Livestock show continues
By Kirsten Ballard
Published in News on April 10, 2015 1:46 PM
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Nikki Carroll, 10, tries showing a hog for the first time during the City Slicker portion of the Junior Livestock Show on Thursday night.
Nikki Carroll is a city slicker.
Staring down the snout of a 320-pound hog, she was scared.
Nikki was one of the contestants in Thursday night's Wayne County Junior Livestock Show and Sale City Slicker contest.
When Miss Bacon led the charge of hogs that temporarily escaped the ring, Nikki stood back.
"I didn't know what to do," she said, laughing.
She then learned how to show goats, which went more smoothly.
"The goat was a lot easier because the pig just escaped out of the pen," she said.
She wants to show next year.
The City Slicker contest is designed to let children who have not have had a chance to show animals test the waters.
Four-year-old Kylee Young showed Gideon Linton's goat, Hershey.
"He was nice, but he liked to run," Kylee's mother, Summer Young said.
The frolicking goat proved to be a little too much too handle as he pulled Kylee around. She has to wait a year before she is eligible to show in the novice division of the Livestock show.
Thursday night was full of fun competitions and awards before the sale.
In the costume contest, Girl Scout Destiny Mitchell's pig Trouble went as a Brownie. The duo won first place for the get-up.
Destiny preferred the costume contest to the hog show Thursday morning.
"I get to show off my pig, and instead of watching the judge, I can watch my pig."
The furry Blue Devil goat at the costume contest did not have the luck of this year's basketball team. Gideon Linton's Duke-loving goat, Hershey, took third in the costume contest.
Payton Williams' spirited goat, Speckles, wore the Moon Pie costume and Payton dressed in an R.C. Cola can. Payton won the audience's vote for best costume.
Last year, Payton was Princess Leia and her goat was Yoda.
She preferred this year's costume.
"I love Moon Pies!" she laughed.
At 7 p.m., awards were presented for showmanship and market class for hogs, cows and goats.
Cody Nassef won the sportsmanship award for his good spirit. His fellow competitors voted for him. He showed his hog earlier in the day.
In the hog show junior showmanship division, Jensen Barwick won first place, Isaac Young took second and Isaac Linton placed third.
In the senior division, Taylor Glover won first, Carter Jones won second and Madisen Barwick won third.
Taylor Glover's hog won Grand Champion in the market class, and Ashtyn Dawson's hog won Reserve Champion.
After awards, the animals went to market. The competitors received the money from the sale and can put it toward education expenses.