Riverton Parke FFA’s top-notch team of Sarah Brown, Jack Harrah, Emily Adams, and Sophie Sanders finished with a blue ribbon in the state level Livestock Skillathon contest. For the first time in school history, a Skillathon team from Riverton Parke will advance to the national competition. This team will have the opportunity to represent Indiana and travel to Denver, Colorado in January to compete in the Western National Roundup Livestock Quiz Bowl competition. They will also be recognized at the Indiana FFA State Convention with a banner and plaque in June.
Several members of the Riverton Parke FFA Livestock Skillathon Team competed in the State Contest on Saturday, October 7th held at Purdue University Animal Sciences Research and Education Center in West Lafayette, Indiana. At the state contest, members compete in both individual and team portions of the contest. In the individual portion, members must identify various cuts of meat, livestock breeds, feeds and livestock equipment, take a quiz over the animal science industry, complete a quality assurance quiz, and judge classes of meat, wool, and hay. In the team portion, members work together to complete a quality assurance quiz, place a market/performance class of livestock and complete a keep/cull exercise with breeding animals. In the team contest, Sarah Brown, Jack Harrah, Emily Adams, and Sophie Sanders placed first in the state and will continue on to the national competition. A second team from the Riverton Parke FFA, consisting of Katilynn Koch, Joel Harrah, Thomas Koch, and Jase Martin, placed 10th overall. In total, there were 25 teams who competed in the State Livestock Skillathon Contest. Individually, Sophie Sanders placed 5th overall, Sarah Brown placed 7th overall, and Emily Adams placed 14th overall. There were 94 individuals who competed in the contest. The Livestock Skillathon team is coached by FFA advisor, Michaela Woods.
Pictured after the State Contest includes in front from left: Sophie Sanders, Emily Adams, Katilynn Koch, and Sarah Brown. In the back: Jack Harrah, Jase Martin, Thomas Koch, and Joel Harrah.