Members of the Escalon 4-H club did really well as they exhibited their projects at the 2026 AgFest. The group had 38 exhibitors participate in AgFest this year. They also had one member participate in both the Small and Large Animal Master Showmanship competition.
Following are the AgFest results for the club in 2026; information is as provided by Escalon 4-H.
Master Showmanship
Small Animal Master Showmanship:
Mikayla Buck – 4th place in the county
Large Animal Master Showmanship:
Mikayla Buck – 6th place in the county
Dairy Cattle:
Boston Borba – Reserve Champion 4-H Replacement heifer and 5th place in intermediate showmanship.
Frank Borba – Champion 4-H Replacement heifer, Reserve Supreme Champion Replacement heifer.
Jolie Borba – 7th place in 4-H Replacement Heifer Class and participated in 4-H novice showmanship.
Andre Melo – 1st place in Winter Heifer Calf Class Grade Holstein and honorable mention in Junior Champion Drive, 3rd place in 4-H Novice Showmanship.
Marcus Nevarez – 1st Place in 2 year and under 3 Grade AOB Cow class, Grand Champion Grade AOB Female, Reserve Supreme Champion Female.
Dogs:
Mikalya Buck- Rally 2nd place, Obedience Sub B 2nd place, Obedience Sub C 2nd place, Advanced Dog Showmanship 1st place, Dog Showmanship Overall 2nd place.
Ean Williams – 2nd in Showmanship, 1st place in Obedience, 1st place in Rally, Overall High Point in Rally.
Kaylee Long – High Score Obedience.
Breeding Beef:
Colton Anderson – Supreme Champion Cow/Calf Pair, Supreme Champion Heifer, Reserve Supreme Champion Bull, Champion All Other Registered Exotic Breed Bull.
Market Beef:
Colton Anderson – Reserve Champion 4-H Black Market Steer.
Breeding Rabbits:
Mikayla Buck – 1st place Intermediate Showmanship, 2nd place Advanced showmanship.
Market Rabbits:
Mikayla Buck – Champion 4-H market meat pen, Supreme Champion Meat Pen, Champion Advanced Market Rabbit Showman.
Breeding Sheep:
Mikayla Buck – Reserve Champion Registered Ram, Champion Advanced Sheep Showman.
Market Sheep:
Mikayla Buck – 2nd place in market class, 3rd place in Advanced showmanship.
Luke DeJong – 3rd place in market class.
Levi DeJong – 2nd place in market class and 2nd place in showmanship.
Lane DeJong – 6th place in market class.
Hailee Heinrich – 5th place in market class and 3rd place in showmanship.
Taylor Heinrich- 5th place in market class.
James Heinrich – 5th place in market class.
Breeding Poultry:
Ean Williams- 2nd place breeding showmanship.
Game bird- Guinea best of breed.
Large Standard breed- 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.
Bantam Breeds- 3rd place and 5th place.
Breeding Gilts:
Ean Williams – 3rd place in class and 4th place in showmanship.
Market Swine:
Eran Williams – 3rd place and 6th place in market class and participated in showmanship.
Ean Williams – 3rd place in market class and participated in showmanship.
Ronni Strmiska – 6th place in market class and 6th place in 9-year-old showmanship class.
Jake Guibor – Market ready
Aiden Weber – Market ready
Wyatt Burgess – Market ready
Taycee Gann – Market ready
Ava Smith – Market ready
Jackson Smith – Market ready
Michael Pires – Market ready
Emily Pires – Market ready
Emilio Machado Perez – Market ready
Tiago Chadinha – Market ready
Marco Chadinha – Market ready
Elle Baluyut – Market ready
Lincoln Coenenberg – Market ready
Andres Guibor – Market ready
Harrison Coenenberg – Market ready
Taelyn Lee – Market ready
Austin Lee – Market ready
Payton Hendrix – Market ready
VanBrian Hendrix – Market ready
Woodworking:
Anthony Roche – Owl box 1st place.
John Roche – Owl box 2nd place.
Tomatoes:
Anthony Roche – 2nd place cherry tomatoes and 2nd place early girl tomatoes.
John Roche – 2nd place cherry tomatoes.
Blackberry:
John Roche – 2nd place.
