Custer County 4H takes home ribbons at state fair

The Nebraska State fair wrapped up Labor Day weekend, and several 4H participants from Custer County took home ribbons and special recognition for their work. Below is an alphabetical list of those who saw their county recognition have state recognition attached right alongside it.

Last, First	Special Recognition	Ribbon Placing	Division	Class and Class Description
Babcock, Miles		Blue	4H Swine: Showmanship	Intermediate Swine Showmanship
Babcock, Miles		Blue	4H Swine: Breeding Gilt	Crossbred Breeding Gilts
Babcock, Miles		Red	4H Swine: Breeding Gilt	Crossbred Breeding Gilts
Babcock, Miles	Special Awards – Champion Chester Market Hog	Purple	4H Swine: Market Swine	Chester White Barrow
Babcock, Miles		Blue	4H Swine: Market Swine	Crossbred Market Barrows
Babcock, Miles	Special Awards – Reserve Champion Divison II Market Barrow	Purple	4H Swine: Market Swine	Crossbred Market Barrows
Babcock, Regan		Purple	4H Beef: Market Beef	Crossbred Steers
Babcock, Regan	Special Awards – Reserve Champion Composite Charlais Steer	Purple	4H Beef: Market Beef	Registered Steers – Composite Charolais
Bachman, Brinley		Blue	4H STEAM Clothing 2	Simply Sewing – Dress
Bachman, Raylee		Purple	4H Fashion Show	Constructed STEAM Clothing 3 Garment
Bachman, Raylee		Blue	4H Cooking 401	Family Food Tradition
Bachman, Raylee		Blue	4H Floriculture	Cosmos
Bartak, Eva		Blue	4H Wildlife Habitat	Houses
Bartak, Eva		Purple	4H Disaster Response, Preparedness and Safety	Disaster Kit (Emergency Preparedness)
Bartak, Ruby		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Original Made from Wood
Bartak, Ruby		Purple	4H Human Development	Activity with a Younger Child
Beck, Emmett		Purple	4H Horticulture-Special Garden Project	Special Garden Project Fresh Cut Flowers or Harvested Vegetables
Blakeman, Burke		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Recycled/Upcycled Item for the Home
Blakeman, Burke		Blue	4H Beef: Market Beef	Crossbred Steers
Blakeman, Burke		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Intermediate Beef Showmanship
Blakeman, Quinn		Blue	4H Beef: Market Beef	Crossbred Steers
Blakeman, Quinn		Purple	4H Beef: Showmanship	Junior Beef Showmanship
Blakeman, Taryn		Blue	4H Beef: Market Beef	Crossbred Steers
Blakeman, Taryn		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Intermediate Beef Showmanship
Bredthauer, Mercedes		Purple	4H Fashion Show	Constructed STEAM Clothing 2 Garment
Bredthauer, Vivian		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Fruit Exhibit
Bryson, Lenora		Purple	4H Cooking 201	Biscuits or Scones
Buck, Zoey		Blue	4H Cooking 201	Biscuits or Scones
Buck, Zoey		Blue	4H Cooking 201	Non-Traditional Baked Product
Buck, Zoey		Blue	4H Floriculture	Fairy or Miniature Garden
Campbell, Sterling		Purple	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Recycled/Upcycled Item for the Home
Campbell, Sterling		Red	4H Quilt Quest	Barn Quilt Created Larger than 4×4
Campbell, Sterling		Red	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Acrylic Painting
Clay, Sebastian		Purple	4H Horticulture	Green Cabbage
Cramer, Jett		Purple	4H Entomology	Macrophotography
Dailey, Clayton		Red	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Jelled Exhibit
Dailey, Clayton		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Pickled Exhibit
Dalrymple, Addison		Purple	4H Beef: Angus Breeding Beef	Angus Yearling Heifers Calved January/February 2025
Dalrymple, Addison		Purple	4H Beef: Showmanship	Senior Beef Showmanship
Dalrymple, Kowen		Blue	4H Beef: Angus Breeding Beef	Angus Yearling Heifers Calved January/February 2025
Dalrymple, Kowen		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Junior Beef Showmanship
Dexter, Remi		Blue	4H Quilt Quest	4H Quilt Quest
Doggett, Breckn		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Breeding Meat Goat	Commercial Doe Kids (born between 9/1/2025 and 6/1/2026)
Doggett, Breckn		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Market Meat Goat	Market Wethers
Doggett, Breckn		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Showmanship	Intermediate Meat Goat Showmanship
Doggett, Olivia		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Market Meat Goat	Market Wethers
