The Gillespie County Fair Grounds played host for the Hill District Grandstand from Jan. 12-17. the Turkey and Breeding Sheep Show, as well as the auction took place in Fredericksburg, while other shows were scattered between Kerrville, Llano and Comfort. Many local FFA and 4-H kids placed during the regional show.
Market Barrow Berkshire
Class 1 – 3. Layla Rejcek, Fredericksburg FFA; 6. Kaycee Hawkins, Harper FFA.
Class 2 – 3. Willow Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Bryan Camarena, Gillespie 4-H; 7. Haigen Peese, Fredericksburg FFA; 9. Otto Gold, Gillespie 4-H.
Duroc
Class 3 – 4. Alison Weirich, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Clayton Sides, Fredericksburg FFA; 6. Chapel Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; 8. Bryan Camarena, Gillespie 4-H; Fredericksburg FFA participants Brody Beyer, Mason Harvey, Braxton Kunz, Brazos Herber, Willow Herber; Harper FFA participant Quaid Durst.
Class 4 – 8. Abigail Fitzsimmons, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participants Layla Rejcek, Scout Eckhardt and Brazos Herber.
Class 5 – Gillespie 4-H participants Otto Gold, Kyra Conley and Jaylan Pesek; Fredericksburg FFA participants Amelia Haley and Crosson Rains.
Hampshire
Class 6 – Fredericksburg FFA participants Henley Willis, Braxton Kunz, Logan Weirich, Chapel Herber and Mark Wade Schmidtzinsky.
Class 7 – 7. Crockett Eckhardt, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Aiden Staudt.
Class 8 – Gillespie 4-H participants Andrea Pesek, Gaige Conley and Kyra Conley; Fredericksburg FFA participant Brody Beyer.
Dark OPB
Class 9 – 5. Lily Swanner, Gillespie 4-H; 8. Clayton Sides, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 10 – 3. Audie Usener, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Leighton Haley.
White OPB
Class 12 – 2. Connor Sides, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Jayecee Treibs, Fredericksburg FFA; 8. Scout Eckhardt, Fredericksburg FFA; Gillespie 4-H participants Kaden Beyer.
Yorkshire
Class 13 – 9. Jayecee Treibs, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Aiden Staudt.
Class 14 – 1. Stran Spenrath, Harper FFA (Reserve Champion); 5. Bella Dollar, Gillespie 4-H; Fredericksburg FFA participants Addyson Mcphail and Alison Weirich.
Crossbred
Class 15 – 3. Channing Spenrath, Harper FFA; 9. Channing Spenrath, Harper FFA; Gillespie 4-H participant Lily Swanner; Fredericksburg FFA participants Ian Weirich and Evelyn Schmidtzinsky; Harper participant Quaid Durst.
Class 16 – 3. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H; 6. Stran Spenrath, Harper FFA; 7. Audie Usener, Fredericksburg FFA; 9. Connor Sides, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participants Crockett Eckhardt, Addyson Mcphail, Caroline Haley and Mark Wade Schmidtzinsky.
Class 17 – 1. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H; 3. Crayton Rains, Fredericksburg FFA; Harper FFA participant Kaycee Hawkins.
Class 18 – 2. Cole Rains, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion).
Breeding Sheep
Dorper
Class 1 – 1. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H (Grand Champion, Lamb Ram) Class 2 – 1. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H Class 4 – 1. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Grand Champion, Lamb Ewe); 2. Ryker Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA; 3. Landon Jacoby, Gillespie 4-H; 7. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H; 9. Hadley Maner, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participants Holden Gideon and Tinley Jacoby; Fredericksburg FFA participant Rayleigh Beyer.
Class 5 – 3. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H; 6. Rayleigh Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA; 7. Holden Gideon, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 6 – 5. Rayleigh Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA.
Hampshire
Class 13 – 1. Ryker Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA (Champion, Lamb Ewe); Rayleigh Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion, Lamb Ewe).
Southdown
Class 19 – 1. Landon Jacoby, Gillespie 4-H (Champion, Lamb Ram).
Class 20 – 1. Tinley Jacoby, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Champion, Aged Ram).
Class 21 – 2. Braxton Maner, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Champion, Lamb Ewe); 3. Braxton Maner, Gillespie 4-H; 5. Hadley Maner, Gillespie 4-H; 10. Landon Jacoby, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participant Tinley Jacoby.
Class 25 – 2. Rayleigh Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion).
Market Steer
American
Class 1 – 1. Tanner Barnett, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Champion).
Class 2 – 5. Macey Taylor, Gillespie 4-H.
British
Class 6 – 3. Cadence Woerner, Fredericksburg FFA.
