MV FFA Qualifies for State Competition

Madison Clark (right) won the District XI FFA Creed Speaking contest and qualified for State competition.

Regan Garey was the District XI champion in Jr. Public Speaking and qualified for State competition.

After a very busy fall season of contests and football concessions, the Medicine Valley FFA began competing in a variety of contests in late November and ended up qualifying 15 students for the State FFA Convention in March.

On Monday, November 22, seven FFA members traveled to Cambridge to participate in the 2nd Annual Pre-LSE competition. This event is hosted by the Cambridge FFA to help students prepare for the District LSE contest, and get additional feedback from a variety of judges.

Madison Clark won Creed Speaking, Regan Garey won Jr. Public Speaking and Shaylee Schroeder won the Job Interview event. All received a pin for their FFA jackets and a gift from the FFA store. Blake Hodson received 3rd place and Rodger Farr received 5th place in Extemporaneous Speaking, while Matti Mickelsen placed 4th in Creed Speaking. All members used their experience and feedback to prepare for the District contest.

NCTA was the host site for the District Livestock Selection and CDE Contest #1 on November 29, 2011. This was a busy day for many members. The NCTA Livestock Judging team and other student volunteers ran the Livestock Selection contest under the direction of Dr. Doug Smith.

The contest consisted of six classes of market/breeding cattle, swine and sheep, along with one class of market beef evaluation and a female selection class. All members answered three sets of questions, and the senior division judgers gave oral reasons on three of their judged classes.

MV had eight junior high students, 17 junior division students and seven senior division students participate.

The senior team of Keith Towne, Blake Hodson, Brendan Johnsen and Dallas Petersen received fourth place and qualified for State.

Individually, with 48 senior contestants, MV students finished as follows: Keith Towne in 5th, Blake Hodson in 10th, Jacob Brennemann in 16th, Kenzie Pyzer in 17th, Brendan Johnsen in 22nd, Dallas Petersen in 27th and Jaden Clark in 34th place. In the junior division, our top team finished just one position out of qualifying for State, in 14th place overall and as the seventh chapter. Individually, out of 148 students, the MV students finished as follows: Jessa Lemon in 33rd, Tori Garza in 37th, Spencer Bierfreund in 41st, Starla Henderson in 43rd, Rachel Towne in 47th, Tate Hodson in 48th, Rodger Farr in 53rd, Zane Mickelsen in 58th, Connor Russell in 81st, Brett Jones in 86th, Madison Clark in 98th, Matti Mickelsen in 116th, Shaylee Schroeder in 119th and Regan Garey in 131st place. Junior high students were allowed to participate in the contest this year for the first time, and the MV team finished in 3rd place overall. Individual placings out of 40 participants were Wyatt Roblee in 4th, Tate Lueth in 6th, Brice Hodson in 9th, Korinne Hansen in 13th, Logan Burke in 15th, Nathan Lashley in 25th, Skyler Sandoe in 26th and Scott Taylor in 38th place.

We also had a team compete in the Natural Resources CDE. This team finished 3rd out of the teams competing. Rulon Taylor won the competition as an individual, while Riley Garey tied for 5th place and Darren Nutt finished in 16th place. Taylor Sandoe finished in 22nd place out of the 42 students in the competition.

The District LSE contest was held at NCTA in Curtis on December 7, 2011. We had many students compete and qualified three students for State with their public speaking. In Creed Speaking, Madison Clark was the district champion.

Regan Garey, giving a speech on the Keystone XL Pipeline, was the district champion in Jr. Public Speaking. Jessa Lemon finished in second place in Jr. Public Speaking with her speech about the need for horse slaughter in the U.S. These three all qualified for State. Blake Hodson was the alternate to State by finishing in 3rd place in Extemporaneous Speaking. The Jr. Parliamentary Procedure team was also alternate to State. Team members were Tori Garza, Rachel Towne, Spencer Bierfreund, Matti Mickelsen, Rodger Farr, Brett Jones and Madison Clark. Both alternate placings received the 1st place blue ribbon. Other speakers who received blue ribbons were Shaylee Schroeder in Job Interview, Matti Mickelsen in Creed Speaking and Rodger Farr in Extemporaneous Speaking. The Sr. Parliamentary Procedure team of Riley Garey, Jacob Brennemann, Rulon Taylor, Jaden Clark, Regan Garey and Brendan Johnsen received a red ribbon. We also had two teams in Jr. High Quiz Bowl. The 8th grade team of Jade Earhart, Tate Lueth and Allison Campbell finished tied for 9/10th place, while the 7th grade team of Brice Hodson, Logan Burke, Skyler Sandoe and Wyatt Roblee finished tied for 5/6th place and received a white ribbon.

Looking ahead, the FFA members will stay busy through the early months of 2012 with practicing for CDE contests in February, preparing State Degree and Proficiency applications, and getting our students ready for State competition. We appreciate all the support we have received this semester from NCTA and the many businesses and individuals in the Curtis area, and hope to continue to build great relationships within our community for the rest of the year.

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MV FFA Qualifies for State Competition