Jefferson West FFA

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The Jefferson West FFA Chapter has had huge success this past semester with several activities. In a one month span our chapter has secured four top three team finishes, two first place finishes, two first place individuals and thirteen top ten individuals. Here is how the recent competitions have rounded out:

Hillsboro FFA Dairy Cattle Invitational: The A-team placed first in the contest with having all four team members score over 400 points. The team defeated 2^nd place by a total of 137 points. Individual lacings are as follows: Amanda Hermann-1^st, John Bergin-3^rd, Jamie Hermann-4^th, Ross Myers-6^th

The Freshman team also did quite well with a second place finish. Congrats to Freshman Jenna Petesch who scored a 48 on one of her reasons. Individual placings are as follows: Sam Myers-5^th, Jenna Petesch-7^th, Jolie VanPetten-12th.

NED FFA Ag Sales: Again Ag Sales took home another plaque from district competition, but also secured half of the medals at district contest. With John Bergin as their coach the “A” team won a fitting first place finish, beating 2^nd place by almost 60 points. Melissa Bigham was 1^st with a total of 192 points. Ashton Becker finished 3^rd and John Bergin finished 4^th.

The “B” comprised of Jenna Petesch, John Swank and Jolie VanPetten place 4^th. Jolie VanPetten took individual honors with 3^rd place.

The Ag Sales team of John Bergin, Ashton Becker, Melissa Bigham and Jolie VanPetten will be traveling to State CDE’s on May 4^th. The lowest state finishing for the chapter in the past few years was 7^th place, highlighted by a 2^nd place finish in 2002. This year’s team looks forward to capitalize on their success. Each team member will be walking into state competition bearing Ag Sales medals from past district and state contests.

Poultry Juding: John Bergin took 2^nd individually at the A team division and Jenna Petesch took 5^th at the B team level. The B team of Jenna, Levi Campbell, Sam Myers and Ally Scott took 4^th.

Ag Mechanics: Ross Myers took 5^th while the A team of Ross, Andy Bell, Derek Pollom and Dan Bigham took 3^rd. Kyle Tyler finished right outside of the B team top ten.

Chapter members are looking forward to continue their success with State CDE’s, in Manhattan, right around the corner. Here are the state teams:

Ag Sales: Ashton Becker, John Bergin, Melissa Bigham and Jolie VanPetten

Dairy Cattle: John Begin, Amanda Hermann, Jamie Hermann and Ross Myers

Ag Mechanics: Andy Bell, Dan Bigham and Derek Pollom

Horse Judging: Amanda Hermann, Jamie Hermann, Emily Petesch and Jenna Petesch

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