POINT PLEASANT — As the amount of goat projects has significantly grown, the quality of projects has improved as well for the Mason County Fair.

Tuesday’s goat show had a record number of entries compared to past years. According to Sam Nibert, goat show chairman, 115 goats were shown with 54 being shown for sale. This number was significantly higher compared to last year’s 48 goat projects.

In addition, show officials announced that the majority of goats shown were born and raised in Mason County. In fact, seven of the top eight market meat goats were raised in the area.

Bob Hare served as judge of the show and said that he was very pleased with the quality of this year’s goats. Hare, who also judged the 2008 goat show, said that he saw significant improvement in the projects. Nibert also said that he was pleased with the quality of this year’s event.

“The show went good, and according to the judge the quality was better — he related that to the 4-H and FFA advisors for doing a good job with the projects,” Nibert added.

Grand champion honors went to Kate Henderson, who also placed second in the junior showmanship contest. Cody Marcum was awarded reserve champion honors.

The senior showmanship winners were Denver Thomas, first place; Whitney Layton, second place; and Mackenzie McClure, third place. The junior showmanship winners were Brett Mayes, first place; Kate Henderson, second place; and Brad Chattin, third place.

Blue ribbons were awarded to Karson Bonecutter, Brianna Dangerfield, Kate Henderson, Kylin Marr, Brett Mayes, Andrew McComas, Jordan Munoy, Sarah Pishner, Payton Whitt, Allie Young, Kelly Belcher, Allison Blake, Cory Lee, Cody Marcum, Kyra Riffle, Ciara Stanley, Katyln Young, Austin Darst, Miriam Gordon, Tyler Mayes, Nikkita Lawson, Jonathon Rhea, Shawn Absten, Andrea Casey, Wes Davis, Denver Thomas, Kayla Thomas, Andrew Williamson, Jayla Arnold, Karlee Arnold, Elizabeth Bateman, Emily Casto, Rachael Fitzwater, Whitney Layton, Sierra Mayes, Mackenzie McClure, Adriane Sharp, Ryanna Darst, Tamra Lawson, Nick Newell, Morgan Roush, Tiffany Sleeth, Aubrey Williamson, Cinthia Arbogast, Brad Chattin, Zach Crawford, Bristol Holley, Dalton Lear, Amelia Stanley, Alexandria Warden, Aaron Zerkle and Emily Zerkle.

In the open doe category, Elizabeth Bateman took first place honors and Mackenzie McClure finished second. In the open senior doe category, Cinthia Arbogost won first place. Cody Marcum and Emily Casto took first and second place in the open wether category. In the pygmy senior doe category and pygmy wethers category, Elizabeth Blankenship and Adrianna McCoy placed first and second. In the pygmy junior doe category, Elizabeth Blankenship and Cinthia Arbogast placed first and second. Cinthia Keefer also placed first in the dairy category.