West Holt Excels at District Competition

            West Holt FFA members recently competed in the District 10 Agricultural Education Career Development Events (CDE’s) at Northeast Community College. Students from 11 area FFA chapters competed in 12 events for the right to represent the district at state. West Holt entered teams in 10 events, winning 3 and qualifying for state in 9 events.

Team and individual results follow:

Nursery & Landscape (1^st State Qualifier) – Cole Gibbens 1^st, Taylor Mitchell 2^nd, Autumn Lemmer 3^rd, Dylan Laible 4^th

Livestock Management (1^st State Qualifier) – Jessica Pease, Wesley Cole, Shaely Thiele, Josh Coyle, Tate Mathis, Lindy Woita [team only event]

Envirothon Team A (1^st State Qualifier) – Cole Neibauer, Cole Gibbens, Brett Pacha, Dylan Laible, Marcus Marcellus [team only event]

Envirothon Team B (4^th) – Tyler Coburn, Nobel Wentworth, Austin Braun, Jacob Tasler, Tony Bohnet

Food Science (2^nd State Qualifier) – Erin Patton 1^st, Logan Judge 3^rd, Katie Miksch 16^th, Erin Judge 33^rd

Agronomy (2^nd State Qualifier) – Brett Pacha 2^nd, Abigael Olson 4^th, Josh Coyle 5^th, Thomas Rentschler 9^th

Meats (2^nd State Qualifier) – Cody Davis 6^th, Cameron Schmuecker 7^th, Christian Willson 12^th, Kylie Bendig 21^st, Kat Stehlik 23^rd, Jakob Laible 35^th [only 4 on state team]

Ag Mechanics (2^nd State Qualifier) – Kyle Friedel 2^nd Structural Systems, Matt Laetsch 2^nd Environmental Systems, Danial Frickel 1^st Energy Systems, Kyle Fetherston 2^nd Machine Systems

Farm Management (2^nd State Qualifier) – Cole Neibauer 2^nd, Jessica Pease 7^th, Erin Patton 10^th, Jamie Peterson 15^th

Agriscience Team A (4^th State Qualifier) – Paige Mitchell 3^rd, Mackenzie Hale 5^th, Courteney Hostert 9^th, Evan Laible 32^nd

Agriscience Team B (7^th) – Shawn Stehlik 17^th, Troy Childress 26^th, Luke Welborn 26^th, Kolby Cone 62^nd

Floriculture (6^th) – Taylor Mitchell 3^rd, Megan Rentschler 23^rd, Caitlin Cole 33^rd, Jena Mathis 34^th