Students Earn Honors During Roosevelt County Fair
The 2025 Roosevelt County Fair Horse Show started Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 9 a.m. at the Culbertson Saddle Club.
The results are as follows: Horse Showmanship Senior Class: Grand Champion: Emilynn Priddy-Powell, Reserve Champion: Emmalyn Anderson Horse Showmanship Junior Class: Grand Champion: Eleanor Iversen, Reserve Champion: Sophie Portra Colt to Maturity Showmanship Class: Grand Champion- Emilynn Priddy-Powell
Horse Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand Champion- Maia McGowan
Reserve Champion: Tacey Traeger
Bareback Senior Class:
Grand Champion, Emmalyn Anderson, Reserve Champion- Emilynn Priddy-Powell Bareback Junior Class:
Grand Champion-Copeland Anderson Reserve Champion - Eleanor Iversen Bareback Beginner Class:
Grand Champion-Tacey Traeger, Reserve Champion-Wiley VandenBos
Western Horsemanship IV: Grand Champion - Emilynn Priddy-Powell
Western Horsemanship Ill: Grand Champion-Emmalyn Anderson, Reserve Champion- Eleanor Iversen Green Horse 3 year old under Saddle: Grand Champion- Emilynn Priddy-Powell
Western Horsemanship II:
Grand Champion-Boone VandenBos, Reserve Champion Tacey Traeger Western Horsemanship I:
Grand Champion-Wiley VandenBos
Reserve Champion: Joslynn Johnson
Western Pleasure Senior Class: Grand Champion-Emilynn Priddy-Powell. Reserve Champion-Emmalyn Anderson
Western Pleasure Horse Junior Class: Grand Champion- Sophie Portra, Reserve Champion - Eleanor Iversen Western Pleasure Beginner Class: Grand Champion- Wiley VandenBos. Reserve Champion-Tacey Traeger Green Horse 3: Grand Champion-Emilynn Priddy- Powell
Working Ranch Horse Level 1: Grand Champion- Boone VandenBos, Reserve Champion-Wiley VandenBos Working Ranch Horse Level 2: Grand Champion- Emmalyn Anderson, Reserve Champion-Emilynn Priddy-Powell English Pleasure Sr: Grand Champion-Emilynn Priddy- Powell English Horsemanship
Level 2: Grand Champion- Emilynn Priddy-Powell
Hunter Hack Sr.: Grand Champion-Emilynn Priddy- Powell
Yearling Trail Green Horse: Grand Champion: Emilynn Priddy-Powell Trail Senior Class: Grand Champion, Emmalyn Anderson, Reserve Champion, Emilynn Priddy-Powell Trail Junior Class: Grand Champion, Eleanor Iversen, Reserve Junior, CopelandAnderson.
Trail Beginner Class:
Grand Champion-Wiley VandenBos, Reserve Champion- Sterling Anderson Senior Barrels: Grand Champion-Emilynn Priddy- Powell, Reserve Champion- Emmalyn Anderson Junior Barrels: Grand Champion-Eleanor Iversen, Reserve Champion-Boone VandenBoss
Beginner Barrels: Grand Champion-Maia McGowan, Reserve Champion-Tacey Traeger Senior Poles: Grand Champion- Emilynn Priddy-Powell, Reserve Champion-Emmalyn Anderson Junior Poles: Grand Champion- Eleanor Iversen, Reserve Champion-Boone VandenBos Beginner Poles: Grand Champion-Tacey Traeger, Reserve Champion-Maia Mc-
Gowan
Overall Senior Grand Champion: Emilynn Priddy- Powell
Overall Senior Reserve Champion: Emmalyn Anderson
Overall Junior Grand Champion: Eleanor Iversen Overall Junior Reserve Champion: Boone Vanden-Bos
Overall Beginner Grand Champion: Wylie VandenBos Overall Beginner Reserve Champion: Tacey Traeger The 2025 livestock Showmanship and judging took place Thursday afternoon, Aug. 7, and Friday morning, Aug. 8, at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Goat Showmanship and Goat Market judging was immediately followed by Sheep Showmanship and Sheep Market judging.
Friday morning starting at 8:30 a.m. Swine Showmanship and Swine market judging was immediately followed by Beef Showmanship and Beef Market judging.
These are the results: Goat Showmanship Jr.:
grand champion. Tenley Berwick
Goat Showmanship Sr.:
Grand champion, Tally Berwick, reserve champion, Payton Labatte.
Market Goat: Grand champion, Kalia Featherston, reserve champion, Tenley Berwick.
Overall Meat Goat Breeding: Grand champion, Payton Labatte, reserve champion, Tenley Berwick Sheep Showmanship Beg.:
Grand champion, Joslynn Johnson, reserve champion, Avaya Miller.
Sheep Showmanship Jr.:
Grand champion, Tenley Berwick, reserve champion, Blythe Anderson Sheep Showmanship Sr.:
Grand champion, Jaylynn
Bjorge, reserve champion, Kalia Featherston
Market Lamb: Grand champion, Jaylynn Bjorge, reserve champion, Kalia Featherston
Feeder Lamb: (Under 100#): Grand champion, Tally Berwick.
Breeding-Ewe over 1 year under 2 years: Reserve champion, Jaylynn Bjorge.
Breeding-Ewe Lamb:
Grand champion, Jaylynn Bjorge
Overall Breeding Lamb:
Grand champion, Jaylynn Bjorge, reserve champion, Payton Labatte.
Swine Showmanship Beg.:
Grand champion, Kashtyn Flinn, reserve champion, Braxton Picard.
