Lincoln County 4-H’ers find success at State Fair

LENNOX, S.D. – Lincoln County 4-H’ers competed at various events at the 2026 South Dakota State Fair Sept. 2-7 in Huron. 

Results from all State Fair events are as follows:

Display Exhibits (total exhibits: 207): Carly Adney – Clothing: 2P; Home Environment: 2P, 2B; Evelyn Adney – Clothing: 2P; Home Environment: 3P, 1R; Keilahny Altena – Clothing: 2P; Home Environment: 1P; Photography: 2P, 1B; Kinsly Altena – Clothing: 2P; Photography: 2P, 2B; Isaac Boden – Electricity: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P; Lane Boden – Food Preservation: 2P; Foods & Nutrition: 1P; Visual Arts: 2P; Lillie Boden – Clothing: 1B; Food Preservation: 1P; Foods & Nutrition: 1P, 1B; Karlie Bosma – Fitness & Sports: 1P; Home Environment: 2P; Physics: 1P; Visual Arts: 2P; Kenzie Bosma – Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Home Environment: 3P; Visual Arts: 2P; Hannah Broughton – Visual Arts: 4P; James Carpenter – Clothing: 1P; Food Preservation: 1P, 1W; Foods & Nutrition: 1B; Photography: 1R; Swine: 1P; Louis Carpenter – Clothing: 1P; Food Preservation: 1P, 1W; Foods & Nutrition: 1B; Home Environment: 1P; Plant Science: 1P; Simon Dykstra – Home Environment: 1P; Poultry & Eggs: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P; Brodie Hammerstrom – Visual Arts: 1P, 2B; Megan Horner – Clothing: 1P; Home Environment: 4P; Visual Arts: 1P; Lincoln Horner – Clothing: 2P; Home Environment: 2P; Photography: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P; Makenna Kitrell – Photography: 2P, 3B, 1R; Maxwell Kitrell – Home Environment: 1B; Photography: 1P, 3B; Christopher Konda – Citizenship: 1P; Hobbies & Collections: 2P; Fallyn Krantz – Home Environment: 1P, 1B; Visual Arts: 1P; Elizabeth Luden – Clothing: 3P; Photography: 3P; 

Landon Luden – Computers & Technology: 2W; Home Environment: 1P; Photography: 1P, 2B; Ryan Luden – Wood Science: 1P, 1B; Luke McKeown – Consumer Education: 1P; Food Preservation: 1B; Foods & Nutrition: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P; Ryan McKeown – Food Preservation: 1B; Visual Arts: 1P; Charlotte Olawsky – Clothing: 1P; Photography: 1R; Cooper Olawsky – Photography: 1P, 2B; Ellie Olawsky – Clothing: 1P; Photography: 1P; Gavin Schoeberl – Photography: 1P; Harper Schoeberl – Food Preservation: 1W; Home Environment: 2P; Photography: 2B; Visual Arts: 1P; Alex Schuelke – Photography: 3P, 2B, 1R; Emma Schuelke – Visual Arts: 1P, 1B; Anna Sieperda – Citizenship: 1P; Clothing: 1P; Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Home Environment: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P; Arie Sieperda – Citizenship: 1P; Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Home Environment: 1P; Photography: 1B; Visual Arts: 1P; Wood Science: 1P; Jerit Sieperda – Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Photography: 1P; Poultry & Eggs: 1B; Sara Sieperda – Home Environment: 2B; Photography: 2P; Carson Strasser – Horticulture: 1P; Photography: 2P, 2B; Visual Arts: 1P; Bode Sweeter – Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Photography: 2P; Plant Science: 1P; Visual Arts: 1P, 1B; Macksen Sweeter – Home Environment: 1P; Visual Arts: 2P; Isabelle Vargas – Hobbies & Collections: 1P; Home Environment: 2P; Allie Westra – Clothing: 1P; Food Preservation: 1P; Bellamy Westra – Sheep & Wool: 1P; Andrew White – Aerospace & Rocketry: 1B; Entomology & Bees: 1P; Photography: 2P; Eliot White – Computers & Technology: 1P; Geology & Minerals: 1P; Photography: 1B; Visual Arts: 1B; Wood Science: 1P; Writing & Public Speaking: 1P; Kiera White – Conservation & Nature: 1P; Engineering: 1P; Entomology & Bees: 1P; Photography: 2P; Visual Arts: 1R; Ayva Winterboer – Clothing: 3P; Home Environment: 1P; Visual Arts: 2P; Delanie Winterboer – Clothing: 2P; Home Environment: 2P, 1B; Visual Arts: 1P

Animal Exhibits

Beef: Keilahny Altena – 2P; Champion Foundation Simmental Heifer; 4th Place Beginner Beef Premier Exhibitor; Kinsly Altena – 2P; 5th Place Senior Beef Premier Exhibitor; Anna Bonine – 1P; Lindsey Bonine – 1P; Whitney Bonine – 1B; Kianna Hazel – 3P; Reserve Angus Heifer, Reserve Foundation Simmental Heifer, Reserve Market Heifer, Champion Senior Beef Showmanship; Braxton Keppen – 1P; Halle Keppen – 1P; Charlotte Olawsky – 1P, 1B; Cooper Olawsky – 1P, 1B; Ellie Olawsky – 1P, 1B; Isadora Steeneck – 1P; Carson Strasser – 2B; Tyler Strasser – 2B; Jade Twedt – 2P; Reserve Division 1 Crossbred Steer

