Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
RITUALS TEAM. The Ritzville FFA officer team competed in the rituals competition, finishing first in the event. The team consisted of back row (left to right) BJ White, Mallory Kessler, Cort Ruzicka and Brian Campbell, and front row Kate Schell, Katie Manke and Tyler O’Brien. –Journal photo by Katelin Davidson
The Ritzville FFA chapter sent a group of members to compete in various competitions at the District 9 Leadership convention on Mar. 8 at Moses Lake High School.
There are 15 schools that participated in the district competition. The contests held at the school consisted of rituals, public speaking, extemporaneous speaking, creed, first year member, sales and parliamentary procedure.
From this contest, the top two qualifiers in each event continue on to the state competition in Pullman. The first year member contest is a non-qualifying event, which does not send teams to the state competition.
The Ritzville FFA rituals team finished first in the competition, beating out seven other teams in the contest. The members for the rituals team are the chapter officers for Ritzville. Mallory Kessler is president, Tyler O’Brien is vice-president, Katie Manke is secretary, Kate Schell is treasurer, BJ White is reporter, Cort Ruzicka is sentinel and Brian Campbell traveled as the alternate for the team.
The chapter sent two members to participate in the creed competition, O’Brien and White. A total of 10 contestants presented the creed, and O’Brien finished first and White placed fourth.
The first year member team of Heidi Hennings, Matt Leffel, Randi York and Trevor Jantz finished in fourth place out of the 13 teams that competed in the contest.
In the public speaking competition, Ritzville FFA member Mariah Kiel placed sixth.
The Ritzville FFA chapter also sent a parliamentary procedure team to the event and the group of all girls, finished first overall. The team consisted of Taylor White, Amanda Yockey, Catie Coon, Haley Oestreich, Ashley Ambers, Haley Campbell and Brooke Pichette served as an alternate for the group.
The rituals and parliamentary procedure teams both continue on to the state competition with the first place finishes. O’Brien also travels to state for his first place finish in the creed competition.
The Washington FFA state convention takes place on May 10-12 at the Washington State University campus in Pullman.
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