Swine Showmanship Jr.:
Grand champion, Blanca Portra, reserve champion, CeJaye Flinn Swine Showmanship Sr.:
Grand champion: Holden Salivar, reserve champion, Jodi Albus.
Market Swine: Grand champion, Jaylynn Bjorge, reserve champion, Holden Salivar.
Swine Feeder Pigs: Grand champion, Holden Salivar, reserve champion, Sterling Anderson.
Overall Swine Breeding: (Gilt 4 months to 1 yr): Grand champion, Holden Salivar, reserve champion, Jaylynn Bjorge.
Beef Showmanship Jr.:
Grand champion, Ava Poser, reserve champion, Sophie Portra Beef Showmanship Sr.:
Grand champion, Lilly Johnson, reserve champion, Allyssa Johnson.
Market Beef: Grand champion, Lilly Johnson, reserve champion, Jaylynn Bjorge.
Overall Breeding Beef:
Grand Champion, Ava Posser, Reserve Champion, Felixe Becker Round Robin Showmanship
The Round Robin Showmanship Contest gives an opportunity for the champion showman from the 4-H/ FFA divisions in each species of large animals to compete head-to-head for best allaround showman honors at the fair. In this contest each contestant is judged on their showmanship skills with each species of beef, swine, goat, sheep and horse.
Round Robin Showmanship Sr.: Grand champion, Tally Berwick, reserve champion, Lilly Johnson.
Round Robin Showmanship Jr.: Grand champion, Tenley Berwick, reserve champions, Ava Poser and Blanca Portra.
Round Robin Showmanship Beg: Grand champion, Joslynn Johnson, reserve champion, Kashtyn Flinn.
2025 Roosevelt County Fair Small Animal Show was held Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. The results are as follows: Market Poultry: Grand champion, Kashtyn Flinn, reserve champion, CeJaye Flinn.
Poultry-Single Female Pullet: Grand champion, Jodi Albus.
Poultry-Three Female Pullets: No grand champion
Poultry-Single Laying Hen: Grand champion, Tenley
Berwick, reserve champion, Jett Johnson
Poultry-Rooster under a year: Grand champion, Jodi Albus.
Overall Poultry: Grand champion, Jodi Albus, reserve champion, Tenley Berwick.
Poultry-1/2 Dozen white eggs: Grand champion, Felixe Becker.
Poultry Showmanship Senior Class: Grand champion, Jodi Albus, reserve champion, Felixe Becker.
Poultry Showmanship Junior Class: Grand champion, Tenley Berwick, reserve champion, CeJaye Flinn.
Poultry Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand champion: Jett Johnson, reserve champion, Joslynn Johnson.
Rabbit-One Buck over 4 Months: Reserve champion, Tacey Traeger.
Rabbit-One Doe over 4 Months: Grand champion: Blanca Portra.
Rabbit Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand champion, Tacey Traeger, reserve champion, MaKinzie Olson.
Rabbit Showmanship Jr Class: Grand champion, Blanca Portra.
Dog Obedience-1st Year Dog: Grand champion, Kaden Featherston, reserve champion, Ark Kierstead.
Dog Showmanship Senior Class: Grand champion, Kaden Featherston.
Dog Showmanship Junior Class: Grand champion, Copeland Anderson.
Dog Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand champion, Sterling Anderson, reserve champion, Ark Kjerstead.
Cat-6 months to 2 Years:
Grand champion, Makhi Smoker.
Cat Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand champion, Makhi Smoker.
2025 4-H Indoor Exhibits Awards
Across the county, 4-H members each year complete their yearly indoor projects with conference judging exhibits. The 4-H interview judging is an opportunity for 4-H members to talk to the judges about their static exhibits and share their trials and lessons they learned. Each interview or conversation with the judge was held on Thursday, Aug. 7, at the fairgrounds in Culbertson. Individuals are awarded ribbons for their exhibits, while some went above the judge’s expectations and received a Judge’s Choice ribbon.
Livestock Interviews:
Holden Salivar, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Judge’s Choice, Payton Labatte, Culbertson FFA, Judge’s Choice 4-H Animal Science: Tenley Berwick, Bainville FFA, Judge’s Choice
4-H Communications & Expressive Arts: Carys Holbrook, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Judge’s Choice for her Leathercraft - coasters; Elsie Wilson, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Judge’s Choice for her Photography - Landscape Cloverbuds: Cy Clarke, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Medallion & Judge’s Choice for his A Little Bit About Me; Edie Clarke, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Medallion; Lok Kierstead, Centennial Clovers 4-H Club, Medallion; Tawnie Traeger, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Medallion; Cryal Powell, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Medallion; Lachlan Holbrook, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Medallion & Judge’s Choice for his Ocean in a Bottle; Kora McGowan, Fort Peck 4-H Club, Medallion 4-H Youth Club: Tenley Berwick, Centennial Clovers 4-H Club, Judge’s Choice for her Club Scrapbook; Emilynn Priddy-Powell, Tumbleweed 4-H Club, Judge’s Choice for her Individual Record Book FFA: Payton Labatte, Culbertson FFA, Judge’s Choice for her Production Record Book; Tally Berwick, Bainville FFA, Judge’s Choice for her State or American Degree Application; Elsie Wilson, Bainville FFA, Judge’s Choice for her Floriculture-Boutonniere; Cody Olson, Froid FFA, Judge’s Choice for his Metallurgy & Fabrication-MIG weld project; Kalia Featherston, Culbertson FFA, Judge’s Choice for her Woodworking & Construction-Small woodworking project
