Poultry Teams Compete In State ContestOn Saturday, the Tippecanoe Valley FFA and Fulton County 4-H Poultry teams competed in the state contest at Battleground Middle School outside of Lafayette.
The 4-H team including Evan Cohagan, Nicole Ziemek, Rolanda Reichard and Miranda Dotson were state runners-up.
Cohagan was state champion high individual, Reichard was seventh-high individual, and Ziemek was 10th-high individual.
In the FFA contest, Tippecanoe Valley was fifth. Team members were Haley Hoover, Sarah Kelley and Tahya Lybarger. Hoover was 10th-high individual and Lybarger was 11th-high individual.
Judgers must judge classes consisting of chicken, duck, and turkey carcasses, interior, exterior, and broken-out eggs, past production live hens and give oral reasons.
Both teams are coached by Michael Jones, Tippecanoe Valley FFA adviser and 4-H Volunteer, and Robert Tuttle, Tippecanoe Valley FFA assistant.
