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WAYNE COUNTY 4-H ANNOUNCES GENERAL PROJECT SHOW WINNERS

By Mark Wells Jun 30, 2026 | 5:53 AM

Illinois Extension and Wayne County 4-H have announced the results of the 2026 Wayne County 4-H General Project Show.

Several local 4-H members earned State Fair delegate honors and will advance to compete at the Illinois State Fair in August.

Among those receiving multiple State Fair delegations were Avery Barnard, Isabelle Edmison, Samuel Edmison, Hannah Fickas, Addisyn Hutchcraft, Brody Hutchcraft, Silas Keyser, Hunter Kirk, Bryson Simpson, Benton Yandell and others representing projects ranging from photography, visual arts and sewing to agronomy, welding, horticulture, woodworking, robotics, cooking and animal science.

Overall champions included Isaiah Anderson in Creating with Building Bricks, Owen Feather in Agronomy-Corn, Brody Hutchcraft in Welding and Beekeeping, Lane Mason in Robotics, Kate Vaughan in Cooking 401, Journey Webb in Cooking 101, and Charli Simpson in Creative Writing and Horticulture Vegetable and Fruit Display.

The following are the results from the 2026 Wayne County 4-H General Project Show.

4-H General Project Show Results:

4-H members receiving State Fair Delegations at the General Project Show will be eligible to compete at the Illinois State Fair in August.

Isaiah Anderson

Creating with Building Bricks: State Fair Delegate & Champion

Avery Barnard

Passport to the World: State Fair Delegate & Champion

Visual Arts- Nature- State Fair Delegate

Visual Arts- Scrapbooking- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Visual Arts- Plastic- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Visual Arts- Paper 3D- State Fair Alternate

Visual Arts- Wood- State Fair Alternate

Isabelle Edmison

Vet Science: State Fair Delegate & Champion

Visual Arts- Quilting the Best Better- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Sewing 1- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Visual Arts- Chalk/Carbon/Pigment- State Fair Alternate

Samuel Edmison

Aerospace: Model Rocketry- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Visual Arts- 3-D Mixed Media: Diorama- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Carter Fagan

Aerospace: Display- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Clayton Fearn

Tractor B- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Ben Feather

Woodworking 1- State Fair Alternate

Owen Feather

Agronomy: Corn- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Agronomy: Soybeans- State Fair Delegate

Hannah Fickas

Entrepreneurship: Be the E!- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Horticulture: Floriculture- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Photography 3- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Leona Fry

Shooting Sports Archery- Reserve Champion

Aubree Houston

Visual Arts: 3-D Mixed Media- State Fair Delegate

Visual Arts: Food Decorating- Intermediate- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Addisyn Hutchcraft

Photography 2- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Visual Arts- Leather- State Fair Delegate

Food Preservation- State Fair Delegate

Brody Hutchcraft

Welding- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Beekeeping 2- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Corbin Hutchcraft

Welding- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Reagan Jackson

Clothing Embellishment- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Babysitting: Champion

Leadership: Champion

Kenleigh Keyser

Cooking 101- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Creative Writing- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Silas Keyser

Nature: Wildlife 1- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Nature: Sportfishing 1- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Shooting Sports Archery- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Braxton Kirk

Welding- State Fair Alternate

Hunter Kirk

Visual Arts: Fiber- State Fair Delegate

Visual Arts: Paper 2D- State Fair Delegate

Visual Arts: Paper 3D- State Fair Delegate

Miller Dean Lemond

Nature: Sportfishing 2- State Fair Alternate

Lane Mason

Robotics 1- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Woodworking 2- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Allen Morton

Animal Science 1- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Passport to the World- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Maddie Morton

Animal Science 1- Reserve Champion

Shopping in Style- Champion

Waylon Musgrave

Creating with Building Bricks- Reserve Champion

Ambria Parr

Visual Arts- Chalk/Carbon/Pigment B- Champion

Bristol Pennington

Sewing 1- State Fair Delegate

Kinley Pope

Kitchen Boss- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Family Heritage- Reserve Champion

Piper Richardson

Civic Engagement- Champion

Family Heritage- Champion

Weather- Champion

Graham Robson

Visual Arts: Wood- State Fair Delegate

Charli Simpson

Creative Writing- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Horticulture: Veg/Fruit Display- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Babysitting: Reserve Champion

Bryson Simpson

Horticulture: Veg Plate- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Woodworking 3- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Visual Arts: Metal- State Fair Delegate

Jacey Smith

Visual Arts: Metal- State Fair Alternate

Visual Arts: Quilting the Best Better- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Jordyn Spindor

Visual Arts: Chalk/Carbon/Pigment B- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

 

Ronen Tannahill

Nature: Sportfishing 1- State Fair Delegate

Kadence Thomason

Photography 1- State Fair Alternate

Sewing 1- State Fair Alternate

Cooking 201- Reserve Champion

Lucy Troyer

Visual Arts- Scrapbooking: Beginning- State Fair Alternate

Sewing 1- State Fair Alternate

Ellanie Vanway

Visual Arts: Heritage Arts- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Amelia Vaughan

Cooking 301- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Photography 3- State Fair Alternate

Evelyn Vaughan

Food Preservation- State Fair Alternate

Visual Arts: Nature- State Fair Alternate

Jacob Vaughan

Sewing 1- State Fair Alternate

Cooking 101- State Fair Alternate

Kate Vaughan

Cooking 401- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Lydia Vaughan

Sewing 1- State Fair Delegate

Cooking 201- Champion

Veronika Vinson

Kitchen Boss- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Leadership- Reserve Champion

Visual Arts- Food Decorating- Beginning- Reserve Champion

Shopping in Style- Reserve Champion

Journey Webb

Cooking 101- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Benton Yandell

Agronomy: Hay- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Electricity 1- State Fair Delegate & Champion

Beekeeping 1- State Fair Delegate & Reserve Champion

Agronomy: Corn- State Fair Alternate

Agronomy: Soybeans- State Fair Alternate

Agronomy: Small Grains- State Fair Alternate

Vet Science 1- State Fair Alternate & Reserve Champion

Kamryn Zimmerman

Photography 1- State Fair Delegate

Illinois Extension and Wayne County 4-H thanked the judges and volunteers for helping make this year’s General Project Show a success and congratulated all exhibitors on their accomplishments.