Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Three Northeast Nodaway FFA Teams Qualified for State

Three Northeast Nodaway FFA teams went to state this year. The school celebrated the accomplishments of the FFA members last Tuesday, May 10th at the FFA Banquet.

Qualifying this year were the Nursery Landscape Team of Grant McIntyre, Jill Boswell, Dalanie Auffert, and Delanny Hopper; the Farm Management Team of Torri Kephart, Lily Burns, Trevor Henggeler, Auston Pride, Zach Pride, and Rachelle Rodriguez; and the Dairy Foods team of Lauren McIntyre, Ruby Wilmes, Jaden Atkins, Meredith Adwell, and Dylan McIntyre. All finished in the top 15% at state.

Another squad, the all-freshman squad of Baylie Busby, Lindsey Jackson, Kenneth Schieber, and Zachary Meyer almost qualified for state after getting multiple top five finishes throughout the year.

The Nursery Landscape Team of Grant McIntyre, Jill Boswell, Dalanie Auffert, and Delanny Hopper finished 5th, 3rd, and 4th in contests this year before winning districts, only the fourth team in school history to win a district FFA contest. 

Leadership awards went to Ben Boswell, Trevor Henggeler, Torri Kephart, Justin Miller, Auston Pride, Zach Pride, Rachelle Rodriguez, Carson Runde, Dylan Wilmes, Meredith Adwell, Jaden Atkins, Lily Burns, Dylan McIntyre, Lauren McIntyre, Ruby Wilmes, Dalanie Auffert, Jack Boswell, Jill Boswell, Delanny Hopper, Grant McIntyre, Baylie Busby, Lindsey Jackson, Kenneth Schieber, Zach Meyer, Hadley DeFreece, Kyler Scadden, Jake Redden, Chase Clabaugh, Landon Wilmes, Jacob Meyer, Riley Long, and Makenzie Pride.

Scholarship awards went to Ben Boswell, Trevor Henggeler, Torri Kephart, Justin Miller, Auston Pride, Zach Pride, Meredith Adwell, Jaden Atkins, Lily Burns, Dylan McIntyre, Lauren McIntyre, Ruby Wilmes, Dalanie Auffert, Jack Boswell, Jill Boswell, Delanny Hopper, Grant McIntyre, Baylie Busby, Hadley DeFreece, Lindsey Jackson, Zach Meyer, Kenneth Schieber, and Landon Wilmes.

Chapter Degrees went to Dalanie Auffert, Jack Boswell, Jill Boswell, Delanny Hopper, and Grant McIntyre.

Greenhand Degrees went to Baylie Busby, Lindsey Jackson, Kenneth Schieber, Zach Meyer, Hadley DeFreece, Kyler Scadden, Jake Redden, Chase Clabaugh, Landon Wilmes, Jacob Meyer, Riley Long, and Makenzie Pride.

State FFA Degrees went to Ben Boswell, Trevor Henggeler, and Carson Runde. Star Greenhand Award went to Baylie Busby. Star Chapter Farmer Award went to Dalanie Auffert. Tri-State Ford awarded a national Ford scholarship to Trevor Henggeler. He was one out of 310 students across the country to receive it; only 10% of applicants get selected each year.

New officers were installed for the 2022-2023 school year. Lauren McIntyre returns as President. Jill Boswell is 1st Vice President. Delanny Hopper is 2nd Vice President. Jaden Atkins is Secretary, Dalanie Auffert 1st Treasurer, Grant McIntyre 2nd Treasurer, Lily Burns Reporter, Baylie Busby Sentinel, Ruby Wilmes Chaplin, and Meredith Adwell Historian.

Serving as officers for this year were Lauren McIntyre President, Trevor Henggeler Vice President, Jill Boswell 1st Secretary, Jaden Atkins 2nd Secretary, Torri Kephart Treasurer, Grant McIntyre 1st Reporter, Ruby Wilmes 2nd Reporter, Dalanie Auffert Sentinel, Ben Boswell Chaplain, and Rachelle Rodriguez Historian.


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