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The livestock judging program at Hutchinson Community College offers a unique experience giving students a chance to develop their livestock selection abilities while traveling the country to some of the industry’s elite operations. Through this rigorous learning process, students can expect to familiarize themselves with the tools it takes to visually appraise livestock and develop an understandi

ng of performance records relevant to the industry and the management of one’s personal operation. Additionally, the diverse skill set and a network of contacts established through a student’s time on this competitive team will prove to increase their marketability to potential employers upon graduation. With the quality of education and the support of the instructors, students can feel comfortable leaving HCC academically prepared for the transition into a four year university. Hutchinson Community College’s central location in Hutchinson, Kansas is ideal for a traveling judging team. We are in close proximity to some of the country’s premiere breeders, a reasonable distance from the contests attended, and minutes away from the Kansas State Fairgrounds.

04/25/2024

The Hutchinson Community College meat animal evaluation team brought home a national championship from the All East meat animal contest hosted by Mississippi State University last week. This was the inaugural event for junior colleges to compete in this type of contest in a competitive setting and we are thankful to the organizers of the All East contest for stepping up and finally including junior colleges. Not only were the Blue Dragons the high-ranking junior college team, but they outscored every university team in the overall contest, including two out of three of the separate days. Eight freshmen students in the Ag108 course have been preparing since the spring semester began in January to attend this contest, in addition to three sophomore students on the livestock judging team that took the class last year. This is an all-encompassing event that took three days to compete in. Thursday was market animal evaluation (live calls), Friday breeding animal selection with questions on each class, and Saturday a 12 and 8 judging contest. In addition to their win at All East, our students were the high placing junior college team by nearly 300 points at the North Central Meat Animal Evaluation Contest back in March hosted by the University of Illinois, and ranked ahead of all universities there as well in the breeding animal selection contest. The Hutchinson Community College meat animal evaluation team is coached by Kane Austin and assisted by Kami McComb and Will Banks.

In the photo:
Front row (L to R):
Grace Pool, Norwich, KS; Courtney Stansbury, Little River, KS; C**t Blacklock, Dundurn, SK, Canada; Codee Kopelchuk, Canora, SK, Canada; Taya Chelmo, Kimball, SD.
Back row (L to R):
Will Banks, Assistant Coach; Braeden Grasser, Little River, KS; Madie Alldredge, Blountsville, AL; Travis Oliver, Garden City, KS; Jamie Geyer, Lisbon, ND; Eli Rich, Moss, TN; Chancey Hauck, Rush Center, KS; Kami McComb, Assistant Coach; Kane Austin, Coach.

Thank you to all of the producers and individuals that have supported us and helped us prepare to achieve this goal over the last several months.

McCurry Angus Ranch
Schrader Ranch
Dieball Cattle
JB Livestock
Goering Show Cattle
Wal-Mar Charolais
Hobbs Show Lambs
M4 Livestock
Pratt Feeders
Knight Feedlot
HCC Livestock
Sunflower Genetics
Bartholomew Farm
Section 21 Illinois FFA
Kabat Farms
Homann Livestock
Schaal Club Lambs
Kansas State University Meats Lab
Saum Show Stock
Town Creek Farm Brangus
Steve Austin Family (meal)
Van Alldredge Family (meal)

Results of the contest are listed below. Placing beside the name of the student is given in relation to everyone in the entire contest within each separate division, with rank amongst junior college contestants only given in parenthesis.

3-Day Overall Combined Contest Results
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Grace Pool 3rd (2)
Taya Chelmo 5th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk 7th (4)
C**t Blacklock 10th (5)
Team 1st (1)

Livestock Judging Day
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 4th (2)
Codee Kopelchuk 6th (3)
Taya Chelmo (4)
Grace Pool (5)
Team 1st (1)

Breeding Animal Selection Day
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Taya Chelmo 2nd (2)
Grace Pool 4th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk 5th (4)
Eli Rich 6th (5)
C**t Blacklock 9th (6)
Team 1st (1)

Market Animal Evaluation Day
Courtney Stansbury 11th (1)
Grace Pool (2)
Jamie Geyer (3)
Taya Chelmo (4)
Chancey Hauck (5)
Team 5th (1)

