This is the first year Nevis School has entered this competition.
“I am extremely proud of their hard work,” agriculture teacher Ashley Anderson said. “For our first year as an FFA chapter, we had planned building a strong foundation for future years, but they have managed to exceed in their pursuits while building the foundation.”
The agriculture sales team, featuring Bennett Mitchell, Grace McNamee and Luke McNamee, took second in the region.
“They practiced with their coach, Luke Schmitz, and myself for three months,” Anderson said. “In order to compete in Grand Rapids on March 31, they had to complete an exam about economics, sales and marketing and score higher than three other schools. We managed to qualify for the competition, where three of the four members placed in the top 10 individually, and they placed second as a team.”
The sales team participated in an exam, a team planning section where they had to plan their sales pitch and presentation for three customer profiles, then present their team presentation to a number of judges before making sales individually.
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The fish and wildlife team took seventh in Region. Will Gagnon, Ramsey Fisher, Jon Rice, and Sam Ganley competed on March 9 at Central Lakes College in Brainerd with 15 other teams.
“They all had a great amount of knowledge going into the competition from their personal experiences growing up hunting and fishing,” Anderson said. “They had to be able to identify a large variety of insects, mice, amphibians, mammals, game birds, and non-game birds.”
The forestry team of Mallory Kowalke, Peyton Offerdahl, Morgan Monroe and Blake Kowalke received 12th place in the region.
“The forestry team had practiced a number of times prior to their competition in Grand Rapids March 31,” Anderson said. “The team had to identify wood samples, twigs, forestry tools, timber cruises to calculate board feet in standing trees. They also had to answer business management, forestry and compass questions.”
