Champions named at 2014 North American

Angus enthusiasts led 233 entries while competing for top honors at the 2014 North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show and National Angus Show, Nov. 18 in Louisville, Ky. Chan Phillips and Keith Phillips, both of Maysville, Ky., judged the 191 females, 39 bulls and three cow-calf pairs before selecting the winning animals.

HB Patton Superiority 4 claimed grand champion and senior champion bull honors. Patton Farms, Crawfordsville, Ind., owns the March 2012 son of QLC Superior 146Y.

EXAR First Advance 5702B won reserve grand champion bull for Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla. The September 2012 son of Dameron First Class first won reserve senior champion.

PVF Blackbird 3071 captured grand champion female honors for Austin Nowatzke, Michigan City, Ind. The March 2013 daughter of Dameron First Class first won junior champion.

Austin Nowatzke owns the reserve grand champion female. EXAR Envious Blackbird 7813 is the September 2013 daughter of Dameron First Impression and first claimed senior calf champion.

Cherry Knoll Elisha 1146 won grand champion cow-calf pair. Trista Bates, Manhattan, Mont., owns the April 2011 daughter of Leachman Saugahatchee 3000C. A May 2014 heifer calf sired by SSCO Dateline TwentyTen X003 completes the winning pair.

Jake Smith, Cullman, Ala., owns the reserve champion cow-calf pair. Q V S Georgina 4142 is a February 2012 daughter of Brave 8320. A February 2014 heifer calf sired by S A V Bismarck 5682 is at side.

A complete list of winners follows:

Heifers

Spring Heifer Calf Champion: Seldom Rest BRMF Bardot 890, exhibitor: Danielle Foster, Niles, Mich.

Reserve Spring Heifer Calf Champion: Seldom Rest Sandy 920, exhibitor: Sydney Schnoor, Chowchilla, Calif.

Winter Heifer Calf Champion: EXAR Penny 4000, exhibitor: Sydney Schnoor, Chowchilla, Calif.

Reserve Winter Heifer Calf Champion: Wallace Frontier Gal 49, exhibitor: Samuel Wallace, Stotts City, Mo.

Senior Heifer Calf Champion: EXAR Envious Blackbird 7813, exhibitor: Austin Nowatzke, Michigan City, Ind.

Reserve Senior Heifer Calf Champion: Champion Hill Georgina 8547, exhibitor: David Smith, Boulder, Colo.

Intermediate Champion Heifer: PVF Proven Queen 3177, exhibitor: James Moxley IV, West Friendship, Md.

Reserve Intermediate Champion Heifer: PVF Proven Queen 3175, exhibitor: Esther McCabe, Elk City, Kan.

Junior Champion Heifer: PVF Blackbird 3071, exhibitor: Austin Nowatzke, Michigan City, Ind.

Reserve Junior Champion Heifer: EXAR Forever Lady 3436, exhibitor: Brianna Chandler, Elysian Fields, Texas

Senior Champion Female: Champion Hill Georgina 8289, exhibitor: Cody Call, Gallipolis, Ohio

Reserve Senior Champion Female: EXAR Forever Lady 2867, exhibitor: Sydney Schnoor, Chowchilla, Calif.

Grand Champion Female: PVF Blackbird 3071, exhibitor: Austin Nowatzke, Michigan City, Ind.

Reserve Grand Champion Female: EXAR Envious Blackbird 7813, exhibitor: Austin Nowatzke, Michigan City, Ind.

Bulls

Spring Bull Calf Champion: AHFF the Gambler 401B, exhibitor: Annette Delaplaine, Gettysburg, Pa.

Reserve Spring Bull Calf Champion: DAJS Speedway 928, exhibitor: Payton Herzog, Robinson, Texas

Winter Bull Calf Champion: LAH Emperor 413B, exhibitor: Larry & Joe Horstman, West Lafayette, Ind.

Reserve Winter Bull Calf Champion: EXAR Blue Magic 4960B, exhibitor: Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla.

Senior Bull Calf Champion: DAJS Jackpot 138, exhibitor: Andrew Hodges, Lebo, Kan.

Reserve Senior Bull Calf Champion: Cherry Knoll Total Product, exhibitor: Matthew Mitchell, Reinholds, Pa.

Intermediate Champion Bull: APS Blame, exhibitor: Anne Patton Schubert, Taylorsville, Ky.

Reserve Intermediate Champion Bull: Werner Imprint 3102, exhibitor: Werner Angus, Cordova, Ill.

Junior Champion Bull: Wood Capone 2300, exhibitor: Wood Angus Farm LLC, Willow Spring, N.C.

Reserve Junior Champion Bull: Destinys Sound 38, exhibitor: Morgan Hutchins, Columbia, Tenn.

Senior Champion Bull: HB Patton Superiority 4, exhibitor: Patton Farms, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Reserve Senior Champion Bull: EXAR First Advance 5702B, exhibitor: Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla.

Grand Champion Bull: HB Patton Superiority 4, exhibitor: Patton Farms, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Reserve Grand Champion Bull: EXAR First Advance 5702B, exhibitor: Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla.

Cow-calf pairs

Grand Champion Cow-Calf: Cherry Knoll Elisha 1146, exhibitor: Trista Bates, Manhattan, Mont.

Reserve Grand Champion Cow-Calf: Q V S Georgina 4142, exhibitor: Jake Smith, Cullman, Ala.