{"id":209392,"date":"2026-08-27T19:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=209392"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:37:17","slug":"rank-polley-crowned-2026-junior-fair-queen-and-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/08\/27\/rank-polley-crowned-2026-junior-fair-queen-and-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Rank, Polley crowned 2026 Junior Fair Queen and King"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wyatt Polley and Cassidy Rank have been chosen as this year’s Van Wert County Fair King and Queen. Photos submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Lincolnview High School senior and a Lincolnview\/Vantage Career Center graduate have been chosen as this year\u2019s Van Wert County Fair Jr. Fair Queen and King. The Van Wert County Fair announced the royal titles during Wednesday night\u2019s coronation ceremony — Cassidy Rank and Wyatt Polley.\u00a0 They will represent the Van Wert County Fair and the Junior Fair throughout the 2026 fair season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank is the daughter of Dave and Patty Rank. She participates in volleyball, softball, Service Club, Spanish Club, and FFA. She volunteers for Kingsley Church VBS, attends Calvary Evangelical Church Youth Group, and is a Junior Fair board member. Representing Lincolnview FFA, Rank has exhibited breeding rabbits, dairy goats, and numerous still projects. She has served as FFA historian, FFA reporter, and vice president, a 4-H camp counselor,\u00a0 and 4-H club secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polley is the son of Ryan and Kristen Polley. In high school, he was active in cross country,track and field, FCA, and was the president of the Industrial Mechanics Lab. Polley is also a member of the Van Wert County Jr. Fair Board and president of the Hoaglin Farmers 4-H club. Representing Hoaglin Farmers, he has exhibited fancy chickens, meat chickens, meat goats, and breeding meat goats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The runner-up queen is Crestview High School senior Hailey Logan, and the runner-up king is Delphos Jefferson junior Aiden Kroeger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several other royal titles were made official Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Dairy Feeder Princess:<\/strong> Mayla Owens<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Equine Princess:<\/strong> Aubree Mills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Goat Princess:<\/strong> Joey-Kate Carey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Poultry Prince:<\/strong> Thayer Zartman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Project Princess:<\/strong> Addison Roehm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Poultry Prince:<\/strong> Gavin Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Sheep Princess:<\/strong> Alison Owens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Swine Princess:<\/strong> Addyson Long<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Fair Beef Princess:<\/strong> Ellie Mueller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Van Wert County Fair congratulated all of the 2026 royalty and said it\u2019s proud to recognize their leadership, dedication, and involvement in the Junior Fair program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Van Wert County Fair will begin next Tuesday, September 1, and run through Labor Day, September 7.<\/p>\n\n\n

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VW independent staff\/submitted information A Lincolnview High School senior and a Lincolnview\/Vantage Career Center graduate have been chosen as this year\u2019s Van Wert County Fair Jr. Fair Queen and King. The Van Wert County Fair announced the royal titles during Wednesday night\u2019s coronation ceremony — Cassidy Rank and Wyatt Polley.\u00a0 They will represent the Van […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topstory"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-04 01:54:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209397,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209392\/revisions\/209397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}