At the 86th PA FFA Summer Activities Week and Summer Convention, Bradford County showed off some of their knowledge and skills they have acquired over the years. There were three State Proficiency Winners this year, all from Troy. Brooke Ostrander won in the area of Ag Education, Casey Baxter won in the area of Dairy Production Entrepreneurship, and Tricia Hojnowski won in the area of Equine Science Entrepreneurship. Troy also had two teams that placed second which will allow the teams to move on to the Eastern State Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts this September to compete. These two teams that will move on are Environmental and Natural Resources which consists of Corey Davis, Nickolas Martin, Tricia Hojnowski, and MaKenna Martin. The other team is the Dairy Cattle Judging Team which consists of Casey Baxter, Katelyn Nolt, Morgen Davis, and Brooke Ostrander. Other notable top 10 finishes from Bradford County are Casey Baxter placing second individually in Dairy Cattle Judging. Tricia Hojnowski placing 6th and Mak Gleckner of Canton placing 9th in Aquatic Resources. Joelle Urban of Canton placing 9th in Dairy Cattle Showmanship. Shane McCarthy of Athens placing 2nd in forestry and the Athens Forestry Team placing 4th , which consisted of Shane McCarthy, Zac Strobridge, Derrick Strait, and Brandon Blumenberg. Ashley Mount of Troy took 8th in Horse Evaluation and 5th in Extemporary Public Speaking. The Athens Land Judging Team took 3rd which consisted of Nate Jelliff, Ashley Ravenscroft, James Tilley, and Morgan Westbrook. Adam Cole of Northeast Bradford placed 10th in Creed Public Speaking. Bradley Alderson of Northeast Bradford placed 4th in Safe Tractor Driving. Nickolas Martin placed 3rd in Wildlife. Alex Smith of Canton served as a state delegate and Mara Tate of Athens officially retired as state officer. These career development events and activities are a practical, hands-on extension of agricultural education in our school.
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