MEDIA RELEASE
Contact: Brad Rugg, Superintendent, 612-624-8443
INTERMEDIATE 4-H DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST
St. Paul, MN (9/6/15) - Hundreds of Minnesota 4-Hers spend their summer evenings looking at dairy heifers
and cows determining the best reason to place one animal over another. Experience in judging livestock
helps a participant select future projects and replacements for their own herd ventures. The judging
experience truly helps 4-H members base their decisions on sound reasons and implement several new life
skills. The intermediate division includes 4-H members who have completed 6th – 8th grade, this year there
were 41 participants from 8 teams.
Winona County placed first with a total of 942 points. Fillmore County placed second with 939 total points.
Owen Scheffler of Goodhue County took home the high individual honors with Kendra Walenberger of
Houston County placing second. Anthony Manderfeld of Steele County placed third overall.
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Overall Top Ten Teams
Winona
Fillmore
Goodhue
McLeod / Sibley
Dakota / Washington
Olmsted
Carver
Steele
942
939
938
937
934
930
929
906
Top Reasons Teams
1. Olmsted
120
2. Goodhue
117
3. Winona
117
4. Dakota / Washington
116
5. Fillmore
114
6. Carver
111
7. Steele
110
8. McLeod / Sibley
107
Overall Top Ten Individuals
1. Owen Scheffler
Goodhue
2. Kendra Walenberger
Houston
3. Anthony Manderfeld
Steele
4. Jacob Twohey
Olmsted
5. Morgan Wingert
Fillmore
6. Brea Kieffer
Winona
7. Canton Vinkemeier
Carver
8. Kelsey Kuball
Rice
Dakota/Washington
9. CeCe Romportl
10. Audrey Kamps
Carver
334
326
322
319
319
318
317
316
316
316
Individual Reasons
1. Anthony Manderfeld
Steele
2. Jacob Twohey
Olmsted
3. Brea Kieffer
Winona
Dakota / Washington
4. Kelsey Erf
5. Owen Scheffler
Goodhue
6. Kelsey Kuball
Rice
7. Sydney Kurth
Winona
8. Bradyn Hinsch
Goodhue
9. Brenna Connelly
Olmsted
10. Kendra Walenberger Houston
The 4-H program is funded through a partnership of federal, state, county and private resources and is part
of the University of Minnesota Extension Service. More Minnesota State Fair results and photos can be found
at http://www.fourh.umn.edu/fairresults.
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