Doggett, Olivia		Purple	4H Meat Goat: Showmanship	Intermediate Meat Goat Showmanship
Doggett,Olivia		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Market Meat Goat	Market Does
Eggleston, Kennedy		Purple	4H Fashion Show	Shopping In Style Purchased Outfit and Written Report
Eggleston, Kennedy		Red	4H Photography Unit II	Abstract Photography Display or Print
Eggleston, Kennedy	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	4H Photography Unit II	Candid Photography Display or Print
Eggleston, Kennedy		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Outdoor Living
Eggleston, Kennedy		Blue	4H Human Development	Health and Physical Development
Eggleston, Kennedy		Purple	4H Knitting	Arm or Finger Knitted Item
Eggleston, Kennedy		Purple	4H STEAM Clothing: Beyond The Needle	Embellished Garment with Original Design
Eggleston, Kennedy		Purple	4H Shopping in Style	Best Buy for Your Buck Ages 8-13
Eggleston, Kennedy		Blue	4H Cooking 401	Candy
Eggleston, Kennedy	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 2 – Drying – Dried Herbs
Eggleston, Kennedy		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 4- Pressure Canning – 1 Jar Tomato Exhibt
Foley, Saylor		Red	4H STEAM Clothing: Beyond The Needle	Textile Arts Garment or Accessory
Guthard-Burr, Ember		Blue	4H Human Development	Babysitting Kit
Guthard-Burr, Ember		Blue	4H Beef: Commercial Breeding Beef	Commercial Breeding Heifer
Guthard-Burr, Ember		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Junior Beef Showmanship
Hagler, Rae		Red	4H Photography Unit II	Creative Composition Display or Print
Hall, Easton		Blue	4H Crochet	Level 2 Crochet Home Design & Restoration Item
Harris, Cali		Red	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 5
Harris, Cali		Red	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Advanced Graduate Novice
Harris, Cali		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Showmanship – Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Hollander, Bryden		Purple	4H Leadership and Citizenship	Care Package Display
Jacobsen, Khole		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Textile-2D
Jones, Addie		Purple	4H Leadership and Citizenship	Public Adventure Poster
Jones, Addie		Blue	4H Photography Unit II	Creative & Experimental Photography Exhibit Print
Jones, Addie		Blue	4H Human Development	Social Emotional Development
Jones, Addie		Purple	4H Veterinary Science	Veterinary Science Large Animal Poster, Notebook or Display
Jones, Finley		Red	4H Rockets	Rocket-Any skill with wooden fins, painted using commercial application
Jones, Karson		Blue	4H Conservation & Wildlife	Wildlife Knowledge Check
Jones, Karson		Purple	4H Woodworking	Woodworking Article
Klein, Vivian		Blue	4H Shooting Sports	Shooting Aid or Accessory
Larsen, Bodell		Purple	4H Heritage – Level I : Beginning	Heritage Poster or Flat Exhibit
Larsen, Emma		Purple	4H Heritage – Level I : Beginning	Special Events Scrapbook
Larsen, Emma		Purple	4H Cooking 401	Double Crust Fruit Pie
Larsen, Emma		Purple	4H Visual Art Themes	Original Art Inspired by Plants or Animals
Lauren, Emma		Red	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Single Media Not Listed
Lorenz, Isaak		Blue	4H Poultry: Continental	Crevecoeur Ckl, Black
Lorenz, Isaak		Blue	4H Poultry: Continental	Crevecoeur Pul, Black
Lorenz, Isaak	Special Awards – 3rd Place Production Trio Division	Blue	4H Poultry: Egg Production Trios	Egg Production Trio
Lorenz, Isaak	Special Awards – Production Trio Division Champion	Purple	4H Poultry: Egg Production Trios	Egg Production Trio
Lorenz, Isaak	Special Awards – Best of Show – Egg Exhibit	Purple	4H Poultry: Eggs	One Dozen White Eggs
Martin, Lucy		Blue	4H Leadership and Citizenship	4-H Club Exhibit
McCaslin, Ryan		White	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 3
McCaslin, Ryan	Special Awards – Champion Obedience Novice A	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Novice A
McCaslin, Ryan		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Rally – Rally 2
McCaslin, Ryan		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
McDaniel, Kyler		Purple	4H Taxidermy	Tanned Hides
Olson, Cassandra		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 1
