ELLISVILLE – Eight members of the Jones College Livestock Show Team recently returned from the Tulsa, Oklahoma State Fair celebrating a successful trip. Advisor and Agriculture Science instructor, Leanne Kilgore and the Team with Tripp McGee-Taylorsville; Callee Knotts-Soso; Kade Lott-Hattiesburg; Amelia Thrower-Arab, AL; Annabelle Wesley-Troy AL; Tyler Lindsey-Moselle; Riley Lewis-Wiggins and Will Smith-Magee, took four bulls that are being raised on the Jones Farm to Tulsa for the first event of the year. The team came home with top showings: Champion Spring Calf-1JCA Hamley 2510; Reserve Champion Spring Calf-1JCA Polo 2512; Champion Summer Yearling Bull-1JCA Cromwell 405M and Reserve Champion Summer Yearling Bull-1JCA CABO 402M.
“We are off to a great start with our first show of the season in Tulsa, Oklahoma,” said Kilgore. “The students are doing great working with the animals every day. They have also been preparing two bulls for the Red Angus Bull sale in Raymond, that will be held on October 25th.”
The Jones College Livestock Show Team’s next competition will be at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky in November.
