Sunday, March 18, 2018

North Harrison FFA Forestry Team First at Lathrop

As spring break started on Monday morning, March 12th, the North Harrison Ag kids were on their way to Lathrop to compete in the 20th Annual Lathrop Judging Day, which is normally the largest contest we attend all year.  This year was no different, as 1700 students gathered to compete in various agriculture CDE events.

The hard work these kids have been putting in recently was rewarded with outstanding results. We sent 6 full teams to this contest, (Forestry, Dairy Cattle, Poultry, Meats, Horses, and Livestock) and 3 other teams that were competing with only two individuals (Agronomy, Floriculture, and Entomology)

Team Results and Top Individuals:
Forestry: 1st out of 22 teams (Logan Craig, Payton Craig, Bobby Hutton, Brandy Rivet, and Vici Stellpflug)
Payton Craig: 1st Individual, Logan Craig: 4th, Bobby Hutton: 6th, Vici Stellpflug: 7th, Brandy Rivet: 14th
Dairy Cattle: 3rd out of 43 teams (Lola Breshears, Emma Craig, Taylor Richards, Carly Rinehart, and Hunter Stevens)
Carly Rinehart: 2nd Individual, Hunter Stevens: 7th, Emma Craig and Lola Breshears: tied for 9th
Meats: 3rd out of 35 teams (Olivia Babinski, Gavin Garrett, Addie Slaughter, Kenna Slaughter)
Olivia Babinski: 8th Individual, Kenna Slaughter 10th, Gavin Garrett 13th, and Addie Slaughter: 16th
Poultry: 3rd out of 33 teams (Collin Briggs, Grant Claycomb, Kami Gibson, Kadyn Hukill, Emma Jones, Hunter Parkhurst, and Cruz Ury)
Kami Gibson: 2nd Individual, Cruz Ury 8th
Horses: 3rd out of 28 teams (Ashlynn Gilpatrick, Lane Huitt, Kason Mathes, Kylie Pottorff, and Mardee Sadowsky)
Lane Huitt: 5th Individual
Livestock: 4th out of 38 teams (Brett Emig, Rainey Fordyce, Logan Huitt, Nick Mickelson, and Steven Willhite)
Rainey Fordyce: 5th Individual
The Agronomy (Mason Cracraft and Ryan Jones)  Flower, (Avery Cook and Tristan Hulett) and Entomology (Collin Castleberry and Cameron Hamaker) teams judged with only 2 members/per team.

Results of Area II FFA Contest:
Wednesday evening, Mardee Sadowsky and Emma Craig traveled to Gallatin to compete in the Area II FFA LDE Contest.  Mardee Sadowsky competed in the area of Advanced Prepared Public Speaking and finished in 3rd Place with a Gold rating, advancing on to districts on March 27th, where 6 total speakers, 3 from Area I, and 3 from Area 2 will compete for the opportunity to qualify for state.  The top 2 speakers will move on to compete at the State FFA Convention in Columbia in April.
Emma Craig finished 5th overall and a Gold rating, in the FFA Creed, alternate to districts. 

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