Mountain State Fair Meat Breed Sheep Show winners announced

FLETCHER – Winners from the Meat Breed Sheep shows were recently announced at the N.C. Mountain State Fair. Winners from the show are:

Open Meat Breed Sheep

 Grand champion ram shown by Larry Durham of Stokes County;
 Reserve champion ram shown by Gavin Adams of Alexander County;
 Grand champion and reserve champion ewes shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County;

Breed champions           

 Champion and reserve champion Dorset ewes and rams shown by James Simmons of Adel, Ga.;
 Champion and reserve champion Hampshire ewes shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County;
 Champion and reserve champion Hampshire rams shown by Larry Durham of Stokes County;
 Other Purebred Champion Meat Breed ewe shown by Josie Carson Correll of Rowan County;
 Champion and reserve champion commercial ewes shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County;
 Champion commercial ram shown by Larry Durham of Stokes County;
 Reserve champion commercial ram shown by Gavin Adams of Alexander County;

Junior Meat Breed Ewe

 Grand champion shown by Adam Lawing of Rutherford County;
 Reserve grand champion shown by Abigail Wilson of China Grove;

Breed champions

 Champion Dorset shown by Jessica Armstrong of Stokes County;
 Champion and reserve champion Hampshire shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County;
 Champion Suffolk shown by Samantha Grady of Henderson County;
 Reserve champion Suffolk shown by Luke Maybin of Henderson County;
 Champion Commercial shown by Adam Lawing of Rutherford County;
 Reserve champion Commercial shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County;
 Champion and reserve champion Other Purebred shown by Leah Thomas of Yadkin County;

Junior Market Lamb

 Grand champion shown by Adam Lawing of Rutherford County;
 Reserve champion shown by Abigail Wilson of Rowan County.

The Open Meat Breed show was open to anyone in the world. Sheep in this show were shown in classes separated by breed, gender and birth date. The Junior Meat Breed Ewe and Junior Market Lamb shows were open to any North Carolina youth under the age of 21. The Junior Market Lamb show was open to wethers and ewes only.