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Superbowl 2009

Simmental/Simbrah Superbowl XVII Held In San Antonio

The Simmental/Simbrah Superbowl was held in the conjunction with the breeding heifer show at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, February 10th.The show drew a large crowd to watch the young exhibitors vie for titles, awards and scholarships totalling over $20,000.

Jason Hendricks, College Station, Texas, made the official placings for the Simmental and Simbrah cattle shows and judged the showmanship contest. This was the 17th consecutive Superbowl and to date over $350,000 in premiums and awards have been distributed to Simmental and Simbrah youth exhibitors. The show, which is executed by volunteers, is independently sponsored by Simmental and Simbrah breeders. It has been spearheaded by Tim Smith and Carlos Guerra over the years.

Tyler Mackey, Millsap, Texas, exhibited the Grand Champion Simmental female. His entry was sponsored by Bonnell/Wolfe Show Cattle. She was the senior division winner. Dylan Hempel, Victoria, Texas, exhibited a heifer sponsored by Knezek Simmental/Simbrah, who won the calf division and went on to be the Reserve Grand Simmental Overall.

In the Simbrah portion, Jordan Grahmann, Hallettsville, Texas exhibited the Grand Champion female with his calf division champion sponsored by LaMuneca Cattle Co., while Callie Henley, San Augustine won the Reserve Grand Champion Simbrah honor with her Hagan sponsored female that was also from the calf division.

Also claiming titles in the Simbrah division were Chance Lumpkin, Porter, Texas with the intermediate champion sponsored by Smith Genetics. Cody Garrett won the reserve intermediate division with a heifer from Knezek Ranch, while Ely Whitmire, Navasota, claimed the senior division with his Smith Genetics sponsored heifer and Nick Powell, Anna, Texas was the reserve senior division winner with his Pine Ridge Ranch sponsored heifer.

The Grand Champion of each show was awarded $1,500.00 and the reserve champions $1,000.00. Division champions also received checks and trophy belt buckles were also awarded to each class winner.

There were five divisions of showmanship in the Superbowl. First and second place winners in the PeeWee division included Hunter Wells, Harlingen, Texas and Victoria Reeh, Rosenberg, Texas; while Adriana de los Santos,Edinburg and McKenzie Powell, Anna, Texas claimed the Youth Division spots. Calllie Henly and Dustin Hempel, Victoria, Texas were the Junior divison winners, followed by Tyler Mackey and Kelley Garrett in the Intermediate and Ely Whitmire and Tanner Wieghat, Needville, Texas were the senior winners. The Overall Grand Showman was Ely Whitmire receiving $1,000.00 and Tyler Mackey was reserve and received $500.00.

At the conclusion of the event $250 scholarships were awarded by random drawing to 18 exhibitors in the shows. Scholarship winners were Kole Cadenhead, Jessica Brandon, Andrea Soliz, Robert Nugent, Amanda Crawford, Georgia Dunn, Maycie Wells, Jacob Atzenhoffer, Jessica Seaman, Kelie Garrett, Travis Krueger, Morgan Tindle, Tanner Weighat, Hunter Sorrells, Kelli Kolodziej, Rhea Stack, Kayla Cadenhead, and Liana Flores.

Cody Garrett also was a winner in the Simbrah show, taking the reserve intermediate honor home with his Knezek bred heifer	Cody Garrett was the reserve senior Simmental winner with a Knezek heifer.
All the Superbowl exhibitors gather for a photo.	Jordan Grahmann saw his LaMuneca sponsored heifer win the Grand Champion Simbrah title at the Superbowl and $1,500 for that win.
Kailie Hart exhibited a Smith genetics heifer to reserve calf honors in the Simmental portion.	Dylan Hempel was awarded the Reserve Grand Simmental honor at the Superbowl with his heifer from Knezek Simmental/Simbrah.
Callie Henley, exhibited her Simbrah heifer to the Reserve Grand Champion honor at the Superbowl. The heifer was sponsored by Hagan Cattle Co.	Kellie Garrett won the champion intermediate Simmental honor with her Knezek bred heifer.
The champion Simbrah intermediate winner was Chance Lumpkin with a Smith heifer.	Tyler Mackey exhibited the Grand Champion Simmental at the Superbowl. The heifer was sponsored by Bonnell/Wolfe Show Cattle. He was awarded $1,500 in prize monies
Nick Powell, exhibited his Pine Ridge bred heifer to reserve senior champion honors.	Angela Rossow took the reserve intermediate honor with a Knezek heifer.
Scholarship winners for 2009.	Simmental-Simbrah Superbowl showmanship winners included these Texas juniors (l to r):Hunter Wells, Victoria Reeh, Adriana de los Santos, McKenzie Powell, Callie Henley, Dustin Hempel, Tyler Mackey, Kellie Garrett, Ely Whitmire and Tanner Wieghat. Whitmire was the overall winner, with Mackey taking the overall reserve showman honor. They are pictured with Carlos Guerra and Tim Smith, founders of the Superbowl and judge, Jason Hendricks.

Sponsors, who each paid $1,000, for this year included Texas breeders: Reavis Farms, Freasier Ranch, Knezek Ranch, Neumann Farms, La Muneca Cattle Co., Smith Genetics, JHC Ranch, Pine Ridge Ranch, Strack Farms, Thunder Cattle Co., McCrary Farms, Triple P Ranch, Three Queens Land and Cattle Co., RGV Cattle Co., Diamond RF Farms, 5W Cattle Co., Honeycutt Cattle Co., and Hagan Cattle Co. along with Indiana breeder, Bonnell/Wolfe Show cattle.

For more information on the event click on www.simmental-simbrahsuperbowl.com. Sponsorships for the 2010 event are now being accepted and posted to the website. Contact Tim Smith, 512/587-7896 or Carlos Guerra 956/383-7566 for details.