The calf scramble was held February 7th at the San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo.

Participants were competing for $800 certificates to be used toward the purchase of breeding animals. Those animals will then compete in the 2009 San Antonio Junior Livestock Show. A total of more than 200 certificates were given away this year during the rodeo.

One such winner was Joseph Tomlinson of Richland Springs. Tomlinson is 16 years old and in the ninth grade. He is active in Richland Springs FFA. Tomlinson will be able to use his prize money to purchase a calf, pig, sheep, or goat.

In pursuit of its mission “Helping Youth Today So That Agriculture Can Grow Tomorrow,” the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has committed more than $79 million to youth education since 1984.