College hosts FFA Field Day


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, March 6, 2008 3:06 PM MST


More than 200 students gathered at the Douglas Campus of Cochise College Friday, Feb. 29 to participate in a National FFA Organization competition.


Participants came from Benson, Bowie, Douglas, Duncan, Fort Thomas, Round Valley, Safford, San Simon, St. David, Valley Union, and Willcox high schools.

They competed in agricultural business and management; ag mechanics; agronomy; dairy; entomology; extemporaneous speaking; forestry; horse and livestock evaluations; meats; job interview and public speaking; range management; soils; welding; and wildlife contests. Winners take part in the state competition March 7 at the University of Arizona.

Winners from the university event compete in the nationals in Louisville, Ky.

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization based on high school classes that promote and support agricultural education.

The organization, founded in 1928 as Future Farmers of America, now has more than 500,823 members in 7,328 chapters throughout all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

The annual FFA Field Day was sponsored by the Cochise College Agriculture Department. Results are listed below.

 

Ag Business/Management

Individual Rankings

1. Jason Olsen, Safford

2. Luke Menges, Safford

3. Courtney Sanford,  Safford

4. Brittney Sanford, Safford

5. Nerieda Aguilera,  Willcox

Team Rankings

1. Safford

2. Willcox

Ag Mechanics

Individual Rankings

1. Cynthia Judd, Willcox

2. Reba Klump, Willcox

3. Nathan Wearne, Duncan

4. Michael Guerrero, Douglas

5. Hayden Boyd, Duncan

Team Rankings

1. Willcox

2. Duncan

3. Douglas

Agronomy

Individual Rankings

1. Claudia Castro, Safford

2. Ashlee Post, Safford

3. Kolt McKinney, Safford

4. Kayla Sexton, Duncan

5. Westen Haas, Willcox

Team Rankings

1. Safford

2. Willcox

3. Duncan

Dairy

Individual Rankings

1. Sheridan Aden, Safford

2. Ethan Geisler, Round Valley

3. Carson Skaarer, Willcox

4. Trey Hart, Round Valley

5. Casey Harguess, Safford

Team Rankings

1. Round Valley

2. Safford

3. Willcox

 

Entomology

Individual Rankings

1. Samantha Adame, San Simon

2. Wesley Post, Willcox

3. Oscar Pando, Willcox

4. Mike Rand, Willcox

5. Daniel Dunigan, Benson

Team Rankings

1. Willcox

2. Benson

3. San Simon

Extemporaneous Speaking

Individual Rankings

1. Jessica Judd, Safford

2. Brittney Sanford,  Safford

3. Justin Rockhill, Willcox

4. Cameron Bonner, Willcox

5. Paolo Aguilera, Willcox

Team Rankings

1. Willcox

2. Safford

Forestry

Individual Rankings

1. Matt Zale, Safford

2. Andrew Ramirez, Safford

3. Alessandra Bermudez,  Safford

4. Tommy Schnell, Safford

Team Rankings

1. Safford

2. Willcox

Horse

Individual Rankings

1. Jennifer Sherlock,  Safford

2. Amber Young, Benson

3. Sarah Richardson, Benson

4. Grace Goeglin, St. David

5. Hannah Farbo, Willcox

Team Rankings

1. Benson

2. Willcox

3. Safford

 

Job Interview

Individual Rankings

1. Merel Rodenburg, Willcox  AND Kayla Churchill, Valley Union

2. Tomi Abbi, Willcox

Team Rankings

1. Willcox

2. Valley Union

Livestock

Individual Rankings

1. Kelli Porter, Safford

2. Shelby Bonner, Willcox

3. JC McDonald, Willcox

4. Jessica Zamudio, Benson

5. Sheldon Thomas, Benson

Team Rankings

1. Willcox

2. Safford

3. Benson

Meats

Individual Rankings

1. Steven Terrell, Valley  Union

2. Alonso Gallego, Valley  Union

3. Noah Kaul, Benson

4. Brandon Simpson, Safford

5. Ian Brents, St. David

Team Rankings

1. Valley Union

2. Willcox

3. Benson

Public Speaking

Individual Rankings

1. Reba Klump, Willcox

2. Allison Vaughn, Douglas

3. Chloe Johns, Duncan

Range Management

Individual Rankings

1. Brando Latimer, Valley  Union

2. Amber Morin, San Simon

3. Tiffany Lewis, San Simon

4. Dillon Maki, Valley  Union

5. Paul Brya, Valley Union

Team Rankings

1. Valley Union

2. San Simon

3. Round Valley

Soils

Individual Rankings

1. Julie Garrett, Safford

2. Alex Proto, Safford

3. Shannon Bingham, Safford

4. Michael Allred, Safford

5. Savannah Sanford,  Safford

Team Rankings

1. Safford

2. Duncan

Welding

Individual Rankings

1. Dave Haney, Duncan

2. Wes Ely, Willcox

3. Devin Hillie, Duncan

4. Ry Sayre, Round Valley

5. Ashton Thomas, Benson

Team Rankings

1. Duncan

2. Benson

3. Willcox

Wildlife

Individual Rankings

1. Chad Kelliher, Ft.  Thomas

2. Bridger Skaarer, Willcox

3. Randall Talgo, Ft.  Thomas

4. Andrew Orona, Round  Valley

5. Lacie Hinton, Ft. Thomas

Team Rankings

1. Ft. Thomas

2. Willcox

3. Round Valley

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