Saylor Crelia, Shelbyville, won 1st place in Livestock Class with her Chicken Coop. Photo by Caroline Chadwick.
October 6, 2026 (Additional Photos) - Timpson FFA swept the Shelby County Ag Mechanics Poultry Festival Show winning first place in Sweepstakes with nearly double the points of the 2nd place team. Projects brought by all the schools who participated set a high bar for next year's show.
The Shelby County Ag Mechanics had a great turnout at the 50th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival! Students from area schools presented their projects which were grouped into eight different categories: Livestock, Tractor Implements and Farm Equipment; Outdoor Recreation; Indoor Furnishings; Cooking Devices / Smokers; Wildlife; Trailers; and Restoration / Repurpose. At the end of the judging which was Thursday morning, 40 projects placed with 34 making the live Ag Mechanics Auction which was held Saturday evening at 5pm.
Items that didn't make the sale were presented to festival goers in a silent auction.
Prior to the auction, the Category and Sweepstakes Awards were presented by the Awards Sponsor Texas Air Conditioning, Electric and Plumbing. Representatives of the company were Generator Services Manager Andrew McCuistion and Electrical Services Manager Josh Spizzirri.
The Ag students were also feed a lunch during the festival by the Ag Mechanics Lunch Sponsor, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance.
Awards presented were as follows:
Sweepstakes Winners
1st place - Timpson with 55 points
2nd place - Center with 29 points
3rd place - Shelbyville with 24 points
100 Category - Livestock Class
1st place - Saylor Crelia, Shelbyville, built a Chicken Coop. Scored 90.75
2nd place - Ashton Scarborough, Shelbyville, built a Cattle Guard. Scored 88.25
3rd place - Levi Cardova, Center, built a Sweep Gate. Scored 85.25
4th place - Builder - Jace Schillings and Lincoln Wiloughby, Shelbyville, built 12’ Feeder. Scored 83
5th place - Josh Parish and Aiden Otis, Timpson, built a Small Livestock Feeder. Scored 78.5
200 Category - Tractor Implements and Farm Equipment
1st place - Evan Harrison, Timpson, built a Winch Box. Scored 81
2nd place - Mojo McArthur, Shelbyville, built a Hay Spear. Scored 80
3rd place - Jessie Ortiz and Lance Brown, Shelbyville, built a Hay Spear. Scored 78.25
4th place - Timpson built a Fixture Table. Scored 78.25
5th place - Sergio Reyes, Kaden Baldwin, and Carter Greer, Shelbyville, built a Troup Hay Spear (3 pt.). Scored 78
300 Category - Outdoor Recreation
1st place - Slide Kirby, Center, built an Octagon Table. Scored 92.5
2nd place - Ryan Alvarado and Jovanny Maldonado, Center, built a Square Swing. Scored 89.5
3rd place - Urijah Floyd and Ranger Davis, Joaquin, built a Hanging Fire Pit. Scored 86.25
4th place - Rylan Halstead and Jared Tyre, Timpson, build a Shop System. Scored 86
5th place - Emmanuel Montes, Center, built an L Swing. Scored 83.5
400 Category - Indoor Furnishings
1st place - Avery Metcalf, Timpson, built a Cooking Set. Scored 85.5
2nd place - Chesney Davis, Center, built a Vanity. Scored 83.5
3rd place - Peyton Fuller and Briley Pridgen, Joaquin, built a Bar Top Table. Scored 81
4th place - Jakevion Boykin’s, Timpson, built a Lamp. Scored 81
5th place - Jaiden Robertson, Timpson, built a Flower Cross. Scored 78.75
500 Category - Cooking Devices / Smokers
1st place - Caleb Sanford and Cash Tomlinson, Timpson, built a Smoker on Wheels. Scored 86
2nd place - Cash Tomlinson and Cristian Diaz, Timpson, built a Newton BBQ Pit. Scored 85.25
3rd place - Ciro Sandoval, Ricardo Sandoval, Martin Flores, and Jonathin Ramirez, Tenaha, built a Gill Table. Scored 83
4th place - Aaron Javier and Anthony Torres, Center, built a Pipe and Tubing Pit. Scored 81.5
5th place - Skiler Thompson and Charles Weaver, Timpson, built a Covered Grill. Scored 80.75
600 Category - Wildlife Class
1st place - Caleb Sanford, Timpson, built a Hog Trap Trailer. Scored 89.5
2nd place - Jared Tyre and Rylan Halstead, Timpson, built a Texas Star. Scored 84
3rd place - Maximus Walker, Timpson, built a Walker Deer Stand. Scored 81.25
4th place - Jesus Hernandez, Center, built a Deer Stand. Scored 79.75
5th place - Easton Wulf, Center, built a Skinning Rack. Scored 78
700 Category - Trailers
1st place - Cash Tomlinson and Cristian Diaz, Timpson, built a Goose Neck Trailer. Scored 85.75
2nd place - Shon Parker, Dusty Taylor, and Guner Youngblood, Shelbyville, built a 16’ Trailer. Scored 85
3rd place - Larry Rios and Jesus Mejia-Ayala, Timpson, built a 12’ Trailer. Scored 84
4th place - Cash Tomlinson and Cristian Diaz, Timpson, built an Angelina Trailer. Scored 83.25
5th place - Cash Tomlinson and Cristian Diaz, Timpson, built a Rains Trailer. Scored 83.25
800 Category - Restoration / Repurpose
1st place - Jude Verret, Center, built a Koop Car Pit. Scored 80.75
2nd place - Clifford Cline, Ethan Midkiff, James Jimenez, and Jerrin Bass, Timpson, built a Hog Trap. 79.25
3rd place - Lucas Byrd, Joaquin, built an Engine Coffee Table. Scored 78.25
4th place - Josi and Grady Pace, Center, built a Bar. Scored 77.75
5th place - Dakota Horne and Rene Hernandez, Shelbyville, built an Ammo Box Speaker. Scored 75.75
