The Southwind Extension District 4-H Livestock Judging Team of Jillian Keller (Piqua), Brody Nemecek (Iola), Haydon Schaaf (Uniontown), and Clay Brillhart (Fort Scott) participated at the American Royal Livestock Show last week in Kansas City, MO.

By a large margin of 30 points, Southwind District was named Champion 4-H Team. They were selected as the only team to represent Kansas 4-H because they were the State Champion 4-H Livestock Judging Team in August 2019.

With 19 different state teams and 70 youth in the contest, this group continues to work hard to earn national recognition.

In addition to being the High Team Overall, they were also 1^st in Reasons, 3^rd in Sheep/Goats, 2^nd in Swine and 2^nd in Cattle.

Individual results include: Jillian Keller – 2^nd High Individual Overall, 1^st in Cattle, 9^th in Swine and 10^th in Reasons;

Haydon Schaaf – 4^th Individual Overall, 3^rd in Reasons, 7^th in Sheep/Goats, 8^th in Swine;

Brody Nemecek – 2^nd in Swine and tied for 10^th  Individual Overall;

Clay Brillhart, 4^th in Sheep/Goats and 7^th in Swine.

The team continues to be coached by Carla Nemecek, Southwind District Director.