The Great Geauga County Fair Junior Fair King & Queen Candidates 2021

Geauga Junior Fair King & Queen Coronation is Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Jr. Fair Pavilion

Brittany Adams

Brittany is the 18-year-old daughter of Mark and Tina Adams.  She is a recent Honors graduate of Chardon High School and has been accepted into the Nursing Program at Lakeland Community College.  She is a member of National Honor Society and the International Thespian Society.  Brittany has participated in Drama Club, Advanced Choir Groups, and Model United Nations Club.  She is a member of the American Rabbit Breeders Association and has participated in the National Holland Lop Club and Ohio State Rabbit Breeders Association.  Brittany has been featured in several magazines, including Inspiring Teen Magazine and Senior MUSE magazine.  She is a current member and officer of Greener Fields 4-H Club and Junior Leaders and is a past member of Girl Scouts.  She is the recipient of both the Junior and the Senior Gold Award for Leadership, the Senior Gold Award for Achievement, and Outstanding 4-H Member Award.  She received her Silver Award from Girl Scouts for cleaning up the fairgrounds.  Brittany has been a member of Junior Fair Board for 6 years and is currently president.  She has assisted with several shows including the Dog Show, the Rabbit Show, Poultry Show, and the Sheep Show.  She organized the Diaper Dash for 5 years.  In 2020, Brittany achieved first place in the Showmanship Sweepstakes.  In her spare time, she works at OSSO Farm Restaurant.

Samantha Bergansky

Samantha Bergansky is the 16-year old daughter of Dennis and Kathleen Bergansky of Auburn Township. Samantha is an active sports enthusiast and member of the Varsity Golf Team, Varsity Basketball Team and Varsity Lacrosse Team. When she isn’t playing sports, she is coaching youth basketball, working youth sports camps, and refereeing youth soccer, softball and basketball. For the past five years, Samantha has volunteered as an instructor for the Auburn/Bainbridge Safety Town. She is also a three-year camp counselor for the Heiman Girls Basketball Camp. She has won the Scholar Athlete Award for golf, basketball, and lacrosse in both her freshman and sophomore years. Samantha is a member of Kenston’s Bomber Bash Program, which is a leadership program at Kenston that organizes, fundraises, and executes the community and school events to support the NE Ohio Chapter of A-Kid-Again. She thrives in Greener Fields 4-H Club, where she was past Treasurer and is currently the club President. Samantha is a member of Junior Leaders, a three-year member of Junior Fair Board, and her family are Farm Bureau members. Each year her club, Greener Fields, leads the Geauga County Hunger Task Force, along with all the 4-H clubs participating in raising thousands of dollars and collecting/distributing donated food items for the county. She has participated in the Livestock Sale for eight years with turkeys and chickens. In the past she has raised the Reserve Champion Chicken Pen, Grand Champion Hen Turkey, Reserve Champion Turkey and Grand Champion Turkey! This year she is expanding her projects to include market swine and goats.

Rachel O'Reilly

Rachel is the daughter of Kevin and Amy O’Reilly of Parkman. She is 17 and a senior at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School, where she participated in several activities, including Student Activities Board, Mu Alpha Theta Math Club, where she was awarded the competitions highest points, NASPA Certified Peer Educator, Cornhole Club, and Outdoor Track and Field. She volunteers in Parkman for the Chamber of Commerce Pancake Breakfast and the Congregational Church Dinners.  She belongs to the Ohio Cattleman’s Association BEST Show Circuit where she is the junior representative on the OCA BEST Show planning committee and an OCA Stockmanship Top 5 finalist. Rachel is active in her church, belonging to the St. Helen’s Life Teen Youth Group, an alter server, a volunteer at the Cleveland Osman Center for the Poor and Homeless, and a Lifeteen Harvest worker, participating in a week-long community service activity. Rachel has been a member of Flockmasters 4-H Club since 2009, where she has served as president, vice president, secretary and historian. She is also a member of Breeders & Feeders 4-H Club and Junior Leaders where she is currently serving as president in both. She has participated on the Portage County Livestock Judging Team and participated in The Ohio State Livestock Judging contest. She is a 4-H camp counselor and a family member of Farm Bureau. Rachel has been awarded the Gold Medal for Beef and been named Outstanding 4-H Member. Her family hosted a 4-H LABO exchange student from Japan for 4 weeks. Rachel is also a Junior Fair Board member and has participated at Fair with clothing projects, market beef, lambs, chickens, and fancy chickens. She has been awarded at the state level for her sewing project and has participated there with market lambs and poultry.

