{"id":141722,"date":"2025-03-19T20:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/?p=141722"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:31:45","slug":"ffa-best-informed-greenhand-team-takes-first-at-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/ffa-best-informed-greenhand-team-takes-first-at-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"FFA\u00a0Best Informed Greenhand Team takes First at Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_141723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141723\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141723\" title=\"20250319ffa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319ffa-768x382.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twenty-three Sleepy Eye FFA members competed in the Best Informed Greenhand Competition on Tuesday, March 11th. The participants included: l to r, front- Candy Castorena, Breanna Lopez, Paola Gonzalez, Millie Lax, Ava Sellner, Camryn Maher, Aranza Tovar, Kamille Capacia. Row 2: Ruby Tauer, Catherine Simonsen, Riley Voigt, Makayla Strong, Karly Wendinger, JP Montemayor, Madi Martinez. Back: Ethan Hinderman, Davin Suess, Heath Eckstein, Braylon Nelson, Isaac Christensen, Jared Portner, Kenley Jensen, Chloe Okerman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, March 11<sup>th<\/sup>, the regional competition for the Best Informed Greenhand (BIG) Career Development Events (CDE) was held in Jackson, MN.<\/p>\n<p>For the BIG Team competition, members took a written 50 question test to show their knowledge of FFA facts, parliamentary procedure, history, and important people in FFA.<br \/>\nThe Sleepy Eye team placed 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0at the Region VI Contest out of 10 teams. The top members on the team included:\u00a0Ava Sellner (1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0place individual), Camryn Maher (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0place individual), Kenley Jensen (6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place individual), Millie Lax &amp; JP Montemayor (tied for 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0place individual).<\/p>\n<p>Other team members included: Kamille Capacia, Karly Wendinger, Paola Gonzalez, Ruby Tauer, Catherine Simonsen, Isaac Christesen, Breanna Lopez, Madi Martinez, Jared Portner, Makayla Strong, Candy Castorena, Heath Eckstein, Ethan Hinderman, Aranza Tovar, Riley Voigt, Braylon Nelson, Chloe Okerman, Davin Suess.<\/p>\n<p>The BIG Team will compete at State on April 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in at the U of M St. Paul Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, March 11th, the regional competition for the Best Informed Greenhand (BIG) Career Development Events (CDE) was held in Jackson, MN. For the BIG Team competition, members took a written 50 question test to show their knowledge of FFA facts, parliamentary procedure, history, and important people in FFA. 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