FFA teams, individuals move on to state contests

For the second consecutive year, all Minnesota FFA Convention events will be conducted virtually due to the coronavirus.
The April 18-20 event will feature several local FFA’ers competing in the career exploratory activities as well as three students from Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School receiving individual honors.
Hills-Beaver Creek
Participating in the state virtual judging contests will be team members in soils, best-informed greenhand, wildlife and livestock evaluation.
Teams earned berths to the state convention by placing at the recent Region 6 contests.
Soils team members include Donavon Leenderts, Max Scholten, Zander Wysong, Carter Hartz and Casey Kueter.
Best-informed greenhands include Riley Tatge, Carter Vande Voort, Alexis Gardner-Swenson, Lanae Elbers, Layla Deelstra, Cooper Gehrke, Brynn Rauk, Sylvia Fick, Taryn Birger and Megan Vis.
Wildlife team members include Austin Allen (ninth-place overall individual), Oliver Deelstra, Cole Baker, Tyson Bork and Calvin Erickson.
The livestock evaluation team was led by Lanae Elbers (third-overall individual), Samantha Moser, Sean Elbers, Chase Bosch and Tory Knobloch.
The H-BC FFA food science and technology team of Olivia Bork, Taylor Huisman, Amalia Ternus and Sophia Van Surksum completed at the regional event but did not qualify for the state convention.
Samantha Moser, Carter Hartz and Hannah Fick will be recognized for their proficiency applications and Fick will also receive the state FFA degree.
 
Luverne-Adrian
Two Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter judging teams placed first at the Region 6 state-qualifying events and will compete in the state contests.
The horse judging team of Destiny Matthiesen, Cassie Flanagan, Julia Hoogland and Morgan Bonnet placed first overall. Individually Hoogland placed third and Flanagan fifth at the virtual event.
Members of the ag mechanics team will also compete at the state event.
Placing second overall in the team competition at the Region 6 virtual qualifying event were Justin Dohlmann, Hunter Sandbulte, Peter Baustian, Camron Kopp, Jacob Hansen, Nick Hansen, A.J. Ossefoort and J.T. Remme.
Remme had the high score for the team. The top five scores move on to the state contest.
At the Region 6 virtual fish and wildlife, Destiny Matthiesen competed as an individual, placing in the top half of the competition.
Matthiesen also competed individually in the wildlife management virtual contest and also finished in the top half of the competition.
 
Luverne FFA places first at ag bowl
Members of the ag mechanics team also competed at the virtual Southwest Minnesota State University ag bowl conducted recently.
They placed first overall in the team competition
Competing were J.T. Remme, Peter Baustian, Lucas Hansen, Nick Hansen, Camron Kopp and A.J. Ossefoort. Remme achieved the high score for the team.