Olson, Cassandra		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Beginning Novice Division B
Olson, Cassandra		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Rally – Rally 1
Olson, Cassandra		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Olson, Danielle		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 2
Olson, Danielle		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Beginning Novice Division B
Olson, Danielle		Red	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Rally – Rally 1
Olson, Danielle		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Showmanship – Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Oneill, Gerrit		Purple	4H Leadership and Citizenship	Care Package Display
Oneill, Gerrit	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	4H STEAM Clothing: Beyond The Needle	Embellished Garment with Original Design
Oneill, Gerrit		Blue	4H Field Crops	Water or Soil Display
Oneill, Gerrit		Red	4H Computers	Computer Application Notebook
Ostrand, Avery	Special Awards – Third Place AOB Steer	Purple	4H Beef: Market Beef	Registered Steers – All Other Breeds
Ostrand, Avery		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Intermediate Beef Showmanship
Ostrand, Brexton		Blue	4H Beef: Angus Breeding Beef	Angus Yearling Heifers Calved January/February 2025
Ostrand, Brexton		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Intermediate Beef Showmanship
Ostrand, Olivia		Purple	4H Beef: Maine Anjou Breeding Beef	Maine Anjou Yearling Heifers Calved May/June 2025
Ostrand, Olivia		Blue	4H Beef: Market Beef	Crossbred Steers
Ostrand, Olivia		Purple	4H Beef: Showmanship	Intermediate Beef Showmanship
Petrick, Otto		Blue	4H Quilt Quest	Barn Quilt Created Larger than 4×4
Petrick, Otto		Purple	4H Conservation & Wildlife	Wildlife Tracks
Pierce, Odette		Blue	4H STEAM Clothing: Beyond The Needle	Fashion Accessory
Quitmeyer, Brianna	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	Level 1 Quilted Exhibit-Large	Family Genealogy/History Notebook
Reiff, Lauren		Purple	4H Photography Unit II	Candid Photography Display or Print
Reiff, Lauren		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-Outdoor Living
Reiff, Lauren		Purple	4H Cooking 201	Healthy Baked Product
Rikli, Liana		Blue	4H Quilt Quest	Barn Quilt Created Larger than 4×4
Rikli, Sonja		Purple	4H Quilt Quest	Barn Quilt Created Larger than 4×4
Rikli, Sonja		Purple	4H Quilt Quest	Level II Quilted Exhibit-Large
Rosentreader, Ava		Purple	4H Horticulture	Snap Beans
Rosentreader, Cora		Blue	4H STEAM Clothing 2	Simply Sewing – Romper or Jumpsuit
Rosentreader, Cora		Purple	4H Cooking 301	Whole Wheat or Mixed Grain Bread
Rosentreader, Quinn		Blue	4H Visual Art Themes	Original Art Inspired by Plants or Animals
Rosentreader, Quinn	Special Awards – Champion Obedience Beginning Novice Division A	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Beginning Novice Division A
Rosentreader, Quinn	Special Awards – 1st Place Intermediate Dog Showmanship	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Intermediate (11-13)
Rosentreader, Quinn		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Skillathon – Intermediate
Rosentreader, Quinn	Special Awards – Champion Beginning Rally	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Rally – Beginning Rally
Sawyer, Lauren		Purple	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Sculpture
Sawyer, Morgan		Blue	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Fiber Art
Schauda, Ashlyn		Blue	4H Photography Unit II	Expression Through Color Display or Print
Schauda, Ashlyn		Purple	4H Floriculture	Fairy or Miniature Garden
Schauda, Ashlyn	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	4H Rockets	Rocket – Any skill with wooden fins, painted by hand/brush
Schauda, LoReena		Red	4H STEAM Clothing 3	A Stitch Further – Upcycled Garment
Sheilds, Izabella		Purple	4H Leadership and Citizenship	Written Citizenship Essay
Sheilds, Izabella		Blue	4H Photography Unit II	Abstract Photography Display or Print
Sheilds, Izabella		Red	4H Photography Unit II	Black & White Photography Display or Print
Sheilds, Izabella		Purple	4H Design Decision	Accessory-3D (string art, wreath, etc.)
