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PAGE 12A —THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 5 ffiSE mvm I• ■ • Yi|i: h fs'ua, j{ I.Ti wT - Z Hi. - * i Brooke Fleming won reserve champion honors at the Jackson County Jackpot Show. Hunter Anderson of Madison County Middle School won third in showmanship and sec ond and fifth in weight classes. McKenzie Kellum, a MCMS FFA member, competes in her first show. Alex McLaughlin (front) and Chelsea Kellum, both 10th graders in the MCHS FFA, show pigs in the senior showmanship competition. Madison County swine show team competes at Jackson Co. Jackpot Show The Madison County 4H and FFA swine show team recently competed at the first swine show of the sea son at Jackson County High School Agriculture Center Sept. 5. The Jackson County Jackpot Show is a yearly show open for FFA and 4H members in the surrounding counties. Sixteen Madison County students competed. The show began with senior showmanship. Competing were Madison County High School FFA members Rebeccah Fields, Zack Taylor (who placed 3rd in the senior showmanship class), Jacob Collins, Alex McLaughlin, Chelsea Kellum and Taylor Bruce. Junior showmanship included Jeb Adams, Madison County Freshman Academy FFA members Kevin Jones (placing 3rd in the class), Zack Tankersley (placing second in the class) and Madison County Middle School FFA member Austin Saye. Madison County Middle School FFA members competing in inter mediate showmanship included Travis Tankersley, McKenzie Kellum, Makayla Kellum and Hunter Anderson (placing third in the class). The last class of showmanship was tire cloverleaf showmanship class. This class included pre-K, kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade 4H mem bers. Competing in this class were Blake Taylor (won the showman ship class), Eli Jones and Brooke Fleming. After the showmanship class es the weight classes were held. Madison County students had 32 pigs competing in tire weight class es. This made up half of the pigs competing at the Jackson County Jackpot Show. The weights of the pigs range from 142 to 299 lbs. In the first class, MCMS FFA member, Travis Tankersley, placed first with his market gilt, while MCHS FFA member Rebeccah Fields placed third. In class 2, Tankersley placed third. In tire third class, Blake Taylor, a Madison County 4-H"er, placed fourth, hr class 4, Alex McLaughlin, a MCHS FFA member, placed fourth with her 200-lb. market gilt. Brooke Fleming placed first in weight class 5 with her 205-lb. mar ket gilt, which also won “reserve champion” in the show. Also in class 5, Jacob Collins, a MCHS FFA member, won fourth. In class 7, Hunter Anderson, a MCMS FFA member, placed fifth; Kevin Jones Freshman Academy FFA member, placed fourth; and Blake Taylor, a Madison County 4Her, placed second with his 230-lb. market hog. Class 8 awarded Hunter Anderson, a MCMS FFA member, second place, and Class 9 was won by MCHS FFA member, Chelsea Kellum with her 296-lb. market bar- row. Center Region agriculture edu cation area animal science teacher Ricky Wheeler judged this show. Madison County swine show team members will compete at a local show at the fair Sept. 29. Some members will also travel to tire Banks County show and then to the Georgia Junior National Fair in Perry. Madison County Freshman Academy FFA members Kevin Jones (left) placed third and (right) Zack Tankersley (right) placed sec ond in the junior showmanship class. 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