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Sandy Creek FFA Participants Perform Well in the Fall Career Development Events

November 15, 2018

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Last Wednesday November 7th, several Sandy Creek FFA members traveled to Kearney for the Fall Career Development Events (CDE’s).  We had students compete in Livestock Judging, Poultry Judging, and Agriculture Communications.  All three teams worked and practiced hard and performed extremely well. 

 

For Livestock Judging, Chase DeVries earned 1st place individually in the Senior Division out of 93 competitors and Josh Shaw placed 10th place individually in the Junior Division out of 155 competitors.  Josh Shaw, Jake Shuck, Brayton Jarosik, and Noah Shackelford earned 6th place as a team in the Junior Division.  Livestock Judging is an extremely competitive event and this was a lot of our members first time ever competing in it.  They learned a lot and did extremely well for it being their first time competing as FFA members.

 

The Poultry Judging team consisted of Rami Hinrichs, Kristen Rohrer, Jaekob Spitz, and Connor Crumbliss.  The team received 4th place and was only one point away from qualifying for state (the second and third place team had tied, and was broken with a tie-breaker).  This was the first year poultry judging was offered as an individual contest.  Students strengthened their previous knowledge about the poultry industry and had to identify certain meat cuts and present reasons justifying their placing of live birds.  Students also had to do interior egg grading and identify any defects present in or on the egg.

 

The Agriculture Communications team was made up of four Freshmen members. They were Brynn Claycamp, Caitlin Rempe, Hayden Shuck, and John Brodrick.  The team listened to a press conference together about the work Pheasants Forever does.  After the press conference, the team split up and each completed an individual practicum to make up an effective media plan promoting the Pheasants Forever Organization.  Hayden Shuck created an elegant and informative website for the organization.  John Brodrick created a sixty-second promotional commercial showcasing all the good that Pheasants Forever does for the environment and communities.  Brynn Claycamp wrote a Letter to the Editor piece, which detailed her opinion about the organization.  Caitlin Rempe wrote a feature story, which is a factual article that describes everything discussed at the press conference.  Sandy Creek has had success in this contest in the past.  This is also an extremely competitive event where teams usually work together for several years.  Our team tied for 4th place, which is phenomenal considering how young our team is.  We are excited to see how this team will compete in future years as they grow and develop their skills.