DES MOINES, IA (08/19/2012)(readMedia)-- Madison Kirchmann of Sumner showed the Champion Ewe in the Shropshire Sheep show judged Thursday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair.
Chris Whittaker of Laura, Ill., exhibited the Champion Ram.
Dalton Hicks of Stillwater, Okla., showed both the Reserve Champion Ewe and the Reserve Champion Ram. Hicks also placed third in the Premier Exhibitor contest.
WEG Shropshires and I-80 Flocks of Geneva, Neb., placed first in the Premier Exhibitor contest, and SS Shrops of Davenport took second.
The Premier Exhibitor award is given to the exhibitor who scores the most points based upon class placings during the breed's show.
Additional results below (names, hometowns and animal identification):
Yearling Ram
1) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/5/2011, 443288
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 3/3/2011
Shorn Yearling Ram
1) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 10/16/2010
2) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo., Af 196, 2/1/2011, 444272
Fall Ram Lamb
1) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 9/21/2011, 445704
January Ram Lamb
1) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, RueberShrops1206 NNRR, 1/17/2012, M445997
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 1/27/2012
3) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 1/1/2012, 445705
February Ram Lamb
1) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1209, 2/1/2012, M445667
2) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/12/2012, 445712
3) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo., E Anderson 3, 2/13/2012, Pending
4) Jackson Musselman, Mabel, Minn., Sugar Ridge Cee Lo Rr Nn, 2/11/2012, M445899ram
5) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo., Af 209, 2/21/2012, Pending
6) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/1/2010
7) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/2/2012, 445710
March and After Ram Lamb
1) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis., Sugar Ridge Channel Cat Rrnn, 3/30/2012, M445902
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 3/1/2012
3) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo., E Anderson 4, 3/13/2012, Pending
4) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, RueberShrops, 3/3/2012, pending
5) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo., Af 215, 3/7/2012, Pending
6) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 3/3/2012, 445713
Shorn Ram Lamb - All Ages
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., D. Hicks 12-04, 3/25/2012, M 446454
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/17/2012
3) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
4) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/12/2012, 445711
Pair of Ram Lambs
1) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
2) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
3) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
4) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo.
5) SS Shrops, Davenport
6) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo.
Yearling Ewe
1) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, Rueber Shrops 1101 NNRR, 1/2/2011, M445990
2) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., Rife 11-058, 1/11/2011, M443430
3) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 10/15/2010
4) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., Avery's 11-29 Bell, 1/26/2011, M443948
5) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 10/13/2010
6) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis., Avery's 11-42 Alma, 3/1/2011, M443955
7) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1101, 1/2/2011, M443389
8) SS Shrops, Davenport, CLSF, 2/20/2011, 443527
Shorn Yearling Ewe
1) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, Rueber Shrops 1112 NNRR, 2/21/2011, M 445989
2) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1107, 3/2/2011, M443394
3) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/16/2011
4) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
5) SS Shrops, Davenport, Rolling Hills, 2/10/2011, 445474
6) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/16/2011
Pair of Yearling Ewes
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
2) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
3) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
4) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill.
5) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
6) SS Shrops, Davenport
Fall Ewe Lamb
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., D. Hicks 11-10, 10/14/2011, M446448
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 10/25/2011
January Ewe Lamb
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., Mrozinski 12-07, 1/22/2012, M446057
2) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 1/19/2012, 445687
3) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis., Sugar Ridge Susan Rrnn, 1/11/2012, M445897
4) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, Rueber Shrops 1201 NNRR, 1/5/2012, M445987
5) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., Rife 12-030, 1/3/2012, M445740
6) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1201, 1/3/2012, M445662
7) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 1/1/2012, 445687
8) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 1/26/2012
February Ewe Lamb
1) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1210, 2/1/2012, M445664
2) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., D. Hicks 12-01, 2/23/2012, M446449
3) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo., Af 210, 2/21/2012, Pending
4) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo., Af 202, 2/14/2012, Pending
5) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, Rueber Shrops 1204 NNRR, 2/12/2012, M445988
6) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., Avery's 12-53 Bellflower, 2/13/2012, M446093
7) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis., Sugar Ridge Brie Rrnn, 2/17/2012, M445896
8) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo., Af 203, 2/8/2012, Pending
9) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/2/2012, 445690
10) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/17/2012
11) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/3/2012, 445695
March and After Ewe Lamb
1) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner, Rueber Shrops 1205, 3/10/2012
2) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis., Sugar Ridge Gabrielle Rrnn, 3/30/2012, M445898
3) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 3/5/2012, 445699
4) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 3/3/2012, 445698
5) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill., Whittaker 1212, 3/7/2012, M446275
6) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla., 3/7/2012, 446089
7) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
8) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo., Af 214, 3/2/2012, Pending
Shorn Ewe Lamb - All Ages
1) SS Shrops, Davenport, SS Shrops, 2/12/2012, 445697
2) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb., 2/18/2012
Pair of Ewe Lambs
1) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo.
2) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
3) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill.
4) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
5) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
6) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
7) SS Shrops, Davenport
8) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo.
Pair of Lambs
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
2) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
3) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill.
4) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo.
5) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
6) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
7) SS Shrops, Davenport
8) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo.
Young Flock
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
2) Emily Anderson, Macon, Mo.
3) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
4) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill.
5) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
6) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
7) SS Shrops, Davenport
8) Anderson Farms, Macon, Mo.
Flock
1) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
2) Madison Kirchmann, Sumner
3) Chris Whittaker, Laura, Ill.
4) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
5) Sugar Ridge Ranch, Viroqua, Wis.
6) SS Shrops, Davenport
"Nothing Compares" to the 2012 Iowa State Fair, August 9-19. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines, and are open 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. each day of the Fair. Exhibit hours may vary. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.
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