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Maywood’s FFA Team Aspires to Pinnacle at State

Pake Johnston

Industry Tour: Tate Hartley, Kayla Minary, and Paige Wood

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Industry Tour: Tate Hartley, Kayla Minary, and Paige Wood

On Wednesday, April 6-8th the Maywood FFA Chapter made the long trek down to Lincoln, Nebraska for the 88th Annual State FFA Convention at the Pinnacle Bank Arena. Though the grass was wet with dew, and dark skies threatened foul weather, this setting didn’t dampen the mood of the FFA members. They were excited and anxious to get to their destination. A chance to compete at the State Convention is what the FFA kids have been striving for this whole year.

Here are the results from State FFA Convention:

Sr Livestock Judging - Red Ribbon, 15th out of 48 teams

Bryar Gerlach-red ribbon

Tucker Hartley-white ribbon

Kaely Perkins -white ribbon

Floriculture-White Ribbon, 22nd out of 48 teams  

Marisa Foster -purple ribbon, 5th high individual.

Nursery & Landscape -Blue Ribbon, 7th out of 24 teams

Marisa Foster-blue ribbon

Paige Wood -blue ribbon

Tucker Hartley -red ribbon

Bailey Brown -red ribbon

Ribbons are distributed in the following proportions

10% Purple

15% Blue

15% Red

10% White

Livestock Judges, L-R: Kaely Perkins, Tucker Hartley, Bryar Gerlach, and Von Fritsche

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Livestock Judges, L-R: Kaely Perkins, Tucker Hartley, Bryar Gerlach, and Von Fritsche

Overall, our teams did very well!  There are currently 170 FFA Chapters in the state, so for our kids to be ribbon in all of their events is something to really be proud of! For all the competitions that take place at the State Convention, the participants that place in the top 50% all receive a ribbon. The top 10% of participants receive a purple ribbon, and the next 15% of participants receive a blue. The participants that placed in the 25% to 40% range, receive a red ribbon, and participants that placed between the 40%-50% range receive a white ribbon. Each contest had at least 36 teams and over 144 individuals participated in each contest.

Floriculture Team, L-R: Kayla Minary, Bailey Brown, Bryar Gerlach, and Marisa Foster

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Floriculture Team, L-R: Kayla Minary, Bailey Brown, Bryar Gerlach, and Marisa Foster

If you happen to see any of these FFA members please congratulate them for their hard work, dedication, and success that they have had this year in the Maywood FFA program. Thanks for all of your support throughout the year!  Our annual FFA banquet will be on Monday, April 25^th, at 6:30 p.m. at the community hall.