It may have been his first time showing sheep, but Mason Jenkins looked like an old pro placing high in many categories at the 2025 Lyon County 4H Sheep Show.
Jenkins took home first place in the Lyon County Born and Bred category. He says he’s looking forward to doing it all again next year.
Sheep Full Results:
Level IV Showmanship:
Grand Champion: Braxton Young – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Mason Jenkins – Riverside
Level III Showmanship:
Grand Champion: Jeffrey Wittgartner – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Caroline Traffanstedt – Happy Harvesters
Level II Showmanship:
Grand Champion: Chesney Nelson – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Carlie Vansickle – Model Boosters
Purebred Ewe:
Grand Champion: Braxton Young – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Sawyer Hanson – Model Boosters
Commercial Ewe:
Grand Champion: Chesney Nelson – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Baylee Vansickle – Model Boosters
Supreme Champion Ewe:
Grand Champion: Braxton Young – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Chesney Nelson – Rinker
Market Lamb Division Champion:
Grand Champion: Jeffrey Wittgartner – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Mason Jenkins – Riverside
Market Lamb Division Champion:
Grand Champion: Chesney Nelson – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Connor Redding – Chamness
Market Lamb Division Champion:
Grand Champion: Mila Wood – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Kinley Heins – Happy Harvesters
Grand Champion Market Lamb:
Champion: Jeffrey Wittgartner – Model Boosters
Reserve: Mason Jenkins – Riverside
Lyon County Born and Bred:
1st Mason Jenkins – Riverside
2nd Braxton Young – Model Boosters
3rd Connor Redding – Chamness
The 2025 Lyon County 4H Goat Show was a jam-packed field but, Jantzen Rickabaugh stood out amongst the crowded field when it came to market meat goats as he took home grand champion honors in that division. He says it was an exciting moment, adding that it takes a lot of hard work to have a championship-level goat.
Full Results:
Showmanship Level IV:
Grand Champion: Mason Jenkins – Riverside
Reserve Champion: Daylen Ballinger – Happy Harvesters
Showmanship Level III:
Grand Champion: Brogen Vogts – Happy Harvesters
Reserve Champion: Maylee Ballinger – Happy Harvesters
Showmanship Level II:
Grand Champion: Carlee VanSickle – Model Boosters
Reserve Champion: Mila Wood – Rinker
Showmanship Level I:
Grand Champion: Jantzen Rickabaugh – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Macleigh Jenkins – Rinker
Market Goat Division Champion: Maylee Ballinger – Happy Harvesters
Market Goat Division Reserve Champion: Rhylee Venters – Reading
Market Goat Division Champion: Daylen Ballinger – Happy Harvesters
Market Goat Division Reserve Champion: Brogan Vogts – Happy Harvesters
Market Goat Division Champion: Jantzen Rickabaugh – Rinker
Market Goat Division Reserve Champion: Crue Jackson – Reading
Champion Market Meat Goat: Jantzen Rickabaugh – Rinker
Reserve Champion: Daylen Ballinger – Happy Harvesters
Champion Market Breeding Doe: Mason Jenkins – Riverside
Reserve Champion: Jantzen Rickabaugh – Rinker
Lyon County Born and Bred:
1st Baylee Vansickle – Model Boosters
2nd Brogan Vogts – Happy Harvesters
3rd Rhylee Venters – Reading
4th Colter Corpening – Happy Harvesters
5th Madison Jenkins – Riverside
