Local student earns calf scramble win at show

Jennifer Dowell was presented a certificate after her calf scramble win.

Jennifer Rene Dowell of Lampasas, an Evant FFA member, was among the winners in the Fort Worth Stock Show Calf Scramble.

The event allows 16 students to compete at each of the 30 stock show rodeo performances and has eight performance winners. The high school students set out to catch and halter a calf in an attempt to win a $500 purchase certificate to help them buy a registered beef or dairy heifer for a yearlong FFA or 4-H project.

Winners must care for their animals throughout the year and return for the 2009 stock show to exhibit in the junior heifer show. Those who do the best job will be in line for scholarship funds when they enter college.

Last year, scholarship grants were made to 70 youths. All entries receive a special T-shirt with their contestant number. Participants who fail to catch a calf receive a certificate for a pair of boots.