Southwind Extension District 4-H members excelled at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event on Aug. 24-25 in Kansas State Universitys Weber Hall. The Southwind District includes 4-H clubs from Allen, Bourbon Neosho and Woodson Counties.
The 4-H members gained new knowledge and worked on their livestock skills in order to be competitive in the sweepstakes event, which combined their scores from four contests. Southwind Extension District was named the 2019 Champion and Third Overall Kansas State 4-H Sweepstakes Team.
Top 10 individual sweepstakes winners for Southwind were Jillian Keller, 10th; Aidan Yoho, 7th; Sadie Marchiao, 5th; Clay Brillhart, 3rd; Brody Nemecek, 2nd; and Haydon Schaaf was named high individual overall (for the second consecutive year).