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Quay 4Hers participate in county contests

Quay County youth ranging from 6 to 18 years old spent two weeks competing in their 4-H county contests.

Cloverbuds are under the age of 9, novice 9 to 11, juniors 12 and 13 and seniors are 14 and older. The majority of the contests were held on May 20 with an awards program to finish the day.

Novices and juniors will go on to district contests in Roswell in June, and seniors will go on to state in Las Cruces in July.

The following are the contest winners.

Cloverbud

All cloverbuds received first place awards for the following contests.

• Aaron Tompkins – Favorite Food Show

• Brandy Smith – Poetry, Home Economics Skill-a-thon, Agronomy, Horticulture, Consumer

• Kyleigh Cavett - Agronomy

Clothing review

Novice Popover Skirt

1. MiKayla Klinger

2. Karlee Elliott

3. Lucia Benavidez

4. Ashton Smith

5. Tylee Hill

6. Chantzee Elliott

Novice Totebag

1. Ashton Smith

2. Karlee Elliott

3. Chantzee Elliott

4. Aimee Ross

5. MiKayla Klinger

6. Lucia Benavidez

Horse Judging

Novice

1. Payson Nials

2. Ashton Smith

Junior

1. Rilee Nials

2. Nick Black

Senior

1. Bailey Smith

2. Kindal Smith

Muzzleloader

Senior

1. Eli Oliver

Pistol

Novice

1. Payson Nials

Junior

1. Rilee Nials

Senior

1. Isaac Arias

2. Eli Oliver

3. Kelsey Morrow

4. Gares Lopez

Shotgun

Novice

1. Paxton Smith

2. Kirksey Smith

3. Antonio Gonzales

4. Ace Whitson

Junior

1. Payton Oliver

Senior

1. Eli Oliver

2. Kaleb Hayes

3. Kyle Hamilton

4. Garrett Bollinger

5. Dyson Clark

Rifle

Novice

1. Cutter Hastie

2. Brock Burns

3. Greyson Bollinger

4. Antonio Gonzales

5. Payson Nials

Junior

1. Nick Black

2. Tate Hill

3. Emmalee Elebario

Senior

1. Kaleb Hayes

2. Gares Lopez

3. Trestin Peterson

4. Tianna Peterson

5. Garrett Bollinger

6. Kelsey Morrow

Archery

Novice

Compound Bow with Sights

1. July Lafferty

2. Greyson Bollinger

3. Dylan Owen

4. Antonio Gonzales

5. Michael Oglesby

6. Logan Lafferty

7. Charmaynn Hall

Compound Bare Bow

1. Lily Wyatt

2. Aimee Ross

Recurve Bare Bow

1. Joseph Page

Recurve Bow with Sights

1. Brookel Smith

Junior

Compound Bow with Sights

1. Tate Hill

2. Amber Owen

3. Henry Molyneaux

4. Nick Black

5. Emmalee Elebario

Compound Bare Bow

1. Mason Cashman

Recurve Bare Bow

1. Tobe Slater

2. Robert Evans

Senior

Recurve Bare Bow

1. Reagan Runyan

Compound Bow with Sights

1. Tianna Peterson

2. Kyle Hamilton

3. Chase Hittson

4. Kelsey Morrow

5. Dyson Clark

6. Trestin Peterson

7. Jonathan Clark

Favorite

Food Show

Novice

1. MiKayla Klinger

2. Gavin Tompkins

3. Lucia Benavidez

Home Ec Bowl

Novice

1. Ashton Smith

2. Lanie Hammer

3. Aimee Ross

4. Joseph Page

Junior

1. Robert Evans

Senior

1. Natalie Hayes

2. Gares Lopez

3. Isaac Arias

Livestock Judging

Novice

1. Kahrissa Latvala

2. Kirksey Smith

3. Tylee Hill

4. Payson Nials

5. Paxton Smith

6. Bill DeLuca

