Brownwood FFA recently participated at District and Area competitions, taking home quite a few honors, and had two teams and one individual qualify for state competition.

Members of the Brownwood FFA teams competed at District Leadership Development Events competition at Hamilton High School on November 7th in the following events:

Ag  Advocacy – 2nd place

Ag Issue Forum – 1st place

Greenhand Chapter Conducting – 6th

Greenhand Creed Speaking – 5th

Greenhand Skills– 2nd

Job Interview – 5th

Public Relations – 3rd

Radio Broadcasting – 12th

Senior Creed Speaking – 11th

Senior Skills – 1st

Spanish Creed Speaking– 2nd

The top two teams in each event advanced to the Area IV contest which was held November 17th at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.  Teams from Brownwood FFA placed as follows:

Ag Issue Forum 2nd place – members are (pictured at top, left to right) Alex Hetzel, Kember Croft, William Rice, Erin Collier, Jordyn Senkirik, and Tyiarra Stredic.

Greenhand Skills 2nd place – members are pictured above: (left to right) Cooper Donothan, Kory Owen, Christian Peters, Caylee Smith, and Tucker Roberts.

Senior Skills 4th place – members are pictured above: (left to right) Josh Soto, Marissa Blincoe, Matthew Lewis, and Abby Day.

Ag Advocacy 5th place – members are pictured above: (left to right) Courtney Lindsey, Paige Goodwin, Jordan Snapp and Jon Tobias.

Spanish Creed Speaking 2nd Place – Pictured above is Natalie Rincon.

Of these teams/individuals, the top two teams in each competition advance to state which will be held in Huntsville in two weeks.

According to the Texas Future Farmers of America Association, Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. Team and individual events are used to reinforce what is taught in agricultural science classrooms.

Photos contributed.