Custer County 4H takes home ribbons at state fair

BY Jeremy Shipe | September 10, 2026
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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
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