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SPRINGFIELD — The Lincoln Land Community College Livestock Judging Team has been collecting team and individual awards at competitions across the Midwest this fall.

During the Boilermaker Livestock Judging Contest on Oct. 11 in West Lafayette, Ind., LLCC teams placed third and fifth overall, first and sixth in team cattle, third and sixth in team goats, fifth and sixth in team sheep, and third and fifth in team reasons. The top individual performers were Hope White of Laurel, Miss., second place overall individual, fifth in individual cattle and fifth in individual goats; Quentin Derrer of Arcadia, Ind., fifth place overall individual, fourth in  individual goats and eighth in individual sheep; Ellie Hensley of Unicoi, Tenn., ninth place overall individual and eighth in individual goats; Cole Rapp of Pontiac, eighth place individual cattle and ninth in individual goats; Kaden Derrer of Arcadia, Ind., 10th place individual goats and eighth in individual reasons; Tucker Bayer of Weston, Wis., fourth place individual reasons.

The LLCC sophomore team judged at the American Royal 127th Livestock Show in Kansas City, Mo. in mid-October. Carter Lampe of Haskins, Ohio, placed ninth overall.

The teams traveled to the Tulsa State Fair in Tulsa, Okla. on Sept. 30. The LLCC freshman team placed sixth and the sophomore team placed ninth overall. Individual awards went to Hensley, who received ninth overall individual, and Dennison Clark of Macedonia, who received fifth in individual cattle.

In late September, the teams traveled to the World Beef Expo in West Allis, Wis.The LLCC freshman team placed fourth overall, the sophomore team placed as the fifth high team. Individual awards went to Hensley, who placed 10th in individual reasons, and Bayer, who placed seventh in individual reasons and 10th overall individual.

The teams competed at the National Barrow Show in Austin, Minn. Sept. 11-14. The sophomore team received fifth overall, and Cole Rowley of Bremen Ohio, placed 10th individually.
The LLCC Livestock Judging Team is one of several agriculture-related student organizations at LLCC. Participating students learn to evaluate beef cattle, swine, sheep and goats, classify and rank the animals and deliver oral reasoning to officials.

Additional members of the LLCC Livestock Judging Team include Peyton Andras of Manchester; Mitchell Armstrong of Huntsville; Kade Beckmier of Morrisonville; Kolby Butcher of Flora, Ind.; Reece Cook of Mansfield, Ohio; Taylor Crouch of Maroa; Emma Donnelly of Boice, Va.; Shayna Durrance of Lake Butler, Fla.; Beau Howe of Danforth; Allie Midla of Waynesburg, Penn.; Alivia Porter of Ashkum; Jack Salzman or Oconomowoc, Wis.; and Thomas Vandeventer of Camargo.

The team is coached by Craig Beckmier, professor of agriculture.

Learn more about the LLCC Agriculture and the Livestock Judging Team at www.llcc.edu/agriculture.