Thursday, February 6, 2014

SOUTHWEST FFA PLACES IN BEXAR COUNTY JR. LIVESTOCK SHOW



By Courtney Lassere
Southwest FFA Reporter

VON ORMY- We are the Future Farmers of America! We wake up before the sun and go to bed after it’s long gone. Our work is never done, we will always have a brush, quirp, or feed bucket in our hands. Our free time is spent preparing for the all the stock shows. When we get home at the end of the day, we don’t smell the best but, we wear it like our cologne. We prepare for this moment all year long! The adrenalin is running out hearts are pounding, just waiting for the judge to point at you. When he does the crowd cheers and all your worries fade away, you have won! All the hard work and dedication has paid off.
     Southwest FFA and Southwest Rough Riders 4-H Club spent January 1st and 2nd at the Bexar County Jr. Livestock Show. We had fifty FFA exhibitors and twenty-nine placed. We also had fourteen 4-H exhibitors and ten placed. We couldn’t be more pleased with our turn out this year.
      These are all the Champions for this year:  Austin Verstuyft got Reserve Champion with his Cross Market Swine! Courtney Lassere 1st place Berkshire Market Swine, Casey Verstuyft 1st place Cross Market Swine, Austin Verstuyft 1st place American Market Steer, Tillman Haby 2nd place Duroc Market Swine, Keaton Tamayo 2nd place Duroc Market Swine, Kayla Friesenhahn 3rd place Cross Market Swine, Sophie Krueger 3rd place Cross Market Swine, Haley Ripps 3rd place Duroc Market Swine, Kayla Willliams 3rd place Spot Market Swine, Braden Tondre 3rd place Medium Wool Market Sheep, Brett Verstraeten 3rd place Limousin Market Steer, Kayla Friesenhahn 4th place Duroc Market Swine, Keanu Lugo 4th Place Yorkshire Market Swine, Cassidy Zaiontz 4th place Cross Market Swine, Ricky Salazar Cross Market Swine, Daniella De Larosa 6th place Hampshire Market Swine, Shelby Gaylor 6th place Hampshire Market Swine, Olivia Cepeda 7th place Yorkshire Market Swine, Austin Verstuyft 7th Place Hampshire Market Swine, Ashley Pena 7th place Hampshire Market Swine, Braden Tondre 7th place Medium Wool Market Sheep, Cruz Aguilar 8th place Hampshire Market Swine, Megan Baldwin 8th place Duroc Market Swine, Carlos Novoa Farfain 8th place Pen of Market Rabbits, Jordan Haines 8th place Market Goat, Jordan Haines 8th place Market Goat, Ashley Pena 8th place Medium Wool Market Sheep, Braden Tondre 9th place Spot Market Swine, Austin Verstuyft 10th place Cross Market Swine, Ashley Pena 10th place Cross Market Swine, David Aguilar 12th place Hampshire Market Swine, Cali Erfurth 12th place Cross Market Swine, Brett Verstraeten 13th place Cross Market Swine, Corey Verstraeten 13th place Cross Market Swine, Ryan Pena 13th place Pem of Market Rabbits, Ashley Pena 14th place Pen of Market Rabbits, Ryan Pena 33th place Pen of Market Rabbits, Cory Shuler 34th place Pen of Market Rabbits.
    Our next goal is to place at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, We can’t wait!

Courtney Lassere is a guest contributor to the Von Ormy Star, a student at Southwest ISD and a member of Southwest FFA. 

1 comment:

  1. Wow, I never knew there were things known as livestock shows. Wonder what it's like, I would love if you would share some pictures with us of the show to get an even better idea.

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