U.P. State Fair Overall Showmanship Competition
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Six exhibitors that won their respective species competed against each other in the Overall Showmanship Competition at the U.P. State Fair August 17. In the competition, the six exhibitors are judged on how well they show all the different species including swine, beef, sheep, goats, horses, and dairy. Andrew Strohm was named the Supreme Overall Showman and Ansel Frost was named the Reserve Overall Showman. Shown are, from left, Ansel Frost, Marquette (Dairy), Hailey Thorsen, Escanaba (Horse), Lilly Seid, Barryton (Goat), Kassey Labadie, Bark River (Swine), Emma Verbeek, Gladstone (Beef), Andrew Strohm, Skandia (Lamb).