Ross County Fairgrounds — The “Calf Scramble” ended Junior Fair Night with the annual muddy rough-and-tumble.
After the outhouse races, apple pie contest and auction, and lip sync contest, 16 teenage boys and girls raced and wrestled with 11 calves on the muddy racetrack at the grandstand.
The below results were supplied by the Ross County Junior Fair Board. See also the below images for Calf Scramble participants and winners.
I saw participant number 9 Grace Lawhorn injured – a calf stepped on her back around her left kidney. Lawhorn soon walked off the field, clearly in pain…but at the end, she returned to help the last participant by pushing the calf into the white circle, as you can see at the end of the video.
Apparently participant number 16, Amanda Conaway of Paint Valley (go Bearcats!), was an addition after the scramble booklet was printed. She caught calf number 9.
Participant number 5 Austin McWhorter was wearing a GoPro camera on his helmet, eliciting interest from the emcees in seeing his footage afterward.
Also hear from Ross County Junior Fair Queen Nora Beery and Second Attendant Ava Palmer in a separate story and video.
RESULTS
Outhouse Race
- Hallsville Friendly Neighbors
- Ultimate Survivors
- We Feed Em Well
Best Dressed: Elite Eagles
Best Decorated: American Made
“Ladies of the 80s” Lip Sync Competition
- Born Country
- Liberty Gang
- Spirit Gang
- Elite Eagles
- Amazing Country Kids
Apple Pie Baking Contest
- Jacob Maddy (Blue Ribbon)
- Evelyn Wiget (Bubble Gum Gang)
- Kendra Detillion (ZT FFA)
- Julia Dana (We’re Growin’ & Showin’)
- Dixie Grigsby (Ragged Ridge Ramblers)
Apple Pie Auction
1st at $10,100 – In memory of Frank Hirsch* (I believe this is a new record)
2nd at $5,000 – Ross County Republican Party** and Accurate Heating & Cooling
3rd at $4,000 – Bell Manor, Lenox Heating and Cooling, Joy Carver, and Endless Design
4th at $3,000 – VFW 108 and Coughlin Automotive
5that $1,500 – State Representative Mark Johnson and wife Kelly
* “Purchased in memory of Frank Hirsch, a huge supporter of the Ross Co Fair and especially the Junior Fair: Judy Hirsch, Steve, Kim, Mike and Carrie Hirsch, Laura & Lew Vollmar and their Families”
** “Jason Miller, Attorney at Law”, “Sheriff George Lavender”, “David Glass for Ross County Commissioner”, “Major Maughmer for Ross County Recorder”, “State Rep Mark & Kelli Johnson”, “Commissioner “Oody” Lowe”, “Keith Washburn, Attorney at Law”, “Judge John Street” and “Prosecutor Jeff Marks”
