Restless and runaway goats added excitement to the Boone County 4-H Dairy Goat Show Thursday, but once the animals were settled, the smallest details determined final placings.

Ellie Isenhower capped off the show in the Witham Family Health Pavilion as both grand and reserve grand champions for dairy wethers.

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