European
Class 7 – 1. Lana Jenschke, Gillespie 4-H; 4. Cadence Woerner, Fredericksburg FFA; 6. Stanton Cantwell, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 8 – 1. Layna Ottmers, Gillespie 4-H; 2. Crockett Eckhardt, Fredericksburg FFA; 7. Stanton Cantwell, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 9 – 3. Layna Ottmers, Gillespie 4-H; 8. Wade Mccullough, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 11 – 1. Tanner Barnett, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 13 – 1. Jorie Jenschke, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Owen Halfmann, Gillespie 4-H; Fredericksburg FFA participant Jorie Jenschke.
Breeding Heifer
British
Class 5 – 1. Layna Ottmers, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Grand Champion); 2. Cheyenne Feller, Gillespie 4-H; 3. Weston Halfmann, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 6 – 1. Layna Ottmers, Gillespie 4-H; 2. Owen Halfmann, Gillespie 4-H; Hallie Halfmann, Gillespie 4-H.
European
Class 8 – 2. Cheyenne Feller, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 9 – 3. Rylee Mccullough, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 10 – 4. Wade Mccullough, Fredericksburg FFA.
Market Lamb Southdown
Class 1 – 5. Jaelynn Jones, Gillespie 4-H; 6. Tinley Jacoby, Gillespie 4-H; 7. Korbin Kunz, Gillespie 4-H; Fredericksburg FFA participant Preslie Nix.
Class 2 – 5. Annie Eilers, Fredericksburg FFA; Gillespie 4-H participants Anthony Eilers, Jaci Burrow, Hanson Eilers Class 3 – 2. Quentin Cox, Fredericksburg FFA; 4. James Eckert, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Ryker Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA; 7. Rayleigh Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Jack Eckert.
Finewool
Class 4 – 2. Jacquelyn Reeh, Fredericksburg FFA; 3. Tripp Barnett, Fredericksburg FFA; 4. Kendall Stehling, Fredericksburg FFA; 6. Braxton Maner, Gillespie 4-H; 9. Bowen Baccus, Fredericksburg FFA; 10. Emma Geistweidt, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participant Kaelyn Wolsey; Fredericksburg FFA participant Kelton Bush.
Class 5 – 2. Emma Geistweidt, Gillespie 4-H; 6. Anthony EIlers, Gillespie 4-H; 10. Bowen Baccus, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participants Fia Jung and Jett Baccus.
Class 6 – 1. Jacquelyn Reeh, Fredericksburg FFA (Champion); 3. Sydney Jones, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Tinley Barnett, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Clayton Kneese.
Finewool Cross
Class 7 – 6. Braxton Maner, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participants Nolan Baughn, Jaycee Jones and Landon Jacoby.
Class 8 – 5. Jett Baccus, Fredericksburg FFA; 10. Kelcy Stehling, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Fia Jung; Gillespie 4-H participants Abigail Baughn, Emma Baughn and Kaelyn Wolsey.
Class 9 – 3. Quentin Cox, Fredericksburg FFA; 7. Sydney Jones, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Braylen Jacoby; Gillespie 4-H participant Cecilie Pesek.
Dorper
Class 10 – 1. Brodie Roeder, Gillespie 4-H (Champion) 2. Knox Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA; 4. Korbin Kunz, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participants Landon Jacoby and Harper Druen-Miller; Fredericksburg FFA participants Kelton Bush, Clayton Kneese.
Class 11 – 4. Hadley Maner, Gillespie 4-H; 5. Hudson Hail, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participant Brodie Roeder.
Class 12 – 1. Ryker Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion); 2. Hadley Maner, Gillespie 4-H; 7. Jaci Burrow, Gillespie 4-H; 8. Anders Eckert, Fredericksburg FFA.
Medium Wool
Class 13 – 7. Matthew Priess, Fredericksburg FFA; 9. Adeline Eilers, Gillespie 4-H; 10. Leo EIlers, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 14 – 10. Tripp Barnett, Fredericksburg FFA; Gillespie 4-H participants Cecilie Pesek and Abigail Baughn.
Class 15 – 8. Hanson Eilers, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participant Kayleigh Burrier; Fredericksburg FFA participants Preslie Nix, Braylen Jacoby and Rayleigh Beyer.
Class 16 – 6. Knox Padgett, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 17 – 8. Hudson Hall, Gillespie 4-H.
Market Goat
Class 1 – 1. Taelynn Tatsch (Division 1 Reserve Champion); 10. Ryker Padgett.
Class 2 – 3. Kimberlyn Cantwell; 8. Amzie Mcrae.
Class 3 – 3. Greyson Crenwelge; 6. Amzie Mcrae.