Sheilds, Izabella		Blue	4H STEAM Clothing: Beyond The Needle	Original Designed Fabric- Yardage
Sheilds, Izabella		Purple	4H Rabbit: Breeding Rabbits	Holland Lop Jr. Buck
Sheilds, Izabella		Purple	4H Rabbit: Breeding Rabbits	Holland Lop Jr. Doe
Sheilds, Izabella		Blue	4H Rabbit: Showmanship	Senior Rabbit Showmanship
Smith, Madeline		Blue	4H Cooking 401	Family Food Tradition
Smith, Madeline		Purple	4H Floriculture	Dahlia
StallBaumer, Emma		Purple	4H Beef: Chianina Breeding Beef	Chianina Heifer Cavles Calved September/October 2025
StallBaumer, Emma		Purple	4H Beef: Showmanship	Senior Beef Showmanship
Stithem, Beda		Blue	4H Design Decision	Accessory-2D
Stithem, Hattie		Red	4H Design Decision	Accessory-2D
Stump, Addsion		Blue	4H General Foods	Cooking Basics Recipe File
Stump, Addsion		Blue	4H Beef: Market Beef	Registered Steers – Mainetainer
Stump, Addsion		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Senior Beef Showmanship
Stutzman, Abigail		Red	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 4
Stutzman, Abigail		Red	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Novice B
Stutzman, Abigail		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Stutzman, Alexsis		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 3
Stutzman, Alexsis	Special Awards – Champion Obedience Novice B	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Novice B
Stutzman, Alexsis		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Stutzman, Alexsis		Red	4H Photography Unit III	Black & White Photography Print
Taylor, Aspen		Purple	4H Cooking 301	White Bread
Taylor, Jade		Blue	4H Quilt Quest	Barn Quilt Created Larger than 4×4
Taylor, Tristan		Blue	4H STEAM Clothing 3	A Stitch Further – Upcycled Garment
Taylor, Tristan		Red	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Single Media Not Listed
Taylor, Tristan		Purple	4H Fashion Show	Constructed STEAM Clothing 3 Garment
Taylor, Tristan		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Agility – Level 3
Taylor, Tristan		Blue	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Obedience – Graduate Novice
Taylor, Tristan		Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Dog Rally – Rally 2
Taylor, Tristan	Special Awards – 2nd Place Senior Dog Showmanship	Purple	4H Livestock: Dog	Showmanship – Senior (14-18)
Tullis, Adalei		Blue	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Charcoal Drawing
Tullis, Adalei		Blue	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Sculpture
Tullis, Adalei		Purple	4H Visual Art Mediums	Original Watercolor Painting
Valdez, Myles		Blue	4H Swine: Showmanship	Junior Swine Showmanship
Valdez, Myles		Purple	4H Swine: Market Swine	Crossbred Market Gilts
Valdez, Myles		Purple	4H Swine: Market Swine	Yorkshire Barrow
Valdez, Ty		Blue	4H Swine: Showmanship	Intermediate Swine Showmanship
Valdez, Ty	Special Awards – Third Place Yorkshire Breeding Gilt	Purple	4H Swine: Breeding Gilt	Purebred Yorkshire Breeding Gilts
Valdez, Ty		Purple	4H Swine: Market Swine	Crossbred Market Barrows
VanZandt, Lillian	Special Award Recogntion	Purple	4H STEAM Clothing 2	Simply Sewing – Two-Piece Outfit
VanZandt, Lillian		Purple	4H Cooking 201	Coffee Cake
VanZandt, Lydia		Purple	4H STEAM Clothing 2	Simply Sewing – Romper or Jumpsuit
VanZandt, Lydia		Blue	4H Floriculture	Fairy or Miniature Garden
VanZandt, Titus		Red	4H Floriculture	Snapdragon
VanZandt, Titus		Purple	4H Horticulture	Gourds, single variety
Vincent, Carsen		Purple	4H Design Decision	Accessory-3D (string art, wreath, etc.)
Viter, Kirby		Blue	4H Beef: Hereford & Polled Hereford Breeding Beef	Hereford Yearling Heifers Calved March/April 2025
Viter, Rickey		Blue	4H Beef: Angus Breeding Beef	Angus Yearling Heifers Calved January/February 2025
Weinman, Delanie		Purple	4H Cooking 301	Dinner Rolls
Weinman, Delanie		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Jelled Exhibit
Weinman, Delanie		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Pickled Exhibit
Williams, Avery		Red	4H Forestry	Design Your Own Exhibit
Williams, Pearl		Purple	4H Food Preservation	Unit 3 – Boiling Canning – 1 Jar Jelled Exhibit
Williams, Pearl		Purple	4H Horticulture	White Potatoes
Williams, Sophia		Blue	4H Quilt Quest	Level 1 Quilted Exhibit-Large
Witthuhn, Kaygan	Special Awards – Third Place Hereford Steer	Purple	4H Beef: Market Beef	Registered Steers – Hereford or Polled Hereford
Witthuhn, Kaygan		Blue	4H Beef: Showmanship	Senior Beef Showmanship
Witthuhn, Kelynn		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Breeding Meat Goat	Commercial Doe Kids (born between 9/1/2025 and 6/1/2026)
Witthuhn, Kelynn		Blue	4H Meat Goat: Market Meat Goat	Market Wethers
Zutavern, Harper		Blue	4H Photography Unit II	Expression Through Color Display or Print