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Grissom’s Fire burns competition


Melissa Federspill

Staff writer

Weighing 1,357 pounds, this year’s grand champion steer of the 81st-annual Uvalde County Junior Livestock Show was fifth-grader Kylen Grissom’s exotic middleweight, Fire.

With this win, exhibiting grand champion steers officially became a family tradition, with Kylen’s older sister Baylee showing three consecutive grand champion steers at the UCJLS – in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In this year’s show, her exotic heavyweight entry won reserve breed champion.

It was Uvalde Classical Academy fifth-grader Jazzlean Gomez’s American heavyweight that won reserve grand champion.

The steer show was judged late Friday afternoon.

For the British division, Flores Elementary fifth-grader Cayden Seiler won breed champion with her heavyweight, while Knippa eighth-grader Ryan Santos won reserve champion with his lightweight entry.

Kylen Grissom’s American mediumweight entry won reserve breed champion.

Broilers, goats

This is the first year the Uvalde County Junior Livestock Show has featured broilers, and the selected champion broilers were shown by home-school senior Hannah Smith. Flores Elementary fifth-grader Cayden Seiler’s entry won reserve champion honors.

In the angora goat category, grand champion and reserve grand champion honors were awarded to Knippa sixth-grader Jared Gardner’s registered yearling buck and purebred doe kid, respectively. Also in the purebred doe kid category, it was Gardner who showed the reserve champion.

In other divisions, it was more of Gardner’s goats that won honors, including reserve champion registered buck kid.

In the registered doe division, it was Gardner’s doe kids that received both champion and reserve champion honors.

In pen of three purebred doe kids, Gardner’s entry took home champion honors, while Knippa junior Matthew Santos’s entry won reserve champion.

Breeding Sheep

In the breeding sheep category, it was Knippa ninth-grader Kayleigh Griffin with her medium wool ewe lamb who won grand champion honors. Reserve grand champion honors went to Morales Junior High eighth-grader Koben Sanchez.

For the Dorper breed, Uvalde High School ninth-grader Trevor Black’s ewe lamb won breed champion, while Utopia ninth-grader Yongle Li’s ewe lamb received reserve division champion honors.

For Dorper ram lambs, Utopia senior Ryan Snow showed reserve breed champion while Utopia ninth-grader Yongle Li showed the reserve division champion. For fine wool sheep, Knippa ninth-grader Genesis Pilkington’s entry won breed champion. Reserve breed champion went to Uvalde Classical Academy seventh-grader Carly Rae Colvin’s entry.

In the medium wool division, ram lamb class, Utopia ninth-grader Colton Snow showed the division champion. In the novice class, Knippa third-grader Hannah Hughes showed the division champion while fellow Knippa third-grader Ryanne Gallardo- Brewster’s entry won reserve division champion. In pen of three, it was Uvalde High School ninth-grader Trevor Black who showed the division champion. Utopia ninth-grader Yongle Li’s entry won reserve division champion.

Rabbits

Top honors in the rabbit show went to fryer rabbits, with Hondo senior Allyson Lutz’s entry named grand champion. Knippa third-grader Macie Lopez showed reserve grand champion.

For pen of three rabbits, Knippa third-grader Macie Lopez’s entry won champion, while Knippa fourth-grader Hayes Molloy showed reserve champion.

Meat Goat Does

In the doe meat goat category, Knippa seventh-grader Ava Schlessiger’s Division 2, Class 1 entry won grand champion honors, and Sacred Heart School fifth-grader Kyla Sanchez won reserve grand champion honors with her Division 3, Class 3 entry.

In Division 1, Utopia eighth-grader Jonathan Cantu’s Class 1 entry won division champion, while Utopia third-grader Hunter Tinker’s Class 2 entry won reserve division champion.

In Division 2, Knippa fifth-grader Joaquin Schlessiger’s Class 2 entry won reserve division champion. In Division 3, Class 2, Ava Schlessiger showed the reserve division champion.

Meat Goat Wethers

In the wethers meat competition, Knippa ninth-grader Kennedy Thompson’s Division 3, Class 1 entry won grand champion honors, while Uvalde Classical Academy fifth-grader Brett Dreyer’s Division 3, Class 2 entry won reserve grand champion.