Other Evaluation Day Highlights

Cattle
Taya Chelmo (1)
Courtney Stansbury (2)
Jamie Geyer (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 3rd (1)

Swine
Chancey Hauck 7th (1)
Courtney Stansbury (2)
Grace Pool (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Madie Alldredge (5)
Team 6th (1)

Sheep
Jamie Geyer 11th (1)
Taya Chelmo (2)
Chancey Hauck (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 5th (1)

Other Selection Day Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 3rd (2)
Taya Chelmo 7th (3)
Grace Pool 10th (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 1st (1)
Jamie Geyer 2nd (2)
Taya Chelmo 3rd (3)
Chancey Hauck 5th (4)
C**t Blacklock 7th (5)
Madie Alldredge 8th (6)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep
Grace Pool 2nd (1)
Eli Rich 3rd (2)
Jamie Geyer 4th (3)
Taya Chelmo 6th (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

Other Judging Day Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 2nd (2)
Grace Pool 7th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Madie Alldredge (5)
Team 1st (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 3rd (1)
Jamie Geyer 4th (2)
C**t Blacklock (3)
Travis Oliver (4)
Taya Chelmo (5)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep/Goats
Jamie Geyer 2nd (1)
Grace Pool 3rd (2)
C**t Blacklock (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 1st (1)

Oral Reasons
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 3rd (2)
Codee Kopelchuk 4th (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 1st (1)

Other Combined Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 8th (2)
Taya Chelmo (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 2nd (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 1st (1)
Chancey Hauck 7th (2)
Jamie Geyer 8th (3)
C**t Blacklock (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep/Goats
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Grace Pool 2nd (2)
Taya Chelmo 4th (3)
Eli Rich (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

03/28/2024

The 2024 Blue Dragon Classic will be held on Monday April 8th in Lyons, KS at the Celebration Centre & Bar K Bar Arena. Please follow the link to get registered by April 1st.

https://forms.gle/FtzXaA15igz88zrZ9

For more information, please contact Kane Austin at 618-231-3592.

03/09/2024

The trip to Houston started with a quick jog to Montgomery, AL for the Southeastern Livestock Expo contest earlier this week. Special thanks to the Auburn University, Alabama Cattlemen’s, and SLE crews on continuously making the event better and better each year. Also special thanks to the Alldredge family for feeding us Wednesday night.

The Sophomores and Freshmen teams took home champion and reserve teams in all divisions, with numerous individual accolades. Check out the full results here.

The sophomores are making their final preparations to round out the season Monday in Houston.

https://www.judgingcard.com/Results/Team.aspx?ID=21705&EID=132500

02/13/2024

Always a fun trip south to the Dixie National for warmer weather, new scenery, and a great cattle contest consisting of the first chance to see eared cattle and slick steers for many of the crew.

Thank you to Alex Pittman and the rest of the people that put on a great event.

Thank you to Draggin’ M Ranch and Grady Green for an awesome practice opportunity in southern Arkansas on the way down.

Jamie Geyer
7th Overall
11th British
13th Reasons

C**t Blacklock
10th Overall
2nd Brahman
7th Reasons
11th Steers

Codee Kopelchuk
6th Steers
17th Overall

Team
4th Steers
8th Reasons
8th Overall

Grace Pool
1st Brahman
10th Steers
14th Reasons

Madie Alldredge
8th Continental

Eli Rich
9th Brahman

Team
4th Brahman
6th British
6th Steers
6th Reasons
8th Overall

01/30/2024

Successful outing to Sioux Falls for the contest over the weekend. Thanks to Rule Sheep Company for the practice opportunity and all the folks at the Sioux Empire Show that made the contest a great one.

