MINNEOTA GENERAL, DAIRY JUDGING TEAMS QUALIFY FOR STATE FFA

Minneota's General Livestock and Dairy Judging teams, as well as an individual Dairy Handler, all qualified for the State FFA Convention April 23-25 at the University of Minnesota and at the State Fairgrounds.
The qualifying competition took place on Friday, April 14 at South Dakota State University in Brookings.
Minneota had FFA members competing in General Livestock, Dairy Judging, Dairy Handling and Meat Judging.
The General Livestock Judging team placed second and qualified for the State FFA Convention. That team was made up of Lane Loyson, Jackson Lacek, Lucas Rybinski, Dylan Vlaminck and Lincoln Jerzak.
The Dairy Judging team of Zack Fier, Joe Verschelde, Brock Fier, Cael Fier and Adam DeVlaeminck placed fourth and also qualified for the State FFA Convention.
Destin Fier placed third to qualify individually for state in Dairy Handling.
Also competing from Minneota was the Meat Judging team, which placed sixth. That team consisted of Hudson Scholten, Grant DeBoer, Kaden Lasnetski, Kyler Lozinski and Jents Knutson.
Joey Lacek was 10th in Dairy Handling.
The General JV team of Emerson Johnson, Sawyer DeSmet, Landon Neyens and Kyson Arndt also competed.