{"id":26304,"date":"2024-07-31T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-county-sheep-show-results-do-not-disappoint\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:37:37","slug":"montezuma-county-sheep-show-results-do-not-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-county-sheep-show-results-do-not-disappoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma County sheep show results do not disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=7071f7ac-492f-5ba4-b51e-696369a85c88&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" alt=\"4-H members show off their hard work at Wednesday\u2019s sheep show at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. (Shylee Graf\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">4-H members show off their hard work at Wednesday\u2019s sheep show at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. (Shylee Graf\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Montezuma County Fairgrounds Main Barn was buzzing with activity Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors set up their booths for a busy day of fair festivities. Children played in the dirt in true Montezuma County fashion. Families filed into bleachers surrounding a pen, where 4-H exhibitors of all ages showcased their sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Madi Shults of Meeker judged the event, naming grand champions and reserve champions in a series of categories. She gave each exhibitor friendly advice about their animals while also complimenting things each participant did well.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results from Wednesday\u2019s sheep show:<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Senior Showmanship<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Jasper Gilliland<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Danika Oliver<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Intermediate Showmanship<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Kaydence Spruell<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Alexis Simmons<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Junior Showmanship<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Zoey Cunningham<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Alice Nolan<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Overall Showmanship:<\/div>\n<p>Grand Showman: Kaydence Spruell<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Grand Showman: Jasper Gilliland<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Underweight Entries<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Alexis Simmons<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Brandtson Mack<\/p>\n<p>Third Place: Daniel Harrison<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">All Other Breeds<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Bryson Dixon<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Kara Mikkelson<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 1<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Mabel Mack<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Harlan Mack<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 2<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Taylor Garner<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Marlee Mack<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 3<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Taylor Garner<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Taylor Garner<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 4<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Kaydence Spruell<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Dannika Goodall<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 5<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Danika Oliver<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Ethan Garner<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Class 6<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Dannika Goodall<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Jasper Gilliland<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Overall Sheep<\/div>\n<p>Grand Champion: Kaydence Spruell<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Champion: Dannika Goodall<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-a400739ab489205f188c89868c4c2961\">This article was updated to correct the reserve champion for overall sheep.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4-H members competed in multiple categories, won big<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[947,28,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-26304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-4-h","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79307,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26304\/revisions\/79307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26304"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=26304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}