Wise County 4-H Takes District 3 4-H Livestock Judging Contest By Storm

Once again hard work and dedication pays off for Wise County 4-H’ers.   On Wednesday, November 4th, 24 counties and 179 4-H members converged to Vernon, Texas to compete at the District 3 Livestock Judging Contest only to be dominated by 19 4-H members from Wise County. 

Of the three age divisions, Wise County 4-H won first place in two age divisions and second place in the other.  Wise County had 3 members in the top ten individual in all three age divisions.

The Junior Team placed 1^st with team members of Mason McComis, Creed Vineyard and Brandt Rasco.  Mason was 4^th High Point Individual, Creed was 8^th High Point Individual, and Brandt was 9^th High Point Individual.  Creed Vineyard also placed 3^rd High Point Individual in Reasons. 

In the intermediate division, Wise County placed 1^st, 6^th and 11^th.  The first place team included, Kaylyn Shallene, Dustin Meadows, Clint Demmitt and Cassady Craddock.  The 6^th and 11^th place teams were made up of Blake Johnson, Brandon Fraser, Rebecca Lambert, Cale Laaser, Chloe Malone, Emily Fraser, Charlotte Hale and Kooper Martin. The top ten High Point Individuals included, Blake Johnson 3^rd High Point Individual, Clint Demmitt 5^th High Point Individual, Dustin Meadows 7^th High Point Individual, and Kaylyn Shallene 9^th High Point Individual.  Kaylyn Shallene was also 2^nd High Point Individual in Reasons.

The Senior Team placed 2^nd and has qualified to compete at State Roundup in June.  Thaine Laaser was 4^th High Point Individual, Sheridan Shallene was 5^th High Point Individual, Seth Byers was 9^th High Point Individual, Carson Read was 12^th High Point Individual and Michaela Martin.  Sheridan Shallene was 1^st High Point Individual in reasons, and Seth Byers was 3^rd High Point Individual in reasons.

Wise County should be very proud of our 4-H members and what they represent for our county.