By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com

In just a few short weeks, crowns and sashes will soon be placed upon heads and across shoulders when new royalty will reign over the Crawford County Junior Fair.

Applications have been received for the King, Queen, Prince and Princess. The Crawford County Fair Board approved to bend the age limit for the Crawford County Junior Fair King title at the June 25 meeting. Any young man that was age 14 as of Jan. 1 and applied to run for Junior Fair Prince can be upgraded to be a king contestant. Before this move, there had been no applicants to be king.

Below is a list of contestants running for each title.

Crawford County Junior Fair King

  • Daniel Garrett (Buckeye Central, North Auburn Hustlers 4-H Club)
  • Douglas Reer (Plymouth-Shiloh Local Schools, North Auburn Hustlers 4-H Club)

Crawford County Junior Fair Queen

  • Morgan Coffman (Seneca East High School, Chatfield Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Sarah Cornell (St. Peter’s High School, North Robinson Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Raven Crawford (Galion High School graduate, Crawford County Shooting Stars 4-H Club)
  • Tori Kirian (Galion High School graduate, Barnyard Guys and Gals 4-H Club)
  • Mikayla Reer (Plymouth High School graduate, North Auburn Hustlers 4-H Club)
  • Tessa Starner (Pioneer Career and Technology Center, Liberty Leaders 4-H Club, Wynford FFA)
  • Cecelia Von Stein (TRECA Digital Academy, Buckeye Stars 4-H Club)
  • Bonnie Welsh (Bucyrus High School, Town and Country 4-H Club)
  • Morgan Wurm (Buckeye Central High School graduate, Buckeye Stars 4-H Club)

Crawford County Junior Fair Prince

  • Nathan Bishop (Galion Middle School, Bucyrus Kilborne Klovers 4-H Club)
  • Nick Fike (Buckeye Central)

Crawford County Junior Fair Princess

  • Aryn Copeland (Wynford High School, Wynford FFA, Lykens Champions, Crawford County Shooting Stars)
  • Grace Cornell (St. Peter’s, North Robinson Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Michelle Flack (Harding High School, North Robinson Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Megan Gwirtz (Buckeye Central High School, Tiro Tailors and Balers 4-H Club)
  • Lexi Hadamuscin (Galion High School)
  • Bridget Kohls (Colonel Crawford High School)
  • Allison Lawson (Colonel Crawford, Sulpher Springs Star Farmers 4-H Club)
  • Desiree Sharp (Colonel Crawford, Barnyard Guys and Gals 4-H Club)
  • Kendra Stahl (Buckeye Central, Chatfield Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Emily Stockmaster (Buckeye Central, Chatfield Blue Ribbons 4-H Club)
  • Victoria Thimmes (Buckeye Central, North Auburn Hustlers 4-H Club)

Preliminary judging will take place on July 8. The Junior Fair Royalty contest has been set for 7:30 p.m. on July 13 at the Youth Building.

The current court includes King Kyle Harman, Queen Sara Gebhardt, Prince Jordan Stockmaster, and Princess Taylor Lutz.