A total of 42 children participated in the annual Pigtail Contest at the Idaho County Fair. This is the largest number of participants in 29 years.  Event winners are as follows.
Longest Pigtail—1stAnna Wimer, daughter of Lydia Wimer Age 3 length 113/4 inches; 2ndKenna Briggs daughter of Kole and Jessica Briggs Age 2 length 10 ½ inches; 3rd Lacey Gehring daughter of Lindsey Gehring Age 3 length 7 inches
Shortest Pigtail—1stCopper Briggs daughter of Kole and Jessica Briggs Age 2length 2 inch; 2ndNori Holthaus daughter of Jonna Holthaus Age3 length 3 ½ inch; 2nd Aura Dunn daughter of Sarah Ragland and Chase Dunn Age 1 length 3 ½ inch; 3rdAdalynn Cornett daughter of Shailynn Cornett Age 1.5 length 5 inches; 3rd Kateri Gocke daughter of Liz Gocke Age 1 length 5 inches; 3rd Hanna Kaschmitter daughter of Kathrine and Shawn Kaschmitter Age 17 months length 5 inches
Widest Pigtail—1stEmily Holeman daughter of Kari Holeman Age 2 width 1 inch; 1st Sophia Philpott daughter of Kari Holeman Age 18 months width 1 inch; 2ndRyder Sowa daughter of Ashle Sowa Age 1 width of ¼   inch; 2ndLucia Jaeger daughter of Chryrann Jaeger Age 2 width of ¼   inches
Longest Pigtail—1st Olivia Cornett daughter of Shaylynn Cornett Age 4 length 16 inches; 2ndKarsyn Briggs daughter of Kole and Chelsea Briggs Age 4length 13 ½ inches; 3rd River Dunn daughter of Sarah Ragland and Chase Dunn Age 5 length 13 inches; 3rd Skyler Pineda daughter of Joel and Pamela Pineda Age 4 length 13 inches
Shortest Pigtail—1st Lauren Duman daughter of Nate and Kelsie Duman Age 4 length 8 inches; 2nd Elsie Goeke daughter of Elizabeth Goeke Age 4 length 9 inches; 3rd Eliza Sides daughter of Sarah Ragland and Chase Dunn Age 4 length 9 ½ inches Widest Pigtail—1stSaylor Forsman daughter of Shawn and Bridget Forsman Age 5 width 1 ½ inches
Longest Pigtail—1stCaroline Gocke daughter of Liz Gocke Age6 length20 ½ inches; 2ndCecilia Schacher daughter of Emily Schacher Age 6 length 19 ½ inches; 3rdBrayley Greeley daughter of Tara Greeley Age 6 length 17 inches
Shortest Pigtail—1stSwayzee Forsmann daughter of Shawn and Bridget Forsmann Age 7 length 5 ½ inches; 2ndSadie Holthaus daughter of Janna Holthaus Age 6 length 13 inches; 3rdEmerie Lustig daughter of Shawn and Cory and Tessica Lustig Age 7 length 14 inches
Widest Pigtail—1stEmily Myers daughter of Jeremy and Jessica Meyers Age 6 width 1 ¾ inch; 2ndLyla Nuxoll daughter of Chase and Charlene Nuxoll Age 6 width inch
Longest Pigtail—1stClara Koehn daughter of Renee Koehn Age 14 length of 22 inches; 2ndMadison Duman daughter of Nate and Kelsie Duman Age 12 length of 18 ½ inches; 3rdBonnie Goff daughter of Jeremy and JessicaMeyers Age 10 length 15 inches; 3rd Jessie Goff daughter of Jeremy and Jessica Meyers Age 11 length 15 inches
Shortest Pigtail—1stAdele Holman daughter of Kari Holman Age9 length of 8 inches; 1st Mya Meyers  daughter of Jeremy and Jessica Meyers Age 10 length; 2ndAlida Jaeger daughter of Chryrann Jaeger Age9 length 9 ½  inches; 3rdElizabeth Long daughter of Kari and Brandon Ross and Kris Long Age 11 length of 12 inches
Widest Pigtail—1stBrylie Forsmann daughter of Shawn and Briget Forsmann Age11 width 2 inches; 2nd Molly Fowler daughter of Ammerae Fowler Age 15 width of 1 ¾   inches; 2nd Marie Duman daughter of Nate and Kelsie Duman Age 13 width of 1 ¾   inches; 2ndCharlie Key daughter of Tabitha and Bill Key Age 11 width of 1 ¾   inches
Rachel Young with the longest pigtail of the day at 22 ½ inches
1stLacey Gehring daughter of Lindsey Gehring Age 3with “Unicorn”; 2ndRiver Dunn daughter of Sarah and Chase Dunn age 5 with “Bright Light”; 3rdLyla Nuxoll daughter Charlene and Chase Nuxoll Age 6 with “Rainbow”; Honorable Mention Elizabeth Long daughter of Kari and Brandon Ross and Kris Long with “Hot Air Balloon”