Brooke Taylor

Brooke is the 16-year-old daughter of Frank and Amy Taylor of Huntsburg. She is a homeschooled junior and an 1-year member of Breeders-n-Feeders 4-H club, where she shows beef and swine. During her time with 4-H she has held multiple positions with Breeders-n-Feeders and is currently the treasurer. Brooke has helped with veteran’s blankets, organized Red Tulip donations, made donations to the Geauga Hunger Task Force and Geauga Humane Society. She helps with landscaping for her neighbors, making feed and hay for her animals and helps manage a 60-head cattle farm. Brooke’s family are members of the Farm Bureau. Awards Brooke has won through 4-H include the Junior Gold Medal in Beef and the 2018 Ted Gaynor Memorial Award. She has also taken first place in beginner and junior showmanship for market steers.

Garrett Bosse

Garrett is the son of Rick and Melissa Bosse. He is 18 years old and recently graduated from Berkshire High School with honors, while playing and lettering in varsity baseball where he received 2nd Team All CVC as well as All Academic CVC honors. This upcoming fall Garrett plans on attending Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute to study Biochemical Science with a pre-veterinary track. He is also a member of National Honor Society, an umpire for youth baseball, and served on the chain gang for youth football. Garrett currently works at Ferguson Show Cattle and is a family member of the Ohio Farm Bureau, a Junior Member of the American Simmental Association, and a member of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association and its Best Program, where he was awarded Champion Senior Stockman in 2021. Garrett is a member of Little Porkers 4-H Club where he has held the offices of treasurer and vice president. He is also a 2 year member of Junior Fair Board and has participated in the fair with swine projects for 7 years and beef projects for six, notably winning Reserve Champion Market Steer in 2020. He also participates at the State Fair Level with cattle.

Mason Douglas

Mason is the 18-year-old son of Mike and Molly Douglass and a senior at Chardon High School where he helped serve breakfast and lunch to the kindergarteners at Maple School.  He is a 4-year member of Granny’s Kids 4-H Club and a 4-H camp counselor.  Mason is also a member of Junior Fair Board and Junior Leaders.  As a superintendent on Junior Fair Board, Mason has worked the Goat and Poultry shows at Fair.  He is currently the holder of the record sale price for a non-champion market goat.

Jacob Grinstead

Jacob is the son of Dave and Amy Grinstead. He is 17 years old and a Senior at West Geauga High School, where he is in the Marching Band.  He has been a squad leader for 3 years and is a member of the Band Council.  He plays soccer and has been a team captain for two years.  He was the chairman of the blood drive at school, and he participates in Student Council, Interact, and Animato Club.  Jacob has been awarded the William F. Allen Award for his band participation and The Harvard Book Award for his academics. He is also a member of the National Honor Society. Jacob belongs to the Breeders-n-Feeders 4-H Club, where he has held the office of Treasurer for 4 years.  He takes rabbits and swine to Fair. He has won Grand Champion Meat Pen for Rabbits once and Reserve Champion Meat Pen once. He is also a member of Junior Fair Board and a 4-H camp counselor.  Through his participation in the Rabbit Department, he was the recipient of the Pitorak Family Memorial Outstanding Member award.  In Jacob’s spare time, he works at CVS in Chesterland.
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Robert Jefferson

RJ is the 18-year-old son of Al and Jeanne Jefferson.  He is a graduate of West Geauga High School and is now a student at Youngstown State University.  At Youngstown he is a member of National Society of High School Scholars Honor Society.  He has been active in 4-H for 10 years as a member of Geauga Prime Time where he has held the offices of president, vice president and treasurer.  He is a member of Junior Fair Board and assists with the Beef, Swine, Poultry shows, and a member of Junior Leaders.  He helps the night of the Livestock Sale with set-up and tear-down.  RJ has shown the Grand Champion Duck for 4 years and the Grand Champion Turkey once.  Also on his list of achievements is Outstanding 4-H member, a Gold Medal in Leadership, and a Gold Medal in Poultry.  In his spare time, he works at Giant Eagle in Chesterland.