Sophomore Team Results
1st Overall
1st Sheep/Goats
2nd Reasons
3rd Hogs
3rd Cattle

Individuals
Jamie Geyer
1st Overall
1st Reasons
3rd Cattle
3rd Hogs
3rd Sheep/Goats

C**t Blacklock
4th Overall
4th Reasons
4th Hogs
6th Cattle

Codee Kopelchuk
6th Overall
1st Hogs
8th Cattle

Avery Eckhoff
8th Sheep/Goats
9th Reasons
10th Cattle

Freshmen Team Results
2nd Hogs
5th Overall

Individuals
Travis Oliver
10th Overall

Eli Rich
1st Hogs

Grace Pool
4th Sheep/ goats
10th Reasons

12/04/2023

Be sure to click on the link below to check out the posted lots for tomorrows sale!!

https://www.sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/35105

12/01/2023

Links, links, links! Hard to believe it is December and next week is the first ever “HCC Connection Week”!

The sales management class has worked all semester to put together the online sale on SCO, Tuesday December 5th! Check it out and get some early Christmas shopping done!

https://www.sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/35105

The “Winter Classic” youth livestock judging contest will be held in Lyons, KS at the Bar K Bar arena on Friday December 8th. Get your teams and individuals entered by Monday the 4th at 5 pm central time!

https://forms.gle/D237QBrkHYCS7NkNA

Finally, the inaugural HCC judging team alumni banquet is set for Saturday December 9th in the Morton Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. We will continue to take RSVP’s through the weekend. Come join the fun and fellowship with past and present judging team members from Hutchinson Community College!

https://forms.gle/aKPBHn8EEad1PGsu6

11/28/2023

The 2023 HCC Winter Classic livestock judging contest will take place on Friday December 8th in Lyons, KS. This contest will be in place of the usual Kansas Beef Expo contest for this year. Please follow the link to get signed up. More information can be found in the photos, or by contacting HCC judging team coach Kane Austin.

https://forms.gle/D237QBrkHYCS7NkNA

Registration closes Monday December 4th, 2023 at 5 pm Central.

11/27/2023

A big week coming up for Hutchinson Community College. Make sure you get those RSVP’s in by tonight for the alumni banquet.

https://forms.gle/aKPBHn8EEad1PGsu6

We would love to see everyone there on Saturday December 9th.

11/04/2023

November is here and we are marching towards the first ever “connection week” at Hutchinson Community College. The inaugural alumni banquet will be held on Saturday December 9th and we formally invite all past and present HCC livestock judging team members.

https://forms.gle/aKPBHn8EEad1PGsu6

Use the above link to register online. A social hour will take place at 6 pm with dinner to be served at 7. $25 per member to attend. Kids age 12 and under eat free. For those who can come in earlier in the day, the “Old Timers” judging contest will take place from 1-3 pm Saturday the 9th at the HCC school farm. Come have some fun and gain bragging rights for old times sake. Can’t wait to see everyone there and connect the past with the present.

10/24/2023

Gotten behind on posting results from several contests, but wanted to give an update on a very busy fall these students have had thus far. Thank you to all the supporters of our program that have provided workouts and hospitality these last few months.

Canton-Galva Eagle Classic
Chancey Hauck 2nd Overall, 4th Cattle, 6th Swine, 8th Sheep, 10th Reasons
Raymond Beneker 3rd Overall, 2nd Cattle, 2nd Swine, 4th Reasons
Taya Chelmo 4th Overall, 8th Cattle, 9th Sheep
Codee Kopelchuk 6th Overall, 3rd Reasons, 3rd Swine, 10th Sheep
Jamie Geyer 8th Overall, 2nd Reasons, 6th Cattle, 7th Sheep
C**t Blacklock 1st Reasons, 10th Cattle
Avery Eckhoff 4th Swine
December Pool 5th Cattle

Aksarben Sophomores
Codee Kopelchuk 7th Overall, 13th Sheep/Goats
Jamie Geyer 4th Cattle, 7th Reasons, 13th Overall
December Pool 8th Swine
Team 4th Swine, 7th Reasons, 8th Overall

Aksarben Freshmen Division
Raymond Beneker 1st Sheep/Goats, 3rd Overall, 3rd Reasons, 3rd Cattle
Taya Chelmo 10th Swine
Travis Oliver 13th Swine
Eli Rich 18th Sheep/Goats
Team 4th Overall, 4th Sheep/Goats, 5th Reasons, 5th Cattle, 5th Swine

