Tessa Spivey
Writer

Many of Marlow’s Fu-
ture Farmers of America

(FFA) students attended
the Oklahoma Youth Expo
(OYE), the largest junior
livestock show in the state.
Every March, more than

7,000 4-H and FFA mem-
bers bring more than

13,000 head of cattle,
sheep, pigs, goats and
ag mechanics projects to
Oklahoma City to exhibit
their projects.
Multiple students have
participated in the show
since they were in third

grade when they were eli-
gible to start showing.

Marlow’s agriculture
director Quaid Kennan has
taken students to OYE for
three years now.
“My favorite part of OYE is
getting to see my students
battle it out in the show

ring for a state champion-
ship,” said Kennan. “They

were day in and day out for
about six months to a year

with their livestock proj-
ects and this is their time

to shine.”
Kennan is proud of their
accomplishments at OYE.
“All their hard work is
shown in the ring on show
day,” said Kennan. “This

year we had a lot of suc-
cess as a show team, and

I am so proud of all my stu-
dents’ hard work and dedi-
cation to the sport.”

Many Marlow students

placed in a variety of di-
visions. Junior Emma

Throckmorton won Breed
Champion in Light Cross
Gilt, sophomore Avery
Throckmorton won Breed
Champion in Light Cross
Barrow, freshman Mardi
Scott won the Reserve
Champion Intermediate

Goat Showman, and se-
niors Hunter Miller, Drew

Wollenberg, and Brad Mc-
clure took home the bronze

in the Wood Division with
their duck and deer blind.
Senior Hunter Miller has
been in Ag for four years
and has attended OYE for
four years.
Miller has shown pigs and
built two deer blinds.
“My favorite part about
OYE is getting to meet
new people,” said Miller. “I

have made tons of memo-
ries at OYE with friends

and family.”

Miller has had great suc-
cess at OYE over his sev-
eral years of competing at

the large show.

“We won the all wood di-
vision with our deer blind

last year, and we won
bronze this year with our
deer blind,” said Miller.
“Winning at OYE is a big
deal, and it makes all of
the hard work pay off.”
Junior Aubree Harmon has
been in Ag for three years
and has attended OYE for
eight years.
Harmon took one female
pig and three male pigs.
“My favorite part of OYE
is making it to the main
ring, or ‘making it up the
hill’ which is the term used
when you made it through
the first judge called the
‘sift judge’ because many
people don’t make it
through,” said Harmon.

Marlow FFA did a tremen-
dous job at OYE and will

continue to work hard.