The Sleepy Eye FFA members competed in the Best Informed Greenhand Competition on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The greenhands included: l to r, front- Izzy Kunkel, Cadence Okerman, Lily Kallevig, Noemi Rodriguez, Chloe Howe, Adam Rodriguez. Back- Nolan Weicherding, Tim Friton, Cody Schultz, Manny Poplow, Jose Castorena.
By: Leisha Martinez, FFA Reporter
On Tuesday, December 14th, the regional competition for the Best Informed Greenhand (BIG) Career Development Events (CDE) was held in Windom.
For the BIG Team competition, members took a written 50 question test to show their knowledge of FFA facts, parliamentary procedure, history, and important people in FFA.
The top Sleepy Eye team placed 2nd at the Region VI Contest out of 17 teams. The members of the top team included: Chloe Howe, Manny Poplow, Adam Rodriguez (all with a 3-way tie for 4th place individual), Cody Schultz (tied for 5th individual).
The other members on the Sleepy Eye teams included: Lily Kallevig (tied for 6th individual), Cadence Okerman, Izzy Kunkel, Jose Castorena, Noemi Rodriguez, Tim Friton and Nolan Weicherding all competed.
All of these greenhands will compete at the State FFA Convention in April.