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As the 2015 Crawford County Junior Fair royalty are preparing to say goodbye, a new class of contenders is getting ready compete at the annual contest to kick off the fair.

Nineteen total applications have been received for the King, Queen, Prince, and Princess. The Crawford County Junior Fair Board approved to bump two 15-year-old prince applicants up to the king contest as there were no entries for king. Allison Cooper, 4-H youth development educator, said the final court will feature nine contestants: two kings, three queens, two princes, and two princesses.

Below is a list of contestants running for each title.

Crawford County Junior Fair King

  • Nathaniel Bishop (Goal Digital Academy, Bucyrus Kilbourne Klovers 4-H Club)
  • Zoltan Feldman (Wynford High School, Heartland 4-H Club)

Crawford County Junior Fair Queen

  • Bonnie Walsh (The Ohio State University – Marion, Town and Country 4-H Club)
  • Aryn Copeland (Wilmington College, Lykens Champions 4-H, Wynford FFA)
  • Taylor Lutz (The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Dairy Maids and Gents 4-H Club)

Crawford County Junior Fair Prince

  • Alec Sipes (Crestline High School, Crawford County Denim and Paws 4-H Club)
  • Levi Hartschuh (Wynford Junior High School, Lykens Champions 4-H Club)
  • Thomas Kurek (Wynford, Holmes Liberty Royal Lions 4-H Club)
  • Jacob Heefner (Buckeye Central, Chatfield Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)

Crawford County Junior Fair Princess

  • Sydnee Corwin (River Valley Middle School, Dairy Maids and Gents 4-H Club)
  • Madison Wagner (Wynford, Heartland 4-H Club)
  • Abbie Brocwell (William Crawford Intermediate School, Liberty Leaders 4-H Club)
  • Madison Furr (Colonel Crawford Local School, Crawford Little Critters/North Robinson Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Zoe Rutledge (Buckeye Central High School, Buckeye Central FFA)
  • Brooklyn Gebhardt (Wynford High School, Heartland 4-H Club)
  • Alison Gebhardt (Wynford Junior High School, Heartland 4-H Club)
  • Madison Tieben (Colonel Crawford High School, Dairy Maids and Gents 4-H Club)
  • Sydney Harris (Colonel Crawford, Barnyard Guys and Gals 4-H Club)
  • Victoria Thimmes (Buckeye Central High School, North Auburn Hustlers 4-H Club)

The 2016 Junior Fair Royalty contest is slated for 7:30 p.m. on July 17 at the Youth Building.

The 2015 court included Queen CeCelia Von Stein, queen 1st attendant Tori Kirian, queen 2nd attendant Taylor Lutz, queen 3rd attendant Sarah Cornell, princess Annika Gerlach, attendant Emily Rudd, prince Zachary Hiler, and attendant John Bell.