Flint Hills Sophomores
Avery Eckhoff 17th Cattle, 20th Overall

Flint Hills Freshmen Division
Eli Rich 5th Overall, 11th Swine, 13th Cattle, 14th Sheep/Goats, 17th Reasons
Chancey Hauck 9th Sheep/Goats
Team 5th Overall, 6th Cattle, 6th Sheep/Goats, 7th Reasons

Cimarron Classic
Team 5th Overall, 5th Cattle, 5th Reasons
Codee Kopelchuk 12th Overall, 11th Cattle
Jamie Geyer 10th Cattle, 12th Reasons, 16th Overall
C**t Blacklock 9th Reasons, 14th Sheep/Goats, 17th Overall

American Royal
Team 10th Overall, 7th Swine, 9th Reasons, 10th Cattle
Jamie Geyer 5th Cattle
Codee Kopelchuk 14th Swine, 20th Reasons

10/05/2023

We are excited to announce “Connection Week” coming up later this year at Hutchinson Community College. The students in the sales management class are preparing the annual online sale set for Tuesday December 5th hosted on SC. Friday December 8th, we’ll welcome hundreds of 4-H and FFA members to the “Winter Classic” youth livestock judging contest held at the Bar K Bar arena in Lyons, KS. (This event will take the place of the usual Kansas Beef Expo event in Hutch).

The new events we are thrilled to announce will take place Saturday December 9th. It will be alumni day for all past Hutchinson Community College livestock judging team members. We will host an “old-timers” judging contest at the HCC school farm on south campus. Come relive the glory days and compete in good fun against other alumni. The nightcap will feature the first ever Alumni Banquet which will be held at the state fairgrounds. Social hour, dinner, and recognition of 5, 10, and 20 year teams will occur, in addition to several other fun activities.

Be on the lookout for registration information and links to all of the above mentioned events but for now mark your calanders and we hope to interact with you during “Connection Week” as we link together the past with the present to strengthen the future of Hutchinson Community College!

09/18/2023

Very successful debut outing for the Blue Dragons in the Volunteer State over the weekend. Thank you to Brad Bennett and crew for a very high quality and educational contest at the Prof Lidvall Memorial Livestock Judging Contest.

Big thank you to everyone that made the trip a great one. Carla and Reyes Rich for the hospitality and a home cooked meal, the Clay County, TN folks that made our stay possible, and of course the livestock producers that opened their doors for us to stop by.
Eclipse Livestock/Catherine Riley
Chris Milam
Red Hill Farms/Jones Family
Five Oaks Farm/Giffey Family

Contest results:

Sophomores
High Team Overall
High Team Reasons
High Team Sheep/Goats
2nd High Team Cattle

C**t Blacklock
High Individual Reasons
High Individual Cattle
High Individual Sheep/Goats
3rd High Individual Overall

Avery Eckhoff
High Individual Swine
2nd High Individual Overall
3rd High Individual Sheep/Goats
3rd High Individual Reasons

Jamie Geyer
2nd High Individual Reasons
2nd High Individual Sheep/Goats
5th High Individual Overall

Codee Kopelchuk
2nd High Individual Swine

Freshmen
High Team Overall
High Team Reasons
High Team Cattle
High Team Swine
High Team Sheep/Goats

Madie Alldredge
High Individual Cattle
2nd High Individual Overall
2nd High Individual Reasons
2nd High Individual Sheep/Goats

Taya Chelmo
3rd Individual Overall
2nd Individual Cattle
3rd Individual Swine

Chancey Hauck
High Individual Swine
4th Individual Overall

Eli Rich
High Individual Sheep/Goats
Tied-3rd Individual Reasons

Raymond Beneker IV
Tied-3rd Individual Reasons

Team members include:
Front row- Sophomore Team: Codee Kopelchuk, Jamie Geyer, Avery Eckhoff, C**t Blacklock, and December Pool.
Back row- Kane Austin (coach), Freshmen Team: Taya Chelmo, Chancey Hauck, Madie Alldredge, Raymond Beneker IV, Eli Rich.

Address

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Hutchinson, KS
67501

Telephone

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Website

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