Class 4 – 8. Tenley Tatsch; 10. Leo Eilers.
Class 5 – 4. Sydney Geistweidt; 9. Tenley Tatsch.
Class 6 – 1. Sydney Geistweidt; 6. Eli Geistweidt.
Class 7 – 1. Briggs Bowers (Division 3 Champion); 3. Gunner Tatsch; 5. Brodie Roeder; 9. Case Beyer; 11. Ryker Padgett.
Class 8 – 7. Knox Padgett; 9. Avery Beyer.
Class 9 – 6. Gunner Tatsch; 8. Lily Hickman.
Class 10 – 6. Taylor Beyer; 8. Avery Beyer.
Class 11 – 1. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie County (Grand Champion); 10. Lily Hickman; 11. Eli Geistweidt.
Class 12 – 2. Knox Padgett; 13. Taylor Beyer.
Breeding Gilt
Berkshire
Class 1 – 9. Chapel Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; Fredericksburg FFA participant Brazos Herber.
Class 2 – 4. Chapel Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; 5. Otto Gold, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 3 – 6. Kaycee Hawkins, Harper FFA.
Class 4 – 9. Kaden Beyer, Gillespie 4-H.
Chester
Class 5 – 9. Kaycee Hawkins, Harper FFA. Class 6 – 3. Bryan Camarena, Gillespie 4-H; 8. Brody Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA.
Duroc
Class 7 – 9. Brazos Herber, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 8 – 1. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H; 9. Leighton Haley, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 9 – 4. Willow Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; 10. Otto Gold, Gillespie 4-H; Gillespie 4-H participant Kaden Beyer.
Class 10 – 2. Chapel Herber, Fredericksburg FFA; 9. Haigen Peese, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 11 – 3. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H; 5. Clayton Sides, Fredericksburg FFA.
Class 12 – 6. Kaycee Hawkins, Harper FFA.
Hampshire
Class 13 – 2. Brody Beyer, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion).
Poland
Class 16 – 3. Connor Sides, Fredericksburg FFA.
OPB (Other) Class 19 – 2. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Champion).
Light Cross
Class 22 – 4. Clayton Sides, Fred- ericksburg FFA.
Dark Cross
Class 23 – 2. Crosson Rains, Fredericksburg FFA; Gillespie 4-H participant Silver Dollar.
Class 24 – 1. Cole Rains, Fredericksburg FFA; 2. Taelynn Tatsch, Gillespie 4-H.
Class 27 – 1. Taelynn Tatsch (Grand Champion Crossbred/Supreme Champion Gilt); Harper FFA participant Kaycee Hawkins.
Class 28 – Gillespie 4-H participant Silver Dollar.
Turkey Show
1. Travis Jenschke, Gillespie 4-H (Grand Champion Hen); 2. Kyla Simms, Fredericksburg FFA (Reserve Champion Hen); Tuckyr Geistweidt, Gillespie 4-H (Reserve Champion Tom); 3. Owen Kneese, Fredericksburg FFA (Tom); 4. Mason Kneese, Fredericksburg FFA (Tom); 5. Connor Simms, Fredericksburg FFA (Hen); 6. Owen Kneese, Fredericksburg FFA (Hen); 6. Bella Sione, Gillespie 4-H (Tom); 7. Mason Kneese, Fredericksburg FFA (Hen); 8. Jake Stehling, Fredericksburg FFA (Tom); 9. Hudson Lochte, Gillespie 4-H (Tom); 10. Kael Watson, Gillespie 4-H (Hen).
Livestock Judging
Junior
2. Knox Padgett, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Red; 6. Garrison Ottmers, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Red; 22. Crockett Eckhardt, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Red; Lana Jenschke, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Red; 34. Stanton Cantwell, Gillespie 4-H Jr. White; 42. Tinley Barnett, Gillespie 4-H Jr. White; 52. Jett Baccus, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Purple; 53. Anders Eckert, Gillespie 4-H Jr. White; 60. Zayne Schneider, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Purple; 61. Levi Hickman, Fredericksburg Jr. FFA Purple; 62. Allison Throckmorton, Gillespie 4-H Jr. Green; 67. Jack Eckert, Gillespie 4-H Jr. Green; 74. James Eckert, Gillespie 4-H Jr. Green.
Senior
6. Sydney Geistweidt, Gillespie 4-H; 38. Hadley Maner, Gillespie 4-H; Adeline Eilers, Fredericksburg FFA Blue; 82. Layne Ottmers, Gillespie 4-H; 83. Tripp Barnett, Gillespie FFA; 95. Nora Schoessow, Gillespie 4-H
