The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter held its annual Crops Show/Trap Shoot Awards/Greenhand Night/Parents Night Program on Monday, November 17th at the Sleepy Eye Public High School. It was a chance for us to highlight the fall events, the greenhands, and announce the winners of the 2025 FFA Crops Show and Sleepy Eye Trap Team.
185 FFA members, including 62 Junior High and 123 High School students, exhibited a total of 889 samples of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, miscellaneous, and forage crop samples at the 2025 Sleepy Eye FFA Crop Show.
The purpose of the crop show is to exhibit a sample of a crop that will be judged on appearance: uniform color and size as well as having no defects or unwanted debris. Making a crop sample for the show involves a lot of patience and attention to detail. The longer amount of time you spend preparing a crop sample, the more success you will have in the end. After the crop show, the crops are stored until the county and state fairs the following summer.
The 2025 FFA Crop Show was a huge success, and would not have been possible without the involvement of the community! Thank you to everyone who contributed including donating and judging the crops.
The results are as follows- CHAMPION SAMPLES
Jr. High Champions:
Soybeans Champion: Madison Seifert
Oats Champion: Kyler Kuebler
Wheat Champion: Madelyn Jensen
Combined 7th – 12th Grade Champions:
Shelled Corn Champion: Ava Sellner
Miscellaneous Champion: Carson Sellner
Ear Corn Champion: Karter Haala
Forage Champion: Ruby Tauer
Combined 7-12 th Grade Organic Champions:
Organic Crops Champion: Ava Sellner
Organic Soybeans Champion: Ari Krzmarzick
Organic Wheat Champion: Kyle Nelson
Organic Shell Corn: Carson Sellner
Sr. High Champions:
Wheat Champion: Carter Lazatin
Oats Champion: Ava Sellner
Soybeans Champion: Aranza Tovar Garces
TOP TEN JR. HIGH
10. Madelyn Jensen
9. Aubree Rathman
8. Liliana Trevino
7. Reid Romberg
6. Grayson Hansen
5. Madelynn Mangen
4. Mason Schottenbauer
3. Kallin Kuelbs
Reserve Champion for Jr. High – Alex Dominguez
Jr. High Crop Show Champion – Carson Sellner
TOP TEN SR. HIGH:
10. JP Montemayor
9. Alex Confer
8. Robin Foucher
7. Carter Lazatin
6. Cameron Moore
5. Zack Dominguez
4. Karina Martinez
3. Paola Gonzalez
Reserve Champion for Sr. High – Noah Rossbach
Sr. High Crops Champion – Ava Sellner
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!
Congratulations to all 185 FFA Crop Show exhibitors and good luck at the County and State Fairs!
FFA Trap Shoot Awards:
Our first trap award is called the Steady Shot Award! These individuals had great scores every shoot to help the team succeed.
The recipients of the Steady Shot Award were Ari Krzmarzick, Trevor Rathman, Noah Rossbach, Logan Ludewig, Kaden Braun, Jacob Fulmer, and Riley Eckstein-Sprenger.
The Top Shooters Awards are for those Sleepy Eye members that had the highest score at each shoot. The recipients of the Top Shooter Award for the 4 shoots were:
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Springfield Shoot – Kaden Braun
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Mt. Lake Shoot – Noah Rossbach
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Sleepy Eye Shoot – Kaden Braun
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Windom Shoot – Ari Krzmarzick
Our Overall Trap Awards:
The Top New Shooters are:
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Ridley Price, Breckin Peterson, Madison Seifert, and Mason Schottenbauer
The Most Improved Shooters are:
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Grayson Hansen, Briella Walser, Carsten Nienhaus and Aiden Krzmarzick
Congrats to all 26 of our Trap Team members for a great season.
Greenhand Member Presentation and Recognition:
All of the Greenhand members were recognized while eleven Greenhands presented the FFA emblem and its meaning.
The 2025 Greenhands include: Ella Arkins, Alexis Birkeland, Rita Bocanegra, Jackson Burdorf, Isabella Campos, Kaylynn Como, Kaliya Confer, Anders Coulson, Lanette Davila, Ethan Feucht, Edgar Flores, Lance Foucher, Kaylie Fulmer, Natalie Fulmer, Aiden Garza , Izik Heiderscheidt, Caiden Helget, Arianna Hernandez, Laylana Hoffmann, Abigail Krzmarzick, Maci Lang, Oziel Lozano, Ian Lushine, Jayden Macias Zarate, Adan Martinez, Karina Martinez, Quetzalli Morales Valdez, Cassie Muehlbauer, Milagros Navarrete, Carsten Nienhaus, Kaylie Piehl, Landon Riederer, Samuel Rodriguez, Natalie Rolling, Jaxon Saenz, Jeremiah Salazar, Xavier Salazar, El San, Ruby Tauer, Elsie Trebesch, Alannah Urbano and Mia Walter.
It was a great evening to celebrate so many successes of our members already this fall for 2025!