Evergreen FFA Competes in County and District Soils
On September 17th, the Evergreen FFA had 13 members attend the County Soils Judging Contest. The contest was located in Wauseon, Ohio. There were seven members who competed in the urban soils contest and six members who competed in the rural soils contest. At the competition, members evaluated soil properties such as, soil texture, landform, and soil
drainage.
The top Evergreen FFA members in both rural and urban judging advanced to the district contest on September 22th. Members who qualified for the district contest in rural division include: Aiden Eisel, Aimon Hill, Lexi Johnson, Miles Paulson, Lilly Wirick, and Lane Wyse. The members who qualified for districts in the urban division include: Gus Allendorf, Leona Bucher, Taylor Kiefer, Martin Patek, Maebelle Rettle, Troy Walborn, and Addison Willson.
At the district soils contest, the rural team placed ninth and the urban team placed second. The
urban team of Bucher, Kiefer, Patek, and Rettle qualified for the Ohio FFA State Urban Soils
Contest.
Martin Patek and Maebelle Rettle competed at the state contest on Saturday, October 10th in
Ross County, Ohio. Martin finished 147th in the state and Maebelle finished 26th in the state.
Congratulations to both of them!
Article posted with permission.
Original Source: Evergreen FFA
