Article by McKenzie Barth, FFA Reporter

    Our FFA Chapter has been very successful this year. We have 16 members going to compete at state, a very high number for a chapter our size. These 16 members fit into 4 teams and 1 individual.
    First, I would like to congratulate all of our state bound competitors. All of them have worked very hard to be able to compete at the regional level to earn their way to the state competition. We are so very proud of all of them, as it is amazing to have so many from a chapter so small.     
    Our first team to qualify for the state competition was Soils and Land Use. They compete by judging the quality of a sample of soil in the field, and they are rated on how accurately they have judged it. They also have to be able to identify types of soils. On this team are Makenzie Marstein, Travis Rahn, Keith Ripplinger and Jaret Kiley.  Congratulations!
          Next to qualify was Horse Judging. On this team are (Pictured) Elaina Youngbauer, Sami Van Wienen, Audrey Schleper and Kendra Lange. They compete by judging 4 classes of 4 horses each. They judge the horses on how they are put together, or their conformation. Then judges rate how accurately the teams placed the horses. The team must also give reasons for why they placed the horses as they did.
          Our Parliamentary Procedure team also qualified. They are comprised of Audrey Schleper, Chelsey Wolbeck, Elaina Youngbauer, Rene Hebig, Shaun Urbanski, and (not pictured) Nathan Wuebkers will be filling in for Hope Boeckermann, as she cannot attend the State Convention. To compete in Parli, the team must run a mock meeting with required abilities, such as making a motion and referring a motion to a committee.
    Our Creed Speaker McKenzie Barth qualified as well. The FFA Creed is a list of beliefs about agriculture and morals, which is recited, and then the competitor must answer questions about the creed to a panel of judges.
     Last to qualify was our Dairy Cattle Evaluation Team. On the team are Abby Maciej, Brooke Westrich, Sara Herzog and Rene Hebig. The team must complete 3 various written tests, and they must evaluate cattle on the way they are built and give reasons to judges on why they placed the cattle as they did.
     As you may have noticed, there are some names common to the teams. We would like to congratulate Audrey Schleper, Elaina Youngbauer, and Rene Hebig for qualifying in two areas each.   
     We are so very proud of our state bound teams, as they have all put in so much time and effort to prepare themselves and each other for the State Convention on April 28-30. We cannot say how amazing it is to have our teams compete in the state competition, and we are very proud of them. If you see any of these members, please don’t be shy to tell them congratulations and good luck!

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