Below are the results from the annual fiddle contest held in Yankton, South Dakota. The event was started in 1973 by Wilbur Foss, who’s still going strong 40 years later. The weekend event features something like 16 contests; many of the contests are broken into two divisions: one for South Dakota residents and one for the visitors.

SD Junior-Junior

1. Kirsten Shaw
2. Riley Shaw
3. Brook Stadelmaier

SD Junior

1. Christine Keller
2. Danielle Gillis

Open Junior

1. Morgan Lipes
2. Kelsea Kennedy

SD Adult

1. Todd Goehring
2. Joel Brick
3. Kathryn Henning
4. Jared Finck

Open Adult

1. Cody Stadelmaier
2. John Shaw
3. Alice McGary
4. Renae Blom
5. Brian Hesford
6. MathewTyler
7. Ed Gross
8. Leila Kelley

Button Accordion

1. Amber Gaddy
2. Johanna DeGroot

SD Senior

1. Judy Oliver
2. Tom Carlson
3. Dan Sheldon
4. Brenda Warborg
5. Ken Duda
6. Harley Aisgaard
7. Jerry Anderson

Open Senior

1. Jim Christensen
2. Mary O’Connor
3. Ann Robinson
4. Jeanne Finke

Harmonica

1. Lyle Johnson
2. Jeff Osthus
3. Mick Warborg

Open Championships

1. John Shaw
2. Cody Stadelmaier
3. Morgan Lipes
4. Alice McGary
5. Jim Christensen
6. Mary O’Connor

SD Championship

1. Todd Goehring
2. Jared Finck
3. Arnold Johnson
4. Joel Brick (Disqualified for playing 2 waltzes)

Twin Fiddling

1. Jason Shaw/John Shaw
2. Nate Kemperman/Alice McGary
3. Jay Kelly/Jim Christensen
4. Kathryn Henning/Mindy Hunke
5. Judy Oliver/Wilbur Foss

SD Senior-Senior

1. Arnold Johnson
2. Lyle Johnson
3. Mick Warborg
4. Bernadette Westegaard
5. Vince Weidler

Piano Accordion

1. Bill Schwan
2. Shelly Keller
3. Michelle Schettler

Open Senior Senior

1. Jack Crowley

National Invitational

1. Jason Shaw
2. Joe Fedrizzi
3. Michelle Schettler
4. Mindy Hunke
5. Sharon Graf
6. Nate Kemperman
7. Jay Kelly
8. Tilford Bagstad