News Release
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Tessah Takes Grand Champion of the International Junior Jersey Show
MADISON, WIS. – During the 2024 International Junior Jersey Show, Pacific Edge VIP Tessah-ET was awarded Grand Champion Female after claiming Intermediate Champion honors. Owned by Brent Rocha and Coltan Seals, of Tillamook, Ore., Tessah will receive the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show and the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Award. Standing next to Tessah, Rolling Spring Premier Lucille-ET was awarded Reserve Grand Champion after being named Senior Champion and the winning Junior in the Lifetime Cheese Production class. Lucille is owned by Evan Jauquet of Pulaski, Wis.
Reserve Intermediate Champion Female was Annettes VIP Annie-ET, owned by Caroline Powers and Emma Paulson of Columbus, Wis, and was the winning Senior Two-Year-Old. Reserve Senior Champion is Miss Ronde Rosabella-ET, owned by Mia Smith and Kamrie Maurie of Elroy, Wis.
Meadowridge Flawless Cranberry, exhibited by Mark, Kaity, and Tani Riebe and Alleah and Lexi Anderson of Cumberland, Wis., took home the honors of Junior Champion, following winning the Winter Yearling Heifer class. Reserve Junior Champion honors was given to Johnson Five Kid Vanessa-ET, owned by Trace Johnson, Kayla Trustem and Cullen Bryce of Evansville, Wis. Prior to claiming these honors, she was the first junior in the Summer Yearling Heifer class.
Official judge Ryan Krohlow of Poynette, Wis., and associate judge, Jean-Phillipe Charest, of Saint Alexandre, Quebec, Canada evaluated 145 junior Jersey entries.
Complete class results can be found at worlddairyexpo.com.
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