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2006 Virginia Poultry Federation Youth Convention –
Poultry Judging Results
Livestock Update, June 2006
Dr. Curtis L. Novak, Extension Animal Scientist, VA Tech
The Virginia Poultry Federation judging contest was held at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds on Thursday, April 20, 2006. Total participation in the judging contest was 36 teams and 134 individuals. This contest serves as the State 4-H and FFA Poultry Judging Contest. Results in each division were as follows:
Division I - Intermediate 4-H
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1st Place team Madison/Culpeper 3140 2nd Place team Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 2813 3rd Place team Fauquier (Feathered Friends A) 2654 4th Place team Loudon County 2630 5th Place team Clarke County 2607
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS:
1st Timothy Hughes Madison/Culpeper 1122 2nd Micah Koranek Madison/Culpeper 1020 3rd Nathaniel Sides Madison/Culpeper 998 4th Anna Maira Eakins Madison/Culpeper 987 5th Lindsay Norman Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 980 6th Jacob Seeley Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 939 7th Mallory Seely Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 914 8th Caroline Trent Loudoun County 901 9th Camille Lewandoski Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 894 10th Morgan Wells Clarke County 893
Division I - Senior 4-H
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1st Place team Madison/Culpeper 3583 2nd Place team Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 3397 3rd Place team Southampton 3349 4th Place team Fauquier (Feathered Friends A) 3284 5th Place team Loudoun County 3279
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS:
1st Matthew Koranek Madison/Culpeper 1245 2nd Terri Hibl Madison/Culpeper 1229 3rd Dylan Butler Fauquier (Feathered Friends A) 1162 4th Sarah Dunlap Loudoun 1150 5th Laura Gaylord Loudoun 1141 6th Kayleigh Mize Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 1141 7th Rachel Baker Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 1129 8th Jacklyn Butler Fauquier (Feathered Friends B) 1127 9th Rebecca Kent Southampton 1125 10th Jonathan Kent Southampton 1123
Division I - Junior FFA
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1st Place team Sherando 3240 2nd Place team Floyd County 3197 3rd Place team Wilber S. Pence, B 3197 4th Place team Elkton Middle, A 3185 5th Place team Montevideo Middle, A 3181
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS:
1st Travis Nester Floyd County 1155 2nd Stephanie Shank Wilbur S. Pence, B 1140 3rd Spencer Madigan Sherando 1136 4th Aaron Heishman Peter Muhlenberg, A 1132 5th Ben Hull Highland County 1122 6th Christy Craun Wilbur S. Pence, A 1120 7th Emma Rion Montevideo Middle 1116 8th Nathan Gochenour Peter Muhlenberg, B 1103 9th Brian Jordan Central 1096 10th Megan Liskey Spotswood 1085
Division II - Senior FFA
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1st Place team Turner Ashby, A 3888 2nd Place team Spotswood, A 3867 3rd Place team Central 3821 4th Place team Highland County 3806 5th Place team Sherando 3744
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS:
1st Paula Craun Turner Ashby, A 1349 2nd Dana Gochenour Central 1302 3rd Tom Liskey Spotswood, A 1299 4th Tommy Hevener Highland County 1293 5th Ashley Waggoner Highland County 1290 6th Adam Heishman Central 1289 7th Kymberly Hammer Spotswood, A 1286 8th Kate Holsinger Turner Ashby, A 1285 9th Daniel Wood Spotswood, A 1282 10th Shasta Sowers Floyd County, A 1272
I would like to thank all the supporters of the Youth Convention – Pilgrim’s Pride, Tyson’s, Perdue, George’s Foods, Cargill Turkey Products, Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative and Glenwood Farms. Rockingham Poultry Servicemen's Committee/Virginia Poultry Federation sponsored the judging contest awards again this year. Special thanks to the USDA Graders Service and Virginia Tech poultry judging students for helping set-up the contest and serving as official.