North Miami Soils Team Wins National Reserve Title
Published: Friday, May 18, 2018
On April 28, two soil judging teams from the North Miami FFA departed for the National Land and Range contest in Oklahoma City. This year's contest included over 600 students from 33 states. Members included Ethan Butcher, Bailey Keim, Josh Hinkle, David Beck, Cameron Early, Trey Mettler, Lincoln Wildermuth and Clay Wildermuth. Seniors Cody Francis and Abby Pfaffenbach also went as team mentors.
The contest was held on May 3 and the judgers had a very successful day. In the 4-H Homesite Evaluation contest, Clay Wildermuth earned reserve champion, and Cameron Early placed seventh individually.
The team of Clay Wildermuth, Cameron Early, Trey Mettler and Lincoln Wildermuth won the reserve national champion title.
In the 4-H Land judging contest, Cameron Early secured the reserve championship spot, with Clay Wildermuth placing fifth individually. Their team also won reserve national champion in this category.
The FFA judging team of Bailey Keim, Josh Hinkle, David Beck and Ethan Butcher placed 16th in the Homesite Evaluation contest and 46th in the Land judging contest.
In the adult division, Glen Jones secured second place, with Justin Pearson from Rochester winning the fourth place spot and Wildermuth, the fifth.
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