Nearly 500 students attend district livestock judging contest at Northeast Community College

Special to the Viewpoint

NORFOLK, NE โ€“ The Chuck M. Pohlman Agriculture Complex at Northeast Community College in Norfolk was the site of the District II, III, and IV FFA District Livestock Judging Contest recently. Four-hundred-eighty-eight contestants from 43 schools participated in the event.

Michael Roeber, agriculture/livestock judging instructor at Northeast, said teams could have up to eight members, with the top four scores counted.

โ€œThe top 25-percent of the teams in the district contest qualified for the state competition, which will be held during the Nebraska FFA Convention in Lincoln in April,โ€ he said.

There were approximately 100 faculty members, staff and students from Northeast Community College who assisted in conducting the contest.

Individual and team results include:

District 2 Seniors

Individual: 1st โ€“ Abigail Lutjelusche, Columbus Lakeview; Isaac White, Raymond Central.

Team: 1st โ€“ Columbus Lakeview (Abigail Lutjelusche, Alex Hinze, Ella Meyer, Jaycee Schomberg, and Evan Tessendorf). 2nd โ€“ Howells-Dodge (Regan Burenheide, Tyson Coufal, Jacob Hagemen, Trevor Jedlicka, Logan Nelson, Trevor Schumacher, and Britten Sindelar).

District 2 Juniors

Individual: 1st โ€“ Levi Belina, Howells-Dodge; 2nd โ€“ Barrett Andel, David City.

Team: 1st โ€“ Howells-Dodge (Lance Brester, Justin Bayer, Morgan Gall, Cole Grovijohn, Levi Belina, R.J. Bayer, Gavin Nelson, and Blake Sindelar. 2nd โ€“ Leigh-Clarkson (Brayden Brabec, Jacob Eisenmann, Makenna Held, Madison Noonan, Audie Tejkl, Justine Thompson, and Dalton Zulkoski.

District 3 Seniors

Individual: 1st โ€“ Elizabeth Karnopp, West Point. 2nd โ€“ Logan Buhrman, Wisner-Pilger.

Team: 1st โ€“ Blair (Kaitlyn Bouska, Makenna Dirkschneider, Kendra Loseke, Luke Mathiesen, Alli Nielsen, Dalton Nielsen, Jackson Oโ€™Brien, and Wyatt Wiemer). 2nd โ€“ West Point (Sam Chapman, Rachel Groth, Kaleb Hasenkamp, Elizabeth Karnopp, Ethan Kreikmeier, Evie Schlickbernd, and Payton Schiller).

District 3 Juniors

Individual: 1st โ€“ Kaden Gregory, Logan View; 2nd Owen Heller, Wisner-Pilger.

Team: 1st โ€“ West Point; (Cooper Colson, Lance Ditloff, Keegan Doggett, Branden Duhsmann, Cole Hutchinson, Anna Karnopp, Levi Schiller, Dylan Steffen). 2nd โ€“ Wisner-Pilger (Addisyn Albers, Cameryn Bellar, Jaleigh Hallsted, Emma Heller, Owen Heller, Kyle Rehak, Devon Schultz, and Brittney Uhing).

District 4 Seniors

Individual: 1st โ€“ Connor Arens, Crofton; 2nd โ€“ Dillon Borg, Allen-Wakefield.

Team: 1st Bloomfield (Kate Bruns, Braden Eisenhauer, Bree Eisenhauer, Brooklyn Eisenhauer, Aubrey Jeannoutot, Logan Johnson, Ella McFarland, and Tyson Sauser). 2nd โ€“ Crofton (Connor Arens, Taylor Arens, Lauren Buschkamp, Jarrin Sage, Abby Steffen, and Jaden Zimmerman).

District 4 Juniors

Individual:  1st โ€“ Zoe Wiedeman, Stanton; 2nd โ€“ Christen Curtis, Creighton.

Team: 1st โ€“ Pierce (Cameron Armitage, Luke Endorf, Colton Fritz, Colby Jensen, Alex Meier, Carter Meier, Makinzie Parsons, and Grant Snodgrass). 2nd โ€“ Verdigre (Alexis Bartling, Bree Breithaupt, Chaney Konopasek, Gabrielle Pavlik, Michaela Ravenkamp, Anna Rudloff, and Andree Sucha).