The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo kicked off with the Grand Champion Market Barrow selection- this after three days of showing over 2,200 barrows in Barn 6.
The Grand Champion for 2023 is the Hampshire Champion- shown by Brigham Bunt of the Ringwood 4-H Club.
Reserve Grand Champion was the Champion Dark Cross- shown by Anna Franke of Covington 4-H.
The Bronze Medallion(third place) Barrow was the Champion Yorkshire- shown by Nash Williamson from Sulphur FFA.
Here are the Champions and Reserve Champions in the Barrow Show:
Champion Berkshire Kaleb Stephenson Chickasha FFA
Champion Duroc Farrah Dupree Porter Peach Capitol 4-H
Champion Hereford Landon Barton Union City FFA
Champion Poland Emma Sutton Kiefer FFA
Champion Spotted Hunter Hines Tuttle FFA
Champion Yorkshire Nash Williamson Sulphur FFA
Champion Chester Rachel Palmer McCurtain Co. Homeschool 4-H
Champion Hamp Brigham Bunt Ringwood 4-H
Champion Light Cross Gavin Straka Yukon FFA
Champion Dark Cross Anna Franke Covington 4-H
Reserve Champions Include
Reserve Berkshire Addilyn Wood Yukon FFA
Reserve Duroc Camryn Harwood-Montgomery Kellyville FFA
Reserve Hereford Jadyn Caldwell Kiefer FFA
Reserve Poland China Kaitlyn Dufur Durant FFA
Reserve Spotted Jace Stotts Hydro-Eakly 4-H
Reserve Yorkshire Dusti Gregory Prague 4-H
Reserve Chester Preslee Bennett Yukon FFA
Reserve Hampshire Jacie Cantrell Ripley FFA
Reserve. Light Cross Ember Bell Caney Valley FFA
Reserve Dark Cross Tucker Oliver Velma-Alma FFA
All of these Champions and Reserve Champions will be a part of Friday’s Sale 0f Champions at the Norick Arena at the OKC Fairgrounds- starting at 4 PM.
Click here for the full schedule for the 2023 OYE. The Oklahoma Farm Report team will be snapping pictures from start to finish- and you can see them as we add them to our Flickr album for 2023- available here. If you want to look back to the 2022 OYE- click here for our pictures from last year’s event.
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