Leigh FFA’s Impressive District Showing!
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn Monday, December 2, the Leigh FFA Chapter had an impressive day competing at District LDEs at Cross County. LDE stands for Leadership Development Events and winners qualify to compete at the State
Leigh FFA members spent many hours and much time preparing their speeches, demos, posters, parliamentary procedures, and quiz bowl. They had many qualifiers for state and many other good outcomes of the day.
Senior Brianne Kuhr placed 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking against many competitors. The Ag Demo team of Kuhr, Kammy Held, Carter Brabec, and Jared Olson, also finished 1st on the day. Sophomore Rebecca Hastreiter also finished 1st in Cooperative Speaking.
Kuhr stated, “I am very proud of all of our FFA members who competed at Leadership Development Events. Many members punched their tickets to State FFA, and LDEs showcased all of their hard work. I am excited to compete at state in agricultural demonstration and extemporaneous!”
Full Results:
State-Qualifiers:
AG Demo: Kammy Held, Brianne Kuhr, Jared Olson, and Carter Brabec (1st)
Senior Public Speaking: Paige Kurpgeweit (3rd), Sydney Messerlie (4th)
Cooperative Speaking: Rebecca Hastreiter (1st)
Junior Public Speaking: Hannah Martensen (3rd)
Creed Speaking- Cade Hosely (4th)
Extemporaneous Speaking- Brianne Kuhr (1st)
Natural Resources Speaking- Luke Eisenmann (2nd)
Middle School Quiz Bowl- Wyatt Eisenmann, Trent Olson. Layton Held, Avery Kuester, Cruz Malena, Korbin Hake, Grayson Loseke, and Blair Wietfeld.
People in AG posters: Bergan Settje, Ryan McMullin, Cruz Malena, Layton Held, Ella Hansen, Lexi Bruhn, and Avery Kuester.
Other Awards:
AG Demo Sophomores: Cody Jedlicka, Daphne Jedlicka, Reann Bruhn, Grace Hansen, and Blake Loseke - Blue
Senior Public Speaking: Brayden Loseke - Red
Creed Speaking: Sadie Brabec- purple, Tyce Larson - Blue
Natural Resources Speaking: Ben Rodenburg- finalist/blue, Ava Kasik - Blue
Junior Public Speaking: James Moore - Blue
Employment Skills: Nevaeh Zulksoki-blue, Karly Wendt - Red
Parliamentary Procedure Team - Carmen Malena, Luke Eisenmann, Reese Wietfeld, Reese Bruhn, Kaylee Brabec, and Kyle McMullin - Blue