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They call it the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest but maybe it’s time for Wisconsin to get part of the title.

The state not only hosted the event this week but, as expected, dominated the 19th biennial competition inside the atrium of Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Wisconsin cheesemakers placed 14 entries in the final round of 20, took home 58 first-place medals out of the 101 categories, and swept the top three spots in 26 of the categories. State cheesemakers had at least one top-three finisher in all but 16 of the categories that included a record 2,303 entries of cheese, yogurt and butter, according to results posted Wednesday by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

The result is similar to that of the World Championship Cheese Contest held a year ago in Madison where state cheesemakers won 127 of the 333 awards, or 38.1 percent of the total.