In Division 1, Uvalde Classical Academy ninth-grader Victoria Phillip’s Class 2 entry was division champion and Uvalde Classical Academy sophomore Morgan Dreyer’s Class 1 entry was reserve division champion .

For Division 2, it was two Class 2 entries that won division and reserve division titles. Knippa third-grader Ryanne Gallardo-Brewster showed the division winner while Knippa ninth-grader Kennedy Thompson showed the reserve division champion.

Swine

Uvalde Classical Academy 10th-grader Anna Cate Walker’s white cross medium heavy-weight swine entry won grand champion, and Sabinal seventh-grader Morgan Peek won reserve grand champion with her York medium-heavy weight.

For the D-Cross breed, both breed champion and reserve breed champion were from the medium heavy weight class. Sabinal senior Maite Sandoval showed the breed champion, while Morales Junior High seventh-grader Hiler Haby showed the reserve breed champion.

For the dark or other pure breed, Sabinal senior Victoria Verstuyft’s medium heavy entry won breed champion and Sabinal ninth-grader Hailey Garcia’s lightweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For Duroc, Uvalde High School 10th-grader Rylan Kenney’s medium-heavyweight was the breed champion, and Uvalde High School junior Rylee Dodson’s lightweight was the reserve breed champion.

For Hamp, Sabinal seventh-grader Morgan Peek’s lightweight entry was breed champion, and Uvalde High School 10th-grader Parker Haby’s medium-heavyweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For white cross, Sabinal seventh-grader Morgan Peek’s lightweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For white/other pure breed, Knippa senior Diego Esquivel’s medium- heavy weight entry won breed champion, and Sabinal seventh-grader Joe Sandoval’s entry won reserve breed champion. For York, Uvalde Classical Academy eighth-grader Westin Walker won reserve breed champion with his medium-heavy weight entry.

Market Lambs

For market lambs, the grand champion and reserve grand champion were both medium wool entries. Knippa ninth-grader Kayleigh Griffin showed the grand champion, and fellow Knippa ninth-grader Kennedy Thompson showed the reserve grand champion.

For Cross, Morales Junior High eighth-grader Koben Sanchez’s heavy weight entry won breed champion, while Uvalde Classical Academy third-grader Miles Hale’s lightweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For Dorper, Uvalde High School ninth-grader Trevor Black’s lightweight entry won breed champion, and Knippa fifth-grader Owen Hughes’ lightweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For fine wool, Knippa ninth-grader Kennedy Thompson’s light weight entry won breed champion and Uvalde Classical Academy seventh-grader Manny Hale’s lightweight entry won reserve breed champion.

For Southdown, Knippa seventh-grader Wyatt Hughes medium weight entry won breed champion, while Knippa fifth-grader Owen Hughes won reserve breed champion.

Commercial Heifers

In the commercial heifers show, grand champion honors went to Knippa junior Makayla Schawe, and reserve grand champion honors went to Uvalde Classical Academy eighth-grader Elizabeth Phillips. The championship round is decided by totaling competitors’ interview scores and pens of three heifers placements.

For pen of three heifers, Knippa third-grader showed the champion, and Elizabeth Phillips showed the reserve champion.

For junior interview, Knippa seventh-grader McKenzie Speer won champion honors, and Knippa seventh-grader Wyatt Hughes won reserve champion honors.

For senior interview, Uvalde Classical Academy 10th-grader Morgan Dreyer was awarded champion, and Knippa 11th-grader Makayla Schawe was awarded reserve champion honors.

Results for salsa, photography, baked goods, farm projects, horses, livestock judging and showmanship will be included in Thursday’s edition of the Leader-News.

Pete Luna|Leader-NewsKylen Grissom leads his exotic middleweight steer entry, Fire, around the ring in the Uvalde County Arena at the Fairplex. Grissom’s entry took the top steer title his sister’s entries have dominated for the last three years.

Pete Luna|Leader-NewsKylen Grissom leads his exotic middleweight steer entry, Fire, around the ring in the Uvalde County Arena at the Fairplex. Grissom’s entry took the top steer title his sister’s entries have dominated for the last three years.

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