Deming- The 2019 District 4-H Contests were held June 19-20 in Deming, NM. Grant County had 30 4-H members in attendance. The District competition brings 4-Hers from Grant, Luna, Dona Ana, Hidalgo, Socorro and Sierra counties together to compete in a number of different contests.

Once again Grant County did very well.

Archery-
Novice: 2nd place individual Evan Bigley
3rd place team: Evan Bighley, Kayleigh Massengill, Tanner Frost, Allie Miller
5th place team: Zeke O'Loughlin, Gavin Findley, Yalexi Valdez, Arya Laney
Junior: 5th place individual, Sarah Gardner.
2nd place team: Sarah Gardner, Jeremy Younger, Angel Marciel
5th place team: Noah Bratcher, Joseph Massengill, Tyler Atwater

Consumer Decision:
Novice: Individuals-3rd place Kayleigh Massengill
4th place Emma Drennan
Junior Individuals: 2nd Addison Drennan

Horticulture:
Novice Individual- 3rd Koda Fell 4th Kayleigh Massengill
Novice team: 2nd Place: Kayleigh Massengill, Koda Fell, Itzel Valdez, Yalexi Valdez
Junior Individual:4th Joseph Massengill
Team: 2nd Joseph Massengill, Sarah Gardner, Addie Drennan

Livestock:
Novice Individual: 3rd Itzel Valdez 4th Weston Fell
2nd place team: Weston Fell, Westin Sorrell, Itzel Valdez, Carson Moore
Junior Individual:1st Kaleb Newman
Team: 1st place: Kaleb Newman, Jessie Rogers, Sarah Gardner
Prepared speech/ Junior: 2nd Place- Sarah Gardner

Rifle: Novice individual 5th place Koda Fell
Team: 4th place, Koda Fell, Carson Moore, Itzel Valdez, Sami Huerta
Junior: individual-2nd Morgan Wendt 3rd Tyler Atwater 4th Aiden Gutierrez
Team:1st Morgan Wendt, Kaleb Newman, Aiden Gutierrez, Toby Comyford
2nd Jessie Rogers, Elyaah Holguin-Cordova, Tyler Atwater, Angel Marciel

Welcome to New Mexico 4-H- 2nd place Weston Fell, Carson Moore, Yalexi Valdez, Westin Sorrell

Wildlife- Novice 4th place Allie Miller/ Junior- 3rd Addie Drennan

“We are incredibly proud of our 4-H members who competed in District Contest this year,” Ag/4-H Program Assistant Tenisha Fell said.