The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter held its annual Crops Show/Trap Shoot Awards/Greenhand Night/Parents Night Program on Monday, November 20th 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 2023 FFA Crops Show.
140 FFA members exhibited a total of 555 samples of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and miscellaneous crop samples at the 2023 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 2023 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 crops and judging the crops.
The results are as follows-
Jr. High Champions:
Soybeans Champion: Makayla Strong
Wheat Champion: Mia Davila
Oats Champion: Ian Lushine
Combined 7th – 12th Grade Champions:
Shelled Corn Champion: Isaac Lendt
Miscellaneous Champion: Caleb Suess
Ear Corn Champion: Isaac Lendt
Organic Crops Champion: Makayla Strong
Sr. High Champions:
Soybeans Champion: Taylor Berkner
Wheat Champion: Logan Mack
Oats Champion: Tim Friton
Next are the results of the overall placings for the 2023 crop show.
TOP TEN SR. HIGH
Champion- Alex Confer
Reserve Champion- Jasmine Peterman
3rd place- Winsten Nienhaus
4th place- Colton Domeier
5th place- Noah Rossbach
6th place- Kayla Hecht
7th place- Carter Lazatin
8th place- Caleb Suess
9th place- Isaac Lendt
10th place- Yuri Fernandez
TOP TEN JR. HIGH
Champion- Makayla Strong
Reserve Champion- Caleb Oscarson
3rd place- Riley Voigt
4th place- Heath Eckstein
5th place- Ava Sellner
6th place- Colton Romberg
7th place- Ian Lushine
8th place- Lilah Hein
9th place- Paola Gonzalez
10th place- Oziel Lozano
Congratulations to all 140 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 are Hayden Zarn, Gavin Fischer, and Noah Rossbach.
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 3 shoots were:
- St. James Shoot – Brayden Suess
- Mt. Lake Shoot – Ari Krzmarzick
- Sleepy Eye Shoot – Devin Kunkel
Our Overall Trap Awards are next:
The Most Improved Shooters are:
- Jacob Fulmer, Shea Evers, and Gavin Strong
The Top New Shooters are:
- Trevor Rathman, Courtney Brey, and Davin Suess
Congrats to all 25 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 2023 Greenhands include: Elias Andres, Blaine Anderson, Kaden Braun, Jerzey Christensen, Jax Como, Ristan Coners, Marely Davila, Jezzel Del Toro, Riley Eckstein-Sprenger, Ethan Evans, Shea Evers, Gavin Fischer, Jony Flores, Jacob Fulmer, Noel Garcia, Brayden Heiderscheidt, Wyatt Juenemann, Dylan Krebs, Aiden Krzmarzick, Clark Lazatin, Eric Lozano, Jesus Moncada, Dhruvi Patel, Nora Paver, Savannah Pennanen, Trevor Rathman, Emily Rodriguez, Raul Rodriguez, Robert Romberg, Jace Schauman, Megan Sellner, Jaden Stone, Emma Thibado, Paige Thoms, Carson Uecker, Leah Kucera, Sydney Zarn, Ethan Schwartz, Santiago Martinez, and Kolbe Turbes.
It was a great evening to celebrate so many successes of our members already this fall for 2023!
Caption 1: HS GROUP
The Top Exhibitors of the High School FFA Crop Show included: Front, l to r- Alex Confer (Champion), Jasmine Peterman (Reserve Champion), Carter Lazatin. Back- Winsten Nienhaus, Caleb Suess, Isaac Lendt, Noah Rossbach.
Caption 2: JUNIOR HIGH CHAMP
The Top Exhibitors of the Junior High FFA Crop Show included: Caleb Oscarson (left) – Reserve Champion and Makayla Strong (right) – Champion.
Caption 3: GREENHAND
The FFA Greenhands presented the emblem and it’s meaning at the Annual Crop Show Greenhand Night. The greenhand presenters included l to r: Clark Lazatin, Trevor Rathman, Shea Evers, Kaden Braun, Jacob Fulmer, Robert Romberg, Gavin Fischer, Aiden Krzmarzick, Jace Schauman, Santi Martinez.
Caption 4: TRAP TOP SHOOTER
The Steady Shot Awards were presented on Monday, Nov. 20th. Recipients included: l to r – Gavin Fischer, Hayden Zarn, and Noah Rossbach.
