The North Central Land and Range Region recently held the annual land and range contest in Gettysburg, SD. Land judging members judged characteristics, such as soil texture and slope, to evaluate the usefulness of the given sites for agricultural and homesite purposes. The range judging members used their knowledge of plant identification to judge and apply livestock and wildlife practices.

In the land judging division, Hitchcock-Tulare FFA placed first, qualifing to attend the National Land and Range Contest in Oklahoma City, OK in late April/early May. In the range judging division, Hitchcock-Tulare FFA placed second and Doland FFA placed third.

Land Judging Individual Results (area participants)

Gold
2nd - Derek Johnson, Hitchcock-Tulare
5th - Patrick Maynard, Hitchcock-Tulare
6th - Devin Enander, Hitchcock-Tulare
7th - Max Gilbert, Hitchcock-Tulare
8th - Sawyer Miller, Hitchcock-Tulare

Silver
9th - Madison Watson, Hitchcock-Tulare

Bronze
19th - Cash Chaplin, Hitchcock-Tulare

20th - Tucker Gilbert, Hitchcock-Tulare
24th - Aiden Frankenstein, Hitchcock-Tulare

Range Judging Individual Results (area participants)

Gold
6th place - Blaze Binger, Hitchcock-Tulare
7th - Mikael Nielson, Hitchcock-Tulare
8th - Rylee Knock, Hithcock-Tulare
9th - Nick Tollefson, Hitchcock-Tulare
11th Briggs LaBrie, Doland
12th Preston Wipf, Hitchcock-Tulare

Silver
14th - Katelyn Schroeder, Hitchcock-Tulare
15th - Olivia Knox, Doland

17th - Logan LaBrie, Doland
19th - Ty Kettwig, Hitchcock-Tulare
20th - Cooper Cole, Hitchcock-Tulare
21st - Morgan Bottum, Hitchcock-Tulare
22nd - Tristan Nowell, Hitchcock-Tulare
23rd - Tucker Buchholz, Hitchcock-Tulare
24th - Lainee Humphrey, Hitchcock-Tulare

Bronze
25th - Eli Schultz, Hitchcock-Tulare
26th - Gavin Schnieder, Doland
28th - Braxton Jacobs, Hitchcock-Tulare
32nd - Aiden Morehouse, Hitchcock-Tulare
34th - Gracie Decker, Doland