OSU Extension - Portage County

08/30/2026

Attention Junior Fair Livestock Exhibitors. The 2026 Junior Fair Livestock Sale Buyers list has been posted! Please write your "thank you" notes ASAP and turn them in to the Portage County Randolph Fair office! https://go.osu.edu/26jrfairbuyers

08/19/2026

08/14/2026

🐴State 4-H Horse Poster Contest results are in! We had 16 Junior and 6 Senior entries. There were over 120 posters submitted and our kids did a fantastic job! We had several top 10 placings!
🌟JUNIORS
Reserve Champion - Paisley Thacker (How to Stretch Your Horse)
3rd Place - Ivy Klazon (You Smiling at Me?)
7th Place - Nova Hennicke (Know What's Normal Before It's Not)
8th Place - Lucian Sekierko (10 Poisonous Plants 4 Horses)
🌟SENIORS
3rd Place - Eli Ball (Equine Evolution)

08/14/2026

🌟Shouting a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our 4-H Horse Judging Teams!!! Every member brought home a Team or Individual placing from the State Contest - and our Senior Green team was CHAMPION Overall Team with Eli Ball winning CHAMPION Overall Senior Individual! Our Senior team will now go on to compete at the All American Quarter Horse Congress and the Eastern National 4-H Roundup this fall!

FULL RESULTS:
Jr Halter Judging - Individual
🍀4th - Mia Chrisman
Sr Halter Judging - Individual
🍀Eli Ball - 4th
🍀Austin Broman - 8th
Sr Halter Judging - Team
🍀Portage-Summit Green - 1st
🍀Portage -Summit White 2nd
Jr Performance Judging - Individual
🍀9th - Mia Chrisman
Sr Performance Judging - Individual
🍀2nd- Eli Ball
Sr Performance Judging - Team
🍀Portage-Summit Green - 2nd
Sr Oral Reasons- Individual
🍀1st - Eli Ball
Jr Oral Reasons - Team
🍀Portage - 9th
🍀Portage Summit Lorain - 10th
Sr Oral Reasons - Team
🍀Portage Summit Green - 1st
Overall Jr Individual
🍀5th - Mia Chrisman
Overall Sr Individual
🍀1st - Eli Ball
Overall Sr Team
🍀Portage Summit Green 1st
🍀Portage Summit White 7th
Youth Representing these teams:
🍀Eli Ball
🍀Bailey Baldasare
🍀Zoey Fotheringham
🍀Austin Broman
🍀Frankie Bello
🍀Lylah Ashby
🍀Ivy Klazon
🍀Mia Chrisman
🍀Audrey Broman
🍀Rylan Lipply
🍀Aryanna Ramsey

08/12/2026

📢Join the OSU Extension team in Portage County as the 4-H Youth Development Extension Educator. To learn more about this opportunity, visit: hr.osu.edu/careers and search for job R156688.
📅Deadline to apply is Aug. 26, 2026!

08/11/2026

Our fabulous Clothing Day Winners:
🏅Rowyn McPeak - Outstanding of the Day in Clothing for Middle School
🏅Ryan Jordan - Outstanding of the Day in Terrific Tops
🏅Julia Shanahan - Outstanding of the Day in Formal
🏅Clara Cioffi - Outstanding of the Day in Sundresses and Jumpers
🏅Cora Riemenschneider - Dress Up Day Outstanding of the Day and Daily Finalist for the Ohio Fashion R***e Award
🏅Ivy Klazon - Look Great for Less Jr Outstanding of the Day
🏅Colton Easton - Accessories for Teens JR Outstanding of the Day
🏅Jenna Canale - Clothes for High School Outstanding of the Day and the Clock Trophy (her 5th! in clothing)
And Overall Clothing Winner:
🏆Rowyn McPeak - Ohio Master Clothing Educator Junior (12 to 15) Winner

08/11/2026

The results are in for Shooting Sports and Natural Resources 🏹🎣
Natural Resources Day
🏆Colton Easton - Clock Trophy Winner - Trapping Muskrats in Ohio
Shooting Sports
🏅Brenna Sampson - Outstanding of the Day - Hunting and Wildlife
🏅Julia Shanahan - Outstanding of the Day - Muzzleloader
And 3 of our Portage County 4-H'ers were announced as members of the National Shooting Sports Team:
🍀Julia Shanahan
🍀Austin Broman
🍀Kolton Broman

08/11/2026

🍀Congrats to these Life Skills participants at the Ohio State Fair:
Public Speaking:
🏅Andi Cioffi - Outstanding of the Day - Intermediate Individual
Food and Nutrition
🏅Zay Mong - Outstanding of the Day - Let's Bake Quick Breads
🏅Greyson Brewer - Outstanding of the Day - Let's Start Cooking
Home Decorating Day
🏅Rowyn McPeak - Outstanding of the Day - The Laundry Project
STEM Day
🏅 Pace Truitt - Outstanding of the Day - Self Determined 3D Printing
More posts to come! Stay tuned!

08/11/2026

08/11/2026

🍀🐾The 4-H Cloverbud Dog "Show" is returning to the Portage County Randolph Fair! The show will take place Wed., Aug. 26 in the Hamilton Arena following the dog shows (approx. 11 a.m.). All Cloverbuds are welcome to "show" their stuffed dog (or one will be provided)!