Members of the Diller-Odell FFA Chapter participated in the district agricultural skills contests hosted by Southeast Community College and placed first in District 5 in the areas of Senior Livestock Selection, Meat Processing, Ag Business Management. The events provide a meaningful connection between what is learned in the classroom and through the student’s supervised agricultural experience program with the opportunity to demonstrate the students’ skills and abilities. The events expose students to various careers in agriculture, and help develop transferable skills. The members participating and results were: Senior Livestock Selection, first place team; Kolin Scheele, 1st individual score; Brandon Kostal, purple; Stacy Grabowski, blue; Colton Rupprecht, blue: Meat Processing, first place team; Cassey Lottman, 1st individual place; Cole Weers, 2nd individual; Derrick Meyer, 3rd individual; Cody Engelman, red; Ag Business Management, first place team; Cassey Lottman, 1st individual; Cole Weers, 2nd individual; Derrick Meyer, purple; Isaac Roelfs, blue: Arc Welding; Colton Rupprecht, 1st individual; Shane Meyer, purple: O/A Welding; Brandon Kostal, blue; Dylan Hamel, blue: MIG Welding; Ethen Hroch, blue; Jacob Ficke, purple: Senior Livestock Management, fourth place team; Kolin Scheele, Stacy Grabowski, Shane Meyer, Cody Engelman: Junior Livestock Selection; Austin Vitosh, purple; Dylan Hamel, blue; Stetson Meyer, blue; Calvin Hennerberg, red; Zach Rash, red; Kai Wendland, red; Bradey McMurry, red; Ely Hroch, red: Envirothon team 1, blue; Riley Sasse, Andrea Zarybnicky, Samantha Hajek, Kerstin MacIntyre, and Kaitlyn McCown: Envirothon team 2, red; Ethen Hroch, Zach Hajek, Ely Hroch, Brady McMurry, and Parker Jones: Floriculture; Camille Hennerberg, purple; Mandi Schramm, blue; Taylor Rupprecht, red: Ag Mechanics; Joe Cox, blue; Steven Kostal, red; Isaac Roelfs, red; Michael Beall, red: Livestock Management, red; Austin Vitosh, Stetson Meyer, Calvin Hennerberg, Camille Hennerberg, Zach Rash, Kai Wendland.