7. MiKayla Klinger

8. Preslie Cavett

Junior

1. Rilee Nials

2. Skyler DeLuca

3. Tate Hill

4. Henry Molyneaux

5. Nick Black

6. Katelyn Moralez

Senior

1. Kyle Hamilton

2. Bailey Montoya

3. Garrett Bollinger

4. Kelsey Morrow

5. Chase Hittson

Poetry Contest

Novice

1. Brookel Smith

2. Kirksey Smith

3. Paxton Smith

Presentations

Novice

1. Brookel Smith

Prepared

Public Speaking

Novice

1. MiKayla Klinger

Agronomy

Novice

1. Ashton Smith

2. Preslie Cavett

3. Aimee Ross

Junior

1. Avery Cavett

2. Rilee Nials

3. Nick Black

4. Tate Hill

5. Kaitlyn Moralez

Senior

1. Rebecca Rush

2. Kaiden Jones

3. Garrett Bollinger

Entomology

Novice

1. Payson Nials

2.Kahrissa Latvala

3. Ashton Smith

4. Bill De Luca

5. Aimee Ross

Junior

1. Nick Black

2. Emmalee Elebario

3. Tate Hill

4. Henry Molyneaux

Senior

1. Rebecca Rush

Meats

Novice

1. Tylee Hill

2. Payson Nials

Junior

1. Emmalee Elebario

2. Rilee Nials

3. Henry Molyneaux

4. Jenna Lopez

Senior

1. Kaiden Jones

2. Kyle Hamilton

3. Natalie Hayes

4. Kelsey Morrow

Consumer

Novice

1. Mikayla Klinger

2. Kahrissa Latvala

3. Tylee Hill

4. Aimee Ross

5. Ashton Smith

6. Brookel Smith

7. Lanie Hammer

8. Lucia Benavidez

Home Ec Skill-a-thon

Novice

1. Ashton Smith

2. Lucia Benavidez

3. Brookel Smith

4. Tylee Hill

5. Aimee Ross

6. Preslie Cavett

7. Joseph Page

8. Payson Nials

9. Bill DeLuca

Junior

1. Jenna Lopez

2. Tate Hill

3. Avery Cavett

4. Katelyn Moralez

5. Skyler De Luca

6. Nick Black

7. Robert Evans

Senior

1. Natalie Hayes

2. Rebecca Rush

3. Gares Lopez

4. Bailey Montoya

5. Gracie Whitson

6. Shea Schneider

7. Isaac Arias

8. Alex Garcia

Livestock Skill-a-thon

Novice

1. Karlee Elliott

2. Kirksey Smith

3. Chantzee Elliott

4. Ashton Smith

5. Payson Nials

6. Paxton Smith

7. Ace Whitson

8. Bill Deluca

Junior

1. Katelyn Moralez

2. Rilee Nials

3. Avery Cavett

4. Robert Evans

Senior

1. Chase Hittson

2. Gracie Whitson

3. Garrett Bollinger

4. Kaiden Jones

5. Bailey Montoya

6. Shea Schneider

Horticulture

Novice

1. MiKayla Klinger

2. Lucia Benavidez

3. Ashton Smith

4. Tylee Hill

5. Brookel Smith

6. Kahrissa Latvala

7. Kirksey Smith

8. Gavin Tompkins

9. Payson Nials

10. Preslie Cavett

Junior

1. Katelyn Moralez

2. Emma Elebario

3. Rilee Nials

4. Tate Hill

5. Jenna Lopez

6. Henry Molyneaux

Senior

1. Natalie Hayes

2. Kaleb Hayes

3. Rebecca Rush

Wildlife

Novice

1. Kahrissa Latvala

2. Lanie Hammer

3. Joseph Page

4. Paxton Smith

5. MiKayla Klinger

6. Antonio Gonzales

7. Chantzee Elliott

8. Lucia Benavidez

9. Greyson Bollinger

10. Karlee Elliott

Junior

1. Katelyn Moralez

2. Tate Hill

3. Nicholas Black

4. Henry Molyneaux

5. Rilee Nials

Senior

1. Gracie Whitson

2. Kaleb Hayes

3. Rebecca Rush

4. Isaac Arias

Horse Bowl

Novice

1. Kahrissa Latvala

2. Aimee Ross

3. Payson Nials

4. Tylee Hill

Junior

1. Jenna Lopez

2. Tate Hill

3. Rilee Nials

4. Nick Black