Twenty five members of the West Central FFA Chapter recently competed in Career Development Events (CDE) in Brookings at the Jackrabbit Invitational sponsored by the SDSU Collegiate FFA Organization. Thirty schools were represented in the competition which tested members abilities in 11 different Leadership CDE’s including individual events as well as team events.
Pictured left to right front row: Breanna Gray, Shannon Miller, Brooke Pearson, Maty Skinner and Liz Renner
Second row: Stacia Knuth, Katie Stahl, BreeAnn Albers, Melinda Knuth, Kailey Kuhnert, Ellie Peterson, Syd Howey and Gerrit Pearson.
Back row: Jorry Lammers, Jenna Lewis, Olivia Lundquist, Annie Misar, Denise Johnson, Joe Schartz, Spencer Kurtz, Jeremy Nettifee, Dan Kapperman, Austin Wolfe, Tucker Smith and Anthony Even.
West Central FFA members placed as follows:
Prepared Public Speaking
Stacia Knuth 3rd
Joe Schartz 5th
Job Interview
Brooke Pearson – 3rd
Shannon Miller – 6th
Maty Skinner – 7th
Jeremy Nettifee – 10th
Ag Sales
Jorry Lammers – 2nd
Gerrit Pearson – 12th
Creed Speaking
Denise Johnson – 28th
Ag Communications
Team 1 of Syd Howey, Brooke Pearson, Jeremy Nettifee, Melinda Knuth and Tucker Smith placed 2nd
Team 2 of Olivia Lundquist, Annie Misar, Jenna Lewis, Katie Stahl and BreeAnn Albers placed 3rd
Ag Issues
Team of Joe Schartz, Shannon Miller, Anthony Even, Dan Kapperman, Maty Skinner, Liz Renner and Breanna Gray – placed 1st
Market Plan
Team of Stacia Knuth, Spencer Kurtz and Melinda Knuth placed 8th
The top two individuals in events and one team per school will compete in the District Leadership CDE’s on November 15th for a chance to advance to state competition in Pierre in early December.
