The FFA Greenhands presented the emblem and it’s meaning at the Annual Crop Show Greenhand Night. The greenhand presenters included l to r- front: Kenedi Wersal, Millie Lax, Paola Gonzalez, Kamille Capacia, Camryn Maher, Maddy Goldschmidt. Back: Jared Portner, Ava Sellner, Breanna Lopez, Kenley Jensen, Makayla Strong, Isaac Christensen.
The Sleepy Eye Trap Shoot Team Members were presented with their awards on Monday, November 18. Pictured l to r- front: Rylan Trebesch, Jared Trebesch, Aiden Krzmarzick, Kyle Nelson, Graysen Evers, Grayson Hansen, Noah Rossbach. Back: Kayla Hecht, Davin Suess, Trevor Rathman, Gavin Fischer, Caleb Suess, Shea Evers, Logan Ludewig, Jax Como, Carsten Nienhaus, Jaxon Steffl, Jacob Fulmer, Wyatt Feucht.
The Sleepy Eye FFA Crop Show Junior High Top Ten Award Winners include l to r: Karina Martinez, Ethan Feucht, Alannah Urbano, Arianna Moore (Champion), Carson Sellner (Reserve), Grayson Hansen, Nevaeh Moore, Jaxon Steffl. Not pictured: Graysen Evers and Sophia Mendiola.
The Sleepy Eye FFA Crop Show High School Top Ten Award Winners include l to r: Makayla Strong, Cameron Moore, Noah Rossbach, Jasmine Petermann (Champion), Ava Sellner (Reserve), Paola Gonzalez, Carter Lazatin. Not Pictured: Lydia Helget, Izzy Kunkel, Alexis Martinez.
The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter held its annual Crops Show/Trap Shoot Awards/Greenhand Night/Parents Night Program on Monday, November 18th at the Sleepy Eye Public High School. It was a chance for us to highlight the fall events, the greenhands, and announce the winners of the 2024 FFA Crops Show and Sleepy Eye Trap Team.
222 FFA members, including 81 Junior High and 141 High School students, exhibited a total of 806 samples of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, miscellaneous, and forage crop samples at the 2024 Sleepy Eye FFA Crop Show.
The purpose of the crop show is to exhibit a sample of a crop that will be judged on appearance: uniform color and size as well as having no defects or unwanted debris. Making a crop sample for the show involves a lot of patience and attention to detail. The longer amount of time you spend preparing a crop sample, the more success you will have in the end. After the crop show, the crops are stored until the county and state fairs the following summer.
The 2024 FFA Crop Show was a huge success, and would not have been possible without the involvement of the community! Thank you to everyone who contributed including donating and judging the crops.
The results are as follows- CHAMPION SAMPLES
Jr. High Champions:
Soybeans Champion: Isabella Campos
Oats Champion: Sophia Mendiola
Wheat Champion: Arianna Moore
Combined 7th – 12th Grade Champions:
Shelled Corn Champion: Noah Rossbach
Miscellaneous Champion: Jasmine Petermann
Ear Corn Champion: Makayla Strong
Silage Champion: Noah Rossbach
Hay Champion: Ruby Tauer
Combined 7-12th Grade Organic Champions:
Organic Crops Champion: Ava Sellner
Organic Oats Champion: Sophia Mendiola
Organic Ear Corn Champion: Jasmine Petermann
Sr. High Champions:
Wheat Champion: Arianna Ochoa-Lopez
Oats Champion: Alexis Martinez
Soybeans Champion: Ava Sellner
Next are the results of the overall placings for the 2024 Crop Show.
TOP TEN SR. HIGH
Champion- Jasmine Petermann
Reserve Champion- Ava Sellner
3rd place- Noah Rossbach
4th place- Cameron Moore
5th place- Izzy Kunkel
6th place- Alexis Martinez
7th place- Carter Lazatin
8th place- Makayla Strong
9th place- Paola Gonzalez
10th place- Lydia Helget
TOP TEN JR. HIGH
Champion- Arianna Moore
Reserve Champion- Carson Sellner
3rd place- Alannah Urbano
4th place- Nevaeh Moore
5th place- Sophia Mendiola
6th place- Karina Martinez
7th place- Graysen Evers
8th place- Jaxon Steffl
9th place- Ethan Feucht
10th place- Grayson Hansen
Congratulations to all 222 FFA Crop Show exhibitors and good luck at the County and State Fairs!
FFA Trap Shoot Awards:
Our first trap award is called the Steady Shot Award! These individuals had great scores every shoot to help the team succeed.
The recipients of the Steady Shot Award were Kaden Braun, Oliver Trebesch, Logan Ludewig, Noah Rossbach, Caleb Suess, Kayla Hecht, and Jared Trebesch.
The Top Shooters Awards are for those Sleepy Eye members that had the highest score at each shoot. The recipients of the Top Shooter Award for the 4 shoots were:
- Springfield Shoot – Gavin Fischer
- Mt. Lake Shoot – Wyatt Feucht
- Sleepy Eye Shoot – Trevor Rathman
- Windom Shoot – Gavin Fischer
Our Overall Trap Awards:
The Top New Shooters are:
- Kyle Nelson, Grayson Hansen, Briella Walser
The Most Improved Shooters are:
- Jaxon Steffl, Graysen Evers, and Jax Como
Congrats to all 23 of our Trap Team members for a great season.
Greenhand Member Presentation and Recognition:
All of the Greenhand members were recognized while nine Greenhands presented the FFA emblem and its meaning.
The 2024 Greenhands include: Kamille Capacia, Jaiden Chavez, Isaac Christensen, Mia Davila, Hayden Domeier, Heath Eckstein, Callie Evers, Yessenia Fernandez, Maddelyn Goldschmidt, Paola Gonzalez, Karter Haala, Nickolas Hale, Lilah Hein, Delaney Hernandez, Rylee Hertling, Ethan Hinderman, Jon Hulsey, Kenley Jensen, Liana Kimbrough, Ava Kunkel, Millie Lax, Richard Livingston, Breanna Lopez, Connor Mack, Cesar Martinez, Madelyn Martinez, Jaslyn Meyer, JP Montemayor, Braylon Nelson, Keeyan Netzke, Chloe Okerman, Caleb Oscarson, Michael Pool, Mason Poole, Jared Portner, Candy Regules Castorena, Aaron Riederer, Alyza Rivera, Luis Rodriguez, Colton Romberg, Ellie Rosales, Ava Sellner, Makayla Strong, Davin Suess, Dominick Swinford, Aranza Tovar Garces, Riley Voigt, Karly Wendinger, Kenedi Wersal, Brianna Ziegenhagen.
It was a great evening to celebrate so many successes of our members already this fall for 2024!