylar Powell of Dayville FFA, had this year’s reserve grand champion swine at the fair. The buyer was Chester’s Thriftway, represented by Bob Cowan Thompson. Right: Erika Dickens, of Lone Star Livestock, shows off her reserve grand champion sheep. Bob Cowan Thompson of Chester’s Thriftway was the buyer. Youth compete at Cowkids Rodeo 90 participants take on competition By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle JOHN DAY — It was a smooth ride at Sunday’s Cowkids Rodeo at the Grant County rodeo arena. Over 90 kids — from ages 16 months to 16 years — took part in the excite- ment of the day. Contestants came from Grant County as well as Baker, Burns, Vale, Ontario and even as far as Idaho. The events ranged from goat tying to steer wres- tling. Simmie Waddel has or- ganized the John Day event for the past four years, and she’s been involved for 13 years, since her oldest child began at age 2. Her children, and many other rodeo participants, are involved in the sum- mertime Cinnabar Moun- tain Playdays rodeos in Mt. Vernon at Burton Arena. “It gives them (the youth) an event right along with the Playdays,” she said. “Not all the kids have an opportunity to go to a ro- deo with 90 contestants — it’s more realistic, and they have all the roughstock, and the timed events.” Two cowkids shared their rodeo experience. Rowdy Israel, 9, said she’s been participating in Cowkids for three years. She practices at home with her mom, Nicole’s, help, and she’s involved with the Playdays rodeos. Rowdy kept busy Sun- day, participating in all but two events. She said it was fun to Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com Warner Robertson competes in youth steer riding at Sunday’s Cowkids Rodeo. Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com Paige Pentzer flies around the barrels at 19.16 seconds for a first-place finish. compete in ing is the the events one event with her he choos- horse, Pea- es at the nut. Cowkids “I loved Rodeo. it,” she said. “This is “It was re- my third ally awe- time doing some.” it,” he said. Wa r n e r “I like the Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com thrill of it; Robertson, 14, works Riley Gregg competes in I like the with cattle the goat tying event at the adrenaline on his fam- Cowkids Rodeo. rush.” ily’s ranch, Wa d d e l building and fixing fence called the event a success. and running equipment. “Everything went real- He doesn’t ride steer at ly great,” she said. “The home though — steer rid- kids had a ton of fun, even though it was a long day. I didn’t hear any com- plaints.” First-place winners re- ceived belt buckles (ac- quired from Pioneer Feed); second-place, rodeo base- ball caps (with stitching from A-Plus Stitching); third-place, insulated lunch boxes (also with embroi- dery from A-Plus Stitch- ing). Both businesses gave a significant discount for the prizes, Waddel said. Announcer Mark Bag- ett kept the event running smoothly, she added. Stock was provided by Trevor Knowles, and the McCracken, McDaniel and Waddel families. “I’d like to give a big thank-you to Mark and the volunteers that helped out — parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles,” Waddel said. Cowkids Rodeo results Senior – ages 13-16 Senior Steer Riding 1st, Marcus Delgado, 4.12 2nd, Warner Robertson, 3.34 3rd, Cinch Anderson, 2.79 Senior Breakaway Roping 1st, Karry Davis, 6.38 Senior Barrels 1st, Carley Pewonka, 19.4 2nd, Trinity Hutchison, 20.37 3rd, Marcus Delgado, 21.94 Senior Poles 1st, Carley Pewonka, 28.65 2nd, Cinch Anderson, 28.94 3rd, Karry Davis, 29.69 Senior Goat Tying 1st, Carley Pewonka, 17.5 2nd, Trinity Hutchison, 21.72 3rd, Cinch Anderson, 23.82 Senior Dummy Roping 1st, Ty McDaniel 2nd, Denali Twehues 3rd, Trinity Hutchison Junior – ages 10-12 Junior Steer Riding 1st, Blanca Lopez, 3.31 2nd, Wyatt Wood, 2.97 3rd, Jack Strong, 2.25 Junior Barrels 1st, Paige Pentzer, 19.16 2nd, Karmen Molina, 21.28 3rd, Lacy Church¿ eld, 24.31 Junior Poles 1st, Paige Pentzer, 23.69 2nd, Lane Clark, 29.88 3rd, Sam McCracken, 36.22 Junior Goat Tying 1st, Lacy Church¿ eld, 14.28 2nd, Paige Pantzer, 17.78 3rd, Wyatt Wood, 31 Youth – ages 6-9 Youth Calf Riding 1st, Cash Moore, 4.37 2nd, Colton Clark, 2.56 3rd, Charlie Knowles, 1.85 Youth Poles 1st, Bailey McCracken, 23.85 2nd, Callie Jo Arriola, 29.87 3rd, Taylor Church¿ eld, 29.91 Youth Barrels 1st, Sarah Clark, 19.94 2nd, Bailey McCracken, 21.75 3rd, Callie Jo Arriola, 23.15 Youth Dummy Roping 1st, Colton Clark 2nd, Taylor Church¿ eld 3rd, Rowdy Israel Youth Goat Tail Tying 1st, Callie Jo Arriola, 18.43 2nd, Rowdy Israel, 18.87 3rd, Bailey McCracken, 23.22 Pee Wee – ages 0-5 Wooly Bullies 1st, Jerret Waddel, 3.15 2nd, Jack Knowles, 2 3rd, Paxton Waggoner, 2.01 Pee Wee Poles 1st, Kodee Kimball, 46.12 2nd, Kali Waggoner, 52.66 3rd, Ruby Hopper, 1.04.16 Goat Tail Undecorating 1st, Kodee Kimball, 15.57 2nd, Jerett Waddel, 15.88 3rd, Curz Trevino, 19.38 Pee Wee Barrels 1st, Gus Rowell, 44.38 2nd, Ruby Hopper, 46.75 3rd, Kali Waggoner, 1.01.25 Pee Wee Dummy Roping 1st, Jerret Waddel 2nd, Paxton Waggoner 3rd, Kodee Kimball Some timed results were not available.