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Hillsboro FFA competes in soil judging

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Grant Crum-
On Sept. 28, the Hillsboro FFA soil judging team went to the County Judging Contest held at the Highland County Fair. Hillsboro FFA had two teams that attended, which were the Urban Team and the Ag Team. On the Urban Team, the participants were Loraleigh Mahan, Alora Brown, Ashlie Hillyer and Haley Hughes. The Ag Team consisted of Brennen Priest, Lana Grover, Grant Crum, Kaitlin Fannin and Bryce Stanley.

On Oct. 2, both teams went to compete at the District 9 Soils Competition held at Monroe High School. The Urban Team got 10th place out of 16 teams and did not qualify for state. The Ag team placed fifth overall out of 23 teams, and they did qualify for state. Brennen Priest did a outstanding job by placing sixth out of 111 students. This was also the first year for all the members to compete in Soil Judging, and they did a excellent job this year.

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The Ag Soil Judging team went to State Soils, which was held at The Ohio State Farm in London on Oct. 14. The Ag Team was 29th out of 46 teams. It has been about four years since the Soil Judging team has qualified for state.

“This year was a great year with my teammates, and this is one I’ll never forget,” soil judging team member Brennen Priest said.

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