The Alliance FFA competed in the District 12 FFA Career Development Events Contest on Wednesday, January 9, at WNCC in Scottsbluff.

There were 14 Panhandle Schools participating.

The Alliance FFA had won the District 12 Livestock Management Contest, which qualifies them for state competition in April. Team members are Chase Dye, Jamie Thompson, Cody Henderson, Krista Carter, Ashtyn Shrewsbury, Trevor Leisy, and Whitney Hall.

The team competed by completing skills and identification in six livestock areas, including Poultry, Beef, Sheep, Swine, Dairy, Horse.

The Alliance FFA team won the areas of Beef, Sheep, Dairy and Horse.  Scottsbluff won Poultry, and Sioux County won Swine, while Alliance placed second in those two categories.

Also competing Wednesday for Alliance FFA were:

Floriculture Team – Cheryl Aby, Tess Benham, Amanda Lower, and Alex Stitch. Aby placed 6th individually.

Alliance Welding competitors were: Denny Garza, Rhiannon Minich and Brent Thomas.

The Welding competition was won by Hemingford FFA. Hemingford team members are Kip Irene, Brady Horstman and Trea Vogel. Horstman won the Mig welding; while Irene was 2nd in Arc welding and Vogel 5th in Oxy welding.

Floriculture was won by Cody Kilgore FFA – Team members Gillian Cheney, Olyvia Barnes, Haley Schneider, Jenny Stoltzenburn, Shannon Schneider, and Hannah Jones.

Ag Sales competition was won by Kimball FFA – Team members Brian Evertson,Tessa Shaw, Colton Snyder, and Jessica Fossand.