Burlington--4-H club members from throughout the state had an opportunity to test their knowledge of all things bovine in the annual Bovine Bonanza, held virtually this year.

The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H competition, divided by age group, was open to 4-H'ers enrolled in the dairy, beef and working steer projects. It consisted of several age-appropriate questions in four categories: animal health, types and production of cheese, commercial crops and parts of a cow.

Registered participants received an information packet with test questions in late February. They then had a week to submit their answers, which were scored to determine individual rankings. These were as follows:

8- and 9-year-olds: Regan Howrigan, Highgate (first); Leah Whittemore, Orleans (second); Gracelynn Barber, Shoreham (third); Gracie Bromley, Wallingford (fourth); Thomas Williams, Randolph Center (fifth); Tenley Chittenden, Shoreham (sixth);

10- and 11-year-olds: Austin Washburn, Bethel (first); Dawson Michaud, East Hardwick (second); Brody Werner, Stannard (third); Caroline Allen, Ferrisburgh (fourth); Natalia Tarbell, Middletown Springs (fifth);  Danyka Moulton, North Troy (sixth); Nora Demaine, West Glover (seventh); Anna Whittemore, Orleans (eighth); Alexis Whipple, Bridport (ninth)

12- and 13-year-olds: Tristin Warner, Granville, New York (first); Wyatt Chambers, Tunbridge (second); Steven Werner, Stannard (third); Elizabeth Waterman, Thetford Center (fourth); Max Demaine, West Glover (fifth); Morgan Michaud, East Hardwick (sixth); Holden Marcelino, Johnson (seventh); Amy Vaughan, Newbury (eighth); Wyatt Tarbell, Middletown Springs (ninth); Christin Haynes, Worcester (tenth); Isabella Lamonda, Orleans (eleventh); Bianca Davis, Orleans (twelfth); Erin Whipple, Bridport (thirteenth)

14- to 18-year-olds: Courtney Curler, Bridport (first); Whitney Dunklee, Vernon (second); Michael Plouffe, Bridport (third); Elisabeth Crawford, Whiting (fourth); Erica Goodhue, Fairfield (fifth); Rosa Kehoe, Middlebury (sixth); Lena Ashooh, Shelburne (seventh); Amanda Ferris, Braintree (eighth); Rose Tarbell, Middletown Springs (ninth); Morgan White, Whiting (tenth); Brennan Vaughan, East Thetford (eleventh); Brailey Livingston, New Haven (twelfth); Keenan Thygesen, Tunbridge (thirteenth); Ellie Ramirez-Richer, Shelburne (fourteenth); Dezirae Brault, Lowell (fifteenth)

Joey Ferris, Braintree (sixteenth); Paige Ainsworth, Stannard (seventeenth); Abby Reen, Lincoln (eighteenth); Cassidy Dunphy, Franklin (nineteenth); Donovan Noyes, Calais (twentieth); Lincoln Michaud, East Hardwick (twenty-first); Elizabeth Vaughan, Newbury (twenty-second); Gabriel Michaud, East Hardwick (twenty-third); Charlie Haynes, Worcester (twenty-fourth); Karissa Livingston, New Haven (twenty-fifth); Tyler Slack, Bethel (twenty-sixth); Katherine Whipple, Bridport (twenty-seventh); Brendan Gebo, Bristol (twenty-eighth); Lorryn Trujillo, North Clarendon (twenty-ninth); Ben Boutin, Williston (thirtieth)