Senior: Ashlyn Ochsner, Colo., first; Andrew Wright, Okla., second; Dominic Ruppert, Ill., third; Will Blaydes, Ky., fourth; Bryson Morrow, Texas, fifth.
Team Fitting
The team fitting contest on Thursday afternoon consisted of 14 four membered teams with at least one member in each consisting of junior, intermediate, and senior division members.
1st Place Team: Oklahoma
2nd Place Team: Kansas
Cow Camp
The Cow Camp competition consisted of 32 teams comprised of three to four individuals who competed in a contest to test their beef cattle industry knowledge and the Limousin breed specifically.
Junior 1st Place: Oklahoma- McKinlee Palmatary, Ava Sherry, Peyton Collum, Taylor Post
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Junior 2nd Place: Colorado- Hallie Lewis, Tyla Thomas, Addison McWhorter, Troy McWhorter
Senior 1st Place: Kansas- Kenny Campbell, Ashlee Corns, Chase Ratliff, Madison Ratliff
Senior 2nd Place: South Dakota- Wiley Fanta, Alexa Montagne, Delaney Peterson
The champion team of the 2018 NALJA Kickball Classic was Oklahoma.
Herdsmanship Award
Throughout the week, a group of veteran showmen and women have roamed the barns and judged each state on its herdsmanship practices. States were judged on the display of their cattle, the cleanliness of their aisles and tack and the care of their cattle. States were broken into two categories based off of animals checked in with Large states having more than 11 head and small states having less.
The champion states in this year’ s herdmanship contest who will receive priority stalling and check-in at next year’ s National Junior Show.
State Herdsmanship Large State: Colorado
State Herdsmanship Small State: Louisiana
Sweepstakes Competition
The sweepstakes competition is the most cumulative competition of the week. It factors in not only performance in the show ring but participation and performance in all the satellite events and activities throughout the week. Winners in this contest have been active and seen success through out the week. The North American Limousin Junior Association would like to thank Ochsner Limousin for sponsoring this year’ s sweepstakes competition.
The State Sweepstakes winners were: Oklahoma, first; Texas, second; Colorado, third.
The Top Ten in the 2018 Sweepstakes Contest: Peyton Collum, Okla., first; Shelby Hubbard, Okla., second; Kinley Collum, Okla. third; Will Blaydes, Ky., fourth; Tucker Parkinson, Texas, fifth; Kylee Gaston, Texas, sixth; Wiley Fanta, Minn., seventh; McKenna Richardson, Kan., eight; Colt Parkinson, Texas, ninth; Lana Sherry, Okla., tenth.