Companion Animals: Bode Sweeter – 1R; Champion Senior Companion Animal Live Exhibit

Dairy Cattle: Reid Anderson – 1P; Ava Norling – 1P; Champion Grade Holstein Heifer; William Norling – 1P; Reserve Grade Holstein Heifer

Dog Show: Emberly Hubbs – Eastern Region Championships: Obedience 1R; Rally 1W; Showmanship 1B; Navayah Vandenbosch – Eastern Region Championships: Agility 1P, Champion Junior Agility; Obedience 1P, Reserve Junior Obedience; Rally 1B; Showmanship 1P, Champion Junior Showmanship; 4th Place Junior Dog Premier Exhibitor

Meat Goats: Madison Dragt – 2B; Jade Twedt – 1P, 1B

Poultry: Bode Sweeter – 3P, 1B; Reserve Market/Meat Turkey

Rabbits: Keilahny Altena – 2P, 1B; Anna Sieperda – 1P, 3B; Reserve Senior Rabbit Showmanship, 4th Place Senior Rabbit Skillathon, Reserve Senior Premier Exhibitor; Arie Sieperda – 1B; 4th Place Beginner Rabbit Showmanship, 5th Place Beginner Rabbit Skillathon, 4th Place Beginner Premier Exhibitor; Bode Sweeter – 2P, 1B, 1R; Reserve Satin; Macksen Sweeter – 2P, 2B

Sheep: Isaac Boden – 2P; Lane Boden – 1P, 1B; Lillie Boden – 1B; Jordan Heeney – 3B; Capri Mullinix – 1P; Alex Schuelke – 1P, 1B; Maddox Smit – 2P; Aubree Sweeter – 3P, Reserve Dorset; Kade Sweeter – 3P; Allie VanKekerix – 1P, 1B; Allie Westra – 1P; Bellamy Westra – 1B

Swine: James Carpenter – 1P, 1B; Louis Carpenter – 1P, 1B; Charlotte Olawsky – 1B; Cooper Olawsky – 1P; Champion Hereford Breeding Gilt; Maddox Smit – 2P, 1B; 3rd Overall Breeding Gilt, 5th Place Beginner Swine Showmanship; Bode Sweeter – 1P, 3B; Reserve Hereford Breeding Gilt

Youth-In-Action Events

Communications Project (formerly Public Presentations): Keilahny Altena – 1P; Simon Dykstra – 1P; Luke McKeown – 1P; Anna Sieperda – 1P; Arie Sieperda – 1P; Jerit Sieperda – 1B; Sara Sieperda – 1B; Bode Sweeter – 1P; Allie Westra – 1P; Ayva Winterboer – 1P; Delanie Winterboer – 1P

Special Foods: James Carpenter – 1P; Louis Carpenter – 1P; Luke McKeown – 1P; Bode Sweeter – 1R; Delanie Winterboer – 1B

Fashion Revue: Carly Adney – 1B; Evelyn Adney – 1P; Keilahny Altena – 1P; 4th Place Beginner; Kinsly Altena – 1P; 5th Place Senior; Lincoln Horner – 1P; Megan Horner – 1P; Charlotte Olawsky – 1P; Ellie Olawsky – 1P; Anna Sieperda – 1P; 4th Place Senior; Sara Sieperda – 1P; Ayva Winterboer – 1P; 5th Place Junior; Delanie Winterboer – 1P 

Family & Consumer Sciences Skill-A-Thon: Sara Sieperda – Champion Beginner; Lillie Boden – Reserve Senior; Anna Sieperda – 8th Place Senior; Bode Sweeter – 18th Place Senior

Horticulture Skill-A-Thon: Arie Sieperda – 6th Place Beginner; Jerit Sieperda – 14th Place Junior; Lane Boden – 15th Place Junior; Isaac Boden – 10th Place Senior; Lillie Boden – 11th Place Senior; Allie Westra – 13th Place Senior; Bode Sweeter – 20th Place Senior

Consumer Decision Making Contest: Sara Sieperda – 3rd Place Beginner; Anna Sieperda – 14th Place Senior; Bode Sweeter – 17th Place Senior

Rabbit Skill-A-Thon: Arie Sieperda – 5th Beginner; Anna Sieperda – 4th Place Senior

2026-27 South Dakota 4-H Ambassador: Bellamy Westra

Clover Classic – Held June 15-16 in Brookings

Livestock Judging;  Keilahny Altena – 11th Place Beginner; Jade Twedt – 17th Place Senior

Meat Judging: Landon Luden – 4th Place Junior; Bode Sweeter – Champion Senior; Ryan Luden – 4th Place Senior

Livestock Skillathon: Keilahny Altena – 5th Place Beginner; Bode Sweeter – Champion Senior; Allie Westra – 14th Place Senior; Kinsly Altena – 20th Place Senior

To learn more about the 4-H program, visit https://lincolncountysd.org/256/4-H or https://extension.sdstate.edu/south-dakota-4-h. The new 4-H year begins Oct. 1. Enroll in 4-H at v2.4honline.com.