The first day of competitions in the Northwest Missouri District Career Development Education contest was held on Tuesday in Maryville, with several area FFA judging teams scoring high marks.
Trenton had six teams in competition, with the horse judging team taking second and the poultry team finishing sixth. Trenton also competed in soils, 11th; dairy foods, 14th; agronomy, 16th; and floriculture, 28th.
Trenton’s Michaela Jaycox was the top individual judge in horse judging, with her teammate Katerina Black finishing ninth. Other team members were Hannah Persell, 14th, and Mason Owen, 20th.
The poultry team’s highest individual judge was Breanna Chambers, who was 10th. Other team members are Jeremiah Lovell, 18th; Lucas Clark, 25th; and Cole Schilling, 34th.
Members of the soils team were Conner Lovell, who was 18th; Jacob Davis, Isaiah Coon and Cade Darting. The dairy foods team members include Karley McCollum, 29th; Alli Shipley-Fair, 33rd; Alexis Hagan and Landon Ellis. Members of the agronomy team included Sarah Walker, 33rd; Emily Lynch and Jasper Hanson. The floriculture team included Elizabeth Leeper and Lauren Dolan.
Princeton’s FFA came home with two first-place team finishes in horse judging and poultry.
All four horse judging team members finished in the top 8, including Shambree Hagan, second; Justin Hamilton, third; Darcee Swartzkopf, seventh; and Kasen Purdun, eighth.
Princeton’s Taylor Honeynutt was the top individual in the poultry judging. Other team members were Blaine Milburn, fourth; Andrew Smith, sixth; and Jaci Lewis, 14th.
Princeton’s soils team was fourth, with Dale Bagley the team’s top judge in eighth place. Juana Jones was ninth, Damien Miller was 19th and Timothy Lehman was 27th.
Other area schools and their team and individual placings were:
Grundy R-5
Dairy Foods, 19th – Shelby Bummer, 20th; Cayden Bowe and Jonathon Stimpson.
Farm Management, eighth – Hailey Johnson, 10th; Mason Radcliff, 28th; Brady Huffman and Rebecca McLain.
Nursing Landscape, ninth – Emily Torrey, 17th; McKenna Owens, 23rd; Kristie Coin and Chris Burkin.
Soils, 10th – Darby Golden, Avery Webb, Matana Munday and Emily Milazzo.
Jamesport
Farm Management, fourth – Amy Gingerich, 1; Dillon Cook, 18th; Katana Almond, 28th; and Zack Neeley.
Floriculture, sixth – Brooke Dustman, seventh; Teresa Childs, 25th; Amy Rexing and Chanda Woodring.
Poultry, fourth – John Swymeler, ninth; Tayleur Dunks, 11th; Kenzy Horton, 29th; and Chassity Smith.
Gilman City
Agronomy, 25th- Justin Chaney and Alec Sievering.
Dairy Foods, 10th – Saige Homes, 18; Kady Sperry, 25; Darianne Sperry and Mikayla Toombs.
Farm Management, ninth – Morgan Hightree, 23; Trevor Burrows, 27; Joslyn Newton and Hayley Burnett.
Floriculture, 37th – Gabe Sperry, Jacob Newton and Ylan McAfee.
Poultry, 19th – Megan Cottrell, Harold Neff and Trayce Fehring.
Soils, 8th – Skylar Reynolds, 17; Isabelle Wilson, 29; Shane Arnold and Hailey Burrows.
Mercer
Agronomy, 19th – Nartahs Price, Ashlea Sanders, Jessica Phelps and Taylor Meinke.
Horse Judging, 17th – Megan Levis, Garrett Widner, Kelsie Robinson and Breanna Main.
Poultry, eight – Cash Hartley, 16; Bailey Owens, 26; and Wesley Beckel.
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